Soul Ties

You know, my father will kill me
If he know I was out with the boy tonight
I told them I was going to church
The Lord is good
Why don't you come on over here and sit down, relax a little bit (okay)
(Yeah)

Yeah, the enemy makes a living watching souls die
She can see the difference from her own eyes, yeah
'Cause she's not used to not having somebody
Around don't know how to spend her alone time, uh
So she's looking for the next thing, yeah
But the flesh is never satisfied, yeah
That's when Satan starts to strategize
Brings in all these guys, now you caught up in these soul's ties, uh

You deserve to be a wife
But you rather settle for one that won't treat you right
You'd rather him pursue you more than he's pursuing Christ
Ignoring all the signs, you risking eternal life
That's life I say it twice, you dimming your light
For a comment and like
A caption where he writes that you are his type
You pray he keeps it posted on his page overnight
'Cause when you livin' in that sin, that's your appetite

Yeah, now you hittin' up yo' girls for advice
But they speaking from they flesh
They ain't telling you what's right
Telling you grab his debit card and just swipe
But that's another fight you don't
Wanna pay the price for but you enticed
Feel like you entitled, see the world black and white
But you won't acknowledge, when you let him hit, that's where you striked
Forget about your faith and you been walking by your sight

Now on sight you say you got something for him though
But this happened with the last man before him though
So either you know what's gon' happen or don't wanna know
You suppose to be a Proverbs 31 woman, though that's what you said
That man misleading if he ain't spirit lead
How it's him that you feeding, he suppose to be the head
Showed you all the signs you still don't see the red
No matter how good he looks, that could be good as dead, yeah

If he ain't leading you to Christ
But in the back of your mind you think it's gon' be alright
You think you can change him, but girl that ain't yo' fight
You gon' mess around and lose yo' life
Being tied to a soul, you gotta let it go
But every time you say you 'bout to do it
You get back into your feelings, you don't wanna be alone
'Cause you just want somebody to love you even if it's wrong

Sis, you gotta be stronger than this
'Cause this yo' life, but you making yours harder for his and it ain't right
You say we judge you we just tryna love you, give good advice
Your daughters watching you drink away your tears every night
And that ain't fair to them
So when I say a prayer for you, I say a prayer for them
'Cause they just want to be cared for like you care for him
Because of choices you made, look what you prepared for them

You can't be there for them, like you should be
Yo' sins got you thinking God won't forgive
What if I told you, you could be
'Cause you thinking that God don't understand but
God is saying you the one that misunderstood me, uh
Good girl gone bad, sin deep
That explains why her spirit is empty
And if God sent Satan to hell because of sin
Where you think that he gon' send me?

I'm tryna get this to you
Before it's too late to get this to you
If you got 'em, break these soul ties
If not then watch your soul die
Yeah
Break these soul ties
'Cause if you don't then your soul dies

Soul ties got a way of breaking you
You gotta protect
You gotta protect yourself
When you gon' protect yourself
Why do you keep letting it happen to you and only you?
Why you always confused?

We're telling you the truth, but you act like you never heard it
You know God, right?

He done warned you already, yeah
Why you lacking staying ready?
You know the pain getting heavier, heavier, heavier
It's been breaking you
Who you choosing been shaping you?
Out here acting like the God you know ain't guiding you
Who you know, who you know, know

Who gon' ride when the wheels fall off?
Who gon' talk when the convos get tough?
Why you going back when they left, 'cause it got tough?
Why you going back 'cause it's tough, that's tough?
You gave your whole self, that ain't enough
God gon' give it, just be patient and still
Just be patient and still, still

You can't let them control your emotions
Soul ties
A way of bringing death around
Soul ties
Gotta way of bringing death around