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young vell - ghetto gospel lyrics

[intro: young vell]
yeah…
uh…
ain’t nothin’ clean in the struggle, but the soul still pure
(still pure…)
tone c, turn that choir up a little bit
let’s talk to ‘em

[verse 1: young vell]
look
i came from where the halo get dusty fast
where the preacher know your name ‘cause he seen your past
mama said, “boy, stay prayed up and watch your friends,”
but the devil wear designer, so it’s hard to tell the sin
lost too many, cried too heavy
heart turned cold but my hands stay steady
used to talk to god through the window at night
now i talk through the mic, and the message sound right
i was down bad, broke dreams in my palms
tryna heal pain with liquor and psalms
but faith ain’t blind when you walk through the dark —
it’s the one lil’ spark that can light your heart
now i’m thankin’ the lord for the lows and the lessons
every loss was a setup for a future blessing
can’t lie, man, the block still testin’
but i’m armored up now — grace is my weapon
[chorus: saint jones & choir]
this that ghetto gospel, singin’ through the rain (yeah, yeah!)
god held me down when i was drownin’ in pain (uh+huh, that’s real!)
ain’t no halo perfect, still i shine the same (still i shine, yeah!)
it’s that ghetto gospel, it’s more than just a name (woo, hallelujah!)
ooooh, yeah… ghetto gospel, yeah, yeah…

[verse 2: saint jones]
look
i ain’t never had peace ‘til i learned to forgive
whole hood out for vengeance, but i just wanna live
used to ask why — why pops had to leave
why good die young, why my brother couldn’t breathe
but god showed me purpose in the middle of the pain
you can’t see the rainbow if you never felt the rain
walkin’ through the valley but my head up high
‘cause even when it’s dark, man, his light don’t die
i was knee+deep, sinning with the wrong crowd
heart full of noise, couldn’t hear him ‘cause it’s loud
but he found me in the backseat, high and ashamed
told me, “son, i forgive you — just don’t waste my name.”
now i’m clean, not perfect but i’m growin’
every prayer i drop feel holy in motion
this for the single mothers, the lost, the forgotten
we might be from the hood, but our souls ain’t rotten
[chorus: saint jones, young vell & choir]
this that ghetto gospel, singin’ through the rain (through the rain, yeah!)
god held me down when i was drownin’ in pain (he did, he did!)
ain’t no halo perfect, still i shine the same (i still shine, still shine!)
it’s that ghetto gospel, it’s more than just a name (more than a name, yeah!)
ooooh, lift your voice, lift your pain, let your soul be free again (yeah, free again!)
ghetto gospel… amen… amen…

[bridge: young vell]
sometimes the hardest prayer is the one you whisper
when the world too loud to listen
but god heard me… from the bottom of the struggle
straight up through the concrete cracks
now i shine through scars — they proof i made it back

[outro: choir, saint jones & young vell]
ghetto gospel… (yeah, yeah, yeah)
from the block to the pews… (uh+huh, uh+huh)
still dreamin’, still believin’… (still believin’)
thank you, lord… for what you do…

- young vell lyrics

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