Red Light Gospel (Single)

Lyrics

I wasn’t raised with lullabies
I was raised with exits
Learned to pack fast
Smile sharp
Run early

The house had too many locks
Too many looks
Too many secrets I wasn’t old enough to keep
I learned young
Love is loud
Then gone

I watched my mother light a cigarette
like she was praying to something
that never answered
Watched men come and go
Like weather

And I sang a red light gospel
To a God who never showed
Carried prayers in plastic bags
And truth in broken code
I wasn’t born for safety
I was built to stay alive
And every song I sing now
Is the reason I survived

I wore normal like a costume
Learned to talk nice
Learned to disappear while looking straight at you
There’s an art to blending in
To being the good boy
With the razor in his smile

No one asked
No one knew
But Puff was always there
Whispering:
“Write this down, you’ll need it later.”

I had bruises no one saw
Rooms no one entered
But rhythm kept knocking
And I let it in

So I sing my red light gospel
To the ghosts who raised my name
To the boy who danced in silence
And never once asked for fame
I was born without a finish line
But damn I learned to drive
And every song I sing now
Is the reason I’m alive

This is not forgiveness
It’s just the sound of remembering right

🔥 Verse 3

They said the soil was dead but I kept growing
No sun, no hand, no name, just knowing
Where most hearts crack, I made rhythm
I chewed on silence and spit out systems

Been buried in places no light touched
But pain became my anchor, not my crutch
Call it madness, faith, or flame
All I know is—I came back the same

🦁 Chorus (Hope Refrain)

I don’t break, I bend through fire
I’ve been dead a hundred times, still wired
Call me weed, call me ghost, call me sin
But I rise, and rise, and rise again
The lion wasn’t made—he was born
In every scar I’ve ever worn

So I sing my red light gospel
To the ghosts who raised my name
To the boy who danced in silence
And never once asked for fame
I was born without a finish line
But damn I learned to drive
And every song I sing now
Is the reason I’m alive

This is not forgiveness
It’s just the sound of remembering right