Blessings (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
Lecrae · Blessings (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Single
Gratitude rooted in God, told with honesty about the grind
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
Every good gift comes from above. The song's repeated insistence that blessings come from God rather than personal achievement mirrors this verse directly.
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
The idea that losses produce lessons and that trials work perseverance runs through the song's whole arc, from struggle to gratitude.
“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
'All we need is all we got' echoes Paul's learned contentment in both plenty and want, grounding the song's gratitude in sufficiency rather than excess.
This is a gratitude record grounded in real memory of lack. Lecrae traces a path from fried bologna and no gas money to material provision, and the whole arc points upward: blessings come from God, losses become lessons, and humility is the posture throughout. Ty Dolla $ign's verse adds a relational warmth without breaking the thread. The 'counting blessings' hook is more than a feel-good phrase here; it carries theological weight about who the source actually is.
No profanity or explicit content. Candid talk of financial struggle, relationships, and material come-up, but nothing gratuitous.
Credit for blessings is explicitly given to God throughout. The song holds humility and gratitude together: 'I ain't sayin' I deserve nothin'' keeps the posture honest rather than self-congratulatory.
Lecrae shapes the song as testimony, and even Ty Dolla $ign's verse lands on gratitude ('if you woke up this morning it's a blessing'). The intent is to redirect success back to God rather than to glorify wealth for its own sake.
When you reflect on your own come-up or your own losses, does counting your blessings actually change who or what you give credit to?