He Sang This Song Like Nobody Before and You Could Feel EVERY Word! — Transcript

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1. 0:00My name is Samuel. I lost my freedom
2. 0:02twice. But the freedom that changed my
3. 0:05life was the one God gave me inside a
4. 0:07prison cell. [cheering]
5. 0:09[applause]
6. 0:14[applause]
7. 0:16Hello everyone. My name is Samuel. I am
8. 0:1976 [music]
9. 0:20years old. Standing here today, I am not
10. 0:23here to defend myself or ask for pity. I
11. 0:27am here because I believe someone out
12. 0:28there, someone walking through a dark
13. 0:30moment, needs to hear this story. When I
14. 0:33was young, I made foolish choices. At
15. 0:3619, I was arrested for a robbery. That
16. 0:39was the first time I understood how
17. 0:41precious freedom is. Behind bars,
18. 0:44freedom felt more important than air. I
19. 0:47promised myself I would change. [music]
20. 0:50After I got out, I worked hard to stay
21. 0:52on the right path. I carried boxes,
22. 0:55repaired machines, and [music] drove a
23. 0:57taxi. All I wanted was a simple and
24. 1:00honest life. At 30, I became a father, a
25. 1:04son, and a daughter. I was not wealthy,
26. 1:07and I was not perfect, but I tried to be
27. 1:09a good father. I thought my life was
28. 1:12finally in order until one day
29. 1:14everything collapsed again. A young man
30. 1:17requested a ride. He told me his mother
31. 1:20was sick and that he needed to stop at
32. 1:22several places to pick up medicine. He
33. 1:24looked nervous and tired. I did not ask
34. 1:26questions. I just drove. At the last
35. 1:29stop, he got out and within minutes,
36. 1:32police cars surrounded my taxi. I had no
37. 1:34time to react before they pushed me to
38. 1:36the ground. In the trunk, they found the
39. 1:39bag he left behind. What was inside
40. 1:41could send a man to prison for life. I
41. 1:44said I was innocent, but no one believed
42. 1:46me. They just saw an old man with the
43. 1:48criminal record. A man they assumed had
44. 1:51gone back to crime. I returned to prison
45. 1:54in my 60s [music] and it did not feel
46. 1:56like a sentence. It felt like the end of
47. 1:58my life. The deepest pain came from my
48. 2:01children at the trial. Their eyes showed
49. 2:04no anger and no sadness, [music] only
50. 2:06distance. As if our bond had already
51. 2:09broken. In the first months behind bars,
52. 2:12I asked one question every day. God, why
53. 2:16must I go through this again? At night,
54. 2:19I sat on my bed shaking, knowing I had
55. 2:21done nothing wrong. But one night, at my
56. 2:24lowest point, a memory surfaced, my
57. 2:27mother's voice saying, "Samuel, [music]
58. 2:30God will never let go of your hand."
59. 2:33Those words struck me hard. I began to
60. 2:35pray, not for release, not for justice,
61. 2:39but for peace. I handed all my fear to
62. 2:42God. For the first time in my life, I
63. 2:44understood what forgiveness felt like.
64. 2:47Later, the investigation [music]
65. 2:49changed. The real criminal was found,
66. 2:51and I was released. But when I came out,
67. 2:54my children were already far away from
68. 2:56me. They did [music] not answer my calls
69. 2:58or reply to my messages. I could not
70. 3:01force them. The hurt was real. I could
71. 3:03only entrust them to God. Today, I live
72. 3:06in a small apartment. Every morning when
73. 3:09I open my eyes, I whisper, "Thank you,
74. 3:12God, for giving me another day to
75. 3:14breathe, [music] to repent, and to
76. 3:16live." I tell my story not so you
77. 3:19remember an old man, but so you
78. 3:21understand this. Even when everyone
79. 3:24doubts you, even when every door seems
80. 3:27closed, [music] if you lift your eyes
81. 3:29and open your heart to God, darkness
82. 3:32will never be the ending. God will give
83. 3:35you mercy. God will give you strength.
84. 3:38My [music] name is Samuel. I lost my
85. 3:40freedom twice, but the freedom that
86. 3:43changed my life was the one God gave me
87. 3:46inside a prison cell. Thank you.
88. 3:50[cheering]
89. 3:55It changes your
90. 4:03I was young and blind with [singing]
91. 4:06pride.
92. 4:10Racing life like I couldn't be denied.
93. 4:17Bars came [singing] down. I lost my
94. 4:20breath.
95. 4:23>> [music]
96. 4:24>> Freedom gone and nothing [singing]
97. 4:26left.
98. 4:30But [singing] in that cell I learn to
99. 4:35pray. [music]
100. 4:37Whispered [singing]
101. 4:38hope through night and day.
102. 4:46I held on. [music and singing]
103. 4:53God [music and singing] held.
104. 4:59When the world let go. [singing]
105. 5:03[music]
106. 5:06When the world will let go.
107. 5:13change [music]
108. 5:14me,
109. 5:19but his love [music]
110. 5:21still flow.
111. 5:26Freedom [music] isn't walls [singing]
112. 5:30or keys or doors.
113. 5:33Freedom is the peace that [music]
114. 5:37Jesus restores.
115. 5:45When the world believed
116. 5:47[music and singing] the lie,
117. 5:52and the [singing] ones I love wouldn't
118. 5:54meet my eyes,
119. 5:58broken heart, a hollow name.
120. 6:05Standing lost in undeserved [singing]
121. 6:08shame.
122. 6:10>> [music]
123. 6:11>> But in that pain, your [music] voice
124. 6:15broke through,
125. 6:18saying, "Son, [music]
126. 6:21I'm still holding."
127. 6:27God held [music and singing]
128. 6:29on.
129. 6:34God. [music]
130. 6:40When my [music] faith rank,
131. 6:47when my faith rainfall,
132. 6:52[music]
133. 6:54you took my shame,
134. 6:57[music]
135. 7:00made my story
136. 7:03go. [music]
137. 7:08Freedom isn't found [music]
138. 7:10in this life alone.
139. 7:14Freedom [music] is a strength. You gave
140. 7:19my soul.
141. 7:22[music]
142. 7:25God [singing]
143. 7:26held on.
144. 7:32God held on.
145. 7:38world
146. 7:40let go.
147. 7:45When the world let go, [singing]
148. 7:51you took my shame,
149. 7:58made my story
150. 8:00go.
151. 8:05Freedom isn't found in this life
152. 8:09[singing]
153. 8:10alone.
154. 8:12Freedom is the strength you gave my
155. 8:17soul.