[INTRO – Spoken Testimony | Soft Piano + Pads]
Then came childhood cancer…
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Chemotherapy…
Radiation…
Treatment that saved my life…
…but scarred my kidneys.
🥁 [BUILD – Heartbeat + Choir hum enters]
Eventually… my kidneys shut down…
Eleven and a half years… on dialysis…
(Pause — let this breathe)
That’s not just medical…
That’s existential…
[HOOK – AFRO-GOSPEL CHANT | BIG + REPEATABLE]
I’m still here — by grace, by grace
Through the fire, You carried me always
What was meant to break me built my faith
Now I’m healing in the story You gave
Hands up high — I surrender the fear
Every scar got a purpose right here
L.U.V. Drops — let it fall like rain
Learn… Unleash… I’m healed again
[VERSE 1 – TESTIMONY FLOW | Afro-swing cadence]
Three days a week, I was tied to a machine
Four hours at a time — living in between
Life and death, yeah, I seen that line
Body weak but the spirit still shine
Young boy fighting what I couldn’t explain
Smiling outside but I’m carrying pain
Every treatment left a mark in my frame
But I’m still standing — calling His name
🔁 [PRE-CHORUS – Emotional lift + choir backing]
They said “survive” — so I learned how to cope
But nobody told me how to process the soul
Fear in my body, running deep in my veins
But God said healing don’t ignore the pain
[HOOK – FULL CHOIR + DRUMS]
I’m still here — by grace, by grace
Through the fire, You carried me always
What was meant to break me built my faith
Now I’m healing in the story You gave
Hands up high — I surrender the fear
Every scar got a purpose right here
L.U.V. Drops — let it fall like rain
Learn… Unleash… I’m healed again
[VERSE 2 – DEEP REFLECTION / PODCAST MESSAGE IN MUSIC]
Then came the transplant — hope in my chest
Then cardiac arrest — life put to test
Multiple moments I could’ve been gone
But somehow I’m here still singing this song
So I asked myself what I never said loud
Was it just physical… or deeper somehow?
A nervous system trained just to survive
Living in tension just to stay alive
[BRIDGE – SPIRITUAL + EDUCATIONAL CORE]
(Drop drums — choir + organ swell)
This ain’t blame… this is awareness
This ain’t shame… this is clearance
Chronic fear changes how the body behaves
But healing begins when we bring it to grace
Mind… body… spirit aligned
What you hold in the dark — you can heal in the light
[FINAL HOOK – ANTHEM / CALL & RESPONSE]
I’m still here — (I’M STILL HERE!)
By grace, by grace — (BY GRACE!)
Every valley turned to victory place
No more fear — (NO MORE FEAR!)
I release — (I RELEASE!)
Everything that had a hold on me
L.U.V. Drops — we rise again
From survival into purpose within
Learn… Unleash… Realign
This my healing — this my time
[OUTRO – PODCAST TRANSITION]
This isn’t about blaming fear…
This is about understanding…
How what we carry…
Shapes what we become…
L.U.V. Drops…
Learning Unlearned Values…
One drop at a time.
NelDuo