Blessing Offor keeps it real. The gospel singer, songwriter and musician is joyful in both conversation and music, but he also knows that alongside great joy often comes profound struggle. On My Tribe, the Nashville-based, Nigerian-born artist—who has lived with blindness since the age of 10—shares messages of hope grounded in the realities of making it in the real world, doing so with an unabashedly infectious sound that spans pop, funk, R&B and old-school gospel. His personal theology mirrors the commitment to balance and nuance found on the LP. “God is not your teddy bear,” Offor tells Apple Music. “He doesn't just have to live in these safe church walls that you claim to hold him in, so to speak. He’s out there in the wild, meeting people wherever they are and being there with them, next to him. I think that’s beautiful, and I think that’s something worth saying to people and worth exploring as the untraditional ‘Christian artist’ that I hope to be.” To celebrate the Deluxe Edition of the album, Offor tells the stories behind the songs—listen below!