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Stephen McKay

Stephen Douglas McKay (born 3 May 1968) is a British academic and since 2013 the first Distinguished Professor of Social Research at the University of Lincoln. McKay is one of Britain's foremost social policy researchers, his work having helped to redefine how poverty is measured. more »

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I was looking for the light
Moving through the tunnel
Life
Moving through the tunnel
And i'm looking for the light
Every time I stumble
Like I'm trippin on my nikes
Cut my heart open
And I spill it on the mic
All I see is wrong
But I wanna do it right
Growing up I never thought
That I could ever change
Stuck in my ways
Drove my mama insane
Doing all the things
That made my mama feel pain
Running from the light
I think I lost my faith
Couldn't remember the last day I prayed
Looking for the highs
While i'm feeling all the lows
Looking at my life
How I lost control
I think I fell asleep
And then I lost my soul
Living on the streets
I've never felt so cold
My jacket was my sheet
I've never felt so poor
But now I gotta tell you how the story goes
First you gotta humble yourself through the pain
The boy was lost in midst of the game
Family torn apart with the father's affair
The brother was arrested for the drugs that he shared
Then he went to prison for three long years,
Mama went to bed with her eyes full of tears
While brother to bed with his head full of fears
I'm in the other room and i'm screaming in my pillow
Whole house crying
Its a family weeping willow
Living in a small town
All we knew was drugs
Gettin into trouble
While I'm hanging out with thugs
All we ever thought was
"Where the party at?"
Father wasn't there
He's drinking all of the yak
One more sip could mean a heart attack
How'd I ever let my life get so wack
All I ever wanted was my family back back back back

Life
Moving through the tunnel
And i'm looking for the lights
All my friends running from the cops in the night
And i'm right behind
Wrong place
Wrong time
This is not my prime
Couldn't see a stop sign
It's a slippery slope
And I was on one
Best friend shot herself with a handgun
Next friend overdosed from the heroin
Whole town falling part
But I am not done
Then I see a mugshot on the tv
No its not
No its not
No it can't be
It's the face of my Dad staring at me
Driving drunk with a bottle in the back seat
Then he crashed in a flash on the back street
Man died
No goodbye to his family, Involuntary manslaughter was the penalty
Three years but it felt like eternity
This is real life
Free of hyperbole
Never thought I'd recover from this anomaly
When I looked at my mother
She told me "just believe"
Then the sin and addiction got a hold of me
Only thing on my mind was where's next high
I'm just trying to survive like the next guy
But I was living a lie
Not my best life
Trying to numb the pain in my brain that i've been possessed by
Ended up neglecting the people that i've been blessed by
Identity crisis
Alone with my vices
How am I suppose to live when I don't know what my life is?
I wanna make a change
And yeah I wanna be righteous
I'm trying to figure out how I was made in his likeness
And maybe I can be pray and he will listen
Make a difference
Yeah I got a lot to say
And i'm wishing that he listen listen listen

Life
Moving through tunnel
And I'm looking for the light
Feeling all alone
Aint nobody in sight
Crying on my living room floor
Its a fight
Praying to God
I hope he hear's my cry
"Please send help, God"
"I'm running out of time"
Then everything went dark
I could hear the beat of my heart Breathing never felt so hard
Then I heard my doorbell ring
Then I saw some angels at my door
Then I felt a peace I cant ignore
Then I felt a spirit posses my soul
And I realized why the things went wrong
Everything I did led me away from God
If you wanna feel peace
Then you gotta find light
If you wanna find light
Then you gotta find Christ
I gave my heart and then he gave me life
I gave my eyes and then he gave me sight
He took my wrongs and helped me make them right
Cause I was bound by chains of addiction
And the pain that had came through affliction
But he did what defies all description
Set me free to be the me that I was always meant to me
The gospel rudimentary
Impossible is possible
Imagine the extremity
To take a boy and make a man
I made a mess
He made a plan
And helped me make a change
Now that I am different
I will never be the same
Then I hear a voice and it says my name
"If you want the reward then you got to pay the price"
"Follow my son and he will give you life"
Moving through the tunnel
I was looking for the light
But now I realize that the light was Christ

Christ
And now I realize that the light was Christ
Christ
And now I realize that the light was Christ

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