Roots Before Branches

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So many things
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To do and say
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But I can't seem
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To find my way
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But I wanna know how
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I know I'm meant
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For something else
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But first I gotta find myself
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But I don't know how
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Oh, why do
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I reach for the stars
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When I don't have wings
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To carry me that far?

I gotta have
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Roots before branches
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To know who I am
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Before I know
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Who I wanna be
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And faith
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To take chances
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 To live like I see
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 A place in this world
    C
For me


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Sometimes I don't wanna feel
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 And forget the pain Is real
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Put my head In the clouds
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Oh, start to run And then I fall
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Seein' I can't get it all
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Without my feet On the ground
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There's always a seed
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 Before there's a rose
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 The more that it rains
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The more I will grow

I gotta have
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Roots before branches
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To know who I am
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Before I know
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Who I wanna be
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And faith
        Am    G
To take chances
    F           Am
 To live like I see
F                G
 A place in this world
    C
For me

Am        F
Whatever comes
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I know how to take it
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Learn to be strong
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I won't have to fake it
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Oh, you're understandin'
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Oh, but when you come
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And do it best
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There ain't nothin'
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To stoppin' east to west

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But I'll still
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Be standing
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I'll be standing

I gotta have
F            Am     G
Roots before branches
F             Am
To know who I am
         F
Before I know
      G
Who I wanna be
    F
And faith
        Am    G
To take chances
    F           Am
 To live like I see
F                G
 A place in this world
    C
For me

I gotta have
F            Am     G
Roots before branches
F             Am
To know who I am
         F
Before I know
      G
Who I wanna be
    F
And faith
        Am    G
To take chances
    F           Am
 To live like I see
F                G
 A place in this world
    C
For me


I gotta have
F            Am    G
Roots before branches