THE DEVIL DONT OWN ME

[Intro] (JP) Yeah… Some nights I swear the darkness know my name. But I ain’t who I was… And I ain’t who the devil want me to be. (Astra – whisper) Come back home, bredrin… Mi still have space fi yuh. [Verse 1] (JP) I came up where the nights never had no light, Mama cried in the kitchen but she said “aight.” Pops gone early, left a w*r inside my chest— Had to raise myself up just to handle the stress. Bullies on my block tried break my pride, But I’m a lion, couldn’t k**l what I kept inside. Homeless years had me sleepin' in the coldest rain— But every tear, every bruise, sharpened all my pain. I walked through hell with no jacket, no hope, No food in my stomach but I still kept hope. Darkness in my head tried to chain my soul— But survival in my b***d made me break that hold. [Cut In] (Astra) Yuh call dat survival? Dat was mi gift to yuh. Mi kept yuh sharp… mi kept yuh alive. (JP) You kept me angry. That ain’t love. [Hook] (JP singing) The devil don’t own me… Even when he tried to remake the old me. I walked through the nights that almost broke me— But God pulled me up, Said “son, you not lonely.” [Verse 2] (Astra) When yuh heart got cold—mi warmed it. (JP) Nah… you poisoned it. (Astra) When yuh trust got cut—mi warned yuh. (JP) With fear… not wisdom. (Astra) Who stood wid yuh when di world did spit pon yuh name? (JP) You wanted my soul. God wanted my pain. [Verse 3] (JP) I took losses nobody ever saw me take, Screamed into pillows just to stop from break. Nights where depression almost stole my breath, Nights where trauma put a finger on my chest. But a whisper came soft like a calm in the storm, “Son, you survived everything you were born from.” And I felt my knees drop, felt the darkness fade— Felt God take the wounds that the devil made. I ain’t perfect, I’m scarred in a thousand ways, But my heart b**t strong through the darkest days. You can bend my body but you can't break fate— God don’t rush… but He never come late. [Interruption] (Astra) Yuh tink you free? Yuh tink prayer fix yuh? (JP) Prayer didn’t fix me. God walked through the fire with me. [Final Verse] (JP) The world tried d***n me but I breathe in deep, Devil put chains but they never did keep. I rose from the ashes that covered my name— Now I walk with God and I fear no flame. Pain made me ruthless, God made me whole, Devil took pieces—God rebuilt my soul. [Outro] (Astra – fading, defeated) Mi kept yuh sharp… mi kept yuh alive… (JP – strong, resolute) But He gave me life.