He got me in his sights, just like a sniper 

moving in close, now he tryna swipe the 

joy from my heart. Put fear in his place, 

thought it was the Lord’s cup but I know it was laced 

with a trace of shame and I know how it tastes

spitting out quick, where’s Christ’s blood to chase 

But I love the chase, though I’m the one hunted

Still flirting with death if I’ma keep it a hundred 

Yeah, I’m hungry, I’m thirsty for desires that hurt me 

And if I stop now, the devil gon’ murk me 

Lord, search me and clean me from the inside 

Get down to the place where the demons lie 

I know your word is truth, but the demons lie 

You whisper in my ear, but they scream in mine 

Trying to convince me that you can’t rinse me 

Lord, come and defend me, please just fence me in

Please just fence me in 

They tryna convince me that you can’t rinse me

Lord, come and defend me, just fence me in

“You hem me in behind and before And you lay your hand upon me.”

Psalm 139:5 

Just fence me in

It started with an innocent glance. I didn’t sweat it.
I tried to move on with my day. Couldn’t forget it.
Once I double clicked, the devil hit my psyche.
Tried to incite me to do it, just like Nike.
Hi-key. I thought I was stronger than that.
The longer I sat, I pondered there’s much wronger than that…
And it soothed me Like grandma’s back rub.
No pill to strengthen my will, my heart is like a bad drug.
It’s poison, cursed. Your boy’s in 1st.
Of the line to repent, since my joy is reversed.
The noise, it hurts, as the enemy rehearsed.
The shame in my brain, hook, and refrain no verse.
Reminding me the pain on Jesus rained. When Jesus came In his name he emptied the purse.
Bankrupt heaven and hijacked the hearse.
So now I’m running to the doctor before it gets worse, I’m in too deep.

I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I can’t breathe
(I’m in too deep)

I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I just can’t breathe
(I’m in too deep)

In too deep in the slop like a prodigal
Chasing the win to the end like a pot of gold
Love of paper soul gone like a vapor
Ain’t no hoddunit it’s the simplest caper
The enemy at work planting seeds and then I water’ed ‘em
These need to wither and die so call the Gardener
Cal the Coroner, dead man walking after mammon
Never stopped consuming, even in a famine
Slamming doors on the poor ignore the damage
Ain’t rounding up the bill, no sparing a sandwich
Not caring if famished, money talks they not speaking the language
Anguish on they face as they waste and they languish
The lame wish for help. I just can’t granted
I’m selfish and I’m stuck and I can’t even manage
I’m rummaging drawers trying score trying to scavenge
Lord I’m trapped in my greed open up my hands quick, I’m in too deep

I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I can’t breathe
(I’m in too deep)

I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I’m in too deep
I just can’t breathe
(I’m in too deep)

Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put away my bitter, bitter heart)

Verse 1
Woke up in cold sweat with thoughts I can’t forget
The dark silhouette of folks I never met

Nightmares and night terrors and now my pillow wet
I thought I was healed but I’m Not there yet

I bet
It’s just a matter of time
No matter if I
Climbed the ladder to God
Or put the matter aside

And just move forward then He gave me a sign
The word clicked and now I’m just trying to resign

Give up, give in, retreat, submit, surrender
So places made of stone return to tender

Return to sender, put my bitter in the blender
Give the Lord my heart and pray that He mend her

Bend it back straight and make me whole
Shalom was once mine deep down in my soul

Thought I did the work, but quit too soon
God forgave my dirt, so I better forgive too

HOOK

Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put away my bitter, bitter heart)

Verse 2

Yeah I heard the call got up and got to running
But now I’m checking my pulse and my heart is up to something

Clear….(CHARGE SOUNDS) check the vitals
Back to life again….I need Revival

Self righteous I might just stop reading my Bible
Got lost in my pain, anger became an idol

I’m liable to mistranslate in this state
Resentment on the menu; bitterness on the plate

The devil cooking and I’m just eating it up
With every bite I’m sure to stay stuck

In place, the weight of this sin slowing my pace in this race
Christ came to carry this pain I won’t face

When will I cast it off and not just laugh it off
Resubmitting all to Jesus and God’s Wrath is off
My shoulders, it ain’t over til God say
Not yet bitter free but I’ve decided today

HOOK

Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put it away)
Gotta put away, need to put away
(Gotta put away my bitter, bitter heart)

Verse 1
Fighting for my life; I should have gave up
I thought I surrendered it all but found I saved up

A little bit of pride and a pinch of ambition
Pushing through my plan, despite his admonitions

Instincts said to thrash and splash to keep from drowning
No matter how I tried I’m going down and down and

Deep deeper into self with every trial that’s dealt
Self-medicating to fix up my health

A little Jack and Coke too ease me off to sleep
Morning cup of Joe cause I need my caffeine

I’m half fiend, half faith filled submitted
Struggling to hold the souls that I’ve been given

The battle takes its toll; I can’t hide that
Burying the pain of lost time. I can’t buy back.

