the standing! Lyrics

I can't remember when I

I can't remember when I

I can't remember when I

Was allowed to be innocent

Just a mouth to feed

Never could imagine I'd amount to be

What it is I'm bound to be

Tied to legacy

I try to count the seeds

Pain that I encountered helped those sprout to trees

Marched around these walls so long

Can't feel defeat

Shoot

Marched upon this sand so long,

Remaining strong

Living through a million wrongs

But God came to Cross em off

The Ark (arc) of my story is His glory

Which makes every song a standing stone

THE STANDING

If you could only understand it, man

Purpose only grows where it's planted

I think we take it for granted

The opportunity to choose is something needed to manage

But I seen pastors fumble bags til they damaged

And I seen rappers claiming Jesus care much more about a "moment" than the message they handed

Some surface skin for the branding

Can't stomach sin so they damn it

Wonder if walking round the wilderness is part of the plan

Choose to accept who I am in

Moments I froze and then ran

Moments I cheated and lied

I saw the pain in her eyes

Rather be known for the whole story

than just what you surmise

More than just dropping disguise

More than just life in the skies

I needed certainty

Some death to value being alive

Only the lost can comprehend the joy in finally arriving

Peace surpassing the violence

The blood that's dripping is violet

When ship is hitting the tide

You might find me resting my eyelids

Need a break, sit in silence

The counterfeit

Counting fits

Live for glitz and its glamour

Like nails, take hits and get hammered

Numb the nick of no standards

To make some sense of what's sweet

Soured by social claims

Shaky aim

Shots fired

Is it you or I?

Who's finna take the blame?

Pointed fingers, handed shame

Parents 'fraid to make it plain

Children fly escaping tamed notions

What would they do if they saw their folks open an ocean?

True devotion is missing;

The "Show" excused from admission

You can miss me with that posture

Lies create inhibition

Injustice is just stomached

But it ain't sitting right…

We journeyed way too many days and many nights

Til promised land was in our sights

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

THE STANDING

Standing up, put it down

Standing up, put it down

Yeah, it's THE STANDING

I'm STANDING!