Breakthrough

He knows father passed away

The memory makes your heart ache

He knows to the last detail

All the stuff that makes you afraid

He knows you're afraid to fail

And He knows that if you prayed

Refrain:

He's gon' hand you a breakthrough

He's gon' break what you're going through

There's power in the bended knee

If you can believe you will win

When you let Him come through for you

He will reward you with breakthroughs.

He knows when you're stuck in a groove

He'll have you know His word is true

He knows that true friends left you

And you're pained to trust again

He knows that life has been cruel

And He knows that if you prayed

Bridge:

Breakthroughs

Till your cup runs over

Set loose

In joy like a river

And free

You will be free indeed.

Akpan

Kabul Kamikaze

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The Taliban reportedly denied having anything to do
with the Kabul explosions and I'm not arguing that but
I'm wondering what they would have done about it had America
not made a move to deal with the mastermind of the attack.
Is the Taliban prepared to protect life and property, at all costs?

All freedom fighters

Are automatically, rebels

Yet prospects can be a lot brighter

If you turn up the decibel

And turn down this Babel

Know that any legit revolution

Will be branded rebellion.

And there can be no resolution

While you ignore the shedding of blood

Lift up your eyes towards Kabul

And see your folks go kaboom!

Where is the sense of security?

Where is any show of empathy?

You who has tasted freedom

In your deepest, darkest night

Mustn't bow now to intimidation

Dark don't scare candlelight

Despair submits to hope

Arise and take back your home,

Occupy Afghanistan!

Freedom is not free

Lay it on thick on the Taliban

Pump your fist

For the freedom of the woman

For the education of your kids

For the choice of the man

Do I need to draw you a diagram?

Behold the flogging of your maid

Cause she won't become a masquerade

A riot is the language of the unheard

Keeping quiet gets you dead

You have a chance to earn

Your life back if you face it

Than playing hide-and-go-seek

Or it's farewell to peace

Things are no longer at ease

Don't take the heat lying down

Make 'em give account

Make 'em make everybody count

No one will blame you

If you play the fool

But will you live on your knees

Or rather die on your feet,

With the possibility of thriving

On your feet thrown in the mix?

Nobody loves a coward

The time is now

March onward!

Do it now.

Akpan

He Calls Me By Name

I will call upon the Lord

Whenever I am afraid

And He will send forth His word

And I will not be afraid.

All my help is in His name

So I will run in and be saved.

He is my Light

And the Strength of my Life.

Refrain:

I will call upon His name

Cause He calls me by name

He even let me use His name

Against every name that is named

He redeemed me and changed my name

Set straight the error of my ways

He lifts me up with greater grace

And yea, He calls me by name.

I will glory in that name

That works in mysterious ways

And gain victory in every war

It will be the theme of my song

I'll call on Him night and day,

The Name that redeemed my name

He hears my voice

The Center of my Joy.

Akpan

Where I Wanna Be

This is where I wanna be
Where all I do is worship

And You are all I ever breathe

And Your face is all I seek.

This is where I wanna live

Wading in the streams that make glad

Walking daily in Your fellowship

Guided by Your loving hand.

This is all I wanna breathe

The transforming peace on Your face

Where Your glory's right next to me

And all I see is Your grace.

Akpan

I Am More

I am more

Than the sum of my troubles

Tho they weigh a million tons

Cause He knows about my struggles

I am more

Than the raging of the storm

That's why I lift up a song

Under the pressures of this world

I am more

Than earthly rewards

And all these vague compensations

My heart's in that kingdom

Built for the great mansion

Up in the sky

Where I'm seated with Christ

I am more

Because I belong to God

Bought with His blood

On Calvary's cross

I am more

Than human limitations

Beyond imitations

I am the image of God

Imbued with dominion

I am the light of the world

I am more

Than any level of trouble

In the name of the Lord

I'll pound it to rubble

I am more

Because He lives within

He is my life force

In Him I have my being.

I am more

Than the rumors of war

For the weapon of my warfare

Defeats every degree of fear.

I am more

Than the details of folklore

I am a living testimony

Not a best-selling fantasy

I am the likeness

Of the mystery of godliness

I am more

I am a conqueror plus

I am the Second Adam unplugged

I am joint-heir with the Son

I am more.

Akpan

One That Standeth Among You

Refrain:
There is One that standeth among you

He holds the keys of abundant life

He is always faithful ever true

He makes things beautiful in His time.