I can’t lie back; there’s gotta be a better stroke
To keep my head above water but I just can’t float

I choke when I breathe, or when I try to speak
A silent cry tries to tell the world I’m weak

HOOK
I’m fighting for my life
Ain’t waiting on nobody; I was born to survive
I’m fighting for my life
Every scar on my back lets you know I’m alive
I’m fighting for my life
I’ve come too far to fold so I won’t stop trying
But I gotta stop fighting to live and start fighting to die

VERSE 2
I’m the man with the torch, the voice on a mission
No retreat from the war confuses submission

My intuition gets clouded with guilt
At the thought of losing the life that I’ve built

I know the truth, here’s my confession
Living on the hope that Christ makes an exception

Dangerous thought I never said out loud
Am I living for the Lord or living for the crowd?

That echoes loud and now I can’t unhear it
Am I truly alive or just somewhere near it

I fear it’s the latter lately some days
It reminds me life in Christ is not just Sundays

From the bottom I can see Him in the sun rays
My only hope to be raised from these dark days

Am I carrying my cross? Has it crossed my mind
Hard to live and every harder to die

You are DROWNING — and you don’t even know it — because you’re so busy SWIMMING! Kicking and clawing and fighting and STRIVING — and every stroke is taking you DEEPER!

Can I tell you something your pride doesn’t want to hear?!
YOU — CANNOT — SAVE — YOURSELF!
The very life you’re fighting to keep is the life that’s killing you!
Stop trying to keep your head above water — and LET GO!
Jesus said it — whoever tries to SAVE his life will LOSE it! You cannot hold onto yourself AND hold onto Christ — you have to let ONE of them go!
So I’m telling you — STOP. FIGHTING. TO. LIVE.
START. FIGHTING. TO. DIE.

HOOK
I’m fighting for my life
Ain’t waiting on nobody; I was born to survive
I’m fighting for my life
Every scar on my back lets you know I’m alive
I’m fighting for my life
I’ve come too far to fold so I won’t stop trying
But I gotta stop fighting to live and start fighting to die

Too many live dead
Too many live dead
Too many live dead.

Too many live dead
Too many live dead
Too many live dead
Too many live dead.

Too many live dead
Too many live dead.
Too many live dead.

Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Experiences.

Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Experiences.

Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Too many live dead
With these near life experiences
Rest in me He says.

Boxed up memories I’m trying to unpack
Like I moved back home but I’m a keep it a stack
I ran away cause the pain kept chasing
When our folks crashed out It was like I was erasing
the best years along with the worst
Didn’t embrace the joy cause the sadness hurt
But I was never alone till I escaped from the home
Now I’m miles up north in a new area code
But you in lockdown Counting hours on the clock now
When I saw your mugshot, I just broke down
Like when we had our first real fight
I said we brothers man this ain’t right
Then things changed God came and rearranged our hearts
That we connected in him, though we miles apart
Too much time lost That’s the cause to regret
I’m trying not to forget.

Yo Raf, I heard Noah Jones the other day and I couldn’t hack it
I could swear you were there in the background
Nodding and swaying along, man
She had some of your favorite songs, man
You left too soon We painted your bedroom blue
You would fight every word that I said to you
Regret that I left you Felt like I had to
But that was selfish And now self is life without you
No doubt you up in heaven Buttin’ in when it ain’t about you
My favorite pic is me on the couch, you Right to my left
I miss you to death When God took you I swear it felt like a theft
Look you never got to live the life intended
It was shortened up in it No time left to mend it
But that ain’t my call Just the pain that I’m sending
Through these bars I’m glad you’re free
But you’re still with me You’re still with me

You’re still with me

I remember how you’d like to disagree
If I picked a side, you’d be opposite of me.
I’m still feeling trapped and you finally free.
The pattern continues the way it’s supposed to be
You were chill and cool And you had your own style
Me and Kahlil, how you made us both smile
When you would crack jokes, you deliver them calm
But when you was real little, you’d explode like a bomb
I remember some days you chose the hard way
So we had to hold you down and teach you restraint
Or, on the road when a peppermint wasn’t good enough
You found out real fast Dad’s love could be tough
It’s rough when you grow up in a broken home
Feeling different and out of place seems like you’re all alone
It makes me cry if that was true for you,
but wiping tears and moving forward’s what I have to do.
Laughter took a hit, but I still find a chuckle
When thoughts of you hold me down like a seat buckle
There’s so much you never had a chance to see
I hope you watch through my eyes cause you’re still with me

You’re still with me

I love you, Raf

[Dedicated to Rafael Walton Sheffey]

HOOK

What are you doing?
I don’t quite comprehend.

