I find myself remembering things I thought I'd forgot
I thought I'd gotten over you but I can see I've not
And seeing you has made me realize how wrong I've been
And the torch I've carried for so long is burning bright again
The flame is burning bright again it just took my seeing you to know
That the flame had not burned out it just had flickered low
Yes I still love you just as much as I ever did before
The flame is burning bright again and I can't fight it anymore
Could it be your seeing me has set your heart on fire
Could it be old memories has filled you with desire
Oh if after all this time you find that you still feel the same
Then come and take my hand and walk with me into the flame
I find myself remembering things I thought I'd forgot
I thought I'd gotten over you but I can see I've not
And seeing you has made me realize how wrong I've been
And the torch I've carried for so long is burning bright again
The flame is burning bright again it just took my seeing you to know
That the flame had not burned out it just had flickered low
Yes I still love you just as much as I ever did before
The flame is burning bright again and I can't fight it anymore
Could it be your seeing me has set your heart on fire
Could it be old memories has filled you with desire
Oh if after all this time you find that you still feel the same
Then come and take my hand and walk with me into the flame
The flame is burning bright again...
They call her Flame
For obvious reasons
And I'll admit that's its frightnin'
Whenever her lightening flashes
Only ashes remain
Don't get to close
My friends all warned me
And maybe I should of learned
By the boys who were burned by the fire
When they played with Flame
After all I told myself
She's a girl of flesh and blood
And I'm a man
Yeah, who's been around
So I got dressed like royalty
And was off for all to see
The King of fools
Just waiting to be crowned
You know the rest
It's a old, old story
I've got a new kind of heartburn
And friend if you're smart,
Learn my lesson
Don't go messin' with Flame
Don't go messin' with Flame
I´ve been searchingI´ve been searching for so long
Now I´m chasing the shadows away
I´ve been trying
Yes I tried to find my way
No more crying in the make or break decade
There were times when I was down
There were times I felt so low
My whole life just seemed to be
A senseless quest for energy
But I carry your flame
All through my life
I´m a believer
Peace deep in our hearts
All things must pass
But we´ll be together...again
I´ve been walking
I´ve been walking in the rain
When the angle of my intuition
Whispered hello
Well,I was quite surprised
To face that kind of incarnation
Love comes always unexpected
Love strikes blind and undirected
Love is the answer
Love is all we need,my friend
Now you came and changed the weather
Now I wanna live forever
I carry your flame
All through my life
I´m a believer
Peace deep in our hearts
All things must pass
You shone like a light to follow
Knowing I would
You graced me with a precious gift
That no one else could
Touched by your presence I surrender
You gave me a lead and I was a follower
A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer
Flame! You set me on fire
Nothing can take me any higher
I'm fueled on emotion and full of desire
Flame! Show me the way
Watching the candle glisten
Put's spark in my head
History being written
Washed up in the sand
Touched by your presence I surrender oh yea
You gave me a lead and I was a follower
A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer
Flame! You set me on fire
Nothing can take me any higher
I'm fueled on emotion and full of desire
Flame! Show me the way
(guitar solo)
You gave me a lead and I was a follower
A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer
Hold on the flame and feel the power
Flame! You set me on fire
Nothing can take me any higher
I'm fueled on emotion and full of desire
Flame!
