First song in 6 years I think.
Made for AFC's Teens Conference

Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spwqpKTm3J8&list=PLC2DEA50D62B217B9&index=1&ab_channel=jto4jc

TC 2021 Names: 
Invictus, Redeemed, Promises, Providence, Greater Than, Repletion, Pharos, Polaris, Daybreak, Vision, Fearless

Lyrics:

I was taught, you were unconquerable
Invictus, totally unstoppable
Death couldn’t hold you down
Everyone thought you were dead, but you flipped it around And Now

I’m redeemed by your blood, 
I’m brand new cause of you, now you’re changing who I was 
So when I feel that I can’t do this
I cling to your word and your promises

Even If, Even If, Even if I’M
All alone feeling scared out of my mind 
Wake me up, Wake me up, Wake me up
Help me know You’re more than enough

Even If, Even If, Even if I’m
Lost on the way and I feel blind
Wake me up, Wake me up, Wake me up
Help me know You’re more than enough

Even IF I stumble and fall
Even IF I can’t stand anymore
Even IF I’m alone, I hear you call

You lift me up, You lift me Up

Even IF I’m down to my last breath
Even IF I take a stand and I’m oppressed
Even IF I gotta face my own death

I lose nothing, I gain everything

You never change, I call it evergreen
My solid rock, I will fear no schemes
Even when my world is crumbling 
Got my hope in you, you sustain, you’re my providence

You’re the great I AM No comparison
You are greater than all my strugglin’
And you fill me to repletion
I got everything I need you’re the reason

When I’m lost in the dark and I can’t see
You place a pharos, a light to guide me
Even brighter than polaris
Even if I should perish your kingdom I inherit

When I look at the cross on calvary
Thinking bout everything you did for me
You rescued me for my own sake
Pulled me out from the dark like daybreak

With what I know, earth is not my home
Let my light shine to those who feel alone
Give me vision, fulfill your mission 
Don’t take for granted the life that I’ve been given
 
I don’t know who needs to hear this
But Christ conquered death so be fearless
No matter what we may face 
Even if the worst happens, you’ve been saved by grace

Even If TC2021 (Name Drop)

didn't come up with a title for this one
Had an awesome time working Fulbert
God is using this guy!


Fulbert:
Yo / you might / recognize me as that kid up from the block
Cruising million dollar yachts / in the summer by lakeshore docks
Yes I caught just a fortune / everything’s a fortune
twelve thousand square feet custom built - home - ain’t important
Imported / Audi R6 / suicide doors
yellow lamborghini / twin spoilers / matte black porsche
Guess / that’s the beauty of being rich / 
Vice Presidenté / My father can grant any wish
Wish / you were just me / six digit wages
Embrace it / the figures in the banks are outrageous
Hollywood lifestyle / walk in the spotlight - 

J.To:
ey! stop daydreamin’ kid but your aim is off sight
I know it’s been hard / with dad gone
Tried to raise you as my own / but I was never home
You know I love ya / I would never leave ya / 
you’re my brother but / that don’t mean / i won’t knock some sense into ya
how many times must I lecture / till you remember
all this stuff that you’re living for / can’t last forever
I know I never made enough so we could live it up
but even if I did we don’t need all that stuff
Young wild and free that’s how it’s supposed to be
but that’s a lie they telling ya we’re slaves to society
Your identity / is so much more than all of this
but your ambitions got you blind / you’re oblivious

Fulbert: 
Oblivious? / I’m just being serious / sorry for being a realist 
that realizes the fact that life is so meaningless
What a short experience / that dad can just fall dead
cancer orphans us / what kind of God is this / I’m furious
Hurt / bleeding / the wounds are here / but they won’t heal
I’m trying to live a “good life” / yet I don’t feel
joy / I’ll live to cover up my pain /
Maybe through - wealth and status / happiness will be attained
God, so you don’t care / I live the same story
Forget you / I’m gonna chase my own fame / glory
Brother / if you truly loved me / 
you would let me go to chase my dreams instead of have me rot to nothing
Look at those stars / being a celebrity
will bring contentment from resentment / freeing my identity
So it’s morally wrong / self-focused
Everyone else is doing it / it’s His fault / He chose this!

