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Forrest Frank - Nothing Else Lyrics

Artist:
Forrest Frank
Album:
CHILD OF GOD II
Official Release:
28 Apr 2025

Lyrics

Hmm, yeah


This world is always trying to tell me I need more (You need more)


A bigger house, a couple cars will fill the void (Alright)


But then I get it, and I still feel just as poor


So I tell all that to head right out the door


'Cause I woke up with a good thing laying by my side


I woke up to some birds singing, "Hey look, I'm alive"


I got my family, Jesus, and my health


And if I got all that, I really don't need nothing else, nothing else (Uhuh)


This life is always tryna get me in a rush (In a rush)


Keep moving moving quicker and one day youll be enough (Alright)


But if I do that, I won 't stop and smell the roses


And up being soulless and hope nobody notices


I'm getting sick of it let's go on my cellphone


I want to go back to the place I had myself known


The enemy could try to kill, robbing this joy


The one thing he cannot take is my joy (Uhuh)


'Cause I woke up with a good thing laying by my side


I woke up to some birds singing, "Hey look, I'm alive"


I got my family, Jesus, and my health


And if I got all that, I really don't need nothing else, nothing else


'Cause I woke up with a good thing laying by my side


I woke up to some birds singing, "Hey look, I'm alive"


I got my family, Jesus, and my health


And if I got all that, I really don't need nothing else, nothing else


Oh no


I really don't need nothing else, ooh


Nothing else, nothing else


And if I got all that, I really don't need nothing else


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Meaning & Inspiration

Nothing Else contrasts the pressure to acquire more with gratitude for ordinary gifts already present. A larger house, more cars, constant hurry, and attention to a phone all represent appetites that promise fulfillment without curing spiritual poverty. In response, the song names family, health, life, and Jesus as reasons for contentment. Its picture of waking to birdsong is less an argument that life is trouble free than an acknowledgment that being alive is itself a gift.

The repeated claim of needing nothing else does not deny real needs. It challenges the belief that possessions or public attention can create lasting satisfaction. The lyrics also describe joy as something the enemy cannot steal, placing security in a spiritual source rather than changing circumstances. This theme aligns with biblical cautions against defining life by abundance and with the call to receive daily provision gratefully. The result is a simple confession of enough: contentment grows when gifts are recognized without allowing them to replace the giver.

Related Scripture

  • Luke 12:15 Jesus warns that life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.
  • 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Paul links godliness with contentment and gratitude for basic provision.
  • John 10:10 Jesus contrasts the thief with the abundant life he gives.