So close and yet so smart
Head first before the heart
Ain't no shame
Ain't no game
With the flame
Coldwaters rush in March
No place for April flowers
Take her name
Say she came
With the flame
I've been told when the stars all align
That even bitter lips like mine
Will call the moon a friend and kiss again
Some I'm told let their hearts read the signs
While other men are hungerin'
And can't let it in
Be still my foolish heart
Please don't upset the cart
Stay the same
Ain't no game
With the flame
I've been told I'll be dancin in time
Walkin' rhythm', talkin' rhyme
The earth will turn and send the sun again
All my gold for a light or a sign
Some kind of kin to say my friend
Let it out - let it in
Strange fire down below
So 'fraid to let you know
Change my name
Start the game
With the flame
[Vocal interlude]
Strange fire down below
So 'fraid to let you know
Change my name
Start again
With the flame
I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
I don't know her name
And I don't wanna go where the seekers all go
I don't wanna know
You can feel anything you wanna feel
You can feel anything you wanna feel and call it real
But I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
I can't complain, though I'm wrapped up in chains
I can't complain
Everybody's got the right to be free
But that's not me
And you can feel anything you wanna feel
You can feel anything you wanna feel
You can feel anything you wanna feel
And call it real
But I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
Hit the flame, burn a hole in my brain
Never be the same
I try to take it slow, but she's pushing me to go
Where I don't wanna go
And you can feel everything you wanna feel
You can feel everything you wanna feel
You can feel everything you wanna feel
And call it real
But I don't wanna be the one who rides flame
Flame why do I come so close to you
Vain telling me what I shouldn't do
I saw you smoldering before
I let him burn me to the floor - flame
Flame why do you paralyze my soul
Pain if I hold you or let go
There's nothing bluer than your heat
You make the night bleed at your feet - flame
Break my fall into this wild fire of love
Stolen from dreams
Flame why do I dance so close to you
Stained with the longing of a fool
When fires rise the shadows fall
The ceiling's low the walls are thin
The little stars upon your skin
I cannot sleep I'm wound too tight
The morning comes and I feel alright
Take me down home on holiday
Lead me to your secret hiding place
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Don't turn away from the flame
I know you told me not to run
It's no big deal I'm just having fun
Why don't you come down to the show
I know we can't help who we know
Take me down home on holiday
Lean into your secret hideaway
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Don't turn away from the flame
Who am I to judge
Talk down or bear a grudge
And who am I to lie
Don't say goodbye
Our bodies close and I feel your hand
No secret vow no silent plan
The air is low the walls are thin
I know we can't help where we've been
Take me down home on holiday
Lean into your secret hideaway
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Don't turn away from the flame
The ceiling's low the walls are thin
The little stars upon your skin
I cannot sleep I'm wound too tight
The morning comes and I feel alright
Take me down home on holiday
Lead me to your secret hiding place
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Don't turn away from the flame
I know you told me not to run
It's no big deal I'm just having fun
Why don't you come down to the show
I know we can't help who we know
Take me down home on holiday
Lean into your secret hideaway
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Don't turn away from the flame
Who am I to judge
Talk down or bear a grudge
And who am I to lie
Don't say goodbye
Our bodies close and I feel your hand
No secret vow no silent plan
The air is low the walls are thin
I know we can't help where we've been
Take me down home on holiday
Lean into your secret hideaway
Let your hair fall down onto my face
Don't turn away from the flame
Don't hide your face from the rain
Lead me down show me the way
Ooh, find me
You can always find me
Loving you so kindly
Your life is like candlelight
And darlin' no one told us
No one ever told us
What this love could hold for us?
Maybe we were meant to find it faithfully
There is always a sun that's rising
When I know in your heart you're there for me
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Burnin' on
Know you no one knows like I do
There's one thing I'm sure is true
That we were meant to
Share our whole lives through
There is always a sun that's rising
When I know in your heart you're there for me
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Burnin' on
There is always a star that's shining
Whether you're far away or near to me
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Burnin' on
There is always a sun that's rising
When I know in your heart you're there for me
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Burnin' on, burnin' on
There is always a star that's shining
Whether you're far away or near to me
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Oh, it's gonna keep burnin' on
And from now on your flame just keeps me
Burnin' on
When your hand brushed against mine
I thought I'd collapse
I'm no rolling stone
I gather too much moss
Maybe it's 'cos I'm getting
A little bit older
But oh how your neck
Flows to your shoulder
It draws me, it draws me to your flame
I wanna be near you
And blink in your light
And toast marshmallows
On a cold dark night
By your flame
Your flesh it melts in my mouth
Like Holy Communion
But you don't really care for
Jesus now do you?