J.To
You’re still missing the point of what I’m saying
explaining that this life will fade away there’s no escaping 
I know you’re mad but dad gave all he had
Remember what he said “God has a perfect plan”
You come home late from these so called dates
the liquor in your breath is so strong i can taste
but I’ve been there before it’s what I did to ignore 
everything I was going through when Dad hit the floor
Yea we had it rough but covering it up
with the fame sex money that won’t be enough
When dad passed away it was God calling out to us
but we shut him out we showed him our disgust
but God is just he is fair he can satisfy
what you’re living for now will only take your life
what’s it gonna take for you to see that life is temporary
Life doesn’t end just cause your name’s in the obituaries 

Fulbert: 
so I’m caught in the momentary / but life is so short
I rather chase the wealth / status / fame / with full force
Is that wrong? / being shallow? / ignorant or blinded
But all my friends are out partying / chasing girls / closed minded
Reminded of life is short - don’t waste your breath

J.To:
Yet you’re still blinded / to the realization of death
death ain’t the end it’s only the beginning
heaven or hell which one do you think you’re choosing
We are the reason that Jesus needed to bleed 
He shed his blood for us but we are his enemy
Look at the lust, look at the pride all the sin we got inside
Without Christ we were gonna die
but that’s why he sent his son to be our sacrifice
That’s his love for us I hope you see there’s more to life

Fulbert:
But I’m still eighteen / I have a long way to go / death isn’t even close
still just a hypothetical prose
Why are we thinking ‘bout a road that’s so... *hello?
Yes / this is his younger brother speaking
Who is this - doctor / what hospital?/ please repeat it
Wait what do you mean that his heart stopped beating!

UNTITLED Fulbert and J.To (Fallin - Trip Lee remix)

Beat called Gold from Elyonbeats

Lyrics: 

We chase the wrong things
Meaningless temporal superficial things 
I guess the question is what do we really need
Life is full of wants at the core is our greed

But want and need are separate entities 
Want is the cancer Need is the remedy
Need leads to peace 
Want points to enmity against the high priest 

Want is the one night stand 
that makes you think your a man feeling so grand
Want is the recognition for your accomplishments 
Aim for fame competent compliments

Want is the drug you keep going back to, 
Even though you don’t really have to
We say we need the high 
Thinking that it satisfies, but I’m callin LIE
Over promised under delivered 
That’s all our want does leaves us in the blizzard

But need now that’s a different beast, 
To realize need it makes "want" obsolete 
Need is something you can’t live without, 
But we got misconceptions of what that’s all about

See need is a matter of life and death 
But we can’t seem grasp the concept
The necessities of life: food, water, breath 
Without it comes a slow agonizing death

So what do we really need 
Cause my point ain’t to talk about the bare necessities 
We use our eyes to see 
But we’re blind when it comes to concepts of eternity   

And this supersedes all our bodily needs
Because this paves the way for divine entry
Our one true need is not our own gratification, 
Actually it’s our own realization

Realize our self-glorification is an abomination 
Or simply just call it sin 
Our sin within Christ had to die 
Because of pride for every single lie

All the times we’ve lusted in our eyes, 
For the times we took something that wasn’t even ours
All the hate we keep inside all of this we justify
Little do we know we’re just committing suicide

Sin leads to death there’s no way around it
No place to go consider yourself surrounded
No one is good no not one
Don’t compare yourselves to others if they are not the SON

Jesus Christ perfect in every way
Nothing can even come close nothing can outweigh
The depths of our sin nor the height of his love
Love is the reason that he came from above

We’re guilty and the penalty was death
But God loved the world that gave his son instead
Now you may be asking why how could this be
How does Christ on a cross even save me

On the cross our sin imputed on to him 
Past, present future, that’s sin by the trillions
And the life that he lived was imputed on to us
Now we’re blameless before the judge

So he came to die but he rose on the third
Trust in him in and your sin will be cured
So what we need is an epiphany 
change our thoughts from how it was before initially

The epiphany of needing a savior 
From all our sin that our soul are in danger

Want, Need

Which one you gonna choose?

