Zae da Blacksmith
Passport
[Hook]
I can still remember the days before I knew I was lost / before You gave me the grace to come to know who You are / I couldn't shift / I kept drifting / my vision was impaired / I had no direction / I wasn't heading for anywhere / (X2)

[Verse 1]
I must have thought I was the freshest / walked with a bop / a fine specimen of one who was invested in extending adolescence / couldn't make the best of the blessings that God kept handing me / my family’s wondering / what’s it gonna take to make a man of me / calamity and strife filled my life from unwise living / anesthetize it with drinks and spending my nights with women / but I thought I was living the life though / content with my little rep for picking up mics and spitting a hype flow / but that was superficial, though / I’d laugh though I was miserable / was dark inside but I was tryna mask it like a minstrel show / but in the midst of this picture the Lord took a hold of me / miraculously crafting me gradually shaped and forming me / first came conviction from women and blazing spliffs then / through the power of prayer God put away those addictions / He gave me strength for the burdens I couldn't bear / so I don't care where we're heading I’ll follow You anywhere /

[Hook]
I set my heart on a course to pursue God / Lord help me to grow to know more of who You are / You saved my soul from hell and out of despair / so I don’t care where we're heading I’ll follow You anywhere / (X2)

[Verse 2]
I felt oh so refreshed then / walking with Christ was such a blessing / and wrestling with my old way of life was out the question / cause man I was so impressed with His Life / Death and Resurrection / I counted my life a loss and Christ was my greatest treasure / I mean it ain't like I ain't have no problems or stress / but when I did I ran to Him / He gave me His strength and rest / empowered my fist to pummel the sin that's tugging within / rejected whatever thing that threatened my love for Him / it was the sweetest time but somewhere along the line / settled for a lesser treasure than what God would have for me in His design / the consequence of walking in my own strength was sickening / I’d serve along the brethren but I’d feel like such a hypocrite / it seems I lost my passion for the glory of the Lord / compassion for the lost and for cats to carry their cross / and though I wouldn't dare to say it inside it's like I don't care / the way I'm living it's like I won't follow Him anywhere

[Hook]
And though I front like we're cool / like we're still not too far / it seems that I must have forgot about who You are / cause though I wouldn't dare to say it inside it's like I don't care / the way I'm living is like I won't follow You anywhere / (X2)

[Verse 3]
Was in the pit of depression / felt like my walk was a flop / never expected that I would be so indifferent to Christ and that I’d neglect Him / I must have got swept away with the current of life’s ills / like making paper to pay for the rent and the light bill / and so many other cares with just the family affairs / like praying the test for mom's cancer declares that she’s clear / and still your brother had worries in other areas / I had a myriad of various trials I was carrying / but God insisted in spite of my heart's persistence / to push Him off to the side and invite in a far distance / He brought me closer / exposing me from the dark / the more His light hit my heart / I cared less of what people thought / cause I don't want to keep deceiving Him / plus it's Jesus I'm needing / to esteem and to receive strength if I'm to be obedient / so I set my thoughts on the Person and Work of Christ / and set my thoughts on the cross and the cost of eternal life / and as I sit here and reflect on this path that I’ve walked / it feels like I'm looking at ink stamps on my passport / I see the different places in life I've been through / and contemplate how I lived and think / this is who Christ was sent for? / I been around the world and got around with no direction / been a thousand miles from home but had His guidance and protection / so my prayer is through this journey / Christ I want to have You near / I'm packing up my satchel we can travel anywhere /