Breaking Down:My Protector (Ft. Ello)

BREAKING DOWN:MY PROTECTOR (FT. ELLO)

Story Behind It:

When I first got saved back in 2008 I had just moved from a bad neighborhood to the suburbs. I had spent a few years living there with my family. It was nice and quiet, no one bothered you, every one knew each other it was a great comfortable environment. One day we were told to move out(long story) so we did move out but it was to the suburbs again.

We only spent a good nine months there until we decided to move out once again. We moved to pretty much the border of the city that I lived in before I got saved. It was good/bad so I see that God was breaking me out of that "environment" that I got used to slowly. We spent a year there but towards the end of that year I was always praying for the Lord's sovereign protection over my family. This is something I didn't pray often and I didn't know why but every time one of them so much as stepped out for a quick errand I would pray this.

When we finally did move out, It was due to unfortunate circumstances...Our house burned down. So the Lord was gracious enough to wake me up and see the fire. Long story short we ended up at a hotel safe and sound. But that's when I first saw that these prayers were not in vain the Lord was really putting these prayers on my heart. 

We then ended up getting a house back into the city I lived in when I was not saved. I still pray for protection over my family due to the neighborhood we live in. This is really what inspired the song "My Protector". I now know that the Lord is protecting me and my family at all times.

Meaning Behind It:

The Lord led me to write this song to celebrate my protection. We shouldn't ever think that the Lord is not protecting us in times of danger. He is with us all day and every day! This is the love he has for his creation!

The Lord is my light and my salvation—

    whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life—

    of whom shall I be afraid? 

-Psalms 27:1

3 Fun Facts:

-The vocals of this song were originally recorded to a different beat by "ALLROUNDA PRODUCTIONS". After a while I realized it wasn't working so I made a new beat to the original vocals.

-This song was supposed to be on a duo project that me & Ello we're working on but we scrapped the project. I still loved this song so I put it on "All Honor & All Glory"

-Yes that is me singing on the chorus. Its not the best singing I know, but me & my team agreed that it complimented the beat.

Listen & Download:

You can listen to "My Protector" by clicking the Play button below:

You can also download the mixtape "All Honor & All Glory" by clicking here.