I Want, I Need

Hook:
don’t quit, don’t quit
don’t stop, don’t stop
We never quit 
cause Christ is our ambition
We never stop
live for the great commission

Don’t quit, Don’t quit
Don’t stop, Don’t stop
We never quit
‘Cause we’re saving souls
We’re never gonna stop
‘til he takes us home

etRNL:
I’m saving souls what else d’you think that I live fo’
I fight dragons and demons lucifer 
Guarded by armies legions of angels 
With a warhead He speaks lethal volcanoes 

This ain’t a game if you think that I’m kidding
not American living but intentionally driven
I pray you could see the picture that I see
Real souls swallowed ripped in a fire sea

So I fight for a vision of eternity
Mastered by maturity with Spiritual emergency
Crushed with an agony heartfelt with burden
Filled by the Spirit I’m compelled like Spurgeon

I seem like a scientist truly, an agent
I’m serving a lion who’s conquered the nations 
From hell I’m saved I spread the grace
‘Til the day I can say GOD, I’ve ran the race

Hook

Jto:
My God I call him my general
Bought by the blood I fight for the gospel
Naw, This ain’t mission impossible
He defies the odds no matter how improbable

I call this mercenary missions
Bought by the blood so I could go fishin
And i ain’t even close to lacking equipment
I’m left with the word that holy ammunition

Divine strategist I’m here for a reason
The world’s antagonist is hidden from our vision
When darkness comes i’m called to be a beacon
A light to the world this is the Great Commission

ah it’s a battle every day 
I could lose my life along the way
but i got this phrase ingrained
To live is Christ and to die is gain

Hook

Jto:
Now this ain’t no lone wolf assignment
I got a band of brothers that I rely in
Through the thick and thin no matter what we face
Battlin sin and we fighting with our faith

See the church as a resting place 
This is home base where we get fed and rejuvenate 
Can’t forget the mission Gospel reverberate
Go out to the world and illuminate

etRNL:
Illumination that is my default delight
I’m representing him pouring out the salt and light
No leaving voicemail this is my call in life
After all He bought me through the cross so I’m all for Christ

Words can’t describe it - cause he is so glorious
Worthy of a Church in a harvest victorious
Yeah we unashamed  this ain’t false euphoria
Life laid down soli deo gloria

My Reason - Jto and etRNL

instrumental from both of us by bob ft taylor swift

Captured

Hook:
I look upon the cross where you
Laid your life down for me
A wretched sinner is all I am
I stand in awe here at your feet
Your grace it covers me
My insufficiencies 
Your love has captured me

Verse 1
It’s only by your grace that I even have this faith
I was walking in this desert but fell flat on my face
But you picked me up brushed me down
Proved to me that your paramount 

Now all I see is living water it’s all around
Oasis you’re the basis of my praises
Your love amazes it embraces interfaces
You’re on another level that I could never reach

There is no other anywhere who could even compete
With who you are that’s how it is
I know they say ignorance is bliss but think about it
Why they throwing fits just cause I claim that God exists

So here it is the crux of it
It’s on the cross what Christ did
If Christ ain’t divine then all it lost
Don’t even bother counting the cost

Hook

Verse 2
I was walking dead with no regret
But you shocked me back to life
You hit reset now I live instead
You rocked me outright

No matter what I do your mercy covers me
Even when I’m a fool
As a matter of fact whenever I relapse
You pull me back on track that’s true

Now my own satisfaction is barely a fraction
of what you have for me so many distractions
They can’t even come close to cover my infractions
cause if it’s you that I’m lacking
I need you more than a cure to an infection
I wanna be a reflection God please let me be a blessing

I’m nothing without you I don’t deserve your love
but still you sent your son , though he would shed his blood
and this was done for us because of all our sin
it’s the greatest love ever there’s no comparison
Hook


Captured feat. Charis Wang

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Instrumental used: "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift 
Instrumental produced by nine diamond


He > Me  

He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30

Verse:
And It’s a brand new day for a bright new change
But don’t it seem like at the end it all stays the same
I’ve gone down the same path as before
I wanna do more but it’s like I’m nailed to the floor

