Tempo: 138 BPM — Beat feel: half-time pre-drop, double-time chorus
Production notes (quick): dramatic drop after each hook; halftime bridge/chant before final chorus; trap switch after second hook into a darker 16-bar with vocal chop; hi-hats build from sparse rolls into cascading triplets leading into drop; place ad-libs at line ends and on rests. Drop placement: full 808 + brass stab drop right after hook tag. Breakdown: 8 bars of stripped drums + choir pad before last chorus.
[Intro]
(Producer count-in) 138... yeah
Yeah, uh — Faith on fire, we risin' higher
Lights low, pray hard, heartbeat like a wire
(Ad-lib) Yeah! Glory! Hallelujah!
[Hook] (Double-time energy — call & response at end)
Stand firm, stand tall, we never fall (never fall)
Victory through Christ, He breaks every wall (every wall)
Spiritual strength, we charge — we won’t stall
Hope’s flame in our chests, we shake these walls (we shake these walls!)
(Tag C/R) We stand — (We stand!) We fight — (We fight!) We win — (We win!)
(Ad-lib) Say His Name! Say His Name! — Jesus!
[Drop] (808s hit — hi-hats crash into rapid triplets — synth brass stab)
(Ad-lib) Boom! Uh! Let it ride!
[Verse 1] (AABB with internal rhyme, crisp staccato)
Night tried to clip my wings, but the promise came brighter
808s shake the block, but grace lifts me higher (higher)
Streetlights flickered doubt, but I felt the fire — survivor
Prayer in my pocket, Bible bent, I'm the writer (write it)
From hospital halls to harvest, I held on tight (yeah)
Counted losses, counted scars, now I count 'em into light (count it)
No more whisperin' fear — my testimony's loud tonight
Armor claps—chain snaps—God put me back in flight (fly!)
(Ad-lib) Uh! Praise! Come on!
[Pre-Hook Build]
Hi-hats climb, snares tick like heartbeats
Vocal chop on the line: "we rise" — build to release
[Hook]
Stand firm, stand tall, we never fall (never fall)
Victory through Christ, He breaks every wall (every wall)
Spiritual strength, we charge — we won’t stall
Hope’s flame in our chests, we shake these walls (we shake these walls!)
(Tag C/R) We stand — (We stand!) We fight — (We fight!) We win — (We win!)
(Ad-lib) Hey! Glory!
[Trap Switch / Short Breakdown — 4 bars]
Beat flips: darker, chopped vox, snare rim-clicks, moody pad
(Spoken) This is for the ones who prayed through the night — stand up.
[Verse 2] (ABAB — punchier punchlines, vivid images)
Raised from ash to anthem, like dawn on cold chrome (chrome)
My shoes filled with mud, now they stand on holy stone (stone)
Enemy lines tremble when the choir hits the zone (zone)
Faith like a piston — push, pull — power fully blown (blown)
Storms used to boss me, now I boss the storm with a prayer
Fear tried to TED-talk me — God gave me thunder to wear
Took a bruise, left a badge — every scar got a glare
Victory’s a voice in my chest sayin', "Move out the way, beware!"
(Ad-lib) Woo! Move! Move! Praise!
[Pre-Drop Build — 8 bars]
Half-time feel, vocals stretched, crowd call-ins (say it loud)
Hi-hats trip,
