Learning, learning, learningLearning, learning, learningWhen I was six years old, I kinda wet the bedMy stepdad came in and nearly beat me to deathAll bruised and broken, I was lonely and scaredMy mom, she was working, there was nobody thereMy nana showed up, she was super protectiveHad a tear in her eye, she saw how I was neglectedThe crazy part about it, she's a straight-up detectiveBut you never would've guessed it, how she'd cook you a breakfastThree weeks later, she had him locked in a cellNow I'm seven years old with a story to tellSing itI'm gonna let it goForgiveness is something we gotta know'Cause if you hold on forever, it'll hurt your soulThat's why I'm learning how to let it goThat's why I'm learning how to let it goNow middle school's here, a new chapter in lifeNew stepdad, too, made my mama his wifeGot new problems now, like tryna fit inGetting looked down on just because of your skinIt's bad enough, I can't afford them clothesGot high water's on with holes in my soleNow, that's the type of stuff to put a hole in your soulBut, uh, I'm just gonna, uh, I'm just gonnaI'm gonna let it goForgiveness is something we gotta know'Cause if you hold on forever, it'll hurt your soulThat's why I'm learning how to let it goThat's why I'm learning how to let it goI'm grown up now, I learned enough for a songStill got some friends, but most of 'em goneOverdoses or killed by a gunBreaking into houses, life on the runDid it for his kid, now he won't be aroundGuess the little one's gonna be just like me nowIf you're carrying the bitterness around on your shouldersThen just remember what I told youSing itI'm gonna let it goForgiveness is something we gotta know'Cause if you hold on forever, it'll hurt your soulThat's why I'm learning how to let it goThat's why I'm learning how to let it goI'm learning how to let it go