Right Spirit, Wrong People

rap, Moody hip-hop / R&B blend over warm Rhodes and deep, swung drums, Verses rap in a close, intimate pocket with subtle choir stabs and distant organ pads; hook opens up into melodic vocals with stacked harmonies and a heavier bass, Occasional vinyl crackle and muted guitar licks add grit, Energy simmers, then lifts in the chorus; final hook strips to drums, Rhodes, and vocal for a raw, confessional outro, hip-hop, r&b

[Verse 1] Suit and tie at the door Side-eye cut through my skin They quote verses like warnings Check my past like a list of sins Heard ’em whisper my business Name folded up in their prayer Smile sweet in the first row Heart cold as the metal in the chair They love trophies on Sunday Clean hands, same dirty pride Talk grace like a slogan Lock the lost ones outside If the roof’s for the broken Why they trippin’ on my scars Checking tags on my testimony Like they work the kingdom HR [Chorus] You say I got the wrong look, wrong rhythm Wrong story in my system But God see a right heart, right spirit in me You measuring the wrong things, wrong image Clocking all my flaws by the minute But God see a right heart, right spirit in me [Verse 2] They clap loud for the choir Turn the volume down when I speak Got a past they can’t picture So they crop me out every week They lay hands on their favorites Let ’em dance, let ’em shout But my chains make you nervous So you try to pray me out Check my clothes, check my earrings You don’t check how I forgive You grade holiness on outfits Not on how somebody lives If you’re fishing for the righteous Why you standing in the light All these folks stuck in the deep end And you arguing who’s right [Chorus] [Bridge] If the doors stay open Why your circle feel so closed You say “come as you are” Then you dress code my soul You don’t know my midnights You weren’t there when I broke When the floor fell from under me It was God, not your cloak So keep your chairs in a row Keep your perfect little view I’ll be back row, hands up God and I got work to do [Chorus]

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