The Gauntlet Lyrics

I reminisce

It's hard not to brag on my old life

Before being trespassed by the po twice

Before the cold nights

It was crown on ice

Temp fade waves reflect in the strobe lights

I was so hyped before I chose life

Before I gave away my home and my soul like

Take it, I'm a drifter, a nomad, a sipper

I flipped and made the road my wife

On the outside it probably looked kosher, right

I was a high level poser before I came close to Christ

Became friends with the demons I'm supposed to fight

Isolated from my loved ones, the dark one strikes

Dead broke, put my flow on ice

Couldn't tell me I wasn't Jon Jones with mics

But I'm alone every night with no hope in sight

So the king and his knights fled the throne for mine

He left the 99 to come and get the one

The one for which he sent his only son

I

Fist around the bottle, other grippin the Bible

Let me testify, my God, without him

I woulda died,

Actually I did

Born again from the blood

I am on one

Picked from the bin, no longer them

Loved in my sin, forgiven

I'm him

My run through the gauntlet was all for His glory

I had to play the part

He wrote the story

This ain't a pity party

It ain't about poor me

Know he's the hero

He saved many before me

Couldn't watch the game

Now I got floor seats

The game's just a metaphor

For life before peace

From my next breath

To the day me and the Lord meet

I do my best to walk it out

Or father send your army

Filled with self-hate

Thought being me was corny

Now He's got my own skin feeling like Porsche seats

Eternal matrimony

There's no divorcing

Started with the law

Now his grace is transforming

Sobriety's a perk

This flow is an offering

I'll take what life gave me and

Pass it to my offspring

See you at the crossroads

We're all going home soon

There's a life after death

That's word from the throne room

He left the 99 to come and get the one

The one for which he sent his only son

I

Fist around the bottle, other grippin the Bible

Let me testify, my God, without him

I woulda died,

Actually I did

Born again from the blood

I am on one

Picked from the bin, no longer them

Loved in my sin, forgiven

I'm him