Across the Ocean, Same Amen
rap, Warm, emotional rap over mellow piano and soft trap drums; intimate female vocals close to the mic, verses confessional and conversational, chorus sung-rap with layered harmonies; gentle sub-bass and airy pads swell in the hook, subtle gospel-style backing hums on the outro, emotional
Across the Ocean, Same Amen
rap, Warm, emotional rap over mellow piano and soft trap drums; intimate female vocals close to the mic, verses confessional and conversational, chorus sung-rap with layered harmonies; gentle sub-bass and airy pads swell in the hook, subtle gospel-style backing hums on the outro, emotional
Lyrics
Verse 1
Gran wake up, kettle on, Bible by the chair
Phone light glowin’, different time zones there
U.K. rain on the window, still she say “I’m blessed”
Faith in her chest, pain in her legs
She pray my name
Spell it out slow like a middle name hymn
Every “God is good” got my nickname in it
She ain’t rich, but the fridge stay full
Say “He fed me in the war, He’ll feed us all”
Chorus
We spread out, still the same amen
Different flags, but we call one friend
From Kingston sun to the London grey
Perth heat, but we praise same way
Family on three continents
Still we feel one presence
Every time we say how good He is
It’s like He hold us in the same big kiss (yeah)
Verse 2
Cousins in Jamaica, roof tin when it rain
Church on the corner, tambourine in the lane
Auntie in white dress, sweat on her face
Hands to the sky, but her feet still race
She sing, “He heal me when the doc gave up”
She laugh, “He turn my sour into sweet in my cup”
Mango in the yard, kids run, they shout
“God good!” when the lights don’t cut out
And I’m on FaceTime, tears in my eye
‘Cause I feel that joy on the other side
Chorus
We spread out, still the same amen
Different flags, but we call one friend
From Kingston sun to the London grey
Perth heat, but we praise same way
Family on three continents
Still we feel one presence
Every time we say how good He is
It’s like He hold us in the same big kiss (oh)
Bridge
Australia cousin on a Sunday drive
Beach in the back, say “I almost died”
Tell me ’bout the crash, how the car spun twice
How the glass broke, but she kept her life
She say, “Girl, I know that was God on time
I walked out fine, not a scratch on mine”
And I’m in my room with my doubts and fears
But her voice cut through all the noise in here
If He with you there, then He with me here
Chorus
We spread out, still the same amen
Different flags, but we call one friend
From Kingston sun to the London grey
Perth heat, but we praise same way
Family on three continents
Still we feel one presence
Every time we say how good He is
It’s like He hold us in the same big kiss
Outro
So when I feel lost in the late-night dark
I remember their stories, I feel that spark
U.K., Jamaica, down under, me
Same good God in a messed-up world we see
Family in pieces on the map, but tight in His hand
We apart in miles, but we close in His plan (yeah)