“ I Judge U By Your Heart”(Response)

I’LL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR HEART Da’OutLaw Response to AmurikanInfidel Artist: Da’OutLaw Written by 12Gauge858 Intro Funny thing… About people… We spend so much time… Looking… At what’s hanging… Around somebody’s neck… We forget… To look… At what’s beating… Inside their chest… I’ve been judged… By this black hat… These tattoos… This Harley… These scars… Before anybody… Ever asked… My name… So when I heard… Your story… I didn’t hear… A pagan… I heard… Another man… Trying to walk… His own road… Without somebody else… Drawing the map… Much love… And respect… Brother… ⸻ Verse 1 You talked about church bells… Lord… I grew up hearing those too… Mama ironing Sunday shirts… Daddy shining old work boots… Some folks taught me… Faith looked like mercy… Others made it sound… Like fear… Took me years… To learn… Only one of those… Sounded like Heaven… You wore your hammer… I wear this old hat… Different symbols… Same heartbeat… Funny how strangers… Can write your story… Before you ever… Open your mouth… You talked about whispers… Following you… Mine just wore different words… “Stay away from that outlaw…” “He ain’t worth trusting…” Nobody asked… How many nights… I spent becoming… A better man… They only remembered… The mistakes… That made better stories… ⸻ Pre-Chorus You said… “I don’t break… I multiply…” Brother… I felt that… Cause every scar… Somebody used… To judge me… Became another reason… I kept riding… ⸻ Chorus I don’t judge you… By your chain… Or the book… You choose to read… Show me… How you love… The ones… Who can’t repay… Anything… Thunder… Cross… Hammer… Stars… Those are only… Pieces… Of who we are… Cause the strongest kind of faith… Ain’t trying… To win arguments… It’s still choosing mercy… When mercy’s hard… So I’ll judge you… By your heart… ⸻ Verse 2 You said… Bible Belt… I know those roads… Red dirt shoulders… Little white churches… Friday lights… Sunday hymns… I’ve met believers… Who changed my life… Without asking… One question… About mine… Old farmer… Fixed my tire… Outside Amarillo… Never asked… What I believed… Just smiled… Wiped the grease… Off his hands… Said… “Son… Get home safe…” That preached louder… Than any sermon… I’ve ever heard… Then I watched… A biker… Covered in ink… Buy groceries… For a woman… Trying not to cry… Tell me again… Character… Lives inside… A building… Cause I’ve seen… Too much… To believe that… ⸻ Pre-Chorus Maybe… We’re all… Just travelers… Trying… To find home… Maybe… The road gets lighter… When we stop… Calling strangers… Enemies… ⸻ Bridge I quit… Trying… To convince people… Who’d already decided… Who I was… Cause no amount… Of truth… Can change… A heart… That ain’t listening… Then an old rancher… Looked at another man’s hammer… Looked at my cross… Smiled… And said… “Son… Those are just symbols…” “The real question…” “Is who’s gonna answer…” “When somebody calls…” At two in the morning…” I’ve never forgotten… That… ⸻ Final Chorus I don’t judge you… By your chain… Or the road… That brought you here… Show me… How you stand… When nobody’s watching… When nobody’s cheering… Thunder… Cross… Hammer… Stars… We all stand… Beneath the same sky… We all bleed… The same red… If your faith… Makes room… For compassion… Brother… We ain’t standing… That far apart… Cause I’ll remember… How you loved… Long before… I remember… What you called… Your faith… I’ll judge you… By your heart… ⸻ Outro You keep your pew… I’ll keep my saddle… You carry your cross… He’ll carry his hammer… I’ll carry… My word… Cause that’s the one thing… Every man… Ought to leave behind… The world’s got enough… People arguing… About Heaven… What it needs… Is more folks… Walking each other… Home… If we ever meet… On some lonely Texas highway… I’ll tip my hat… You nod your head… We’ll share the road… Without demanding… The other man… Walk ours… Much love… And respect… Brother… May your road… Lead you… To peace… And may mine… Never forget… That before I see… Your beliefs… I should first… See… You… Much Love and Respect Brother