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