Kingdom Pressure

Lyrics

Written by Carl Hicks Jr. / SESAC

Kingdom Pressure

Lil Sha Sha

[Intro]
[dark synth pulse, stomping kick, distorted vocal chops]
Yeah
Lil Sha Sha
Pressure don’t always break you
Sometimes it proves what’s in you

[Hook]
Kingdom pressure, weight on me
Still ten toes when it’s hard to breathe
Kingdom pressure, fire and heat
God keeps shaping what He called me to be

Kingdom pressure, I won’t fold
Faith get stronger when the night turns cold
Kingdom pressure, heart turned gold
I came through tested, but I kept my soul

[Verse 1]
Everybody want the crown, not the crushing
Want the platform, don’t want the pruning
Want the promise, don’t want the process
Want the praise, but avoid correction

I learned quick that the call got weight
Doors stay closed when your spirit ain’t straight
God will slow you down when you move too fast
So your gift don’t take you where your character can’t last

I had people switch when I chose this road
Had nights I cried but still carried the load
Had to cut off habits I was used to holding
Pressure made room for a better version

I don’t call every struggle an attack
Some hard seasons put my focus back
When the heat got high, I learned how to pray
When the crowd got quiet, I still obeyed

[Pre-Chorus]
Press me
Shape me
Break what
Can’t save me

Burn out
Every lie
Build me
For the other side

[Hook]
Kingdom pressure, weight on me
Still ten toes when it’s hard to breathe
Kingdom pressure, fire and heat
God keeps shaping what He called me to be

Kingdom pressure, I won’t fold
Faith get stronger when the night turns cold
Kingdom pressure, heart turned gold
I came through tested, but I kept my soul

[Verse 2]
I got enemies hoping I lose my mind
But I learned not every fight need my time
I don’t chase shade, I don’t answer bait
Kingdom business got a higher rate

I had to learn how to wait without fear
How to worship when the answer ain’t clear
How to stay clean when the shortcut near
How to hear God when the noise in my ear

James one-four, let patience work
Let the trial build what the pain uncovered
I don’t run from heat, I know what it does
Pure gold always comes through fire and pressure

I’m not who I was when the season began
Now I know my limits and I know His hand
I know how to stand when the plan gets changed
And still give praise when I don’t understand

[Breakdown]
[beat cuts to bass pulses and crowd stomps]

Pressure on my left
Pressure on my right
Still got faith
Still got fight

Pressure in the room
Pressure in my way
Still got breath
Still got praise

I bend
I don’t break

I wait
I don’t fake

I hurt
I still pray

Kingdom pressure
Made me this way

[Bridge]
Like diamonds under weight
Like oil under strain
God turns every burden
Into purpose through the pain

Like roots beneath the ground
Growing where nobody sees
Kingdom pressure taught me
How to stand before I lead

[Final Hook]
Kingdom pressure, weight on me
Still ten toes when it’s hard to breathe
Kingdom pressure, fire and heat
God keeps shaping what He called me to be

Kingdom pressure, I won’t fold
Faith get stronger when the night turns cold
Kingdom pressure, heart turned gold
I came through tested, but I kept my soul

[Outro]
[distorted choir rise, 808s fading]

Pressure built discipline
Pressure built prayer
Pressure showed me
God was still there

Lil Sha Sha
Still standing
Kingdom pressure
Made me ready