Kept me

[Intro — Prayer] Lord, how they multiplied against me So many voices say You left me But You’ve been a shield around me My glory—the One who lifts my head Yeah Du’mas [Chorus] They said there ain’t no help for me Like Heaven turned its back on me But You’re the shield surrounding me You lift my head when I can’t breathe I cried out, You answered me Through every night, You carried me I laid down, slept, then woke again Because You kept me—amen Because You kept me Because You kept me I woke again Because You kept me [Verse 1] I’ve seen my name become a conversation Truth get buried under allegations They count every fall, never count the changes Judge the whole book by a couple pages I admitted my wrongs, I ain’t hid from the past But they keep adding lies just to make it last Thought the weight of that talk might break my back Then You lifted my head and You gave me strength Working twelve through the darkest hours Blue lights flash while the whole city’s hurting Had death close enough I could feel its power Still came home ’cause Your hand was working I’ve been surrounded in more ways than one By enemies, guilt, and the things I’ve done But whenever they say that my help won’t come I look toward the hills—I know where it’s from [Pre-Chorus] When the voices get loud And my faith gets low You remind me who I am And You won’t let go [Chorus] They said there ain’t no help for me Like Heaven turned its back on me But You’re the shield surrounding me You lift my head when I can’t breathe I cried out, You answered me Through every night, You carried me I laid down, slept, then woke again Because You kept me—amen Because You kept me Because You kept me I woke again Because You kept me [Verse 2] I know what it’s like when a house gets quiet When the war in my mind turns into a riot Two hours of sleep, then I’m up fighting But even in silence, Your voice keeps guiding You gave me a purpose, a child to protect A home with some love I never expected A reason to grow, a reason to breathe A reason to become who You called me to be I’m not who I was, though they want me frozen In my worst mistakes, in the roads I’ve chosen But grace wrote a future when shame said “over” Now I walk through the fire getting closer To the man that You saw when nobody could You took what was broken and worked it for good When I lower my eyes like I’m misunderstood You reach through the darkness and lift my hood [Bridge — Choir / Beat Drop] You are my shield You are my glory You lift my head You rewrite my story I cried with my voice You answered again I laid down afraid But I woke up—amen You are my shield You are my glory You lift my head You rewrite my story Ten thousand around me Still I will not fear If You brought me this far Then I know You are here [Final Chorus] They said there ain’t no help for me But they don’t know what You’ve done for me You were the shield surrounding me When I had nothing underneath I cried out, You answered me Through every battle, carried me I laid down, slept, then woke again Because You kept me—amen Because You kept me When the whole world left me I woke again Because You kept me [Outro — Spoken] “Many are they who say of me, ‘There is no help for him in God.’ But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.” I laid down I slept I woke again The Lord sustained me.