A photograph of this love
Hangs on my wall
I would dare to speak it's name
If I knew what it was called
I would dare to speak it's name
If I knew what it was called
Rattle the one who's shadow
You're standing in
Under the branches after
It's been raining
On your flame
I wanna be near you
And blink in your light
And toast marshmallows
On a cold dark night
By your flame
Your brought your flame
Into the chambers of my heart
You brought your flame
Where all's been condemned to dark
And now your flame
You can't stand there with your hands in your pockets
Coz you get nothing for free
You got to work hard to deserve your pride
And for your dreams to come true
Some days it's hard to think positive
And everything feels upside down
But keep on working,never give up
You got to keep up the faith
You got to work hard
For your dreams to come true
Got to keep the flame alive
You can't sit there doing nothing at all
If you want a dream to come true
It's something that you got to deserve
And no one will give it to you
There's always people who refuses to work
And got no pride to all
They keep on cheating, keep on loosing
In 776BC Olympics were begun
Greece was the only country, so naturally we won
Cheats built bronzes of God Zeus were we honest winners
The answer’s no we had more statues than you’ve had hot dinners
Our games meant truce was called in war a peace every 4 years
But wrestling was so violent that bouts could end in tears
No girls allowed to watch or run that might sound rude
But makes sense when I tell you we competed nude
FLAME
It’s gonna burn forever
Love for Olympic heroes
FLAME
We’d like one next however
Sadly it’s Emperor Nero
Hey watch it you two, alright
I went from Rome to Greece so I could play them at their games
IN 67AD you know I won Olympic fame
Told them to include a contest based on poetry
Not much good for sportsmen no, but brilliant for me
Crashed my racing chariot but still awarded gold
Hey my Olympics my rules
To argue would be bold
I won every medal that was up for grabs
The crowd loved it well they had to or I would have had them stabbed, OK?
FLAME
Olympic champion that’s me
My games were emperors own round
FLAME
Think I was bad in 393
Christian Rome had them banned
It’s over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over
SHAME
WAIT not so fast
I’m Baron de Coubertin, a famous French historian
I read of the Olympic Games thought I should try restoring them
They’d be just like the old days I said but did propose
That unlike Greeks Victorians should do them wearing clothes
In 1896 we launched the games in dear old Greece
Hoped it would make men more morale as well as less obese
We built a stadium so we could start to play
Games of the modern Olympics which we still have today
FLAME
I’m on my personal glory
But no-one remembers my name
FLAME
So here to finish our story
A man who has gold plated fame
I’m Jesse Owens fastest man in 1936
I took home 4 gold medals yeah, but that’s just the basics
What you should know about the fact I was victorious
Is, it made hey Hitler mad ha it made him furious
Hitler said Berlin should be the games Germanic base
So he could show the world Aryans were the master race
I won in 4 events he had to back pedal
His evil theory destroyed with every medal
FLAME
It’s gonna burn forever
Olympics are never in doubt
FLAME
A fire of sporting endeavour
You realise it’s actually gone out
Olympic, Olympic
Not superficial like a shout
But slowly as we're graying out.
Things look different more and more
Things we actually adore.
There's a flame that burns inside
Every little doubt we hide.
It could show before we go
But do you really wanna know?
We still have today, we still have today.
Forget yesterday - it just couldn't stay.
We still have today.
Graffities all around the blocks
Say we're going to the dogs.
Tomorrow will be judgement day
Seems like we won't get away.
There's a flame that burns inside
Every little doubt we hide.
It could show before we go
But do you really wanna know?
We still have today, we still have today.
Forget yesterday - it just couldn't stay.
We still have today.
It's just a few that want to know
Who are we and where do we go.
If everyone would do, I guess
the world would be a better place.
There's a flame that burns inside
Every nascent hope we hide.
Some won't show before we go
What a wicked thing to know?
We still have today, we still have today.
Forget yesterday - it just couldn't stay.
I always find out too late
I always find out too late
You wouldn't believe what I'm on
In all this time I found nothing to live without it for
Chorus:
Help me only
Help me only
Help me get on my feet
I feel like turning me down
I feel like turning me down
Good to see ya anne maria (? )
I never was anything
Can't be happy or unhappy
You wouldn't believe what I'm on
In all this time I found nothing to live without it for
Oh, what are you now?
Oh, what are you now?
What's wrong with you little flame?
What's wrong with you little flame?
I been trying to cool off for so long
In all this time I found nothing to stop real pain
Dear my sun. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my moon. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my stars hoshi no nageki kikeba
Like a wind honno chisana koto darou
Kanashimi wa mune hirogete
Kimi no kata wo daku darou
Yasashigena furu mai de kimi ni karamaru
It's a flame of sadness
Dear my mind donna fukou ni demo
Say hello ieru kimochi hoshii
Dear my hurts itsumo kakaeteita
Like a wind omoi mono suteyou
Yoru no kaze abiteireba
Wasurerareru koto nara
Sono hohaba hirogete miru
Mae yori mo zutto
Warau tsuki no aoi hikari
Kizu wo sotto tojiteyuku yo
It's a flame of sadness urisosogu kanashimi sura dakiyose
Life is going on kareru made aruiteyuku dake
It's a flame of sadness
Dear my sun. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my moon. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my stars. Hoshi no nageki kikeba
Like a wind. Honno chisana koto darou
Uru hoshi wo kazoe oetara naku no yamete aruiteyukou
Flame of misery itoshisa wo nikushimi wo uketomete
It's a flame of sadness mune no naka de kudai teshimae subete
Pieces of sadness urisosogu ame ga yandara yukou
Life is going on kareru made aruiteyuku dake
Stay free my misery
I've had enough of this
It feels like I don't exist
Got to get out of here
I've had enough, I'm done waiting
Don't want to be ignored
There must be something more
Somewhere far from here
But when I try to break out
There's always something in the way
And I'm just trying to keep this...
