I can't tell you how it feels to be (ADOPTED)

You live a life - that ain't really meant to give you options

And the state filed me away and then they lock them (adoptions)

It's like they hide you and lie to you bout every option (Adoption)

What feels like the lucky draw I got (Adopted)

My momma loved me - I felt that when she hugged me

My daddy didn't have to trust me - after I stole all his money

Still he continued to love me -

$642 dollars to get me - $650 for my stereo

Now there we go - 19 with a dream

Blacked out by unemployment and no options - nah mean

Whatever the excuse we tell ourselves

Sittin' in sacred spaces questioning the historical records

An utterance from the person who made your world turn since birth

Unrehearsed which somehow makes it worse and you sit there in amazement

Did I hear what I thought I heard her say

And if I did - what does it mean,

If I didn't, is she OK, I mean we were just there - in the E-R

The ride back in the car, sweet silence so bizarre

But perplexed during that visit - you hit ya boy with this shit

But man up I'm grown so I big boy'd that shit and let it ride (echo)

Cause I gained back from what I lost, and I took that shit in stride (echo)

Adoption - into a family - (family - family)

I can't tell you how it feels to be (ADOPTED)

You live a life - that ain't really meant to give you options

And the state filed me away and then they lock them (adoptions)

It's like they hide you and lie to you bout every option (Adoption)

What feels like the lucky draw I got (Adopted)

Adopted by God in the same way as my mom

With the heart that created all hearts - inner peace filling me with calm

Since my day one to rejection - being convicted by the adversary

But feelin' protected

Like when I had that earache when I was little

And you nursed me to comfort feelin God in the same moment

I wanted - to stay right there in that space - and own it

Like it was mine right from the gate - my own safe special place

Birthplace of saving grace - you made me to lie in green pastures

Far and away from the wolves that feed on fear and loathing

The only thing on my mind is how I'm perfectly designed

To be in the prescence of the Holy

Elated you know me even mo so cause you own me -

My heart belongs to you now - there is now no further enmity between us

The liar is no longer a threat and he can never demean us

Because of the present prescence from Jesus

Among these believers that He calls a family

And I call my saviour - Just to say thank you

I wrote this just to say it even if no one ever plays it

I wanted you to hear me say it

I'm so glad that you adopted me into your family

Through Christ who for your pleasure was full of grace

I read that in Ephesians 1 - 5 and 6 and understand this

I can't tell you what's it's like to be adopted

But he can show you.

I can't tell you how it feels to be (ADOPTED)

You live a life - that ain't really meant to give you options

And the state filed me away and then they lock them (adoptions)

It's like they hide you and lie to you bout every option (Adoption)

What feels like the lucky draw I got (Adopted)

I can't tell you how it feels to be (ADOPTED)

In a place that is as hostile to life, light, and love as this place can be

I'm so thankful for the man and the woman that you blessed me for me

And as the future unfurls for my wife and my girls, it's gets dark, and I'm unsure

And I no longer know how to live in this world