🎵 No Devil in My Dust

[Style: 1950s Delta Blues / Gospel Soul Voice: Powerful Black female vocal, rich with grit and grace Mood: Testimonial, bold, haunting, and heavenly] [Verse 1] I walk slow, but my soul run fast, Been chasin’ mercy since the first storm passed. Dust on my hem and fire in my eyes, Ain’t no devil gonna sell me lies. [Chorus – with low gospel harmonies] 🎶 I got no devil in my dust, no sin in my song, My feet been draggin’ but my faith stay strong. I been bruised, I been burned, I been left behind— But I rise with the sun, one step at a time. 🎶 [Verse 2] Mama said, “Child, don’t you bow to man, Your power lives where you choose to stand.” Been kneelin’ in fields, cryin’ in pews, But I sing my truth, I don’t sing to lose. [Chorus – add tambourine and foot stomps] 🎶 I got no devil in my dust, no chain on my soul, You can take my name, but you won’t take control. Been cursed and called, but I’m still free— Got a backbone built on harmony. 🎶 [Bridge – raw, nearly spoken, fire in the chest] They tried to hush me, hush my song, Told me my dreams were dead and gone. But I kept hummin’, I kept that tune, Now I howl like a choir to a midnight moon. [Final Chorus – big, arms raised, church fire] 🎶 I got no devil in my dust, no shame on me, Washed my wounds in a wild, red sea. You can cast your stones, you can make a fuss, But I ain’t got no devil in my dust. 🎶 [Outro – soft, resolute] No devil in my dust… Only grace and gold and rust. I ain’t afraid of the road, 'Cause it leads to us.