[Intro]
(Ad-lib choir) Home of the soul — yeah — uh
808 heartbeat, keys warm like dawn
Listen — this one is for the seekers, the travelers, the worshipers
[Hook / Chant - call & response]
Lead: Home of the soul —
Choir (response, layered): Home of the soul
Lead: Home of the soul —
Choir: Home of the soul
(Short pause — then choir drops into the motif)
[Pre-Chorus — Choir Sample (verbatim anchor)]
How amiable are thy tabernacles,
O LORD of hosts!
My soul longs, yea, faints
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at thy altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,
ever singing thy praise.
Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob.
[Chorus — short, repeatable anchor]
Home of the soul — (home)
Home of the soul — (soul)
How amiable — ring it out, call it whole
Home of the soul — (yeah)
Home of the soul — (rise)
We go from strength to strength, watch our lives galvanize
[Verse 1 — steady pocket, internal rhyme play]
I step out the shadows, city blocks dry like Baca's bed,
flip the script — faucet flow, once empty streets get fed.
Longing in my chest, yeah, my spirit's borrowed breath,
heart and flesh sing for joy — trade the ache for depth.
Piano keys paint scenes, choir pads breathe the air,
sparrows on the wire remind me God’s still there.
Altars in the corner store, prayers on the subway car,
my King, my God, the north star when the nights are hard.
Blessed be the dwellers — community the architecture,
men of strength — highways in the heart, divine conjecture.
We hustle in the valleys but we plant springs in the sand,
turn drought to dew, make the desert understand.
Punchline: faith like a blueprint, hope like mortar held,
we build cathedrals out of rubble — watch the stories meld.
[Pre-Chorus - Short Repeat]
(Choir echo) How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
(Ad-lib) My soul longs — yeah, my soul fainted for the courts — come on
[Chorus]
Home of the soul — (home)
Home of the soul — (soul)
How amiable — feel that chorus roll
Home of the soul — (sing)
Home of the soul — (praise)
From strength to strength, light reclaims our days
[Verse 2 — cadence switch, faster, double-time switch-ups]
(Flow doubles) Watch — I sprint through seasons, reason to believe in reasons,
no freeze in the heart, I'm thawing winters into springs, pleasin' the seasons.
Dry gutters sprout rivers, gutters to the giver — deliver fast,
no mask on truth; we broadcast love, let the loudness last.
Highways in the chest, mapped lanes where prayers commute,
we navigate the night, map the route with truth