Mediocrity seems like my destiny
But laziness is my supreme mortal enemy 
Is this the end of me to go down emptily
This can’t be what you had in mind when you created me

What good is it that I can walk down through the narrow path
But minutes later stray away and now I’m walking back
It’s like I’m starting this race over again
And I’m thinking to myself God when will this cycle end

Hook:
Lord, I’m done ignoring you How could I bear fruit 
If I ain’t rooted in you That’s the truth 
I’ve been blinded by my pride I need you by my side 
I’m lacking your supply won’t you turn the tide

He who starts a good work now will finish it
Never have to worry bout broken promises
I no longer live but it’s Christ in me
I put my faith in him the one crucified for me

Let him increase Let him increase
It’s Christ over me It’s Christ over me
Let me decrease Let me decrease
Yea He’s over me Christ he’s over me

Verse
I treat you like a teddy bear or an ATM
God grant my wishes I expect all of them
And now my view of you distorted by my selfishness
The concept of surrender I wrestle with the thought of it

When it’s good I forget that your even there
You’re so far from my mind that I don’t seem to care
But I know I need you cause of all of my sin
Depraved from the start till the very end

There’s nothing I could do to make up for what I’ve done
It was accomplished without me done through your Son
I could try harder but I would always fail
It’s only through your son that I can prevail

Hook
Lord, I’m done ignoring you How could I bear fruit 
If I ain’t rooted in you That’s the truth 
I’ve been blinded by my pride I need you by my side 
I’m lacking your supply won’t you turn the tide

He who starts a good work now will finish it
Never have to worry bout broken promises
I no longer live but it’s Christ in me
I put my faith in him the one crucified for me

Let him increase Let him increase
It’s Christ over me It’s Christ over me
Let me decrease Let me decrease
Yea He’s over me Christ he’s over me

Bridge:
Draw me close help me understand
What it truly means to rely on your strength
I wanna change the way that I’ve been living
Put you in the center of my life make me different

Hook:
Lord, I’m done ignoring you How could I bear fruit 
If I ain’t rooted in you That’s the truth 
I’ve been blinded by my pride I need you by my side 
I’m lacking your supply won’t you turn the tide

He who starts a good work now will finish it
Never have to worry bout broken promises
I no longer live but it’s Christ in me
I put my faith in him the one crucified for me

Let him increase Let him increase
It’s Christ over me It’s Christ over me
Let me decrease Let me decrease
Yea He’s over me Christ he’s over me

Let him increase Let him increase
Let him increase Let him increase
Let me decrease Let me decrease
Let me decrease Christ over me      


Christ > Me

Instrumental: Look Alive - Spence MIlls
For MCBC Koinonia: 

Hook:
When it seems all hope is lost and the darkness has prevailed
I know my God comes through his light pierces the veil
His peace rains down it covers me
I'm reminded of the cross the hope that set me free
 
Verse 1:
Another year gone, but still the same story
Doing battle on my own now my shoulders' getting heavy
My patience wearing thin I'll be giving up shortly
Lost in life's mess how could I bring you glory
 
Sink into the crowd don't even know I'm gone
Name without a face no mouth to respond
Shriveled in captivity locked up in futility
Caught up in my stupidity crushed by inability
 
They judging me they don't even know the half of it
I want to show them who I am but I'm inadequate
God are you out there are you listening
Do you even care please do something
 
It's been so long since I felt your presence near
Every time I feel you're getting close it disappears
What did I do? Why did you leave?
Are you displeased is it from my unbelief
 
Hook:
When it seems all hope is lost and the darkness has prevailed
I know my God comes through his light pierces the veil
His peace rains down it covers me
I'm reminded of the cross the hope that set me free
 
Verse 2:
I wanna hear your voice but I ignore your word
So give me eyes that listen let your word be heard
Show me what I’m missing clear up my confusion
I wanna know your intentions draw the same conclusions
 
As I dig deeper I realize
I’ve got it all wrong my faith was built on lies
Following the crowd instead of following you
My closest times with you was when I felt accepted too
 
But you want me for your own you sustain in this life
You’re the only one I need and your love will suffice
I read your promises and I’ve been blown away
You come in the nick of time you will not delay
 
