Suitcase

Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s “Suitcase” is a Christian hip-hop song about living as a visitor on earth. The hook says he is living out of his suitcase, that this earth ain't home and that he can't wait until he waves goodbye. The picture is a traveling minister who keeps his bags packed because his real address is somewhere else.

In the verses he calls himself a pilgrim passing through, with stops from West Philadelphia to Baton Rouge. He describes the pressure between his flesh and the Master's rules, and a war he has to fight until his casket is closed. Part of him wants to press fast forward, get home and unpack his clothes. Then he thinks of the people he is assigned to serve, and decides to stay awhile and labor with the saints until the day his reservation is applied and the final destination is God. He pictures the after-party, when the godly get new bodies, and admits it sounds a bit morbid. Because he has been born fresh, he says he does not fear the fall of death. The closing line says that since his hope was found he has been homeward bound, and no yoke can hold him down. It fits a funeral, a missions send-off or any believer tired of this world. It balances longing for heaven with a commitment to the work given today.

Strangers and pilgrims on earth are in Hebrews 11:13. Citizenship in heaven is Philippians 3:20, and the heavenly house is 2 Corinthians 5:1.