{"id":300177,"created_at":"2023-10-02 21:32:41","updated_at":"2024-04-30 13:47:49","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2023-10-02 21:32:41","original_id":null,"artist_id":146966,"title":"Joy cometh in the morning ft. Thandeka","slug":"joy-cometh-in-the-morning","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":9998,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"Kube wawungekho nami\r\nNgabe ngafela endleleni\r\nI was an avid drug, smoking junky\r\nNg'hlambalaz' umndeni\r\nI took money out from loan sharks\r\nWith no plan how to pay it\r\nAcquainted a few thugs\r\nI was on some other journey\r\nSee at home I played tricks\r\nJust to get another fix\r\nLike f the self-pity antics\r\nCompared myself to other kids\r\nAlways received the bitter ends to the stick\r\nUntil that tragic afternoon I got sick\r\nI couldn't breathe\r\nNever thought this would happen to me\r\nMy family, frantically\r\nRushed me off to casualty\r\nActually I saw my whole life flash in front of me\r\nI could've died but God's grace was upon me\r\nWhen they thought I'd be a failure\r\nThat was not to be my story\r\nIn the presence of my enemies, prepared a table for me\r\nThen the Lord rose me\r\nAdorned me with might and glory\r\nFor I wept through the night\r\nBut joy cameth in the morning\r\n\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\nYour faithful love is restoring\r\nAnd in your presence I am rejoicing\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\nYour faithful love is restoring\r\nAnd in your presence I am rejoicing\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing\r\n\r\nFrom the ends of the earth\r\nI call to you\r\nI found my self-worth\r\nCause you pulled me through\r\nYou reached your arm to my rescue\r\nAt a time I less deserved to\r\nI was lost when I desert\r\nAnd led astray from the righteousness of virtue\r\nBut then I heard you\r\nTelling me to turn to\r\nThe truth and not the world's view\r\nSo now that I learned to\r\nLove and to serve you\r\nI'm doing better now\r\nI'm in the choir back in church too\r\nFake friends were mad at me\r\nCause they lacked empathy\r\nBlynd Monkz family\r\nThey did their best in helping me\r\nIt's funny how tragedy\r\nCan bring forth clarity\r\nI lost a few friends, but I gained a lot of sanity\r\nI saw my cup half full\r\nRather than half empty\r\nStarted counting my blessings\r\nAnd started getting plenty\r\nPatiently treading steady\r\nIt was God getting me ready\r\nNgawo lamagama ngithi nawe hlal' emthandazweni\r\nZiyek' inhlungu z'kudl' eb'suku\r\nUngasuk' ethembeni\r\nUzowathol' amandla amasha\r\nNgob' uJesu ufik' ek'seni\r\n\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\nYour faithful love is restoring\r\nAnd in your presence I am rejoicing\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\nYour faithful love is restoring\r\nAnd in your presence I am rejoicing\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing\r\n\r\nAfter all, all I wanted was to be a man of honour\r\nKick the habit, raise the head above the color\r\nConsidering the fact I'm not that younger any longer\r\nNow it feels like playing catch-up\r\nTryna get my life in order\r\nNo more all day sipping beer\r\nHanging at the corner\r\nAs we keep growing older, we keep treading stronger\r\nEmbrace changes, as circles keep getting smaller\r\nI hung around folks always wishing me the best\r\nSaid look ahead young man, don't dwell in the past\r\nOpportunities will come\r\nDon't let them slip through your hands\r\nTime is like sands going through the hour glass\r\nAnd life is too short, make every moment last\r\nSo I live for today\r\nThere's no promise for tomorrow\r\nTake everyday as it comes\r\nWith all it's joys and sorrows\r\nSeek His Kingdom and His righteousness\r\nAnd then the rest will follow\r\nKeep slaying all the demons\r\nTrouble's 're only for a season\r\nWhether failing or achieving\r\nAll depends what you believe in\r\nSeeing everything you've been dreaming\r\nIs like finding life's true meaning\r\n\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\nYour faithful love is restoring\r\nAnd in your presence I am rejoicing\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing\r\nWeep for the night has fallen\r\nBut joy cometh in the morning\r\n\r\n\r\nOooh what a good feeling\r\nI'm so grateful to be breathing","download_count":23,"play_count":2,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2024-04-30","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/651\/b18\/558\/thumb_979566_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}