I don't know how else to start this, I wish we never parted But what matters more than that is that I had my heart fixed Not just torn parts stitched, but again a newborn Like transformed garbage, old me's not worth to mourn He was smitten and died, now my life's hidden with Christ Now my vision is right, blind 'til He got rid of my pride Now in Him, I'm resting, in eternal treasures investing Now I'm daily pressing on, but assured of where I'm destined My rebellious decadence chose not to see evidence 'Til I said the skeptic's prayer, He answered my request, evinced Manifested His presence in my crib and I was left convinced And the God I attempted to destroy I've been defending since At times, I kick back, press play and reminisce Without my best friend, my life's empty like a famine is Feelin' abandonment, missin' our companionship Didn't expect me finding God would be the thing ending it YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM I was so glad to be part of the group we had, 2D But now it saddens me whenever I look back and see That twice you clashed with me, wanted to turn your back to me In rhymes attacking me like that's the way it had to be But I ain't mad, you see, because I'm largely to blame I never had to beef, but I was haughty the same We both wanted to conquer, to see who could be harsher Why'd we bother to foster feelings that just grew darker And grow farther as partners? All just for senseless slaughter My Confirmation sponsor, you saw a somber monster A mocker, a scoffer, with his anti-God words Spewing whatever would stop your faith, at least make sure it got hurt Now the tension feels more awkward than when we, at odds, were Now adopted to live proper, life offered to the Father Now I honor the Doctor who gave life to these bones Isn't this what you wanted for me; for the Light to be known? YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM Your faith I vilified, each other we victimized Don't know why we agreed twice that we will collide With vicious material, now I see this IS real Ethereal, I wrestled with God like Israel My Vitriol was volatile, my words were an arsenal Thought questions about the meaning of life were all insolvable To have my heart changed, I thought it'd be impossible To come out of a dark place, now I'm a living miracle Was inimical to Kritikal, now that's what our frienship's state is Like the Valley of Dry Bones, I pray God resuscitates it Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just a brother concerned In His Father's house, I hope you got a spot He reserved You saw me play with fire and I almost got burned But I got right with God and now in the Lord, I stand firm But this isn't about me, it's more serious It's about you and God and how near He is YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM Though we became opponents, with the coldest of disses You were there in my lowness, my solace in distress Only you made me feel noticed, consolin' my depress- ion, now I got the Comforter, saved by Solus Christus I angrily suppressed the truth as my soul cried in pain Used to say "to live is to suffer", now I know to die is gain If we suffer with Him, with Him we'll rise to reign Like Ambassador, I found the Loophole that provides escape I became born again, my whole life was changed Once I denied my frame for His highest name Not just an image improved, but Spirit conviction induced Admitted it's true, now worship none but Him in spirit and truth Woke up to the reality of humanity's malady In Chaos and Catastrophe, total depravity So this apology's the least I could let you have, it's deserved You came to my baptism, but then you rapidly turned Don't want this Rap to Disturb, I just hope that you could learn Why it's from Mass that I turned, already baptised and confirmed After a past full of spurn, couldn't help but have to discern That there's more to living for Christ than getting sacraments in turn 'Cause they're all empty without His work's deep entirety There's nothing more to add, not even a friar's deep piety Disbelieving, I tried to stop you from reaching the sky Like you were ascending Jacob's Ladder to proceed to the light And I was taking the stones of that place and heaving them high In order to hit you so you'd slip your feet and meet your demise Now I want you to be careful of what you're believing is right 'Cause spirits deceive and entice, they're teaching the Lie That there's forbidden knowledge we need to seek to be wise Instead of trusting God and the Word that He has supplied In tandem, we wrote mean words that began as a joke I was firing shots at you that would land and explode Now the cannon is closed, why are we still standing as foes? You've seen me go from the opposite ends of the scope By grace alone through faith alone so no man can boast Only His work on the cross was the end that atoned Once for all, it was finished when He surrendered His ghost I contribute nothing but the sin that made Him hang, but He rose! So all glory belongs to I AM THAT I AM, Him alone All we need to know is in the Bible that stands on its own And the Word was discovered; not chosen by man, but disclosed So those so-called "lost" books weren't in it to be banned, it's a hoax So don't fall for forgeries or for these devilish lies But revel in Christ, the God man who NEVER sinned, died The perfect sacrifice, the top Lamb with NO blemish in sight In 3 days, He rebuilt His destroyed temple to rise Now He's forEVER alive! Coming back in splendor and tri- umph, so be adorned for the day He finally fetches His Bride YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM I know how strange it must be for you to see this new man After knowing the old me, who made you a misused friend I'd intrude my views into a fuming feud with you and Disputed your beliefs, impugned to disprove them Now I'm asking for forgiveness, seeking this rift to mend Don't know what you've been told, but the truth is I miss you, man! We were like brothers, even though we had issues then So I thought that this would help us, but just like my sis, you went Still, for all the strife, I apologize For what I said and made you think, for all the assaults in rhyme For forcing my views onto you as I tried to falsify But it was what I believed that was all a lie Like Saul, I liked to devastate and traumatize And I, like Saul, was blind, you saw us brawl with lines 'Cause I believed we came from pond scum that crawled in slime Now we're both salt and light, now we're both exalting Christ Now we both believe, in the same house but walls divide So, like contractors, wish we could put them all aside Sorry I influenced you and was a nuisance to Made you doubt and question your faith 'til you threw it, too In conclusion, you witnessed grace infuse into My soul, this is the true me who God was pursuing through YOU, so whatever happens to us through this tune May it be what He chooses to, just try to know Him through and through And in case this offends you, please let me be excused I may remain eschewed, but whatever ensues Even if I don't reach you, may God bless you and keep you I may no longer speak to you or get a chance to greet you But it's okay if in this life, our friendship won't be renewed 'Cause one day I may see you by the blood we're redeemed through So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs

I don't know how else to start this, I wish we never parted But what matters more than that is that I had my heart fixed Not just torn parts stitched, but again a newborn Like transformed garbage, old me's not worth to mourn He was smitten and died, now my life's hidden with Christ Now my vision is right, blind 'til He got rid of my pride Now in Him, I'm resting, in eternal treasures investing Now I'm daily pressing on, but assured of where I'm destined My rebellious decadence chose not to see evidence 'Til I said the skeptic's prayer, He answered my request, evinced Manifested His presence in my crib and I was left convinced And the God I attempted to destroy I've been defending since At times, I kick back, press play and reminisce Without my best friend, my life's empty like a famine is Feelin' abandonment, missin' our companionship Didn't expect me finding God would be the thing ending it YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM I was so glad to be part of the group we had, 2D But now it saddens me whenever I look back and see That twice you clashed with me, wanted to turn your back to me In rhymes attacking me like that's the way it had to be But I ain't mad, you see, because I'm largely to blame I never had to beef, but I was haughty the same We both wanted to conquer, to see who could be harsher Why'd we bother to foster feelings that just grew darker And grow farther as partners? All just for senseless slaughter My Confirmation sponsor, you saw a somber monster A mocker, a scoffer, with his anti-God words Spewing whatever would stop your faith, at least make sure it got hurt Now the tension feels more awkward than when we, at odds, were Now adopted to live proper, life offered to the Father Now I honor the Doctor who gave life to these bones Isn't this what you wanted for me; for the Light to be known? YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM Your faith I vilified, each other we victimized Don't know why we agreed twice that we will collide With vicious material, now I see this IS real Ethereal, I wrestled with God like Israel My Vitriol was volatile, my words were an arsenal Thought questions about the meaning of life were all insolvable To have my heart changed, I thought it'd be impossible To come out of a dark place, now I'm a living miracle Was inimical to Kritikal, now that's what our frienship's state is Like the Valley of Dry Bones, I pray God resuscitates it Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just a brother concerned In His Father's house, I hope you got a spot He reserved You saw me play with fire and I almost got burned But I got right with God and now in the Lord, I stand firm But this isn't about me, it's more serious It's about you and God and how near He is YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM Though we became opponents, with the coldest of disses You were there in my lowness, my solace in distress Only you made me feel noticed, consolin' my depress- ion, now I