

The Wiser Path
Lyrics:
Cortney Robinson laid it down
sitting where walls decide your hours
where time moves like it's got weight attached
"if it makes you wise to call out every problem people don't see,
then it makes you wiser to have a solution to every problem you can"
I been the one pointing at cracks in the foundation
standing in rooms full of people who won't look down
my finger extended like an accusation
watch me catalog every fracture every fault line
documentation without renovation
But awareness is just the appetizer
it fills your mouth but leaves you hungry
I watched my own tongue get tired
from naming what's broken
from being the prophet nobody asked for
The shift happens when your hands get involved
when you stop watching soil erode
and start planting something that can root
this is elevation Cortney talked about
moving from diagnosis to treatment
Wise to see it
Wiser to build
Wise to name it
Wiser to heal
I'm learning construction now
how to pour foundation where there wasn't any
how to measure twice and cut once
my grandfather's hands knew this
passed down through blood and burnt palms
Being solution-oriented means
you carry tools instead of complaints
you show up when nobody's recording
when there's no applause for the work
just the work itself asking to be done
Wise to see it
Wiser to build
Wise to name it
Wiser to heal
So I'm done being the guy who just points
I'm picking up what's been discarded
turning observer into architect
because Cortney knew from inside those walls
that vision without action is just another way to stay still
And I refuse to be still
when movement is what my people need
when building is what this moment demands
when the only thing between problem and solution
is whether I'm brave enough to put my hands in
