**CONFESSIONAL COME HOME

[Intro 4bars] No stage No smoke Just truth [Verse 1：rapper calm soulful speaker] I came up Baptist Then I went silent from church at a young age Life taught me early it isn’t fair Not with family Not with love Not with violence And I didn’t have words for it So I learned to cope the way some do I got busy I got angry I got loud inside [Interlude 2bars] [Piano, breath] [Verse 2：rapper calm soulful speaker] I’m a product child of 9/11 And everything that came after The fear The propaganda The crises that kept multiplying As a teenager I was reckless I drove too fast I worked too much I chased money like it could buy meaning I tried to earn love and respect From those I shouldn’t have given my time to I was in a hurry to grow up When I should’ve slowed down Because the most valuable thing in life is time And you can’t buy that back No— Not time [Pre-Chorus：female vocal soft] Come home Come back [Verse 3：rapper calm soulful speaker] I didn’t value what my parents sacrificed For my siblings and I I didn’t understand their hardships And I thought I was mature enough But I hadn’t grown up yet I didn’t do great in school Didn’t do great in sports I just kept grinding As if being exhausted meant I was becoming someone But I was spending what mattered most Family Friends The important things [Interlude 2bars] [A quiet pause] [Verse 4：rapper calm soulful speaker] Then I left as soon as I could I became a tool of war young I said goodbye to the easy days of being a kid Without knowing nothing would ever feel the same again And through my teens and twenties I couldn’t see the bigger picture Not because I didn’t care But because life teaches at different speeds And it teaches through experience [Verse 5：rapper calm soulful speaker] I traveled the world Met cultures, people, religions And their likenesses And their struggles I faced my own struggles too And you will face yours But here’s what I learned the hard way We are more similar than we are different No matter what the world Or institutions try to sell you I’ve seen the best of humanity And I’ve seen the worst And I’ve seen how deep the darkness goes [Chorus：female vocal] Mercy found me When I was far Love kept calling Through every scar You are not worthless You are not alone You are not unforgivable Come home [Verse 6：rapper calm soulful speaker] I’ve fallen off the course many times I’ve been the one behind the trigger And I’ve hurt people I’ve been reckless with hearts And I’ve let others be reckless with mine I tried to save as many lives as I could But not all of them made it And that stays with you That follows you home into the quiet of the night [Interlude 2bars] [Low choir breath] [Verse 7：rapper calm soulful speaker] Only by God’s grace am I still alive I’ve had too many close calls with death While so many around me are gone Some from service, some via self Even when I wanted to give up I’m still here And I was lucky— Because there were people who took a chance on me Loved me Accepted me When I didn’t feel worthy So now I’m trying to do the same [Pre-Chorus 2：female vocal] Start again Start again [Verse 8：rapper calm soulful speaker] I know now I was dealing with things I couldn’t even comprehend back then And I’m still walking through it Moral injuries Trials and Tribulations For a long time, I never thought I’d step back into a church And I’m still not the greatest father To my oldest two— I’m sorry... Dad couldn’t be physically present in your youth I’m not the greatest husband Or friend Or Christian I’m not the greatest anything But I get up every day And I keep moving forward Because I still believe in a better future And a better life with my children And the people I love [Bridge：rapper calm soulful speaker] So if you’re listening and you feel disqualified Hear me Jesus didn’t break bread only with the best Or the cleanest Or the most law-abiding He took chances on people He welcomed the unlikely He called the broken So you are not alone You are not worthless You are not unforgivable [Climax：female vocal + male low harmony] Make us new Teach us love Hold us close And lift us up We come home We come home [Outro,Fade out] [Spoken—rapper calm] I’m still learning I’m coming home Are you ready to come home? God has a plan for all of us.