I thought

Thought

Yeah

I was just like everybody else

Treated thoughts in head like it's God (like it's God, like it's God)

Went off in my own direction

At my own discretion, I followed my heart (I followed my heart)

The worst decision that I ever made (ever made)

I traded freedom to become a slave (to become a slave)

I thought I was chillin', tryna get a million

Gettin' love from women, black and 'bout my business

I was really dedicated, rebel in the making

Rapper dreams I got assimilated

Rollin' up that Mary J, vision stay faded

Think it's cheap, but the price is steep

Payment equals me (yeah)

Couldn't see that from start

I wandered off in the dark

Ran from the light, but still at church on Sunday (Sunday)

Wasn't listening, dreaming bout sinnin' vividly

That was truly my history, God to me was a mystery

Now my life is so different, see

You can join me, just listen, please

I thought I had it all figured out (yes, I did)

I thought I had found the golden route (I did, I did)

Goin' full speed on the runway (runway)

I just dived in after one taste (after one taste)

Jesus stepped in with the one way

Now I can't believe what I thought (I thought)

I just need some money in my pocket, I thought (I thought)

I'ma do me, I'm the pilot, I thought (I thought)

Almost lost it all from the stuff that I thought (I thought, I thought, I thought)

But Jesus schooled me when he showed me that cross

I thought

I thought, I thought, I thought (I thought, I thought)

I thought

I thought (I thought, I thought)

I thought, I thought, I thought (I thought, I thought, I thought)

I thought

(I thought)

(I thought)

(I thought)

(I thought)

(Yeah)

I couldn't wait to cut the strings on the parachute

Looked at it like it's holding me back

I spread my wings, take off these chains

I use my brain, I'm not slave

So let me free

I'ma smoke this weed, and waste my seed

I'ma do anything that my mind could conceive

Murder he wrote

Look at my motive

I'm so devoted like I got a quota

Chase that bonus

Heart is getting colder

Darker than some Folgers

You've been doin the same thing

Maybe not the same way but we all on the same team

If you running from God

You still gon' face him in the end

All that rebelling that you been doin is sin (that's sin)

He could punish us like right now (right now, woo)

But he give us mercy every second that you're breathing is a chance to bow down (bow down)

Jesus Christ died for your sins

God gave him as a gift

If you believe him you will live

I thought I had it all figured out (yes, I did)

I thought I had found the golden route (I did, I did)

Goin' full speed on the runway (on the runway)

I just dived in after one taste (after one taste)

Jesus stepped in with the one way

Now I can't believe what I thought (I thought)

I just need some money in my pocket, I thought (I thought, I thought)

I'ma do me, I'm the pilot, I thought (I thought)

Almost lost it all from the stuff that I thought (I thought, I thought, I thought)

But Jesus schooled me when he showed me that cross

I thought

I thought, I thought, I thought (I thought, I thought)

I thought

I thought (I thought, I thought)

I thought, I thought, I thought (I thought, I thought, I thought)

I thought

Rejected the truth now abandoned to my thoughts

Everything you do adds up, we don't see the cost

Looking for the way to satisfaction

Only ended up with suicidal habits on me

Negative my balance, but he took that holy chalice

And he took it all to the head (I thought)

I thought I had it all figured out (yeah, yeah)

(I thought)

I thought I had found the golden route (yeah, yeah)

(I thought, yeah)

Goin' full speed on the runway (yeah)

I just dived in after one taste (yeah)

(I thought)

Jesus stepped in with the one way

Now I can't believe what I thought (yeah)

I thought, I thought