Scattered but Still Marked

Lyrics

Title: Scattered but Still Marked
Scripture: Leviticus 26:17, 26:33

[Intro – Spoken]
He said, “They that hate you shall reign over you…
And I will scatter you among the heathen.”
That sound like right now.

[Verse 1 – Solo]
Opps on the block, cops in the hood,
Everybody armed but it still ain’t good.
We die first, last hired, first fired,
News say “thug,” but the whole world wired.
We march, they mock, still run the town,
Whole system set up to hold us down.
Leviticus said enemies gon’ rule our days,
That’s curses, not “just the way it is,” like they say.

[Pre-Chorus – Choir]
Face of the Lord turned against our way,
We left His laws, now we pay.
Slain in the street, fleein’ in fear,
Even when nobody’s chasin’ here.

[Chorus – Youth Choir]
Scattered but still marked,
Lost but not gone dark.
Among the heathen, far from home,
But Jacob still got that covenant on.
They that hate us reign right now,
But the Book already showed us how.
Scattered, broken, cities waste,
We runnin’ back to the Father we chased.

[Verse 2 – Solo + Choir Echo]
Cousins in Houston, auntie in Chi, (spread out)
Uncle in Rikers, granny askin’ “why?” (why Lord)
Flags different, slang change, but the face the same,
Same brown skin, same pain, same name.
We in London flats, we in Paris streets,
Caribbean blocks feel the same old heat.
Leviticus 26:33, that’s clear,
He said He’d scatter us everywhere.

[Hook – Call & Response]
Leader: Why they reign in the banks and the courts,
Choir: Curses hittin’ Jacob hard, of course.
Leader: Why our land stay broke, our cities waste?
Choir: We left His laws, now we feel that taste.
Leader: But if we turn back, hear and obey,
Choir: He can flip this whole script in a day.

[Bridge – Soft Build]
Scattered in cities, scattered in jails,
Scattered in foster homes, system fails.
But scattered don’t mean He lost our file,
He still see Judah in every child.

[Vamp – Drive]
Choir: Scattered, but still His,
Leader: Can’t cancel what the covenant is.
Choir: Broken, but still loved,
Leader: He still watchin’ us from above.
Choir: Enemies reignin’ for a little while,
Leader: But the end belong to the Father’s child.

[Tag – Unison]
We were scattered among them, but never erased,
Now we wake up and run back to His face.