I NEED A MINUTE.... (Remix-Cover)

“I NEED A MINUTE....” (Original Song) Original words by Luke Ferrell, reimagined and expanded by Omar Rivera Colon I need a minute I’m not independent Independent is for One And I’m dependent on the One ’Cause the credit isn’t won The credit? I’ma send it up, then I’m done Huh Funny how knowledge Doesn’t know the ledge Or hedge the hedge Funds aren’t fun until they’re done Then you get the money, which is kinda funny ’Cause even then it’s the root of all evil Oh, the church has a steeple And inside are people Huh I was sprintin’ with sentences, fenced in my estimates Pencil was tremblin’, wrestling arrogance Thought I was centered, but pride had a residence Built me a throne out of temporary relevance Talked independence, depended on evidence Numbers and metrics, applause as my medicine Chasin’ a check like it checked my benevolence Only to find I was broke in my reverence Mind full of brilliance, heart on a deficit Quotin’ the Word but avoidin’ the emphasis Faith wasn’t dead, just neglected and hesitant Livin’ like God was a theory, not present, huh I tried to author the ending, edit the Genesis Playin’ the judge with a gavel of sentences But every bar that I penned in my insolence Snapped when the Author stepped into my sentences So I bowed when the crown didn’t fit what I measured in Strength in surrender, the paradox settled in I lost my control and I gained my inheritance Dependent living is real independence Look— They told me “stand alone,” but I was never built lonely I was made for alignment, not the spotlight only I chased validation till it started chokin’ me Turns out freedom ain’t a throne, it’s who’s holdin’ me I had plans, had maps, had vision boards Still felt lost knockin’ on the wrong doors Gave God the wheel, stopped fightin’ the force Now the weight feel light when I follow His course No cape, no crown, no self-made myth Just grace poured out where my ego quit If He gets the glory, then I get the gift Yeah… that’s the shift I need a minute I’m not independent Independent is for One And I’m dependent on the One ’Cause the credit isn’t won The credit? I’ma send it up, then I’m done Huh