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Rated: E · Poetry · Personal · #2343962

I am redeemed for the Top

I didn’t start at the top.
I didn’t wake up with everything.
Nobody handed me a crown.

I came from the slum.
From shadows.
From almost quitting.

I was like John Cena
They saw me,
but they didn’t see me.

They didn’t see the tears,
The doubts,
The “God, when?” prayers.
The cry in the showers

I’ve failed.
I’ve fallen.
I’ve questioned everything.

But something inside me keeps saying,
“Get up. Your story is not finished"

A righteous shall fall seven times,
But he will surely rise again.
That's what the bible says

And me?
I’ve fallen more than seven.
Yet somehow,
I’m still here.

Still breathing.
Still climbing.
Still marked by grace.

I was not left behind.
I was redeemed for the top.


Anything you wish me,
Good or bad,
Back to sender ni.


I didn’t choose this path.
It chose me.

I am not walking alone.
Even on days when I feel small,
I know I’m not forgotten.

Because you see...
I didn’t start at the top,
I'm not going to stop,
Because I'm on my way to the top,

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✨ Chorus (slow, clear, calm):

I didn’t start at the top,
But I’m on my way there.
It may take time,
But I will get there.
I’m not in a hurry,
I just won’t give up.



I walk slow sometimes.
I trip,
I second-guess,
But I never stop moving.

This journey is long.
But the hand that’s carrying me?
Is strong,

So even when I don’t feel it,
I keep going.

Even when nobody claps,
I keep climbing.

Because I wasn’t redeemed to sit down.
I was redeemed to rise.

Cos,
One step at a time I go reach the top,
When there is life, there is hope.
My brother,
For this same life
there is “yes” and there is “no” —
And I no go tire on the road,
I swear.
When they see me on the telle,
They’ll know,
Say Jah no be man, of course.

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You see this Journey,
It has highs.
And it has,
Lows.
The
Offbeat days.
But it’s all taking me somewhere.

And no—
I haven’t arrived yet.

But I know where I’m going.
And more importantly,
I know who is carrying me.



All my life,
He stood by me.
When no one else was ever behind me.
All these lights they can’t blind me.
I’m not even scared of the dark.
With his love,
Nobody can drag me down.


Do you know why I say this with so much confidence?
Because God says so.
And I believe it.
And it’s already happening in my life.
Because my faith is not low.
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