Chorus:
Flame from burning out
I'm fading away
And it feels like I'm losing this game
I'm wasting time it's slipping away
And it feels like I'll never...
I'm waiting for a blast
To wake me up at last
Something to clear my head
I don't know why I'm still waiting
Don't want to grow up cold
With all the lies they sold
I need to disappear
But when I try to escape
There's always something in the way
And I'm trying just to keep this...
Repeat Chorus ...find my way
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
(I'm losing this game)
I'm just trying
(It's slipping away)
I'm still trying
(I'm just trying)
To keep this...
Repeat Chorus ...find my way
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
Never find my way
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
Never be the same
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
I'm just trying
Never find my way
I'm just trying
(To keep this flame from burning out)
Never find my way
Hardly spoke a word all night
Cept to tell me that you were alright
Don't worry
Sitting holding up the bar
Going out just aint no fun no more
I'm sorry
But you, you're not to blame
No you, you're not to blame
You've just spent so long holding on
You've just spent so long holding on to a flame
Told me you were going home
I asked if you wanted to be alone
I'll come
Grabbed my jacket, told my friends
I was leaving, when I turned around
You were gone
But you, you're not to blame
No you, you're not to blame
You've just spent so long holding on
You've just spent so long holding on to a flame
But you, you're not to blame
No you, you're not to blame
You've just spent so long holding on
You've just spent so long holding on
I've called it quits a thousand times
But I've left your lies lying on my mind
I'm through with you, won't make a deal
I'm getting off this effort-wheel
Oh, I'm getting off this effort-wheel
It started by the garden tree
You said, ?You won't die, you will surely be
So wise, so good, by your own hands
Just journey in my effort-lands
Oh, come journey in my effort-lands?
In the wilderness of unbelief
I've wandered like a straying sheep looking for the water
But I've seen the flame of a burning tree
And a Voice that calls to the deep in me, the love of the Father
You crucified the Son of Love
He called your work His Father's cup
Risen from among the dead
Messiah's heel crushed Serpent's head
Oh, Messiah's heel crushed Serpent's head
In weakness I have seen the power
I found the truth in my final hour
The hammer's calm when the metal's cooled
And the sword is fit for Heaven's use
In the Tree of Life I've found the truth
I abide in the One who cannot lose, drinking of the water
And I know the flame of the burning tree
Bruised she feels
Insecure and jilted
Like a thief he tried to steel her soul
Slyer than his easy smile
He tried to use her for a while
Underneath she's empty as a whole
Oh flame's still burning
She's not learning
Can't keep turning
Back discarded memories
Dusty thoughts
Start to tease her
Loaded with ammunition
Coded by her ambition
He fires a sweet talk into defenseless she
Shot and numb with poison words
She struggles uselessly
Unhurt a slave to his cruel captivity
Oh flame's still burning
She's not learning
Can't keep turning
Back discarded memories
Dusty thoughts
Start to tease her
It's all a game
For him to play
He trank a deep
And threw her away
Deluding her
No illusion is numb
Cynicism neared his head
And left his appetite
Unfed
Alone all his brilliant words
Are dead
Oh flame's still burning
She's not learning
Can't keep turning
Back discarded memories
Dusty thoughts
Start to tease her
He turned her world to black
But she's stopped looking back
Tattooed it all in black
Discretion is the key
To his reality
And she feels now she's free
So she chooses then and there
To leave without a care
She goes into the dusk
As easy as a breeze
No longer on her knees
Her soul is now at peace
When we kiss, there's fire dancing between our lips
Girl I swear, sometimes the heat is hard to bear
When she sighs, I see the pleasure in her eyes
Oh my child, I love the lava in your smile
Sweet naked flame, why must our pleasure fire from pain
Sweet naked flame, why must we always play this game
When we touch, sometimes your tenderness is way too much
How I ache when she's beside me
I shiver and shake
Ooh I spin when I taste your love upon my skin
When she shines I know this firefly is mine, all mine
Sweet naked flame, why must our pleasure fire from pain
Sweet naked flame, why must we always play this game
It hurts, I know it's wrong to play with fire
But I just want to watch her flames grow higher
So I must pay and I'm burning for my sins
Sweet naked flame, why must our pleasure fire from pain
Sweet naked flame, why must we always play this game
Flame she burns so hot
My flesh is screaming but I can't stop
It's a shame how good I feel
She's got me squirming but I won't squeal
My body is aching, my heart is shaking
But I just can't take my hands away
My temperatureis rising and it ain't surprising
this little flame grew big & strongit lit a fire from
town to town
who knew it would last so long?
