I Am Not Ashamed (feat. Jennifer Knapp & the Girl Rapper)

God is a storyteller A lover composing a letter And every word is hope and light and glory This is the awesome endeavor Justice that flows forever But fear and shame will interrupt the story Shame is a blight on our vision Implicates us in vain competition The imprint of fear on our hearts is how it all starts to break down So we're set on a course for collision We succumb to the way of division All of us bullies and victims on the playground I'm not ashamed I will not cave My spirit rises I am brave I shed the mark Burned on my heart My hope remains I am not ashamed The liars implore you to listen Subvert you with artful suspicion Who wouldn't chase after heaven when living feels like hell So they call you a name of derision Instead of the one you were given But please remember your life is not their story to tell I'm not ashamed I will not cave My spirit rises I am brave I shed the mark Burned on my heart My hope remains I am not ashamed I got nothing to even hide no more I'm gonna come out from right behind closed doors Take the mark that burned upon my heart I let it go and left it right behind those doors I'm so much more, than what they said Remembering who I am instead I left the shame and kept the grace To keep my soul I left the race Set my pace to eliminate the hustling Of my worth is not a mistake I will make Resistance leads to suffering so it's no wondering It is the one thing that I will not take on I will stay strong finding freedom when I play songs Take wrongs and make them right Then as I write my life will play on Every note rise up until the shame gone I'm not ashamed I will not cave My spirit rises I am brave I shed the mark Burned on my heart My hope remains My hope remains I'm not ashamed I will not cave My spirit rises I am brave I shed the mark Burned on my heart My hope remains I am not ashamed Not ashamed, no, no, no God is a storyteller A lover composing a letter And every word is hope and light and glory