[Intro]

Earn your stripes just like the—

Yeah, O-C-O-E-E

Ayy, 2000, E-S-T

Mm, runnin' out

[Verse]

Ayy, 'bout to earn my stripes just like the referee

Read the testament 'cause I know He be testin' me, uhn

Devil tryna take my thoughts, tryna arrest the peace

I let God take the wheel, I can't do everything

Can't see the future or the past, I'm in this present thing

Can't fabricate my peace 'cause that's what Yo' presence bring

I should sit up in Yo' prеsence then

Uh, lеad me by the still waters where it never ends

I would always go to the altar and say that prayer again

Way that I was livin', I thought You weren't lettin' me in

To Yo' heaven's gates, to Yo' sacred place

I lie in front of Yo' face and then I go and sin again

I can't believe Yo' grace amazin', it done brought me in

How You persuade without persuasion, lure 'em all in?

I be askin' You, like Lord, what if I fall again?

You told me, "Try again, try again, try again"

So many times, I would lie again and lie again

I never thought that I would fly again, fly again

I told You I'd never get high again, high again

Then Yo' presence took me higher than I ever been

I said Yo' presence took me higher than I ever seen

This royalty, that's how we steppin' when you with the king

My only weapon is the script', so I'ma let it swing

We gon' build it brick by brick until we got a team

When you want it quick, watch how quick it leave

Uhn, they be quick to quit when they don't see the leaves

Yeah, uh, yeah, I just go with the flow, I just move with the breeze

How you gon' start the whip if you ain't got the keys?

This kingdom talk, lil' holy boy, ambassador

If that ain't yo' girl then why you runnin' after her?

I found the one and she a keeper, so I fasten her

Just like a seat belt when I put it on, I fasten her

When I need help, I'm just callin' on the one I know

When He don't answer, I just leave a message at the tone

Ain't no competition, you should know who on the throne

The one who sittin' way up high and then He lookin' low

It's crazy, I ain't have a dollar, now, I'm bookin' shows

The author writin' in my book, I ain't finished, though

It's crazy that we doin' all this, independent road

We gon' change the industry using the kingdom code