(Verse 1 - E-Sential)
Hey, I remember snortin' coke,
With my homies 'till my bleed,
Pupils minimized,
With my face lookin' ghostly,
Mostly, I was never home,
I chose to roast weed,
Pop E and drank brew,
It's like the devil cloaked me,
Loc'ed me,
Had me feelin' like I was so G,
But that was the past,
And you could say that was the old me,
I remember tip toein' outta my house,
So I could go and see,
Homies in the neighborhood,
And doin' just what I shouldn't be,
My spiritual maturity was slackin' like a real fool,
Doin' what I had to do to fit in just to be cool,
And now I'm realizing that was just the status quo,
Livin' for the world will get you trapped like you fell in a hole,
Ya, and now I'm chuckin' up the peace sign,
To the way that I lived as a kid,
Now I live it right,
I put my childish things behind,
And now I live for Christ,
1st Corinthians 13:11,
Now I'm in the light.

(Chorus - E-Sential)
Ya, I was living like that,
Now I'm livin' like this,
Now I'm livin' for Him,
Ya aa ya,
Because He died for my sin,
And He rose again,
Now I call Him my friend,
Ya aa ya,
And now it's Jesus The Christ,
Everyday, Every night,
Now I live in the light,
Ya aa ya,
Father, Spirit, and Son,
They reside into one,
I'm forgiven, It's done,
Ya aa ya.

(Verse 2 - Speedygunz)
It ain't always easy tryn' ta live a blameless life,
Temptation on me surely every time I'm doin' right,
This daily dying is a battle,
Never less a fight,
Tryna shake the patterns of the world,
And be that shinin' light,
Wasn't that long ago,
That drank I used to poor up,
That weed I used to role up,
Gang signs I used to throw up,
Until I found The Lord and spiritually I had to grow up,
It wasn't easy but I did it,
And bro you know what?
The life I'm livin' now is better than my old ways,
I thank The Lord for transformation from the old days,
And for the gift He gave to me so I could write this,
Follow your plan and be transformed into your likeness,
To glorify your name is what I have a passion for,
And to obey your word,
And everything you ask me for,
Spittin' with the homie E-Sential,
And yes it's so essential,
That we be like Christ in all ways,
That plain and simple.

(Chorus - E-Sential)

(Verse 3 - E-Sential)
Well like I said,
I was just caught up in that worldly stuff,
Doin' what it took to steady get me mines and make a buck,
Stealin' from my homies,
Stealin' from my work,
Stealin' from my Mom and Dad,
And I was even stealin' from my home church,
I was on the lurk,
Tryna do my own thang,
Jumpin' over fences every time that the cops came,
Don't get me wrong,
'Cuz I was blinded by my sinful ways,
Stuck up in a whirlwind,
Livin' in a cloud of grey,
I got an offer from a brutha to be slayin' E,
To make a bunch of money,
So that I could have a couple G's,
Up in my pocket so that I could stay up on my feet,
But I'm glad I never chose that deal,
Now I got J.C.,
Chyeah,
And now I'm trustin' His sufficiency,
Seekin' out His will for me,
And knowin' that He will complete,
Everything that He started since I did receive,
Now I trust Philippians 1:6,
Go take a read.

(Chorus - E-Sential)

(Outro - E-Sential)
Ya,
That stuff I was sayin' up in the bars, you know,
Was stuff I actually did, you know,
When I said I was stealin' from my church,
Stealin' from my work,
Stealin' from my Mom and Dad, man,
I was really doin' it,
That was the old me,
Like I said, I was blinded by sin,
Now I'm livin' like this,
'Cuz I was livin' like that,
But God switched it up,
And He saved me from that,
I just give all glory to God,
Here's a verse that goes with it,
1 Corinthians 13:11,
"When I was a child,
I talked like a child,
Thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man,
I put childish ways behind me."

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