{"id":221,"date":"2018-06-18T01:13:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliasolve.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2021-01-27T21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T02:48:29","slug":"grace-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliasolve.com\/index.php\/artistic\/grace-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Grace Boulevard” is a song that\u00a0was inspired by time spent on the board of directors for Pharaoh’s Daughter<\/a>, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that watches infants born to incarcerated women until they are released and then provides life skills, parenting skills and job skills training.<\/span><\/p>\n

The song aims to capture both the challenges facing Mom and Baby during this traumatic period and the grace and redemption available to them during and afterwards.<\/p>\n

Maggie Walton brings her beautiful voice to the song. Curtis Stith adds his talents, writing and arranging the instrument parts and playing most of them.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the song by clicking on the image above or on\u00a0this link<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also listen on Spotify or other streaming services (search for ReliaSolve). If you want to support Pharaoh’s Daughter, you can do so directly on their site.\u00a0 If you want to download a copy of the song to play later, you can purchase a copy at the link above.<\/p>\n

Here are the lyrics:<\/p>\n

I met you in room fifty-three.<\/p>\n

Your mom just named you Emily.<\/p>\n

They cuffed the hands that held you tight<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll be watching you tonight.<\/p>\n

Some find it hard to see your worth;<\/p>\n

They can\u2019t see past your humble birth<\/p>\n

But from down here upon my knees<\/p>\n

I can glimpse what Jesus sees.<\/p>\n

I am not here to take her place<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll take your hand and make a space<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll live together here on grace\u2026\u00a0 Boulevard<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like you hoped that it would be<\/p>\n

When you gave birth to Emily.<\/p>\n

Not home from Wake Med hospital<\/p>\n

but to Bragg Street Correctional.<\/p>\n

You must feel adrift and all alone.<\/p>\n

Your choices chill you to the bone.<\/p>\n

But in the meantime you can hold<\/p>\n

Her picture in the pink quilt\u2019s fold.<\/p>\n

I am not here to take your place<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll take your hand and make a space<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll live together here on grace\u2026\u00a0 Boulevard<\/p>\n

When you get out, come here instead.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll learn lessons for the road ahead<\/p>\n

And then one day we\u2019ll reminisce<\/p>\n

About the good that came of this.<\/p>\n

I am not here to take your place<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll all join hands and in this space<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll live together here on grace\u2026\u00a0 Boulevard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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