YOUR BACKGROUND DICTATES NOTHING
Written by Patrick Muzondi Makamo
Genre: Inspirational R&B / Soul
Mood: Emotional • Motivational • Hopeful • Uplifting
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Verse 1
I remember all the nights I cried,
Trying to hide the tears inside.
People judged me by where I'd been,
Never looking at the fire within.
They saw the dust upon my shoes,
Counted every time I'd lose.
But they never knew the plans above,
How God was shaping me with love.
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Pre-Chorus
Every scar became a lesson,
Every wound became a song.
I was never made to stay there,
I was only growing strong.
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Chorus
Your background dictates nothing,
It cannot steal your destiny.
Where you started isn't where
Your story has to be.
You're greater than your history,
Greater than your yesterday.
God already wrote tomorrow,
No one can erase His way.
Your background dictates nothing...
You're becoming everything.
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Verse 2
Maybe you were born with nothing,
Maybe doors were always closed.
Maybe voices kept on saying,
"You'll never be enough."
But there's a dream that's still alive,
A light that darkness cannot hide.
The same God who formed the mountains
Is writing hope into your life.
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Pre-Chorus
Don't surrender to the silence,
Don't believe the lies they say.
Your beginning doesn't define
Where you'll stand someday.
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Chorus
Your background dictates nothing,
It cannot chain your destiny.
Every tear became a river
Leading to your victory.
You're stronger than rejection,
Stronger than the pain you've known.
God has called you by your name,
You'll never walk alone.
Your background dictates nothing...
You're becoming everything.
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Bridge
You are not your failures.
You are not your fears.
You are not the labels
You've carried through the years.
You're chosen.
You're loved.
You're seen.
You're enough.
And heaven has been calling your name
Since before your very first breath.
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Final Chorus
My background dictates nothing,
It cannot silence who I'll be.
Grace has opened every door
That people couldn't see.
Today I choose forgiveness.
Today I choose to rise.
The past has lost its power,
I'm reaching for the skies.
My background dictates nothing...
God has the final word.
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Outro
No shame...
No chains...
No regret...
Only grace.
Only hope.
Only purpose.
Because my background...
Will never dictate
My future.
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