[Pre-Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie]
I been outside really reading up
Back in the day never read a book
But them red letters hit my dead heart
And I cam to life and I changed up
Now they wanna know
[Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie & Roy Tosh]
Tell me who's this stranger
Dead men don't wake up
I ain't going through phases
This right here the new way, the basics (Yeah)
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact
Tell me who's this stranger
Dead men don't wake up
So tell me who's this stranger
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact (Yeah)
[Verse 1: Kurtis Hoppie]
Hollow the man I saw in the mirror
No sign of a heart, invisible tears
Then I met a saint who walked in the red
He opened the word, he told me
If you don't encounter hope
I promise the future look dark (Future look dark)
Deadly roots set deep in my soul
Six feet didn't seem very far
Suicidal thoughts in my heart lost
One look at the Light no M.I.B
No red pill, no blue pill
Just Christ-filled, found serenity
Broke out the jail cell built in myself
Michael Schofield energy
Yeah, Adonai got me looking right
Maybe it's makeup, nah this ain't Maybelline
I believe God broke the curse
Now I'm teaching my babies to put on
The armor and watch for the arrows
Switching the script on the news to the Good
Till they cancel the Anchorman, Will Ferrell
Now I look like a stranger to the ones that I see in my review
'Cause God took my life from the pit to the palace
My wife and my twins, all my blessings show up when I hear You
[Pre-Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie]
I been outside really reading up
Back in the day never read a book
But them red letters hit my dead heart
And I cam to life and I changed up
Now they wanna know
[Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie & Roy Tosh]
Tell me who's this stranger (It's a stranger)
Dead men don't wake up (Wake up)
I ain't going through phases
This right here the new way, the basics (Yeah)
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact
Tell me who's this stranger
Dead men don't wake up
So tell me who's this stranger
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact (Yeah)
(Yeah, uh, yeah)
[Verse 2: Roy Tosh]
Hold up, I came out the grave
Hold up, they saying behave
Hold up, man what did you say?
Give me some room, just get out the way
Get up out the throne this a veteran
Watch us when we zone, we never settle
In '05 didn't have a purpose
Till them red letters hit me now I'm purchased
See me working (Work, work)
Been in the game two decades straight
Ain't ever hit a break, too much at stake
Seen the dead come alive all by grace
Power of the Gospel, hit 'em by faith
Share the stages with the famous ones
Ain't chasing fame, just highly favored
Top the charts all for the One, glory to the Son
[Pre-Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie]
I been outside really reading up
Back in the day never read a book
But them red letters hit my dead heart
And I cam to life and I changed up
Now they wanna know
[Chorus: Kurtis Hoppie & Roy Tosh]
Tell me who's this stranger (It's a stranger)
Dead men don't wake up (Wake up)
I ain't going through phases
This right here the new way, the basics (Yeah)
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact
Tell me who's this stranger
Dead men don't wake up
So tell me who's this stranger
Came through on the wrong side
But the Holy Ghost brought him back
Woke up with a new heart, new mind, new purpose intact (Yeah)
