Songs have
played a huge part in bringing the confidence back in times of discouragement and demotivation. Songs play a valuable part in one’s
life. We most times only look out for the beats and instrumentation to a song without
paying much attention to the lyrics. Even if you do pay attention, we fail to
digest what the lyrics say. Only when you digest lyrics do you understand the
meaning to the song, why the writer wrote the song and under what circumstances the
song came about.
The following lines are lyrics drawn out from a Michael Jackson
song which is titled after the heading of this post. It tells us to have faith
in all we do because only at that can you achieve a lot in life. The apostle
Paul in 2 Timothy 4:7 said “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith.” (NKJV). It was through believing in faith that he
was able to overcome the challenges he faced in his journey as a
missionary, otherwise he would have ended prematurely but he fulfilled a lot
because he carried faith along. Today the church can hardly go a day without
making reference to him. Have some faith and you’ll be surprised at how much
you can achieve in life.
*Please note that this is not
the song in its entirety as some of the words from the original lyrics have been
altered to suit the audience.
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Say those words
Like you understand them
Because the power of believing is in your hands
So give yourself a chance
As you can climb the highest mountain
And swim the deepest sea,
All you need is the will to want it
And a little self-esteem
So keep the faith
Don't let nobody turn you down
You’ve got to know when it's good to go
To get your dreams up off the ground
Believe in yourself
No matter what it's going to take
You can be a winner
But you got to keep the faith
I know that you can sail across the water
Float across the sky, high
Any road that you take will get you there
As long as you try and
believe
Just keep your eyes on the prize
Your feet flat on the ground
And keep the faith.
Lift up your head
And show the world what you got
And show the world what you got
Go for what you want
And don't let them get in your way
And don't let them get in your way
You can be a winner
But you got to keep the faith
But you got to keep the faith
Better stand up
And act like you want to do right
And act like you want to do right
Don't play the fool
For the rest of your life
For the rest of your life
Work on it
And you'll make it someday
And you'll make it someday
Go for what you want
And don't forget to keep the faith
Look at yourself
And what you doing right now
And what you doing right now
Stand back a minute
Just to check yourself out
Just to check yourself out
Straighten out your life
And how you're living each day
And how you're living each day
Get yourself together
Because you got to keep the faith
Because you got to keep the faith
Get your mind on track
Get your self-respect back
Take it like you want it
Because it's just a matter of time
For your confidence to run out
For your confidence to run out
So
if you believe you can do it
You've got to keep the faith.
You've got to keep the faith.
Excerpt
from “Keep the Faith” Anthony Dent, Michael Jackson, Sean Combs, Siedah
Garrett, Faith Evans, Glen Ballard. 1991.
I do hope that as these words inspired me, it will be the same for
you too. Don’t think of yourself alone. Why not share this with someone. It
might go a long way in touching someone’s life.
I
hope you have enjoyed reading this post, kindly leave your comments below.
Thanks.
*All
photos sourced randomly from Google Images.