I Am Not Ashamed (feat. Jennifer Knapp & The Girl Rapper)

[00:17.21] God is a storyteller
[00:22.12] A lover composing a letter
[00:26.69] And every word is hope and light and glory
[00:35.17] This is the awesome endeavor
[00:39.35] Justice that flows forever
[00:43.24] But fear and shame will interrupt the story
[01:08.92] Shame is a blight on our vision
[01:12.86] Implicates us in vain competition
[01:17.30] The imprint of fear on our hearts is how it all starts to break down
[01:25.68] So we're set on a course for collision
[01:29.86] We succumb to the way of division
[01:34.38] All of us bullies and victims on the playground
[01:42.94] I'm not ashamed
[01:47.28] I will not cave
[01:51.32] My spirit rises
[01:56.55] I am brave
[01:59.86] I shed the mark
[02:04.11] Burned on my heart
[02:08.25] My hope remains
[02:13.55] I am not ashamed
[02:33.63] The liars implore you to listen
[02:37.68] Subvert you with artful suspicion
[02:41.64] Who wouldn't chase after heaven when living feels like hell
[02:50.29] So they call you a name of derision
[02:54.32] Instead of the one you were given
[02:58.74] But please remember your life is not their story to tell
[03:07.68] I'm not ashamed
[03:11.85] I will not cave
[03:16.03] My spirit rises
[03:21.33] I am brave
[03:24.58] I shed the mark
[03:28.75] Burned on my heart
[03:32.95] My hope remains
[03:38.27] I am not ashamed
[03:41.12] I got nothing to even hide no more
[03:42.51] I'm gonna come out from right behind closed doors
[03:44.71] Take the mark that burned upon my heart
[03:46.34] I let it go and left it right behind those doors
[03:49.06] I'm so much more, than what they said
[03:51.02] Remembering who I am instead
[03:53.12] I left the shame and kept the grace
[03:55.33] To keep my soul I left the race
[03:56.91] Set my pace to eliminate the hustling
[03:59.47] Of my worth is not a mistake I will make
[04:01.52] Resistance leads to suffering so it's no wondering
[04:03.93] It is the one thing that I will not take on
[04:06.13] I will stay strong finding freedom when I play songs
[04:09.08] Take wrongs and make them right
[04:10.25] Then as I write my life will play on
[04:12.19] Every note rise up until the shame gone
[04:15.44] I'm not ashamed
[04:20.09] I will not cave
[04:23.88] My spirit rises
[04:29.08] I am brave
[04:32.38] I shed the mark
[04:36.51] Burned on my heart
[04:40.63] My hope remains
[04:45.57] My hope remains
[04:49.16] I'm not ashamed
[04:53.57] I will not cave
[04:57.62] My spirit rises
[05:02.85] I am brave
[05:06.12] I shed the mark
[05:10.47] Burned on my heart
[05:14.51] My hope remains
[05:19.95] I am not ashamed
[05:30.18] Not ashamed, no, no, no
[05:40.03] God is a storyteller
[05:44.29] A lover composing a letter
[05:48.55] And every word is hope and light and glory
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