“A New Man to Be”

Verse 1

I spent a lot of nights lookin’ in the mirror,

Tryin’ to find the man I used to know.

Starin’ at the wreckage of decisions,

Wonderin’ how I let myself get so low.

I was driftin’ through life on autopilot,

Takin’ blessings for granted every day.

Never thought I’d hit a wall that hard,

’Til I watched it all get stripped away.

Pre-Chorus

And the truth ain’t always easy,

Sometimes it cuts right through your pride.

But the hardest lessons I’ve ever learned

Are the ones that changed my life.

Chorus

So I ain’t lookin’ back with regret anymore,

I can’t change yesterday’s mistakes.

I’ve laid ’em at the feet of Jesus,

And asked Him to show me a better way.

I’ve traded guilt for grace,

And fear for faith somehow.

The man I was ain’t who I am,

And he don’t own me now.

With a Bible on the table,

And a prayer on my lips,

I’m learnin’ every day to trust

The hands I can’t see yet.

No, my story ain’t over,

Lord, I finally understand—

Sometimes you’ve gotta lose who you were

To become a better man.

Verse 2

Funny how gettin’ caught can wake you up,

When nothin’ else could make you see.

I hated every minute of that fall,

But it showed me what I needed to be.

Those twenty-something hours behind bars

Felt like a lifetime in my mind.

But somewhere in that silence and shame,

I left my old excuses behind.

Pre-Chorus

Now I don’t blame anybody,

And I don’t run from what I’ve done.

I’m takin’ ownership of every step

And trustin’ God with what’s to come.

Chorus

So I ain’t lookin’ back with regret anymore,

I can’t change yesterday’s mistakes.

I’ve laid ’em at the feet of Jesus,

And asked Him to show me a better way.

I’ve traded guilt for grace,

And fear for faith somehow.

The man I was ain’t who I am,

And he don’t own me now.

With a Bible on the table,

And a prayer on my lips,

I’m learnin’ every day to trust

The hands I can’t see yet.

No, my story ain’t over,

Lord, I finally understand—

Sometimes you’ve gotta lose who you were

To become a better man.

Bridge

Every chapter ain’t a good one,

Every road ain’t smooth and straight.

But God can build a testimony

Out of every wrong we’ve made.

So I’ll keep walkin’ forward,

One faithful step at a time.

Because mercy met me where I fell,

And gave me back my life.

Final Chorus

Now I’m lookin’ forward with hope once more,

Not chained to who I’ve been.

God’s still writin’ my story,

And this ain’t where it ends.

With a Bible full of promises,

And a heart that’s finally free,

I thank Him for the broken roads

That brought me to my knees.

‘Cause that’s where I found forgiveness,

And the strength to make a stand.

Yeah, sometimes you’ve gotta lose who you were

To become the man God planned.