James Fortune – I Forgive Me lyrics

Sometimes the hardest person for you to forgive
Is the one you see in the mirror everyday
It's time for you to get free, sing FIYA

I've decided to stop replaying regrets
And I've decided to tell my past bye
I cannot change what I did
But I did change what you gave
When you took my place
No more guilt but grace (time to let it go)
Feel it all went too long
Watching reruns of my wrongs
Take the shame away (no more)
Reliving mistakes you wash away (so I want you to do what God has always done for you and say)

I forgive me (it may have taken a while to get to this point but)
I forgive me (if God has forgiven you why can't you do the same?)
I forgive me (it's time to stop looking back so God's purpose can move you forward)
I forgive me (you may be sayin', "James but you don't know my past, I was wrong")

Yeah, I know it was wrong (carried this weight)
Carried this weight for too long (I want you to get free right now and say)

I forgive me (you've been hard on yourself, long enough)
I forgive me (you've always felt like you weren't good enough, but that's over)
I forgive me (you've made mistakes but those mistakes don't get to make you)
I forgive me (God knew what you'd do and he still chose you)

Yeah, I know it was wrong
Carried this weight for too long (but you've been carrying this weight for far too long)
I forgive me (now letting go can be the most difficult part of this process)
To have a memory of your past but not allow those memories to reduce the same pain in your future
But to day it's time for you to get your life back
Instead of staying down and feeling sorry for yourself, I want you to pick yourself back up and let it go

I'm letting it go (the pain of yesterday)
I'm letting it go (you've already taken too much from me)
You won't steal my future anymore (the memory of every mistake)
I'm letting it go (it's time to receive God's grace)
I'm letting it go (you can't change his mind about you anyway)
You won't steal my future anymore (you could've been a better mother)
I'm letting it go (and maybe you should've been a better father)
I'm letting it go (so pick up the phone and call that child, it's not too late)
You won't steal my future anymore (it's time to let go of the shame)
I'm letting it go (the stuff they put on your name)
I'm letting it go (that yet was canceled when Jesus came)
You won't steal my future anymore

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh (hallelujah, the cycle's been broken and now)
You won't steal my future anymore (God's restoring the years)
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh (that you thought you'd lost, he's gonna refund you for the time you wasted)
You won't steal my future anymore (somebody say, "I've got a future, grace kept me alive because I've got a future")
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh (I don't have an obituary, I've got a future)
You won't steal my future anymore (thank you Jesus)
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh (bless your name, girl)

I forgive me (maybe you didn't get it right the first time)
I forgive me (but God has already forgiven you)
I forgive me (and now it's time for you to forgive yourself)
I forgive me (don't who you were interfere with who God is allowing you to become)