Story By Stevie Wonder
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๐ Lyrics
Hey, this is Stevie
I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
My neighborhood, where I was raised up
When the girls came around, I would sing
On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
For hours and hours upon hours
Seeing a piano for the first time
But the amazing thing as well is
Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
My being blind, because my mother allowed me to be free
Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
I may have had a visual disability
But did not stop my vision inside me
I didn't know what it was like being poor
Because God had made me rich
Even before I was born
Rich with the spirit of knowing that
Anything you imagine, that's for the good, is possible to be a reality
Because a few weeks before I was discovered
I, I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
I had nothing out and no one knew who I was
And um, amazing, it really happened
And so, you know, it's just, it's...
I, I, I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kiland
I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
All you had to do in life is walk into it"
I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
My neighborhood, where I was raised up
When the girls came around, I would sing
On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
For hours and hours upon hours
Seeing a piano for the first time
But the amazing thing as well is
Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
My being blind, because my mother allowed me to be free
Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
I may have had a visual disability
But did not stop my vision inside me
I didn't know what it was like being poor
Because God had made me rich
Even before I was born
Rich with the spirit of knowing that
Anything you imagine, that's for the good, is possible to be a reality
Because a few weeks before I was discovered
I, I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
I had nothing out and no one knew who I was
And um, amazing, it really happened
And so, you know, it's just, it's...
I, I, I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kiland
I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
All you had to do in life is walk into it"
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.34] Hey, this is Stevie
[00:03.68] I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
[00:09.05] I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
[00:14.61] My neighborhood, where I was raised up
[00:18.57] When the girls came around, I would sing
[00:20.92] On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
[00:27.32] For hours and hours upon hours
[00:30.24] Seeing a piano for the first time
[00:32.76] But the amazing thing as well is
[00:36.68] Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
[00:43.59] My being blind, because my mother allowed me to be free
[00:49.28] Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
[00:54.12] I may have had a visual disability
[00:59.52] But did not stop my vision inside me
[01:04.68] I didn't know what it was like being poor
[01:09.29] Because God had made me rich
[01:12.81] Even before I was born
[01:15.00] Rich with the spirit of knowing that
[01:19.86] Anything you imagine, that's for the good, is possible to be a reality
[01:27.33] Because a few weeks before I was discovered
[01:31.26] I, I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
[01:35.82] I had nothing out and no one knew who I was
[01:38.65] And um, amazing, it really happened
[01:43.75] And so, you know, it's just, it's...
[01:46.58] I, I, I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kiland
[01:54.67] I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
[01:58.86] Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
[02:04.27] All you had to do in life is walk into it"
[02:10.06]
[00:03.68] I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
[00:09.05] I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
[00:14.61] My neighborhood, where I was raised up
[00:18.57] When the girls came around, I would sing
[00:20.92] On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
[00:27.32] For hours and hours upon hours
[00:30.24] Seeing a piano for the first time
[00:32.76] But the amazing thing as well is
[00:36.68] Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
[00:43.59] My being blind, because my mother allowed me to be free
[00:49.28] Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
[00:54.12] I may have had a visual disability
[00:59.52] But did not stop my vision inside me
[01:04.68] I didn't know what it was like being poor
[01:09.29] Because God had made me rich
[01:12.81] Even before I was born
[01:15.00] Rich with the spirit of knowing that
[01:19.86] Anything you imagine, that's for the good, is possible to be a reality
[01:27.33] Because a few weeks before I was discovered
[01:31.26] I, I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
[01:35.82] I had nothing out and no one knew who I was
[01:38.65] And um, amazing, it really happened
[01:43.75] And so, you know, it's just, it's...
[01:46.58] I, I, I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kiland
[01:54.67] I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
[01:58.86] Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
[02:04.27] All you had to do in life is walk into it"
[02:10.06]