got the Comforter, saved by Solus Christus I angrily suppressed the truth as my soul cried in pain Used to say "to live is to suffer", now I know to die is gain If we suffer with Him, with Him we'll rise to reign Like Ambassador, I found the Loophole that provides escape I became born again, my whole life was changed Once I denied my frame for His highest name Not just an image improved, but Spirit conviction induced Admitted it's true, now worship none but Him in spirit and truth Woke up to the reality of humanity's malady In Chaos and Catastrophe, total depravity So this apology's the least I could let you have, it's deserved You came to my baptism, but then you rapidly turned Don't want this Rap to Disturb, I just hope that you could learn Why it's from Mass that I turned, already baptised and confirmed After a past full of spurn, couldn't help but have to discern That there's more to living for Christ than getting sacraments in turn 'Cause they're all empty without His work's deep entirety There's nothing more to add, not even a friar's deep piety Disbelieving, I tried to stop you from reaching the sky Like you were ascending Jacob's Ladder to proceed to the light And I was taking the stones of that place and heaving them high In order to hit you so you'd slip your feet and meet your demise Now I want you to be careful of what you're believing is right 'Cause spirits deceive and entice, they're teaching the Lie That there's forbidden knowledge we need to seek to be wise Instead of trusting God and the Word that He has supplied In tandem, we wrote mean words that began as a joke I was firing shots at you that would land and explode Now the cannon is closed, why are we still standing as foes? You've seen me go from the opposite ends of the scope By grace alone through faith alone so no man can boast Only His work on the cross was the end that atoned Once for all, it was finished when He surrendered His ghost I contribute nothing but the sin that made Him hang, but He rose! So all glory belongs to I AM THAT I AM, Him alone All we need to know is in the Bible that stands on its own And the Word was discovered; not chosen by man, but disclosed So those so-called "lost" books weren't in it to be banned, it's a hoax So don't fall for forgeries or for these devilish lies But revel in Christ, the God man who NEVER sinned, died The perfect sacrifice, the top Lamb with NO blemish in sight In 3 days, He rebuilt His destroyed temple to rise Now He's forEVER alive! Coming back in splendor and tri- umph, so be adorned for the day He finally fetches His Bride YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM I know how strange it must be for you to see this new man After knowing the old me, who made you a misused friend I'd intrude my views into a fuming feud with you and Disputed your beliefs, impugned to disprove them Now I'm asking for forgiveness, seeking this rift to mend Don't know what you've been told, but the truth is I miss you, man! We were like brothers, even though we had issues then So I thought that this would help us, but just like my sis, you went Still, for all the strife, I apologize For what I said and made you think, for all the assaults in rhyme For forcing my views onto you as I tried to falsify But it was what I believed that was all a lie Like Saul, I liked to devastate and traumatize And I, like Saul, was blind, you saw us brawl with lines 'Cause I believed we came from pond scum that crawled in slime Now we're both salt and light, now we're both exalting Christ Now we both believe, in the same house but walls divide So, like contractors, wish we could put them all aside Sorry I influenced you and was a nuisance to Made you doubt and question your faith 'til you threw it, too In conclusion, you witnessed grace infuse into My soul, this is the true me who God was pursuing through YOU, so whatever happens to us through this tune May it be what He chooses to, just try to know Him through and through And in case this offends you, please let me be excused I may remain eschewed, but whatever ensues Even if I don't reach you, may God bless you and keep you I may no longer speak to you or get a chance to greet you But it's okay if in this life, our friendship won't be renewed 'Cause one day I may see you by the blood we're redeemed through So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN SO EVEN THOUGH I PRAY THAT WE STILL MIGHT BE FRIENDS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM YOU KNEW THE OLD ME, KNEW THE SOUL BENIGHTED IN ME, YOU KNEW THE SIDE THAT'S GRIM, THAT ALMOST DIED IN SIN WHO KNEW I'D DELIGHT IN HIM WHO MAKES BRIGHT WHAT'S DIM WHO KNEW I'D INVITE HIM IN, TO HIM HOLD TIGHT AND CLING WE WOULD LYRICALLY FIGHT ON BEATS, NOW I'M FIGHTIN' SIN NOW HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE I AM CONFIDIN' IN AND EVEN THOUGH I HOPE A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP MIGHT BEGIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT WITH ME, JUST BE RIGHT WITH HIM So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs So if nothing else, let my life change be your message from God Reborn on the inside, my soul finally rested from sobs