What are you building?
I know each brick is in your plan.

You show me so much.
Another layer of your heart.

Life has been so rich.
And my struggles the biggest part.

Verse 1

On tough days like this, I’m glad I get to see
what it means to know you even more intimately. The intimacy we share in the midst of my struggle screams come into me see,
cause they’re in the tussle. My feathers get rough with my joy temporarily muffled till I recognize your hand reaching out the cuddle. Why muddle through life just hoping to survive when you can dance and rain cuddles because God in you thrives.
Lives have come and gone wasted breath lost in vain. I want mine to run strong face was left embrace the pain washed by the blood and trained by the rain.
The lessons that I’ve learned made my loss my gain the unchained melody of God’s heart and mind getting more in tune with every trial I find find his keepers this rounds my testimony another unforgettable chapter in God’s story I bleed for his glory and never hide my scars use the work of your hands stretch me out of these bars. So yeah, I’m thankful cause the suffering brings fellowship. I’m not asking for the cup. But for you, I’ll take a sip.

HOOK

What are you doing?
I don’t quite comprehend.

What are you building?
I know each brick is in your plan.

You show me so much.
Another layer of your heart.

Life has been so rich.
And my struggles the biggest part.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

Verse 2

Does my little boy get me when I tell him he’s loved. Does he understand what it means when I give him a hug.

When his little hand pitter pats on my back. I wonder if he knows just how my heart reacts.

Does he realize my heart gets lost in his eyes
or that his laughter softens a hard day gone by.

Can he know just how much his mother often cries
with thoughts of his painful future just cross her mind.

And sometimes I think he’s about to give a man a log. So I sit and wait for his little tongue to unclog.

I know we’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
But I sense God is walking us toward a breakthrough.

But I turned the corner and God was sitting right there. The hurt was so real and so was how much he cared.

He spared no expense when Christ came to rinse and provide a recompense for all of my sins.

And ever since I picked up the torch my hands have been scorched. But blessed beyond belief live in signs of relief.

No matter what or who life’s just gonna be tough on you. But it’d be unbearable without the Lord walking me through.

I’m glad I found that balm and Gilly had my savior the sun and my heavenly dad

and Holy Spirit. They make it all worthwhile.
So if we headed to the grave I’m gonna go with a smile.

But my story don’t end there. I won’t stay down. When the pain is set and done my home is heavenly ground.

So my heart pounds and tells my head to stop keeping school. I’m always winning if I get to know you more.

HOOK

What are you doing?
I don’t quite comprehend.

What are you building?
I know each brick is in your plan.

You show me so much.
Another layer of your heart.

Life has been so rich.
And my struggles the biggest part.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

So I thank you.

So I thank you for it all.

So I thank you.

So I thank you.

We’re gonna make it through the night

If we get this right

We’re gonna make it through the night

Hold on Tight

We’re gonna make it through the night

If we get this right

We’re gonna make it through the night

the night the night the night the night

the night the night the night

the night the night the night

the night the night the night

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope, Nope Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope, Nope Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

Nope, Nope Nope

Hope

Don’t put us to shame

We’re gonna make it through the night

If we get this right

We’re gonna make it through the night

Hold on Tight

We’re gonna make it through the night

the night the night the night

the night the night the night

the night the night the night

Verse 1

Looking at life and scared of taking chances
Studied for the test but still don’t have the answers
Pop quiz, you were never meant to know it all
But shout out Jesus and He answers your call
Yes them old folks say Jesus on mainline
But my battery’s low and I ain’t got a landline
landmines grenades, snares and claymores
Feels like life is a trap, even if I pray more
Say more, naw I better say less
I’ll get tripping into heresy
Slipping into Pharisee
When my doubts run wild my faith is embarrassing
My theology becomes kindling, lighting up like Kerosene
Where is He is the midst of my darkest place
There is He when I have no strength to chase
Never seen a day, without His Grace
Need to practice His presence when I don’t see His face

HOOK
He’s with me when the rain falls
He’s with me when the rain falls
Or In the sunshine, in the sunshine, in the sunshine
He’s with me through it all

