Instrument from the Gravel

Lyrics

Powerful Female Intro
(Soulful, commanding, gritty soul sample vibe, calling from the concrete)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace…
But not in no pretty church where the talk is cheap…
In the streets where it bleeds, where the pain don’t sleep…
Make me the one who plants love in the concrete…
Where the hate runs deep and the doubt won’t leave…
Make me the channel that still believes…
Male Rap Verse 1
(Gritty Wu-Tang flow, real talk breakdown of each line)
Where there’s hatred on the block, where they plotting your name…
I sow love by not feeding the bullshit flame…
By showing up for the homie even when they crossed me raw…
By not adding to the beef that keeps us all small…
Where there’s injury, where they stabbed you in the back…
I bring pardon by not swinging, by not keeping score on the track…
Where there’s doubt, after all the fucked up shit you’ve seen…
I plant faith by living like the light still green…
Where there’s despair, when the bottom feels like home…
I bring hope by rising, by not dying alone…
Where there’s darkness, when the night won’t end…
I bring light by being the spark that won’t bend…
Where there’s sadness, when the tears won’t dry…
I bring joy by laughing through the pain, by not letting it die…
[Chorus – Epic Female Lead with Male Layers]
(Heavy soulful anthem hook)
Make me an instrument… from the gravel…
Not seeking to be consoled, but to console…
Not to be understood, but to understand the soul…
Not to be loved, but to love when it’s cold…
‘Cause in giving we receive what the streets can’t hold…
In pardoning the chains finally crack…
In dying to self we rise from the black…
Male Rap Verse 2 / Bridge
(Raw, building, strategic weight)
O Divine, grant I don’t seek my own comfort first…
When the homie hurting, I show up even when I’m cursed…
Not to be understood when I’m misunderstood…
But to listen, to see the pain under the hood…
Not to be loved when my heart’s on the line…
But to love anyway, make the love divine…
For it’s in giving that the real shit comes back…
In pardoning that the weight finally lifts off your back…
In dying to the ego that the real life starts…
Born to eternal even when the world falls apart…
[Outro – Powerful Female with Male Ad-libs]
(Soulful, prophetic close)
Instrument from the Gravel… peace in the warzone…
For the broken who can’t see the light on their own…
Sow love where hate grows… pardon where it hurts…
Be the light in the dark… be the hope in the dirt…
That’s the real talk. That’s the way it works…
Instrument from the Gravel…
Rise up.