“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.

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[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

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[Hook – Female Harmony (soft, airy)]

(underlining the pain)
Lost rhythm… lost vision…
Redemption’s missin’…
Talkin’ to nobody listenin’…
Tryna find a way back…

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[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

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[Female Ad-Libs (background)]

“Tryin’ hard…”
“Slippin’ away…”
“Where did you go?”

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[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

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[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’…

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[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

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[Female Ad-Libs]

“Into the dark…”
“Further apart…”
“Burned-out spark…”

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[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

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[Hook – Female Harmony]

(higher, emotional)
Lost rhythm… lost vision…
Redemption slippin’…
Talkin’ to no one listenin’…
Tryna claw my way back…

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[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

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[Female Vocal Response – Soft]

“Keep climbin’…”
“You’re not gone…”
“Find that road…”

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[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

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[Final Hook – Female Harmony]

(emotional, hopeful)
Rewrite the path…
Rewrite the path…
Heaven still remembers you…
Just rewrite the path…