What We Allow

(Verse 1)
What we allow, we become — look around, it’s evident
World didn’t crumble from chaos, nah, it let it in
A man don’t fall when his spine stands straight and firm
He tips first, convinces himself, “Just a slight little turn”

Nothing snaps overnight, it’s permissions in doses
Micro-decisions disguised as “I know this”
Lean a little today, call it harmless intent
Tomorrow you sideways wonderin’ where balance went

Influence puppets our motives, you think you’re immune?
Every deed’s got a driver — God or the ruin
No neutral transmission, you’re gearin’ a path
Either submitted to truth or just driftin’ in lack

You don’t wake up enslaved, you negotiate first
Let comfort sit shotgun while discipline bursts
Now you tired, overweight in the spirit and heart
Still shocked when the fall was authored in parts

(Pre-Chorus)
Yeah, you don’t lose the war in a moment of rage
You retire from truth, page by page

(Chorus)
What we allow, we become
What we excuse, gets a throne
It don’t happen overnight
It’s a bend, then a break in the bones
Every “just this once”
Every line slowly crossed
When you ask how you got where you from
Check what you allowed — you become

(Verse 2)
They said don’t conform, but we blend in for peace
Call submission “survival,” bow to rent and a lease
Work for money, not meaning, trade vision for bread
Eight hours servin’ Pharaoh, then we pray before bed

We don’t worship false gods — nah, we too smart for statues
We worship convenience, schedules, and practical values
If it costs me my comfort, I question the call
But if Satan pays faster, we don’t question at all

A man shows his nature when hunger hits veins
He’ll eat what sustains him or numbs all the pain
God says “seek it,” broken bread, patient and slow
Satan plates it in silver, says “why wait though?”

One feeds the flesh, one rebuilds the core
One keeps you distracted, one keeps you sore
And we keep choosing easy, then ask Heaven “why me?”
Starvin’ for truth with junk food theology

(Pre-Chorus)
Yeah, you don’t lose the war in a moment of rage
You retire from truth, page by page

(Chorus)
What we allow, we become
What we excuse, gets a throne
It don’t happen overnight
It’s a bend, then a break in the bones
Every “just this once”
Every line slowly crossed
When you ask how you got where you from
Check what you allowed — you become

(Bridge)
We don’t ask where we sinned, we just shrug, call it fate
Patch the wound, never pull out the blade
Conviction tried knockin’, we boarded the door
Now we livin’ with pain we invited before
You don’t confront it — you crown it, that’s law
What you tolerate trains you to beg for more
Grace ain’t soft, it just tells you the truth
You don’t bleed ‘cause of God — you bled ‘cause of you

(Chorus)
What we allow, we become
What we excuse, gets a throne
It don’t happen overnight
It’s a bend, then a break in the bones
Every “just this once”
Every line slowly crossed
When you ask how you got where you from
Check what you allowed — you become

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