Brandon, yuh yeah Hey you may have doubt I got this battle, this battle down with Him I felt abandoned, but your hand keeps me planted When you win the fight, there's growth on the other side You gotta stay on course Gotta show them your sword through these times of war Ay, you ever fell off with your helmet off? You let 'em inside your head Man they try to lie and take your thoughts Uh, it's a ghetto life with these yellow lights Tellin' me slow down and be careful you could be the next tonight Man, keep your Nikes on with your shoes tied They did they best to make my mama get her tubes tied Brine and rhyme, twin and wu, twin tower in me God put his power in me, God didn't put no coward in me Come pray for me, in the seed for hours with me Wash away my worries 'til no doubt is in me Yuh, tell 'em I relate to so much After this man I'm back to dust, ... on my trust, huh And I relate to the inmate, one waiting on his release date Feel good when you're walking out free gates And I relate to the church man, the one who was known as the worst man But truth steps free from the curse I got this battle, this battle down with Him I felt abandoned, but your hand keeps me planted When you win the fight, there's growth on the other side You gotta stay on course Gotta show them your sword through these times of war Last days, hope you'll turn from your bad ways Strength fight at the alter, now most of that is just man-made I ain't worried about a vaccine I could show you where the grass green Get the Bible man, you read the scripture Hope you get the picture like a flat screen You ain't got the Holy Ghost, you ain't really got hope Jesus popped and I ain't talking bread The people tried to put him in the toaster Uh, if you callin' Him, guarantee he'll get closer Guarantee you'll get focused, 'cause he promised us that he'll show us They don't like the way y'all look, they don't like the way y'all rap They don't like the things I preach They pleas say plea when I state these facts Life tryna knock me down again Satan wanna come around again Got saved from the sin I'm drowning Gotta give it to Heaven knowin' every time I'm in You ain't gotta be the preacher type But you do gotta teach the street what's right Actin' like a gang of ... I ain't want to live a evil life You don't really know what freedom like You don't really know what Jesus like You don't really know what Kingdom like 'Cause savin' the day could be the night I got this battle, this battle down with Him I felt abandoned, but your hand keeps me planted When you win the fight, there's growth on the other side You gotta stay on course Gotta show them your sword through these times of war Yeah, yeah show them your sword through these times of war Imagine you going into war and you not knowing how to fight 'Cause you don't know the promises And things that God had for your life When you wrong they will lead you, when you sleep they will keep you When you awake they will speak with you For the Commandment is a lamp, and the law is a light And reproofing is structure and the way of life And by the name of Jesus Christ And as a real man sharpen your sword soldier He says, "I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go And I will guide you in my eye" Times of war, my lord