[female
vocals] (
Mmm,
yeah)
They
didn't
see
the
light
in
me,
oh (
Baby,
I'm
here
now)
I
was
just
a
child
when
the
shadows
fell
Lost
my
foundation,
caught
in
a
lonely
spell
My
parents
gone,
left
me
standing
in
the
cold
Relatives
turned
away,
stories
left
untold
Friends
walked
out
when
the
rain
began
to
pour
Neighbors
laughed,
said
I
couldn't
ask
for
more
I
drank
from
gutters,
ate
the
bread
of
pain
Just
Stella
Maris
Chinelo,
crying
out
in
vain
They
called
me
the
rejected
stone,
oh
Left
me
in
the
valley
all
on
my
own
But
God
was
working
in
the
dark
of
the
night
Turning
my
sorrow
into
blinding
light
Now
Stella
Maris
Chinelo
is
rising
high
Blessings
raining
down
from
the
open
sky (
Yeah,
oh,
I'm
rising)
I
thought
heaven
was
silent,
I
thought
I
was
erased
Every
tear
that
fell,
every
line
upon
my
face
But
the
silence
was
a
seed,
deep
within
the
ground
Preparing
for
the
glory
that
I
finally
found
They
said
I'd
be
nothing,
just
a
ghost
in
the
street
But
mercy
found
me
when
I
couldn't
stand
on
my
feet
But
mercy
found
me
when
I
couldn't
stand
on
my
feet (
I
couldn't
stand,
oh)
They
called
me
the
rejected
stone,
oh
Left
me
in
the
valley
all
on
my
own
But
God
was
working
in
the
dark
of
the
night
Turning
my
sorrow
into
blinding
light
Now
Stella
Maris
Chinelo
is
rising
high
Blessings
raining
down
from
the
open
sky
Can't
count
the
ways
He's
turned
it
all
around
My
feet
are
lifted,
I'm
no
longer
on
the
ground
The
nation
looks
on,
they
can't
believe
the
view (
Mmm,
look
at
what
He
can
do)
Everything
they
mocked
is
now
a
testimony
true
So
look
at
me
now,
look
at
where
I
stand
Held
by
the
palm
of
a
mighty,
gracious
hand
No
more
gutters,
no
more
bitter
bread
to
taste
Every
moment
of
the
waiting
wasn't
a
waste
Stella
Maris
Chinelo,
a
name
they
know
by
heart
I'm
the
masterpiece,
a
beautiful
work
of
art
They
called
me
the
rejected
stone,
oh
Left
me
in
the
valley
all
on
my
own
But
God
was
working
in
the
dark
of
the
night
Turning
my
sorrow
into
blinding
light
Now
Stella
Maris
Chinelo
is
rising
high
Blessings
raining
down
from
the
open
sky
Yeah,
they
rejected
me,
but
God
chose
me (
Mmm,
yeah)
They
didn't
see
the
light
in
me,
oh (
I'm
the
stone,
I'm
the
stone)
Look
at
the
testimony,
look
at
the
grace
Stella
Maris
Chinelo,
found
my
place (
Oh,
yeah,
mmm) (
I'm
rising)