THE LIGHT BEHIND ME

[Intro] (JP soft) After all that hurt… After all that loss… After every battle… I finally looked back— And the light… was behind me all along. (Astra – warm patois) God neva leave yuh, youth… Yuh jus couldn’t see in di storm. [Verse 1] (JP) I walked through nights that felt like death, Breathing trauma with every breath. Fell so deep I forgot myself— Thought the darkness was all I had left. But God stood close in the shadows I feared, Whispered strength when the path wasn’t clear. Held my soul when the pain came near— Every tear I shed… He was already here. [Hook] (JP + Choir) Ohhh… the light behind me… Shined even when I was blind, see… God carried what I couldn’t find in me— Now I rise from the fire refined, free. Through the dark, through the test, through the pain, through the stress— I was guided every moment, every breath— By the light… the light behind me. [Intermezzo 1] (Astra – gentle patois) Yuh thought yuh walk alone… But heavens follow yuh step for step. [Verse 2] (JP) I ain’t perfect, I sinned, I bled— Held grudges, broke down, fought demons in my head. Dug my grave in moments I dread— But God pulled me out by a single thread. When the world turned cold and the night grew long, When I felt too weak to carry on— He whispered “child, I’ll make you strong,” And turned my despair into a victory song. [Bridge] (JP soft) I walked through darkness… but the darkness wasn’t mine. The light behind me… was waiting all the time. [Hook Repeat] (Choir + JP) Ohhh… the light behind me— Guided steps even when I couldn’t find me. I was blind but His love redesigned me— From the ashes to the throne He assigned me. Through the storm, through the fall, through the nights I lost it all— God held me, heard every cry and call— The light… the light behind me. [Final Verse] (JP) I made peace with the pain that shaped me, Forgave the world that tried to break me. I ain’t who I was—God remade me, Lion-hearted spirit He gave me. If I rise now… it’s by His design. If I breathe now… it’s His breath in mine. My past was heavy, my soul confined— But the light behind me… made my whole life align. [Outro] (JP whisper) The story ends here… and begins again. (Astra whisper) Rise, youth. Yuh free now.