Stephen John: Music
Leaving It All Behind
Wrote this song in Antigua 1997, while on internship at the Hawksbill beach resort. I was studying Phil 3 at the time, and the song just came, reflecting some of my struggles at the time. The following year, this song took me to the top spot at the Trinidad & Tobago Full Gospel Song Festival.
LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND I was and old creation Till I met a man one day He told me how my life could change, If I gave it all away But all the fame and glory Tempted me to stay But he turned to me again and said Ch. You’ve got to leave it all behind For the sake of Jesus Christ And you will see your way because he’ll lead you everyday You’ve got to leave it all behind As you press t’ward the mark of the high calling of God In Christ Jesus Now I’m a new creation because I let him in I gave away my burdens And he took away my sins Now I can live a life that has So much peace and joy Cause Jesus made the difference in my life Ch. Now I’m leaving it all behind For the sake of Jesus Christ And I can see my way Cause he leads me everyday I’m leaving all behind As I press t’ward the mark of the high calling of God In Christ Jesus Bridge: Friends try to get me back To the life I lived before But I turn to them again And say Credits: Words & Melody: Stephen John Jnr. Support Vocals: Ayana Ross, Avid Chrichlow Programming: CJ Perez Additional Programming: Mark Romero Vocal Arrangements: Mark Romero Produced by: Mark Romero & Stephen John Jnr. Published by: S2J2 Publishings Copyright Cott Written by Stephen John Jnr. 19th August 1997