Redemption (A Stevens Story) ft. Jonathan Baker Lyrics

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Yo, Anyone who knows me

Knows that family is everything to me

I've got a tight knit family, I've been blessed

Took some doing to get like that though

Let me explain

Listen, all I ever wanted was to make it

I learned that if I wanted something, I would have to take it

No mistaking, I done persevered, came to the conclusion

If you wanna win in life, you gotta do a lot of losing

It's confusing, cuz we all just grinding hoping we prevail

Steady praying for a Heaven haven while going through hell

If I figured out the main thing, & I could make it stick

I would say the ones who made it are the ones who didn't quit

See I'm coming from Gardena, yeah I was born on the West

L.A. County, Reagan era, if you know

You know the rest

Grandfather was a hero, Grandma was Queen of the land

Got a fire single mother, Mom was doing what she can

The Man entered the picture, & there was greatness among us

Said he took a new position, we were moving to Columbus

And it stunned us, but we rolled with it, Apprehensive? Very

Now I got two lil brothers, Rod & Londa getting married

Guess we doing this

See We ain't got it all together

But when we're all together

You know that we've got it all yeah

And no matter the weather

We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all

It was His grace that saved me

It was this Faith that made me

Now we're stronger than before

Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

Ohio came with affliction

We kinda in poverty, cuz Poppa had an addiction

On top of that he hitting on Momma

And it was sickening

And I'm emasculated, too little to go get with him

Years later, & I'm 16

Filling in the gap

Well respected, in the Church or when I'm standing in the Trap

Picture that

Dad battled what he battled but he cared

Fact is every time I needed Rod Stevens he was there

Now I got a lil Sister and the light was finally seen

Pops rolled up on me told me, that he was finna get clean

But you know that came with opposition, listen, it's a law

Got the call, he in the ER, they snuck him & broke this jaw

Major flaw

But they ain't consider who they were attacking

Momma praying for her Husband, asking God to let him back in to the Kingdom

Over time, their marriage mended, & their children just observed

We grew tighter as a family, & got grounded in the Word

See We ain't got it all together

But when we're all together

You know that we've got it all yeah

And no matter the weather

We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all

It was His grace that saved me

It was this Faith that made me

Now we're stronger than before

Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

But We ain't done just yet, there's a Cancer diagnosis

And now we staring at Death

Pops is telling us he ready, cool, but We ain't there just yet

As we gather round his bed, watching him take his Final breath

This the story of a fam who went from needing intervention

To intention, being honest? this the story of redemption

Did I mention, people wrote us off, & thought that we would fall

But we made it, cuz when God is for you , He works through it all

Before you walk, you gotta crawl, just keep going man

See We ain't got it all together

But when we're all together

You know that we've got it all yeah

And no matter the weather

We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all

It was His grace that saved me

It was this Faith that made me

Now we're stronger than before

Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

See We ain't got it all together

But when we're all together

You know that we've got it all yeah

And no matter the weather

We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all

It was His grace that saved me

It was this Faith that made me

Now we're stronger than before

Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed