Lyrics:

Bring it down time
I'm from a little town of 55 called Kansas, Mississippi
And every year on the 4th of July
We sank down on the square
And you know on the same street that I used to stand
And beg and shoot hooky from school
And people called me bum
Said I would never amount to anything
And every year when we sank down
My mind began to roam when I stand on the stage
Think about all the guys that I ran with
Some is in prison, some is cocaine addicts some is alcoholics
What I'm trying to tell you
I looked down the line
And I wonder sometimes how I made it
Through the storm and the rain
Then I looked down the line
And I wonder sometimes, how I made it
I made it, i made it
Through heartaches and pain you know what
Just a child in the streets
No college and no degree
But look at me yeah
I made it, yeah, yes I made it
Miss Albertina, Albertina Walker, yeah
I looked down the line
Oh and I wonder sometimes
How I made it (made it)
Thank You Jesus, thank you
Oh Lord, through the storm and rain, I made it
I say I looked, I looked, I looked
Oh I looked down the line and I wonder
Lord Jesus, sometimes I made it
Sometimes I wonder, sometimes I wonder how I made it
Lord Jesus, yes I made it, uh, uh
Just a child walking in the streets
I didn't go to college, didn't have no degree
But Miss Walker, I made it, I made it, I made it, I'm standing here with you
I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, wow, I made it
I made it, seen and unseen
I made it, I've been so sick
Thought I wasn't gonna get well
But he healed my body, he healed my body
He healed my body, right?
I can tell you, I can tell you
I made it, I made it, through the storm
Through the rain, I made it, yeah, I made it. yeah, I made it, yeah
Yes i made it, I made it, yes I made it, uh, uh
Thank you Jesus, You are excused yeah
Oh, thank you lord, oh thank you Jesus
Yes I made it, yes I made it, thank you
Thank you, thank you, I made it
Just a little poor boy from Camp Mississippi
With polio that said I never
Know to anything, I made it, I made it, I made it
I made it, I made it, yes I made it
I made it, oh I made it, God knows I made it
I can't do nothing by myself
I made it, I made it
Lord have mercy yes I made it, lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
Mercy, mercy, mercy
God bless you
Yes I made it
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Yeah, yeah