I Am Not Ashamed ft. Jennifer Knapp & The Girl Rapper Lyrics

God is a storyteller

A lover composing a letter

And every word is hope and light and glory

This is the awesome endeavor

Justice that flows forever

But fear and shame will interrupt the story

Shame is a blight on our vision

Implicates us in vain competition

The imprint of fear on our hearts is how it all starts to break down

So we're set on a course for collision

We succumb to the way of division

All of us bullies and victims on the playground

I'm not ashamed

I will not cave

My spirit rises

I am brave

I shed the mark

Burned on my heart

My hope remains

I am not ashamed

The liars implore you to listen

Subvert you with artful suspicion

Who wouldn't chase after heaven when living feels like hell

So they call you a name of derision

Instead of the one you were given

But please remember your life is not their story to tell

I'm not ashamed

I will not cave

My spirit rises

I am brave

I shed the mark

Burned on my heart

My hope remains

I am not ashamed

I got nothing to even hide no more

I'm gonna come out from right behind closed doors

Take the mark that burned upon my heart

I let it go and left it right behind those doors

I'm so much more, than what they said

Remembering who I am instead

I left the shame and kept the grace

To keep my soul I left the race

Set my pace to eliminate the hustling

Of my worth is not a mistake I will make

Resistance leads to suffering so it's no wondering

It is the one thing that I will not take on

I will stay strong finding freedom when I play songs

Take wrongs and make them right

Then as I write my life will play on

Every note rise up until the shame gone

I'm not ashamed

I will not cave

My spirit rises

I am brave

I shed the mark

Burned on my heart

My hope remains

My hope remains

I'm not ashamed

I will not cave

My spirit rises

I am brave

I shed the mark

Burned on my heart

My hope remains

I am not ashamed

Not ashamed, no, no, no

God is a storyteller

A lover composing a letter

And every word is hope and light and glory