Redemption (A Stevens Story) (feat. Jonathan Baker)

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Yo, Anyone who knows me
Knows that family is everything to me
I've got a tight knit family, I've been blessed
Took some doing to get like that though
Let me explain

Listen, all I ever wanted was to make it
I learned that if I wanted something, I would have to take it
No mistaking, I done persevered, came to the conclusion
If you wanna win in life, you gotta do a lot of losing
It's confusing, cuz we all just grinding hoping we prevail
Steady praying for a Heaven haven while going through hell
If I figured out the main thing, & I could make it stick
I would say the ones who made it are the ones who didn't quit
See I'm coming from Gardena, yeah I was born on the West
L.A. County, Reagan era, if you know
You know the rest
Grandfather was a hero, Grandma was Queen of the land
Got a fire single mother, Mom was doing what she can
The Man entered the picture, & there was greatness among us
Said he took a new position, we were moving to Columbus
And it stunned us, but we rolled with it, Apprehensive? Very
Now I got two lil brothers, Rod & Londa getting married
Guess we doing this

See We ain't got it all together
But when we're all together
You know that we've got it all yeah
And no matter the weather
We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all
It was His grace that saved me
It was this Faith that made me
Now we're stronger than before
Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

Ohio came with affliction
We kinda in poverty, cuz Poppa had an addiction
On top of that he hitting on Momma
And it was sickening
And I'm emasculated, too little to go get with him
Years later, & I'm 16
Filling in the gap
Well respected, in the Church or when I'm standing in the Trap
Picture that
Dad battled what he battled but he cared
Fact is every time I needed Rod Stevens he was there
Now I got a lil Sister and the light was finally seen
Pops rolled up on me told me, that he was finna get clean
But you know that came with opposition, listen, it's a law
Got the call, he in the ER, they snuck him & broke this jaw
Major flaw
But they ain't consider who they were attacking
Momma praying for her Husband, asking God to let him back in to the Kingdom
Over time, their marriage mended, & their children just observed
We grew tighter as a family, & got grounded in the Word

See We ain't got it all together
But when we're all together
You know that we've got it all yeah
And no matter the weather
We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all
It was His grace that saved me
It was this Faith that made me
Now we're stronger than before
Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

But We ain't done just yet, there's a Cancer diagnosis
And now we staring at Death
Pops is telling us he ready, cool, but We ain't there just yet
As we gather round his bed, watching him take his Final breath
This the story of a fam who went from needing intervention
To intention, being honest? this the story of redemption
Did I mention, people wrote us off, & thought that we would fall
But we made it, cuz when God is for you, He works through it all
Before you walk, you gotta crawl, just keep going man

See We ain't got it all together
But when we're all together
You know that we've got it all yeah
And no matter the weather
We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all
It was His grace that saved me
It was this Faith that made me
Now we're stronger than before
Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed

See We ain't got it all together
But when we're all together
You know that we've got it all yeah
And no matter the weather
We weather through any storm cuz we know the one who holds it all
It was His grace that saved me
It was this Faith that made me
Now we're stronger than before
Cuz Love is the core and the reason that I've been redeemed