Favorite Time of Year (feat. Tori Kelly) - India.Arie

I grew up in a small house Just me and my mom The poorest kid in the school But got whatever I want She worked all day and all night To make the holiday Shalalalalala, shine So Christmas is my favorite time of the year It seems like everyone's got a little more cheer Maybe it's the lights that brighten the atmosphere 'Cause Christmastime is finally here Yeah, yeah, yeah My favorite time of the year I like the trees and the snow And I don't mind the gifts I can't lie I like the music Even though I'm Jewish These days are sharp for my mom I get a jolly to Falalalalala low So Christmas is my favorite time of the year It seems like everyone's got a little more cheer Maybe it's the lights that brighten the atmosphere 'Cause Christmastime is finally here Yeah, yeah, yeah My favorite time of the year My favorite time of the year Huh, now I don't care who you are or where you're from But you can't deny That when you see your town all decorated in lights Now that's a good time! So Christmas is my favorite time of the year It seems like everyone's got a little more cheer Maybe it's the lights that brighten the atmosphere 'Cause Christmastime is finally here Yeah, yeah, yeah My favorite time of the year Yeah, yeah, yeah My favorite time of the year

Christmas is the time of year That we become as one Tears of joy Heart filled with love Cause Christmas time has begun There is nowhere else I would rather be My family's here with me Even though some of them are watching from above I feel their love for me Christmas is the time of year You give your very last Just to see that smiling face on someone that you love And there is nowhere else I would rather be My family's here with me Even though some of them are watching from above I feel their love for me Christmas is the time of year We want our loved ones to be here with us And when we know they're far away We try to make it so they're here to stay Cause there is nowhere else I would rather be My family's here with me Even though some of them are watching from above I feel their love for me Christmas is the time of year When lovers hold each other tight From one kiss that let you know We're glad to be together on this night And there is nowhere else I would rather be My family's here with me Even though some of them are watching from above I feel their love for me Merry Christmas!

Hey mazel tov and all that good stuff man This is for all my folks who got legal jobs We beat the odds, you feel me? We ain't supposed to be here, never thought we see it Now we living proof, tell the world to believe it yeah Congratulations, thank God we made it They told us we was nothing, now I know they hate it Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds I ain't supposed to be nothing but a dope dealer, but a hope killer Supposed to brag on the guns and the coke kilo's Dropping molly's in a coke zero Ashamed of my education, then I'm finally off probation Then I quit smoking, got a wife and kids and I'm a real father no faking See I'm a black man who beat them odds Supposed to be locked up with no job Never should of went to college or learned who God is You add it up it's all odd See I never knew my pops I been abused, ran from the cops I went to school High on them crops Wasn't a thug, never been shot Running from God man turning my back Never would of made it, Marvin Sapp But He opened up my eyes and I can't look back While they look surprised, I just tip my cap Yeah he did it, he did it He changed me and I'm with it He made me what I'm supposed to be You get close to me, you might get it We ain't supposed to be here, never thought we see it Now we living proof, tell the world to believe it yeah Congratulations, thank God we made it They told us we was nothing, now I know they hate it Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds I ain't even spos' to be here I ain't even spos' to be livin' The world is set up for me to Be dead broke and somewhere locked up in prison Yeah, I know they be watchin' Yeah, I know they be listenin' Yeah, I know that hip-hop police is probably plotting for me To be missing And cover it up with the cliche okey doke And blame it on the pain pill overdose From the city where they love to hate But I still got love for my homies tho They don't want to see us ball out But we do it anyway Got a mil' in the bank Another two up in the safe Cuz' I do it everday Know, know me ain't no roomies in the A All they say that is I could've fool in the A Don't assume anything I'm a fool with the pay I'll be goon till your day We ain't supposed to be here, never thought we see it Now we living proof, tell the world to believe it yeah Congratulations, thank God we made it They told us we was nothing, now I know they hate it Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds I'm supposed to be dead or in jail right now But instead, I'm sharing my gift with the world Now she used to strip at Onyx Working her way through college Tryna put food in her son's mouth On a pole for them dollars She was looking for some solace Told the Lord, I promise. I'm heading to the hills with my heels on Where the feels ain't a touch to the billfolds No copping feels from no Uncle Phil's, just Phil Jackson coach her And get her out that game where they losing they dignity for a Coach purse No skirts just "skrr", found another way around a real worth And left that fine establishment It's like her whole life is having a growth Spurt She out the game and they hate it, mad at her she made it (haters) They ain't nothing but some shellfish in a bucket Probably get crabs if you touch it Now she graduated from college -- scratch that -- graduated with honors Little man got a little cap and gown, look at him matching his mama, yeah! We ain't supposed to be here, never thought we see it Now we living proof, tell the world to believe it yeah Congratulations, thank God we made it They told us we was nothing, now I know they hate it Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds Round of applause, round of applause Congratulations, we beat them odds