i haven't had luck betting on us
you've seen me desperate
letting go on aspirin
i've seen you forgive me
you forgive me
and for so long it's been you & me
you'd even say we're family
who knew it would last so long?
i haven't had luck betting on us
you've seen me desperate
letting go on aspirin
i've seen you forgive me
I'm gonna go back way back like '99 when Christ exchanged my mind it was divine used to rap in the world before I rapped in the church heard gospel rap and said this could happen to work so first thing I got rid of my cds that were secular said that if I really wanted to see Jesus I would get rid of them replace them with these cds that were preachin' and teachin' promoting Jesus took a trip to the Christian bookstore just to get equipped so can look more like Christ in my listening choice didn't know enough scripts to consider His voice so I stepped to a smaller section even though it was small it had a broad selection of all cats spittin' gospel rap was blown away dawg in the zone that day man
Had to have spent a hundred bucks unraveling wrappers of cds as I run to my truck really excited and happy as I'm poppin' them in drenched and drowning in verses full of doctrines of men but nothin' that made me really wanna stop in my sin I was robbed my God they were pullin' hostages in but yet this was all I knew so as far as I was concerned everything they said was cool but some cats I just knew wasn't spittin' the truth it all changed when I heard this particular group something new but I couldn't really explain these dudes weren't afraid of saying Jesus' name and at the time this was considered as taboo rappers sayin' Jesus' name would make them a bad group I'm from the Midwest we like our beats slow they rep Christ over beats that were East coast
Turn me up in the headphones a little, I want everybody to hear this shit
Chorus
This is my confession, you can take time to listen or turn your back on me, but this my confession, the life of a troubled child who grew up to be a gangster, look at me now
Game
How the fuck would you feel if you had to share every meal, every night with your foster brothers and sisters, I think about my mom and I missed her, nights after watching the A-Team when I kissed her. I used to want to be Mr. T or Murdoc, which one was it uhhh, than I heard shots, it was coming from a 133rd block, where them Westside piru niggas birds pop, and the crips ain't far way you got nothing block gray streets in the PJ's when niggas 15 years old with beards like freeway and you can die over he say and she say. Like your cousin told my brothers baby mama that game did started that drama in the projects, yeah the same one that they said carmello got robbed at, but I talked to him he said it didn't happen, nigga you play ball, I be the rapper. I don't give a fuck about nba ass niggas (fuck em') anyway nigga, I aint make it nigga I play ball, nigga im jealous nigga. You don't play for the lakers anyway.
