[Intro]
Bible open on the table
Notes bleedin’ through the page
Old wounds, new label
Still the same war, same rage (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Eyes up, I can’t nap on watch
Enemy lurk when the locks unlatch
Scroll in my palm, but I’m guardin’ my heart
Every little thought that I let dispatch
Temptation got bait on the line
I cut that cord when it tugs on mine
Fear wanna creep in the back of my mind
But I stand on the Rock, not the trend nor the time
Storm in my phone, storm in my head
Scrollin’ through chaos while I lay in my bed
But I rise, armor tight, every word that He said
Keep my soul wide awake like the stone never set
[Chorus]
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t break
Hands up high, knees down to the floor
Heart on fire, I ain’t runnin’ no more
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t shake
Even when the weight make the backbone sore
I got grace for the fight, I was made for the war (yeah)
[Verse 2]
They told me “man up,” but they meant “don’t feel”
Kingdom man stand up, that mean truth stay real
I can let the tears fall, still grip that steel
Not chrome in my hand, but the Word I wield
When the bills stack tall and my plans fall flat
When the doc hit the room with a voice like that
When the friends all fade and the knives in my back
I don’t bow to the dark, I remember the fact:
He was whipped, He was nailed, He was buried, He rose
So my weakness is the place where His power overflows
I don’t gotta fake tough, I just cling, I just hold
To the Name that turned cowards into lions in the fold (hey!)
[Chorus]
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t break
Hands up high, knees down to the floor
Heart on fire, I ain’t runnin’ no more
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t shake
Even when the weight make the backbone sore
I got grace for the fight, I was made for the war
[Bridge]
This is courage in the quiet
This is honor in the trial
This is steady through the riot
Step by step, mile by mile (yeah)
This is love that doesn’t bail
When it’s hard, when it hurts, when it cuts like rail
I don’t flex in the mirror for a weak applause
I just stand, I just stand in the strength of God
[Chorus]
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t break
Hands up high, knees down to the floor
Heart on fire, I ain’t runnin’ no more
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith
Act like a man, be strong, don’t shake
Even when the weight make the backbone sore
I got grace for the fight, I was made for the war (yeah)
I got grace for the fight, I was made for the war