YAHUAH STUDIOS

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It didn't have to be this way
Could've been truth at the table
Could've been peace in the room
But pride lit the match
And called the fire proof

We The Assembly
YAHUAH

It didn't have to be this way
Could've been peace
Could've been grace
Could've been truth with an open face
But pride built smoke in a healing place

It didn't have to be this way
Could've let anger pass away
Could've let mercy clear the space
But now we pray through what pride made

I won't name the face
I name the fruit
I won't tell the tale
I point to root
Some fires start
From a quiet spark
One half-truth dressed
With a wounded heart

One story bent
Then a second bend
Now the lie need lies
Just to breathe again
And the deeper it go
The harder it turn
Cause pride don't like
What the humble learn

Could've been plain
Could've been clean
Could've been words
With no smoke between
But when ego preach
And anger lead
Peace get pressed
Till the whole room bleed

I stand back asking
YAHUAH please
Keep my own hands clean
In the heat
Cause hurt can make
A mouth go loud
And pain can beg
For a watching crowd

But if the Book
Don't give me that way
I don't get to move
How flesh would say

Matthew chapter fifteen verses eighteen through twenty
Out of the heart
False witness
These things defile a man

Mark chapter seven verses twenty one through twenty three
From within
Out of the heart of men
Pride
Foolishness
All these evil things come from within

You can build a house
From a version told
But the walls still shake
When the truth take hold
You can paint it brave
Call it justice too
But what Ruach breathes
Through the things you do

If envy burn
And strife stay near
That ain't wisdom
From above down here
Where bitter roots
Keep guarding pride
Confusion grows
And peace gets tied

I seen a fire
Where a table could've been
I seen a war
Where a talk could end
But wisdom from above
Come clean
Peaceable
Gentle
Full of mercy

Not rough with rage
Not hard with spite
Not twisting dark
To look like light
So teach me how to wait
When I see the crack
In what they made

Don't let my grief
Become their tone
Don't let their Ruach
Find my home

We The Assembly
YAHUAH

It didn't have to be this way
Could've been peace
Could've been grace
Could've been truth with an open face
But pride built smoke in a healing place

It didn't have to be this way
Could've let anger pass away
Could've let mercy clear the space
But now we pray through what pride made

James chapter three verses fourteen through seventeen
If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts
Lie not against the truth
Where envying and strife is
There is confusion
The wisdom that is from above
Is first pure
Then peaceable
Gentle
Full of mercy

Could've been a table
Could've been a door
Could've been healing
Not another war

Could've told truth
Could've let pride break
Could've chose peace
Before the fire ate

And I confess
There a line in me
That wanna see wrong
Fall publicly
That wanna watch
Every mask come down
And every proud word
Hit the ground

But search me too
Don't skip my chest
Try my thoughts
While I ask for rest
Cause if I love
When the fall arrives
Then something crooked
Survived inside

I want justice
But keep me clean
Don't let vengeance
Dress like zeal in me
Let judgment return
To righteous hands
Let upright hearts
Understand

Let the lie wear out
By its own weight
While I stay still
And guard my gate
If this delay
Got purpose still
Then hold me close
In Your will

What they meant for smoke
Use to teach
Let somebody learn
From how I keep peace
And if it hurts
Till the last day
Still
It didn't have to be this way

It didn't have to be this way
If the Book checked your heart before theirs
Sit with it

Barak YAHUAH

If you want justice
But still need cleansing
Say it

We The Assembly

Psalms chapter ninety four verses eleven through fifteen
YAHUAH knoweth the thoughts of man
Judgment shall return unto righteousness
All the upright in heart shall follow it

Psalms chapter one thirty nine verses twenty three through twenty four
Search me O ALUAH
And know my heart
Try me
And know my thoughts

It didn't have to be this way
Could've been peace
Could've been grace
Could've been truth with an open face
But pride built smoke in a healing place

It didn't have to be this way
Could've let anger pass away
Could've let mercy clear the space
But now we pray through what pride made

No names
Just fruit

No gossip
Just truth

Search me first
Keep me clean

It didn't have to be this way

We The Assembly