Gravity – Be Free feat. Luminous, Nora Attalla & Mark Fanous [Remix]

Written by: Nader Attalla, Dina Attalla, Mark Fanous, John Bilama
Produced by: John Hana, John Bilama, and Nathan Peacock
Mixed and recorded by: John Hana
Guitar by: John Hana
Beatbox by: Ahmed Abbas
Mastered by: Nathan Peacock

Directed, Shot & Edited by: Dina Attalla
Starring: Roland Lopez & Marine Labib

Bio: My name is Nader Attalla aka Gravity. I’m 16, and I love all types of music, especially rap. I got into it about four years ago. Since then, I’ve learned about different styles, flows, and schemes of writing. I get plenty of inspiration from both Christian and secular artists. I hope to inspire and help people with my music, but my biggest aim is to glorify Jesus and all He’s done for me.

Story behind the song: This is not a personal experience. It’s my friend’s. They were going through a really hard time, and I made the original to inspire them and give them hope through the hard times. I want to shout out to Micah Josiah, the producer of the original “Be Free,” and the guy who started me off in recording music. I owe a lot to you, and I hope I can pay you back someday. Secondly, it was crazy fun making this track and watching it progress over the span of seven months. John Bilama and I actually made our own version of this remix last year, but it didn’t really work out. It was only when John Hana stepped in that things started to come together. It was tiresome and hard producing and recording this song, but I think it came out amazing. The first verse of the song is from the original, with a few tweaks, and the third verse is a verse that I’d written without the intention of putting it into a song, but when Bilama showed me he’d remade the beat, I just automatically started rapping that verse. With some prayer, we saw that the verse fit perfectly with the meaning of the song. While I was recording my parts, Bilama was practicing his verse in the other room. He didn’t like the first half, so Mark stepped in and helped him. There was this harmony between all of us: me, Nora my sister, Mark, Bilama, and John. We all saw that this song could be very powerful if done right. I want to thank all of you for putting in so much work and contributing your talents and skills to this, especially John Hana, who spent many hours doing his best to make this track sound good, John Bilama, who remade the beat around 5 or 6 times and recorded and re-recorded his verse until it sounded perfect, Nathan Peacock, all the way in Canada, for taking time to master this track, and William Selviz, for spending a whole afternoon just taking pictures with me and trying to come up with ideas for the artwork. Thank you all so much. May the glory be to God and God alone.

Special Thanks:
Chenille Jacob
Mark Fanous
Megan Golden
John Bilama
John Hana
Nora Attalla
Noor Attalla
Manal Attalla
Nabil Attalla
Kareem Helmey
Awny Moussa
Rosaura Lezama-Arceneaux

Lyrics:

V1:
Seems like they’re fighting, they’re arguing, they’re shouting, they’re putting down
Will it ever end?
It’s all my fault
Sorrow surrounds
I feel so bad
What is wrong with you dad?
Again, and again and again
Stuck in something much worse than a lions den
I’m trying my best to hold back the tears
But I gotta let em out
Hate is all I hear
Physically and emotionally, I can’t get up
I know it’s supposed to be ‘In God we trust’
But if it’s God we trust
Why is it dust that I breathe?
If this keeps going on, I promise might leave
I might go, I might run.
I must grow, I must shun.
I need to block it out
Forget what it’s about
Forget it’s even happening
Pretend to sing
But it’s hard to ignore
God, you still with me?
Are you there, Lord?
Open the door,
Let him out.
Lying on the floor
Clear my doubts.
God, I wanna be free
I want you to just change me
Shine the Light through, and let me see the Son
And when I say ‘Son’
I mean S-O-N
My world is shattered,
But only You see the end
Give me Your joy
Give me Your peace and Your compassion
I cast my cares on You, God, don’t let my soul dampen
Give me Your love, cause I can’t stand it no more.
Take me outta this shame
Take me outta this pain, God take me into the rain.

Chorus:
Take me into the rain so I can be free, be free
Take me out of this pain so I can be all you want for me
With you by me, we’ll make this right
We’ll walk together, fight this fight
Take me into the rain so I can be free

V2:
Stressed, got that smeared makeup
Depressed, going through a recent breakup
Oppressed, wishing you would never wake up
You’re a mess, you really cant keep your face up
You wanna go back to your baby days
Before you went through this crazy phase
Now you’re lost, lost in a maze
Your mind is going in a million ways
You think your’e losing faith
Lord clear all her mistakes
Whatever’s happening at home is really hard to take
Please hear her cry, please kill her pain
This situation right here is driving her insane
Mama’s crying loud, daddy’s going crazy
My house is going wild and this happens daily
And I just thought I would get down and really pray
Cause this is major, Lord, I don’t know what I’m supposed to say
Satan’s trying hard, Satan’s tryna take me
I wanna fight back all his miserable thoughts that’s tryna break me
Satan be lying and telling that you will never save me
But I woke up, and yes Lord you never fail me

(Chorus)
Take me into the rain so I can be free, be free
Take me out of this pain so I can be all you want for me
With you by me, we’ll make this right
We’ll walk together, fight this fight
Take me into the rain so I can be free

V3:
How can I proclaim Jesus’ name
If I can’t feel Him in my veins?
Lord please surround me,
Just like a picture frame.
I feel as if my life just came and then it left,
And took my heart away, a theft
I know in You I am kept, but I don’t see how You can accept
That I’m a sinner, a slave to my ways
All my days, all I ever did was throw my life away.
How can I explain
This great pain that I’m going through?
I know I can’t see it yet, but I know You see the overview
You know the outcome, even when I spit at your face
You still want me to turn and be caught in your embrace
Lord, I wanna escape
My sin, my pride, my problems
I know it’s all in Your will, soon, You will solve ’em
But God, it’s breaking me, sometimes I want my death
Then I remember all I need is you, let me feel your breath
God, it’s breaking me, sometimes I want my death
Then I remember all I need is you, let me feel your breath

Spoken Word:
See, I was born among thorns, choking the very life out of me. I feel so weak and fragile. Mere dust is more collected and stronger than I am. Yet empowered by the pain and rage I feel due to my imprisonment, I could break these chains that bind me; leave everything behind me. I’m crying out. Is anybody listening? Heaven is echoing with my prayers. I know that one day, the rain will fall and wash away all the calamity surrounding me, and I will finally be free.

Song released August 7, 2013

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