(Intro - Warm, soulful, with subtle choir hum)
Yeah—yeah
Lift up, breathe out, feel it in your bones
From the hush of night to morning’s throne
(Verse 1 - Smooth RnB, intimate delivery)
I walked the sterile halls where the clock held its breath,
Hospital bed, IV drip, counting hours like theft.
Cold tile, broken sleep, whispering prayers at midnight,
Found a quiet promise in the hush before daylight.
Hands that shook found stead, tears that fell became rain,
Every scar a map, every ache a name.
You met me where the streetlights couldn't reach,
Turned the pages of my grief into a sermon of peace.
(Pre-Chorus - Short, rising phrases; build tension)
When the night tightened,
You answered lightened—
Heartbeats rising, ready for flight.
(Chorus - Hook with a sharp, singable repeated line)
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (Baptized in light)
Morning breaks the shadow, lifts me into sight
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (Baptized in light)
From hospital floors to heaven’s door, I step into life
(Verse 2 - Rap: tight meter, internal rhyme, vivid detail)
Check the clock: 2 AM, palms pressed, midnight prayer,
Mama on the line, whisperin’ faith into thin air.
I was walkin’ past the ruins, sneakers scuffed, soul tired,
Paid dues in silence, paid in nights when hope expired.
Seen doctors write the hours, watched monitors sing low,
Heard a promise delivered like rain on concrete below.
No more debt to the dark, no more deals with despair,
I traded broken coroners for crowns in the open air.
Internal rhymes shine—time and trials align,
From the stretcher to the altar, deliverance sign.
(Pre-Chorus - Lift slightly, syncopated cadence)
Chains fell silent,
My breath got violent—
A chorus rising, lifting me higher.
(Chorus - Stronger, choir layered, call-and-response ad-libs)
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (ooh, baptized in light)
Daybreak on my shoulders, I walk out of the night
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (lift me, lift me)
Every step a testimony, every scar a fight
(Bridge - Climax: a cappella drop into choir swell, then release)
(A cappella — single voice, pure)
Hear me—
I was folded, I was low—
Then Your whisper said, "Rise."
(Choir swell — full, dynamic)
Hallelujah through the rafters, hallelujah through the streets,
Your mercy like a river, washing tired feet.
We lift our hands, choir answers, voices intertwine,
From hush to hallelujah, this breath is mine.
(Chorus - Final, maximal: choir, melismatic runs, layered ad-libs)
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (baptized—baptized)
Sunburnt grace on my face, I step into the sight
Baptized in light—Baptized in light (lifted—free tonight)
From hospital floors to heaven’s door, I claim this life
(Outro - Soft RnB, reflective, ad-libs over fading choir)
Yeah—(ooh)
I rise, I rise, baptized in light—(breathe)
Hold me through the morning, hold me through the fight
Forever I'll sing—forever I'll stand,
Baptized in light, held in Your hand.
(Performance & production notes woven into the end
