there’s a girl that i know just a few blocks away
and she’s filling up with wisdom for her words and her ways
i said, “i neglect you and i wanna be all that i should”
she said, “i’m here for learning on, and i think that you’re good”
and the thing i like about her
is that she never stops trying
digging down and building up
with a purpose that’s never dying
never dying
she’s painting with a brush of the beauty she can’t see
singing from a canvas the colours that we need
she said, “my steps fall weighty... as i start to learn my part
in the dance” and i think Jesus is living in her art
and the thing i like about her
is that she never stops trying
digging down and building up
with a purpose that’s never dying
never dying
she dances with a broom every night before bed
sweeping up the footprints with a song in her head
that girl is only two years and seven months older than i am
she’s my sister and a woman and my friend
and the thing i like about her
is that she never stops trying
she never stops trying
