It Can't Always Be Nite.

“It Can’t Always Be Night”

(Spoken Word Intro)

Say this to the down-keepers,

the sun-slappers,

the ones who hush their own harmony—

Listen:

Even if your eyes still heavy from the night,

Morning gon’ come.

It can’t stay dark forever.

---

(Hook – Choir chant)

We gon’ lift our voice through the grave, yeah

Walkin’ out the shadow with our faith, yeah

Breathe again, light again, see with new sight

I serve, I rise,

Out the dark and into the night!

---

(Verse 1 – Flow)

Look—

They tried to box me in,

But the sky too wide,

Told me stay in line,

But my God said “fly.”

Took that hurt,

Turned pain into a sermon,

Danced in the dirt

Till the seeds started germin’.

Mama raised me solo,

Said “Boy, you better fight!”

I was carryin’ a storm

But she taught me make it light.

Now I praise in my walk,

Turn my loss to a gain,

‘Cause the grave don’t win

When you call on His name!

---

(Hook – Choir chant)

We gon’ lift our voice through the grave, yeah

Walkin’ out the shadow with our faith, yeah

Breathe again, light again, see with new sight

I serve, I rise,

Out the dark and into the night!

---

(Bridge – Spoken/Chant)

See with new sight!

Hear with new heart!

Even when you torn apart!

Even when the chains feel tight—

It can’t always be night.

---

(Verse 2 – Rap)

I gathered my people,

Told ‘em “get in position,”

This ain’t no religion,

This here is redemption.

Ain’t no stop signs on the road to the light,

Just a whole lotta graves

And a God who excites.

You can keep that hate,

I don’t need that rent,

I’m a kingdom-built house

And my joy don’t dent!

Every bruise on my back

Made a drum for the beat,

Every tear that I cried

Now a song on repeat!

---

(Hook – Full Choir)

We gon’ lift our voice through the grave, yeah

Walkin’ out the shadow with our faith, yeah

Breathe again, light again, see with new sight

I serve, I rise,

Out the dark and into the night!

(Outro – Spoken)

So tell the down-keepers and the sun-slappers this:

You may not be ready for the day,

But the day been ready for you.

Keep movin’.

Light’s on the way.