Track 8: "I Woke Up"      

Disco-Soul Liberation Anthem — Candi Staton "Young Hearts Run Free" Style

Verse 1: I spent years building a life I could survive in Performing success while I was dying inside it I didn't know I wasn't present Survival mode don't let you question I held it all together Never asked if it was holding me

Pre-Chorus: But something cracked And it wasn't the marriage It was me Finally breaking open

Chorus: I woke up I went back I got myself And I'm not going back to sleep I woke up I chose me Not to destroy what was But to become what's next I'm awake now I'm finally here I woke up

Verse 2: I used to think leaving meant losing That choosing myself meant being selfish But I was disappearing From my own life Performing love so well I forgot to feel it

Pre-Chorus: Then one day I looked in the mirror And the woman looking back Said it's time

Chorus: I woke up I went back I got myself And I'm not going back to sleep I woke up I chose me Not to destroy what was But to become what's next I'm awake now I'm finally here I woke up

Bridge: To every woman still asleep Still performing, still running deep You're not broken, you're not wrong You've just been holding on too long Wake up, sis You're allowed to choose yourself Wake up You're allowed

Final Chorus: I woke up I went back I got myself And I'm not going back to sleep I woke up I'm awake now I'm finally here I woke up

Outro (Spoken): This is the architect of redemption Building something new From everything I thought I lost I woke up And so can you