FLAME, Courtney Orlando - Open My Heart lyrics

I guess we all hurt sometimes
So I find myself takin' it one
Day at a time ya' know
Cause' ain't nothin' easy about
This life here i must seek my Source
One day at a time y'all

Nothing in this world will ever
Be peaches and cream
That's just in everyday living
Not mentioning spiritual things
I get sick and tired of hard times
It's hard to renew my mind
Hard to put the past behind
When ya' feelin' blind
I grew up seeing the same ol' murdas
Same ol' thugs in the same ol' swervas
Sometimes I was afraid to
Walk through the 'hood
I know we say it but ain't
All good I'm keeping it real


My daddy came home he was robbed
Mom on disability and daddy lost his job
So where that leave me at? I go to
School wit dirty shoes and wack ball caps
I'm in the hall catchin' all laughs
I'm tryin' to stay focused 'cause
This locust is real
Went to kick it but my homie got killed
I'm under all pressure
The Lord blessed a young
Ghetto child like Flame
I'm still living through the
Sufferin' and pain

Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see
You when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart
So I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)

It kinda makes me laugh cause it's
Been a long time comin'
Messed up so many times but
Yet I'm still growin'
See it hurt when my grandmother died
I'm in the hospital room over her
Bed lookin' her in the eyes
She always said go to church
And serve the Lord
And put Him first over everything
Especially money and cars
She had a major impact on who I am now
Bowin' down worshipin' and sending
Praises up loud
But yet she's gone and the same
Bad things are going on
It's hard for lil' Flame to stay
Strong but yet I hold on
Life is so short we only passing through
Able to catch you a laugh or two
I seen a lady last week gettin' beat down
And thirteen year old girls
Gettin' freaked down
Now you can tell we in the last days
The world has turned away from God now
We livin' in our own ways
Since I have been saved the
Death angel has passed over
My down was covered by the
Blood straight from Jehovah
See I'm grateful
For the way of escape from bein' hateful
The dollar doesn't make you
Power doesn't make you
I have seen it all nothin' new under the sun
He made a way out so I had to run
I'm tired of poverty
Ghetto areas and trife livin'
I'm tryin' to elevate to Christ livin'
His righteous life we livin' come on

Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see
You when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart
So I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)

Who else can fill the void straight from
All the love that I lost
Except the One who shed all
His blood at the cross
I didn't ask to be born
Into this world at all
But through God's grace I was
Created to praise God
But it gets really hard
I was born right into sin
I was headed for hell before
My life even began
But since I'm here now through Christ
I'll make the best of it
I trust God so I'll let him do the rest
How else could I have peace
In this life of crime
How else could I have peace when
The battle's in my mind
How else could I have peace
With a broken heart
I wish it was the end like Noah's ark
It'll be all over
No more pain no more sufferin'
No more games no more
Thuggin' no more hustlin'
I praise God for eternal life the Mediator
Who gave the ultimate sacrifice
And we call him Jesus Christ!

(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all
7X) i want to love you Jesus
I want to love you love you
I want to know you yeah yeah yeah
Ooh Jesus, I want to know you know you
So will you open my heart so I can love you
More said I wanna be more like you yes
Said I wanna know how you
Talked and how you walked
Step by step I'll get there
If you just hold my hand, and show me the way