There is One that standeth among you

His touch is called the Dew of Hermon

He will break every chain that holds you

If you'll believe and stand on His word.

Does your pain shake your confession?

And makes you blame God in your confusion?

Are you scared to pray when trouble breaks

Maybe you wake up at night weeping?

He is only a prayer away

He's gon' bear you up thru your misery

He's closer to you than your heartbeat

He speaks louder than your fear speaks.

In the coldness of the coldest night

And a darkness that covers the light

You can dare to believe He'll be there

Reach out and touch Somebody Who cares

He's there in the morning thru the night

He is the Light of Life shining bright

He hears thunder in your whispered prayer

He'll be right there when you breathe a prayer.

Akpan

Farewell To Sorrows

Just before I take the Crown of Life

I'll take one long look, one last time

At this cruel world I left behind

And wearing the most glorious of smiles,

Cause I'm free at last from corrupt ties,

I'll wave one last joyful goodbye

And enter the Land of Eternal Life

With a resounding triumphant cry.

Refrain:

Farewell to sorrows

And a million uncertain tomorrows

Farewell to all the good times

That never lasted a lifetime

Farewell memories that hurt like blows

And sad songs that put tears in my eyes

It's goodbye, farewell to sorrows

Victory at last, I'm finally home.

Say I'm gon' strap my joy on

Get on my endless jubilation

Shout my praise till my throat is sore

Every disappointment no more

I'm gon' dance standing on my toe

Up there where the streets are made of gold

Farewell to fear of the unknown

Jesus and I, I'm nevermore alone.

Akpan

Made Of Grace

Who am I
That You think of me?

And what is my life

That in You I am complete?

I am fed full

Of the grace that's in You

And now I know

Oh how I love You so.

Refrain:

Before the mountains

The Lamb of God was slain

You sprung the fountains

Of blood that washed my stain

Hallelujah day

You made the message plain

Whosoever will

May come and drink, it's free.

A mere clay

You have set Your love on me

You call me by name

Because You have redeemed me

You take me deep

To mercies ever new

Your river flows

I love You this I know.

Bridge:

When I survey

The wonders of grace

I am amazed

And I celebrate

The Father of Grace

The light of Your face.

Akpan

A Piece Of Broken Moon

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A shard of shattered glass

Conveys the sentence of doom

In the toppled blocks of a class

Thru a piece of broken moon,

Stark remnants of gloom

When things fell down flat.

‘Stay-at-home' was mastered

To something of a craft

When an earthquake rode thru town

And gave it a runaround.

School structures came tumbling down

A cruel blow to the eased lockdown

People got trapped underground

Screaming then fade to no sound

A 7.2 magnitude

With an overblown attitude

Made buildings crumble

And pounded hopes to rubble,

There's always a shrapnel of faith

After the storm has spent its rage

Lurking in a tucked away cage,

Waiting for its unique prison break

Big dreams are made of these

Be the reason they can relate,

Bind the wound where it bleeds

We can help children believe

So the past need not be relived.

Akpan

I Am Not Osama

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I am not Osama

I didn't topple The Twin Towers

To put Afghanistan

On the world map

I am not the Islamist,

A muslim fundamentalist

What I mean is

I am not a terrorist

And I do not deserve any

Of the things happening to me

Because I am not Osama

I didn't bring on my dilemma

Because I am not the Taliban

A cousin to Al Qaeda

That's why I live in absolute fear

As imminent death draws near

Because I am not Osama

Who implicated Afghanistan

But I am Afghanistan

Who betrayed Osama

And welcomed the Allies

Yet once again, Talibanised,

The world has abandoned me

To the hands of those who mistreat

Me and profit from my misery,

To the fate of a hasty retreat,

War rapes my land with impunity

I am not Osama

I am not a mad man

Enslaved by thoughts of

World domination

Who triggered a crisis of

Significant proportion.

Please, cut the blame game

I'm in dire need of critical aid

I am Afghanistan

I am a million children

Crying out from the bleachers

A circumstantial evidence

Of a game of role reversal

Gone awfully wrong.

I need humanitarian support

While all hope is not lost

I am Afghanistan

I am the voice of the free woman

Caught up in the trap

Of being married off to claptrap

I am a man

Who's lost every reason to stand

Every claim

To earn my daily bread.

I am Afghanistan

Don't turn your back,

Don't color me bad.

Akpan