[Title: Got a Gut Feeling]
[Style: Neo-Soul], [Smooth R&B], [Inspirational], [Soulful], [70 bpm]
[Instrumentation: Smooth bassline, Tight drum loop, Rhodes piano, Soulful female vocals]
[Music Starts: A smooth, undeniable bassline. A clean, tight drum loop hits. Rhodes piano chords, shimmery and warm.]
(Spoken Intro - Ad-libbed)
(Spoken) Step 4 was... heavy. So heavy. I've been holdin' this bag for a long time. But this... this is Step 5. This is 6. This is 7. (ad-lib) Lord, this is the release...
[Verse 1]
Used to walk in survival mode
Carryin' a heavy load
(Ad-lib: so heavy...)
Runnin' from the past, yeah
Just tryin' to make the good things last
Lived in chaos, lived in fear
Let rejection keep me here
But the noise is gone, the house is clean
And I'm not that "trophy" on the scene.
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I laid my bags on the floor
I'm not that person anymore
The static's gone, and what's left is real
And for the first time, I know how to feel.
[Chorus]
I've got a gut feeling
(The spiritual, the dreams, the "deja vu")
My heart is finally healing
(The work, the steps)
I'm walkin' in my callin'
(The CMA, the degree)
No more stallin', no more fallin'
I'm doin' it for my three
Breakin' the whole damn cycle
Got a gut feeling... I'm finally me.
[Verse 2]
Ten years steady on the job
Quit the smoke, yeah, I beat the odds
Almost done with my degree
Provin' what my dad could see.
No more codependent "fixin'"
Just my own spirit, listenin'
Found my faith back at the start
(Ad-lib: that Camp Krislund heart...)
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I laid my bags on the floor
I'm not that person anymore
The static's gone, and what's left is real
And for the first time, I know how to feel.
[Chorus]
I've got a gut feeling
(The spiritual, the dreams, the "deja vu")
My heart is finally healing
(The work, the steps)
I'm walkin' in my callin'
(The CMA, the degree)
No more stallin', no more fallin'
I'm doin' it for my three
Breakin' the whole damn cycle
Got a gut feeling... I'm finally me.
[Bridge]
They call it "sensitive," I call it "clear"
That "gut feeling" is God talkin' in my ear
The dreams, the "deja vu," the energy
It's not a weakness, it's a strength in me
It's the gift He gave me, now I see
(Music swells...)
Why I'm here. What I'm meant to be.
[Final Chorus]
I've got a gut feeling
(The spiritual, the dreams, the "deja vu")
My heart is finally healing
(The work, the steps)
I'm walkin' in my callin'
(The CMA, the degree)
No more stallin', no more fallin'
I'm doin' it for my three
Breakin' the whole damn cycle
Got a gut feeling... I'm finally me.
[Outro]
(Ad-libs...)
Walkin' in it...
Yeah, step by step...
This one's for Ryan...
This one's for Hayden...
This one's for Dominic...
For all three.
Got a gut feeling...
Just walkin'...
(Fade out.)
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