[INTRO] Yeah... I was born in the pews, nah I didn't choose to leave... They made me leave... Uh... [VERSE 1] I didn't want to deconstruct, I was all in, devoted, Knee on the cold floor, every prayer quoted, Mama told me "boy, keep faith, that's your power," Daddy had the King James right beside the tower, Sunday best, clean fit, tryna be a good man, Hand up in worship like "Lord, I understand," But my eyes got open and the picture got foul, Love on the banner, but hate in the scowl. Judgin' the single mother, judgin' the gay kid, Judgin' the poor soul who just can't fit in, Same mouth that sing "Oh How He Loves Us" Will damn you to hell if you ever discuss it, I was lookin' for a healer, found a country club, Private jets and tithes, man, that ain't love, If the sheep get lost, they let the wolves eat, Tell me what kind of shepherd got designer feet? [HOOK] I DIDN'T WANT TO DECONSTRUCT, But there was way too much hatred in the cup, Holy water laced with venom when they drink it up, Love was just a slogan that they stitched up, And I seen 'em clappin' for war crimes, Hands up, hallelujah for the wartime, Cheerin' for bombs like it's halftime, If that's holy, tell me what's the real crime? So at the end of the day, I let that man-made fall, I don't need a doctrine painted on a wall, No book can hold what the infinite be, Just my inner freedom and the divine in me. [VERSE 2] Yeah, look, I watched the preacher bring a general to the stage, Bless the tanks, bless the missiles, bless the rage, Pray for victory while the children flatline, Smoke in the sky and they call that divine? Flags draped over the cross, now tell me what's that? Empire in the pulpit with a welcome mat, They say "God is on our side" with a gun in hand, While the Prince of Peace got blood on his land. Man-made beliefs, man-made borders, man-made cages, Same book they use to love, they use to justify hatred, Turnin' prophets to puppets, prophets to profits, Got a scripture for a slur and a verse for the pockets, I tried to talk, they said "son, don't question," I tried to stay, but my soul learned lessons, Can't call it family when you feast on fear, Can't call it truth when the truth can't live here. [HOOK 2 - FLOW SWITCH] I DIDN'T WANT TO DECONSTRUCT, But I couldn't breathe under what they construct, White knuckles on the pew tryna stay stuck, But my spirit kept sayin' "boy, get up," 'Cause they clappin' for war crimes, Lord forgive 'em, Tellin' me it's love while they out here killin', If my God needs a body count to win, Then that ain't the God that's livin' within. [VERSE 3 - GANGSTER FLOW - 16s STRAIGHT] Uh, soul on fire, cold chain broken, I snapped it, Cathedral ceilings couldn't hold where my soul mapped it, No middleman, no man in a robe with a gavel, No golden gatekeeper at the end of my travel, I walk with the wind, I talk with the deep, I hear the divine in the silence I keep, In the river run, in the thunder clap, In the heartbeat that never needed a map, They sell salvation like a product drop, Limited heaven, gotta pay non-stop, Guilt on tap, shame on deck, Bless you Sunday, then they cash your check, Nah, I'm off that, I'm off that script, Ripped the label off, took a real sip, Of somethin' pure that don't need no stamp, Not in the church, in the whole damn camp, Universe hummin' in my chest cavity, Gravity, divinity, same energy, I am not lost, I was finally found, When I stopped lookin' up and started lookin' around - and inside. [BRIDGE - SUNG / SLOW] No steeple high enough to touch what I feel, No page, no preacher, can tell me what's real, The war drums they beat in the name of the Lamb, I heard the Lamb weepin', said "that's not who I am." [VERSE 4 - FINAL STAND] So let 'em keep they hate, let 'em keep they crowd, Keep they holy war and they flag so loud, I ain't throwin' stones, I'm just walkin' free, I still got love for the kid I used to be, That little boy in the second row prayin', Didn't know the game that the men were playin', Now my knees don't bend to a man-made throne, I pray with my life, with the seeds I sown. No book needed, no building needed, Just a soul that bled and a soul that healed, No gatekeeper tellin' me I'm worthy, I met the light when the lights weren't workin'. [FINAL HOOK - ANTHEM] I DIDN'T WANT TO DECONSTRUCT, BUT I HAD TO EVOLVE, Saw hatred in the heart that they claimed to resolve, Saw 'em clappin' for war crimes, prayin' for pain, So I walked out the temple through the pourin' rain, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T NEED MAN-MADE, DON'T NEED A BOOK TO TELL ME HOW I'M MADE, DIVINE IN MY BREATH, IN MY SOUL, I'M FREE, INNER FREEDOM - THAT'S THE GOD IN ME. [OUTRO] Yeah... just me and the sky now... No filter... Inner freedom... Let it breathe...