So give me faith there’s no hope in me trying
I’m just the passenger while you’re the one driving
I can do nothing to make you love me more
Christ showed it on the cross when my sin he bore
 
Hook:
When it seems all hope is lost and the darkness has prevailed
I know my God comes through his light pierces the veil
His peace rains down it covers me
I'm reminded of the cross the hope that set me free
 
Verse 3:
Day by day I meditate on your word
You will never forsake me it’s what I’ve learned
And you never left though I never felt you there
You were with me all the time everywhere
                                  	
You give me joy when my back’s against the wall
Trials, tribulation whatever you’re in control
Circumstances don’t dictate if you’re there or not
Even if I’m all alone you holding me up
 
And if you’re standing with me who can be against me
There is nothing in this universe that can even shake me
The depth of your love is infinite
Covered by Christ’s blood that’s how you proved it
 
So to the cross I cling
Hope in the resurrection of the one true king
Everything I face all the struggles in this life
It’s erased by the sacrifice of my savior Christ


He Comes Through ft. Christine Wu

Instrumental: No limits - Pro

The Cost: Teens Conference Team Name Drop

Hook
Do you know the cost
Do you do you know the cost
Everything I gain I count it all as loss

Do you know the cost
Do you do you know the cost
Christ paid it on the cross
My sin he washed it off 

This the cost yea it cost Him his life
The only sacrifice 
Only His blood that would suffice

Do you know the cost
Do you do you know the cost
You gotta die to yourself
C’mon die to yourself

Verse 1

ASSEMBLE up this is instrumental
I got the call to FOLLOW everybody LEGO
(I’m) L-lookin back to the world and it don’t SATISFY
Balloon full of air when it pops don’t be surprised

LIFE fizzles out when you’re living for yourself
You gotta INVEST I ain’t talkin about your wealth
You can gain it all but still be outta range
If you wanna know the Christ well you better get your stock EXCHANGED

You can’t run from this it’s sorta like gravity
The wrath of God raining down to SCORCH out man’s depravity
But through His GRACE He made a way yea He paid the PRICE
The blood of Christ was the cost the SACRIFICE

Hook

Verse 2

Now GRACE is free but it didn’t come cheap 
See Humanity held hostage by their sin the PRICE was steep
We were RANSOMED by the cross Christ CRUCIFIED
NAILS in his hands now we are justified 

His wrath is like an AVALANCHE Can’t escape the consequence 
From the one we sinned against Somebody had to pay for sin
Righteousness so RADICAL his love is what REVAMPS your soul
This is what you gotta know His body took the WRATH FOR YOU

This the Gospel Christ died for the hostile
Me and you let that ILLUMINATE love colossal 
RENOUNCE yourself and submit to the WORD
The cost to FOLLOW Christ yea it sounds absurd

Hook

Verse 3

Lord I know you REIGN in control of everything
We’ve been CALLED We OBEY Time to stand unashamed 
Looking at the Christ yea I’m following his FOOTPRINTS
I don’t gotta worry bout a thing it’s in his BLUEPRINT

You took CONTROL of my life now you ALTering my ways
My sin DELETED now it’s you I RADIATE
Tell me to WALK on water and I will go
Your love UNVEILED conquers impossible 

Now I got this BULLS EYE on my back outcast
Persecution perseverance I will not lack
You’re the basis of my praises and I call you my OASIS
The cost to FOLLOW you is worth it your love amazes


The Cost: TC Team Name Drop

Counterfeit Love        

Instrumental used: Fantasy - Trip Lee

Verse 1
I look at culture I call it the printing press
The current currency of love is such a mess
It’s like having one too many, no need to second-guess
Our view of love is distorted it’s counterfeit 

And we just keep drinking what they’re brewing
So addictive we can’t stop we keep consuming
Now a generation stuck up in infatuation
Lost in imagination wild exaggerations 

uh and we see it on the TV
hear it on the radio we’re learning from pornography
lust and sex is this all that love is
just a feel good chemical straight up bliss 

sealed with a kiss these so called marriages
but it’s 50/50 that it last till the very end
What are our intentions they say this sounds traditional
But they can’t see that love is unconditional

