I wrote this song when I was 18yrs old. I was recovering from a disabling bicycle accident. I lost teeth, my jaw was broken, I broke my arm and not to mention my face was unrecognizable. In a split second I lost everything that made me valuable to society. I lost my identity. I couldn’t stand calling myself Victory any longer even though that’s my legal name. I remember the nurse coming to me and breaking the news that my mouth was going to need to be wired shut for 6 - 8 weeks. I was in shock and tried to tell her that I’m a singer and so this can’t be possible. And that’s when it hit me that a singer was what I used to be, but not anymore. I slipped into depression and didn’t know what I believed in anymore. I knew the Christian faith my whole life, but this was a whole other level of trauma that I just never experienced before. I couldn’t stand to fake anything, I believed Jesus was real, I just really needed Him to show up and give me a reason to exist. That’s how I felt, and that’s what He did. I came to a revelation and realized the whole point in having a Savior. It wasn’t my responsibility to be strong enough to fight the demons that attacked my mind, that’s how come I was losing!. Jesus already defeated those very demons and is ready give anyone who calls on his name the Victory that He already won. When Jesus rose from the dead, He won the Victory for us all. I found a new identity in Christ and though my mouth was still wired shut and my arm still broken and my teeth still missing and my face still disfigured, I knew I had the right to call myself Victory again because my Jesus came back to life and Victoriously brought me back to life with Him.
#HappyEaster2020 #ressurectionsunday

Shoutout to my friend @connieonthego_nyc who pushed me to record this song today and share. ✨

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