Hope

I told myself, keep ya head up.

It's part of a test, stick out yo chest, everything will be alright.

If you hold on tight and you'll be blessed.

But nah my mind's a mess.

Reality is shattered like glass, moving backwards

All I hear is chat chatter, a fuse blew in my head

Ready to explode for every single word unsaid.

So I extinguish the fire, in hopes to avoid damnation

But like a time bomb, it's clicking, it's close to detonation. BOOM

This is ME! I'm finally out and free.

I've been hushed too long. Sit back while I write this song.

Can you relate, when your dreams are crushed by empty promises

The light at the end of the tunnel, snuffed, turns into rubble.

Now, they still expect you to smile.

Cuz when you do otherwise, they say its not worthwhile.

I'm surrounded by people but I'd rather talk to myself

Opportunities around I'd rather put it on the shelf

I've been trapped in this white desert, 3 years and counting

I feel like Job, losing everything, Father, help – I'm drowning.

Friends, love, family and more. I've lost count after 1, 2, 3 and 4.

I'm missing out, I deserve better than this.

I thought that if I had the right mind, I won't end up like this.

What's going on? My vision's gone, blurry and gray.

I need somebody to pick me up and take me away 1:05

 

You take my weeping, turn it into laughter.

You take my sadness, turn it into joy.

You take my heaviness, turn it into praise.

You take my ashes, turn it into beauty.

 

Look, we're the same. But through the rain and pain,

We gotta stand strong in the glory of his name.

Fight with the flame, light it up

All it takes is a spark, to beat out the dark

We know the hurt. Knocked to the dirt.

We were there too. We gotta push through.

If it don't kill, make this rhyme ill.

Go hard on the grind, stay close to the Lord

It's our life that he wants, we can never afford.

Dedicate it to him

And he'll be there, thick or thin.

A reoccurring verse that shows up when I'm cursed

Is Matthew 6:33,

Seek first the kingdom of God,

Even though you're flawed, He will take you.

Lead you, refine you and heal you.

Yup, pick you up, no doubt.

Your life will change, from inside out.

In all your ways, bring honor to him, he'll straighten out your path

you can do the basic math

 

You take my weeping, turn it into laughter.

You take my sadness, turn it into joy.

You take my heaviness, turn it into praise.

You take my ashes, turn it into beauty.

 

When I can't feel you,

You Turn me around and

Show me the ways

That you move in my life.

 

You take my weeping, turn it into laughter.

You take my sadness, turn it into joy.

You take my heaviness, turn it into praise.

You take my ashes, turn it into beauty.

 

Beautiful, yea that's right.

It's the best word to describe this one time life.

This one time game

This one time dance

Or whatever kind of word you want to call this chance.

Thankful for my struggles because without it,

I never would have stumbled across my strength.

I've found it, the key to hope. It's not in alcohol, money, women or dope.

Our deepest moment of pain is God's deepest moment of grace.

Love from above yeah, you know that's true.

I see a grin on your face

Here's my new point of view.

Because of God's grace,

When we suffer together,

Deeper understanding, love and peace takes over .

 

Let that sink in for a minute.

As a community, let's be vulnerable.

Let's share in our sufferings, and take on the suffering of others.

Because with perseverance, comes character and that ultimately leads , to HOPE.