“Apple Maps to Redemption” —

Lyrics

(dedication- Spoken, Male “ This is dedicated to all the ones that will never make it home, keep movin-. Ill see you on the other side. Get Mutha Fuckin- Shorty” [Intro – Spoken, Male] (soft, defeated) Yeah… freedom ain’t always freedom. Sometimes the gate opens… and the devil’s waitin’ in the parking lot. ⸻ [Hook – Male Lead] Got out and lost my rhythm, grabbed a meth pipe, lost my vision Left my God at the prison gate, now I’m drownin’ in decisions Every prayer I used to whisper turns to smoke in my reflection Road to redemption missing — Apple Maps got no direction Talkin’ to the silence ‘cause nobody’s talkin’ back Tryna find my way to heaven, but I’m stuck on the wrong track ⸻ [Hook – Female Harmony (soft, airy)] (underlining the pain) Lost rhythm… lost vision… Redemption’s missin’… Talkin’ to nobody listenin’… Tryna find a way back… ⸻ [Verse 1 – Male] Thought freedom’d fix the pain — it just hit different Walked out strong, but inside I was slippin’ Steel bunks to motels, truth turned fiction Old demons knocked, and I answered addiction Twenty-two years beat life with a pen But a tiny piece of glass damn near did me in Wake up shakin’, wonderin’ what I became Guilt in my lungs, fire burnin’ in my veins Lost the man I was — tryin’ hard to reclaim ⸻ [Female Ad-Libs (background)] “Tryin’ hard…” “Slippin’ away…” “Where did you go?” ⸻ [Hook – Male Lead] Got out and lost my rhythm, grabbed a meth pipe, lost my vision Left my God at the prison gate, now I’m drownin’ in decisions Every prayer I used to whisper turns to smoke in my reflection Road to redemption missing — Apple Maps got no direction Talkin’ to the silence ‘cause nobody’s talkin’ back Tryna find my way to heaven, but I’m stuck on the wrong track ⸻ [Hook – Female Harmony] (gentle, sorrowful) Lost rhythm… lost vision… My God at the gate stay missin’… Tryna climb back from the ashes… But the road keeps slippin’… ⸻ [Verse 2 – Male] Freedom felt sweet ‘til the bitterness hit No handbook for life when the world won’t quit No COs, no routine, just a voice in my head Sayin’ “hit it again” while I fell off the ledge Left God at the gate thinkin’ I’d catch up later Now I’m prayin’ to a phone like it’s my creator Maps reroutin’ me straight into the dark Every turn I take feels further apart Tryna light my path with a burned-out spark ⸻ [Female Ad-Libs] “Into the dark…” “Further apart…” “Burned-out spark…” ⸻ [Hook – Male Lead] Got out and lost my rhythm, grabbed a meth pipe, lost my vision Left my God at the prison gate, now I’m drownin’ in decisions Every prayer I used to whisper turns to smoke in my reflection Road to redemption missing — Apple Maps got no direction Talkin’ to the silence ‘cause nobody’s talkin’ back Tryna find my way to heaven, but I’m stuck on the wrong track ⸻ [Hook – Female Harmony] (higher, emotional) Lost rhythm… lost vision… Redemption slippin’… Talkin’ to no one listenin’… Tryna claw my way back… ⸻ [Verse 3 – Male] Law library warrior, now I’m fightin’ myself Beat a life sentence — now I’m losin’ to my health Got a map to a church but I’m still turnin’ left Chasin’ somethin’ temporary while my soul feels theft I know the man I was, he ain’t fully gone Buried in regret but he’s still hangin’ on Redemption ain’t simple — it’s a ragged climb Wrong turns, dead ends, runnin’ outta time If heaven’s got a path, I’ll find that route Even if Apple Maps keeps cuttin’ out ⸻ [Female Vocal Response – Soft] “Keep climbin’…” “You’re not gone…” “Find that road…” ⸻ [Final Hook – Male Lead] Got out and lost my rhythm, grabbed a meth pipe, lost my vision Left my God at the prison gate, now I’m drownin’ in decisions Every prayer I used to whisper turns to smoke in my reflection Road to redemption missing — Apple Maps got no direction Tryna pull myself back up from the aftermath If heaven’s got a route for me… I’ll rewrite the path ⸻ [Final Hook – Female Harmony] (emotional, hopeful) Rewrite the path… Rewrite the path… Heaven still remembers you… Just rewrite the path…