Alive
Flame Lyrics

Remember it like it was yesterday, had to get up out my school
I have vivid memories of having to leave school abruptly to avoid being caught by some dangerous guys.

Cause them dudes they ran up and they lookin' for me with them tools
I left because some menacing guys were after me with weapons.

The principal didn't even trip, security didn't trip
No one at school noticed or cared that I had to leave suddenly.

So I had to secure my safety makin' me have to dip
I had to leave quickly to ensure my own safety.

So I hit that highway, takin' 70 to 55
I got on the highway, taking a specific route to escape safely.

Heading off to South County now, from the hood that's a long drive
I drove to South County, which is far away from the neighborhood I fled.

Now I'm at this new school ready to study a trade
I enrolled in a new school to learn a skill or trade.

Hopin' somebody would trip, ready to bloody a face
I had a desire to fight someone and cause bloodshed, but only during orientation.

But that's just orientation, so I'ma slow my roll
Orientation is just an introductory phase, so I decided to take it easy and not act on my violent tendencies.

Plus I see this girl I like and hopin' I get to know
I also saw a girl I was interested in and hoped to get to know her better.

So we hit the whip again, now we head back to the hood
We got in the car again and went back to the neighborhood I had fled from earlier.

But I got this feeling we ain't chilling it, ain't nothing good
I had a gut feeling that something bad was going to happen, and we weren't just going to hang out.

Then I see this truck on our side like it's 'bout to pass
I noticed a truck on our side that looked like it was going to overtake us.

But I look up and guess what? We about to crash
I suddenly realized we were about to crash with that truck.

Next we collide, 'bout to die, I couldn't even yell
We collided and I thought we were going to die, and I couldn't even scream in that moment.

Only thing I'm thinking is I'm about to go to hell
At that moment, I thought I was going to hell or dying and heading towards an afterlife of punishment.

Jesus snatched me out death, see it was 1999
In 1999, Jesus saved me from death and rescued me from the brink of dying.

I ain't livin' for myself, I'm realizing I ain't mine
I've come to realize that my life isn't my own and I'm no longer living for myself.

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm so grateful to be alive and that's why I'm singing this song.

Me and my wife just hit the road, hopped in the whip to get to Saint Lou
My wife and I went for a drive to Saint Louis.

We didn't know what was 'bout to unfold, better tell it, everything cool
We had no idea what was going to happen next, but everything seemed fine.

Then we get to the STL, drop my wife off to get some z's
When we arrived in Saint Louis, I dropped off my wife so she could rest.

'Bout to kick it with Json and Stefan over at Kenny's
I was going to hang out with my friends, Json and Stefan, at Kenny's place.

We decide to walk through the store, it's four of us so we know we cool
We decided to go to a store, and since there were four of us, we felt safe and secure.

Then we seein' this car passin' us by, stoppin' it made a U
We noticed a car driving past us, and then it suddenly made a U-turn.

Json like "man them dudes is trippin"
My friend, Json, noticed that some guys were acting suspiciously.

Man you trippin', let's just proceed
I tried to downplay the situation and convinced Json to keep walking.

On the way back from the store we smell the smoke of the potent weed
As we were walking back from the store, we smelled the stench of strong marijuana smoke.

But ain't nobody out till we hear that voice tell us "lay down"
We were caught off guard when we suddenly heard a voice telling us to lie down.

Two dudes runnin' towards us, 4's, 5's, 9's, get on the ground
Two guys wielding guns and pointing them at us approached us and ordered us to get on the ground.

Now we see them barrels wavin', life flash before our eyes
We saw the guns' barrels waving in our faces, and our lives seemed to flash before our eyes.

If his finger slip all 4 of us is goin' with God
If the person holding the gun accidentally fired, all four of us would die and go to heaven.

All I'm thinking is Lord if this is how the story goes
At that moment, I thought that this might be the end of our story, and I prayed to the Lord for help.

I'll be fine 'cause in '99 Jesus saved my soul
I had faith that everything would be fine because Jesus had saved my soul in 1999.

Everything I did then I was trippin' off of people
In the past, my life revolved around pleasing and impressing other people.

I was living for my friends but my heart was really evil
Although I was trying to live for others, inwardly, I had a wicked heart.

I was worshiping my money, I was worshiping my shoes,
I was obsessed with my wealth and my shoes, and they became my idols.

Wasn't thinking about my soul, worshiping girls in the school
I didn't care about my eternal soul, and I was obsessed with girls at school.

I was living for myself like I was stuck in a rut
I only cared about myself and my own pleasure, and I felt trapped in that lifestyle.

And I couldn't get up like I was cut in the gut
I felt like I was wounded and unable to rise from the lowest point in my life.

I was bleeding from my side and I didn't wanna fix the wound
I was hurt on the inside but didn't want to tend to my wounds or seek help.

You see I thought I was alive, I was chillin' in my tomb
Even though my life was filled with sin and negativity, I thought that was what it meant to be truly alive.

I was holding on to sin like it was my baby daughter
I clung to sin and held it close to me, like it was something valuable.

Baby boy, I was deceived, it was leading me to the slaughter
In reality, I had been deceived and my sins were leading me to spiritual death.

Wasn't thinking about Jesus, wasn't thinking about the curse
I didn't consider Jesus or the consequences of my actions or the sin in the world.

Wasn't thinkin' bout the fall, wasn't thinking about this verse
I didn't think or care about the fall of humankind or this particular Bible verse.

I was thinkin' 'bout nothing but myself in those days
My selfish desires and motivations were all that mattered to me during that time in my life.

What it took Jesus Christ to get himself out the grave
I realized the extreme sacrifice it took for Jesus to be resurrected from the dead.

And 2000 years later he got me out the grave
Almost 2000 years after Jesus lived, he still rescued me from my sinful lifestyle.

Now I'm rapping on this mic to see you out the grave
I am sharing this song to help others break free from their own figurative graves of sin and darkness.