Verse 2

Daylight comes and life is all good
Roof on my head, table full of food
Climbing up the ladder Promotiion, Commotion,
tides’ rising like the ocean, but losing devotion

The blessings of life I’m keeping my eyes on
Lord, Don’t let me lose sight of the horizon
Wise men tumble when Pride ends the humble
Pursuit of truth the whole crew crumble

Rumble young man, but Don’t forget heaven
God stays true not trend, no 6,7
It’s perfection, 10 out 10.
He did it before He gonna do it again

He put it in His book
He put it in a letter
When You are in His shade you don’t need an umbrella

When I’m up or down
He promised to hold me down
When I’m up or down
In His arms I’m found

HOOK
He’s with me when the rain falls
He’s with me when the rain falls
Or In the sunshine, in the sunshine, in the sunshine
He’s with me through it all

Verse 1

Jesus came in kinda smooth with it 

Spirit taught me how to move with it 

A gentleman when he knocked again 

I said I guess it’s time for me to let him in 

But then I’m slipped, I thought I was Him 

Pride took me down and turned my light dim 

Brimstone and fire from the reaper

But I was the goal and thought I was the keeper 

Messi with it I thought I was the goat 

Instead of hanging with the lambs on every word he spoke 

Holy smoke, yeah, strange fire 

I got out ahead building my own empire 

Dire straits the fire waits if I were great then I would wait

But I can’t wait for no man But God’s exception bend low Because I know I’m less than

Hook

Love & Grace, Keeps me in this race

His love & grace, His loving face

Love & Grace, Keeps me in this race

His love & grace, His loving face

Verse 2

Doubt my vision, not my mission 

a love without condition what I was missing 

I came up short without a pot to piss in 

tried to earn his love With all my grifting 

Shifting gears my fears are lifting 

Wheat from the tares, my God is sifting 

tough love He calls it discipline 

when I’m pruned to grow into something different, 

listen I was in the dark now I’m glistening 

These bars ain’t hot, naw they sizzling 

Thought it was a flop, it’s time to listen again,

my faith is strong, but once we fizzling 

Thought I was tops until God’s repositioning 

Prayers to the king, yeah, put my petition in 

He heard my cry, he’s always listening 

Anything my soul needs, it’s in Him

Hook

Love & Grace, Keeps me in this race

His love & grace, His loving face

Love & Grace, Keeps me in this race

His love & grace, His loving face

Jesus came for the sinners like you and me
He came
He came to set us free
Jesus came for the sinners like you and me
He came to set us free
Set us free
Set us free
He came to set us free
Set us free

Jesus came for the sinners like you and me
He came
He came to set us free
Jesus came for the sinners like you and me
He came to set us free
Set us free
Set us free
He came to set us free
Set us free

Hook
I wanna love like (Jesus)
I’m tryna love like (Jesus)
It’s hard to go and love like (Jesus)

Verse 1
When the path gets dark it’s kinda hard to find my way
Some say follow your heart then I see ‘em fly away
with the next wave, getting tossed to and fro
building houses on the sand, they virtue come and go
they say it’s all relative until it touch they relative
Now they want that real truth and the peace that He gives
Wrapped in love, wrapped in purpose
nothing separates us from the one who said we worth it
and love works if we work it And of this I’m certain
Sharing brothers burdens until He close the curtains
Eyes on Christ That’s a rough act to follow
self sacrifice is a tough pill to swallow
Just aiming at nice man your love is pretty hollow
True love ain’t soft like the roasted marshmallows
Hello fellows yeah we fresh up out the gallows
from death to life may His name be hallowed

Hook
I wanna love like (Jesus)
I’m tryna love like (Jesus)
It’s hard to go and love like (Jesus)

I done watched the world scream loud for affirmation
Love wins in the end but it brings transformation
We come as we are but we don’t leave the same
And that real love of Christ Gonna lead you to change
lead you to think lead you to the brink
Go in with everything and the kitchen sink but can’t make you drink
Like a horse to water lamb to the slaughter
but He walks with us hand in hand with our Father
He showed us how to live love and to lead
He showed us that to give love is to bleed
free indeed but not for my own will
And nothing makes you stand up tall just like home will
But love calls you low bowed in submission
Leaning in close lips close trying to listen
Did you miss him when he sat up in the prison?
Yeah the least of these Jesus said this was Him

Hook
I wanna love like (Jesus)
I’m tryna love like (Jesus)
It’s hard to go and love like (Jesus)
But I need to

I wanna love like (Jesus)
I’m tryna love like (Jesus)
It’s hard to go and love like (Jesus)
Lord help me

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