Barring the Door

[Intro]
(Slow, heavy acoustic guitar stomp)
(Softly:) Shanda-la-ba-ra-ka... Shanda-la-ba-se-te...
Yeah.
​[Verse 1]
I'm missing connections, I'm lacking my roots
I need a victory or I'm gonna sink
I'm missing revival, I'm missing my awakening
I'm missing you. (Oh, I'm missing you)
​[Pre-Chorus]
But who are you? Is it you, God, who I seek?
I'm reading the book, I'm talking to you
But something is out of place, something is loose.
What am I to do? Is it me? (Is it me, God?)
​[Chorus]
'Cause I'm missing my roots, I'm missing my roots
A victory or I'm gonna sink.
Is it you, God, who I seek?
I'm reaching out, I'm losing sleep.
​[Verse 2]
Is there a demon in my house?
Are they coming through my wall and poisoning my children?
Am I missing something, God? Is it in my roots?
(Oh, is it in my roots?)
​[Pre-Chorus]
But who are you? Is it you, God, who I seek?
I'm reading the book, I'm talking to you
But something is out of place, something is loose.
What am I to do? Is it me? (Is it me, God?)
​[Verse 3]
The bloodline's been muddy for a hundred years
Fed by the secrets and watered with tears.
I’m digging up the garden, I’m pulling the weeds
Planting a different kind of harvest for my seeds.
No more hiding in the shadows of the ones before
I’m locking the windows and I’m barring the door.
(Barring the door)
​[Bridge]
(Music builds—Full power stomp)
But I know I'm loved and my children are loved
And my God has seen our future (oh, yeah)
Just in the way He knit me in my mother's womb.
Forgive my family before mine, Lord, this must not go on.
I rebuke you, Satan, for this is not what my God
My Father, my Creator, my Redeemer, my Savior, wants from me!
(Rhythmic/Intense: Shanda-ra-ba-sanda! Shanda-ra-ba-kaya!)
(Shanda-la-ba-re-te-ka!)
​[Chorus]
'Cause I'm missing my roots, I'm missing my roots
A victory or I'm gonna sink.
Is it you, God, who I seek?
I'm reaching out, I'm losing sleep.
​[Outro]
(Beat stays steady, vocals get intimate)
'Cause I know I'm loved and my children are loved.
(You've seen our future, Lord)
Just in the way He knit me in my mother's womb.
(Melodic fade: Shanda-la-ba-ra-ka... Shanda-la-ba...)
(In my mother's womb)
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Gritty Acoustic Blues, raw female vocals, stomping beat, resonator guitar, spiritual warfare, emotional, 70 BPM