Hook
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
Empty promises in everything around
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
but Your love is genuine it knows no bounds 


Verse 2
obsessed obsessive obsessions
the question: why do we never learn our lessons
all we looking for/is acceptance
but it’s hard to come by it’s evanescent 

searching for love in all the wrong places
yea well they seem like friendly faces
but counterfeit love masquerades as 
the solution to your problems of loneliness

Is he gonna do the trick Can she even satisfy
Your own heart’s desire that’s been tainted by 
Everything that you’ve seen everything you’ve been told
Is that what love really is? Man that’s cold

See counterfeit love is based on our emotions
It comes and goes like the tide of the ocean
But true love lasts forever I’m not talking bout fairy tales
I’m talking about a love that never fails

Hook
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
Empty promises in everything around
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
but Your love is genuine it knows no bounds 

Bridge
Your love is true and you found me
It’s through grace alone that you saved me
Love never ending beyond compare
There is no other who has what you offer

Verse 3

Now some might disagree with me
But love is a choice offered unconditionally 
We can’t grasp what this really means
Cause we don’t want God in our vocabulary  

Love has a name and it is God
The one who sent His son to die for our/
Sin, a righteous judge must punish all transgressions
All sinful expressions but through Christ you are forgiven

His love is shown through everything he’s done
C’mon where do you think love even comes from?
There is nothing in me that can show true love
Unless I’m loving with love from above

And it applies to all facets of life
Friends, marriages even the world could unite
Only through perfect love is this possible
My God never forsakes he is able

Hook
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
Empty promises in everything around
This counterfeit love has nothing for me now
but Your love is genuine it knows no bounds 


Counterfeit Love ft. Charis W

Beat Used: Superhuman by Andy Mineo

Song written for MCBC What's the Focus Night

What's the Focus?

It’s the world we live, yea we living fine
That’s the greatest lie: cause we living blind
I’m presenting the eye drops but you decline
Everything outta focus but you don’t mind
 
OH and you comfortable with that but
If you knew what I knew you’d say it’s whack huh
See a pretty girl walking down the hallway
Have a double take yea you lustin all day
 
It starts off with this, call it entitlement
Me myself and I it’s where you focusin
You only live once, gotta have it your way
Say I’m loving it, that’s the fast food way
 
Desensitized from the media images
Facebook, twitter, whatever you’re in the heart of it
Hypnotized they pulling the puppet strings
Marketing to the pleasure center of your brain oh
  
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
Trapped in an illusion and we loving it
 
Yea we loving it and we loving it
Ignorance is bliss tell me who can resist it
Yea we loving it and we loving it
But it’s killing us in inside and we ignore it
 
Now I ain’t tryna sound morbid
Just tryna give perspective of what it is our mind orbits
On the day you hit your grave
Will you be satisfied with all you have attained (think about it)

But who has time to think about that
We living in the now generation the fast track
Instant gossip over online connections
Celebrities you’ll never meet become the object of affection
 
Popularity the greatest obsession
Focused in on your image of perfection
Gotta get that perfect complexion
Striving to meet everybody’s expectations
 
Preservation of social status, survival of the fittest
Reaching masses with social media statuses
Hash tags, likes, new emotional currency
Our self-worth defined by interconnectivity
 
Conceivably experience humility deficiency
Narcissistic tendencies up are you hearing me
Forget about generation X or Y
It’s the rise of generation I
 
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
What’s the focus we’ve lost sight of it
Trapped in an illusion and we loving it
 
Trapped in an illusion and we loving it
Ignorance is bliss tell me who can resist
 
Lost in the foreground belong in the background
Lost in the foreground belong in the background
Lost in the foreground belong in the background

Lost in the foreground belong in the background
Lost in the foreground belong in the background
Lost in the foreground belong in the background

And you better focus in now
  
You think you’re the star but I got news for ya
The story ain’t about you, you’re just an extra
It’s time to readjust your lens
Gotta put Christ in the frame now focus in
 
What’s the focus it ain’t you
What’s the focus it ain’t me
What’s the focus it aint anything you see
The focus is on Christ. BELIEVE


JTo

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