Chorus
Lil' Eazy
I watch cats go from playin' kickball to carryin' clips and slugs
And girls who played hopscotch to now strippin' in clubs
Man it all started just sippin' some bud man
Until she got tricked and then she tripped with the drug man
See you remember old girl she was so pretty
I guess smokin' that dope makes you look old quickly
Dude was so smart in school now he's gettin' high
He had plans for the league now he's just gettin' by
I guess the older you get
It's like the more you forget
That Jesus Christ that granny molded you with
Yeah that must be the thing before you see the King
Jesus must awaken you from your street dream
Lord my prayer is this
Thank you that prayer exist so you can take us away the worst terrorist
Which is ourselves our sin in which I must admit
There was peace in the garden Lord and now there is this
We need
We need
We need
oh yes we do
We need you
We need you
We need you
Lord everyday
Young dood only thirteen
But he think like he thirty cause the stuff he seen
Aint no food in the house plus the mustards green
And mom nem pound they things man they must be fiends
She was lying that TV aint have no busted screen man
Sometimes I cry sometimes I scream man
It's our sin that we living in dying in
We need Him just to live again we blind men
How real is that God wanna save us from wrath
But don't know equals like equations from maththat equals restoration reconciliation
New heart new start peace and plus some patientsbasically man the fruit of the Spirit
Happy to plant seeds aint gotta see the fruit of my lyrics
Let the seeds see the increase that God has made
I'm just pleased knowing Jesus is the God that saves
And that's why
We need
We need
We need
oh yes we do
We need you
We need you
We need you
Lord everyday
I never seen a tree live dawg out of the ground
That's like man with out God tell me how does it sound
Like a Gomorrah and Sodom men sound
He still owns you even if you out of town man
He's tracking you now like music with sound scan
Especially you doods that be usually down playing Him
And never realizing it's Him that's keeping us breathing
Recognize that we heathens
Recognize that we need Him
Yeah He know we suffer but His son suffered worse
Imagine Him coming to earth and becoming a curse
Well it happed don't waist your time rapping about
Wakness that really deserve a smack in the mouth
Especially taken on flesh is an immaculate rout
Lived perfect died rose said that I'll be back and I'm out
Plus the bible says blessed is the poor in spirit
So he who has an ear let him hear it
I' out fam
We need
We need
We need
oh yes we do
We need you
We need you
We need you
Try me x3
Try try me
Try me x2
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x2
Try try try try me
Try me x2
Try me like I'm gone
Try me like I'm playing
Try me like I ain't walking out this stuff that I be saying
Try me like I'm out here flexing flexing for you man
Try me like I ain't really who I'm saying that I ain't him
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
We so deep it's so out and been around for so long
So when you try to shut us down but they end up getting rolled on
They crucify our leader first and thought that they got rid of us
In three days He cracked the grave and now the centuries of us
We're simple man, we still sin, but there a couple things that we won't do
One is deny the son, holding back is number two
We made it through the crusades, we made it through the reformation
Great sin, great men, but we endured through generations
Through generations, through generation Africa, Europe, Asia
Every tongue, every tribe, all races, all nations
No, this is not a game and never ever can it be
The move is not some little clique but it's Christianity
For now He rules eternally the 6th day was detoured
In Adam (her life's lost) in Christ (her life's restored)
The fourth kingdom will come as it is and heaven praying
That the Lord will come quick, try us we are not
Try me like I'm playing
Try me like I ain't walking out this stuff that I be saying
Try me like I'm out here flexing flexing for you man
Try me like I ain't really who I'm saying that I ain't him
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
Before I write a verse trying to sound cool or swagged out
I been fast in all that let this man shout
I ain't retired in a while, let me cash out
Now Imma gonna testify, bring my past out
I was living with no concern for my soul
First in my block that rock and rolls go
Rapping and trapping painful and lost
The beats that he'd toss somehow was slow
I was in it to win it i was fixing to get it
Just give me a minute and I'm on
But then I repented and this kid was delivered
Now longer a child now I'm grown
So liar liar pants on fire (I put em out)
Please desire His desire (live it out)
Grown folks playing with the sword
The 9-5 stretch was given for us to live it out?
Uh acting all big and bad like they ain't gotta give a count
I beg to differ on the last day you get slain like Jack the Ripper
Down to the lake of fire mister can't breathe up under that water flipper
I run the way the God commands enlarge my heart to understand
Gotta be B E perfect gotta be B E holy gotta let the Spirit control me
Gotta be a little less fony if it is all that than the Spirit's up on me
Try me like I'm playing
Try me like I ain't walking out this stuff that I be saying
Try me like I'm out here flexing flexing for you man
Try me like I ain't really who I'm saying that I ain't him
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
Try me x6
Try me like I'm playing
Young Noah I don't understand Flame why they calling us hypocrites
Flame: Why because they seen abuse and lifestyles that contradict
Young Noah: But we ain't out here flexing man we unashamed and we walking this
We trying to be the alternate, Jesus Christ is ultimate
Flame: But often it's the opposite it's obvious they never met Him
Cause if they did I'm positive they'd positively represent Him
Cause if they truly saved then the Holy Spirit is living in em
We all whack the only difference is all the Christians is saved sinners
Young Noah: So basically what you saying is what I need to praying is
That God would make me like Him to be a light and invite them
Flame: Absolutely Excellent That's what I'm saying
Welcome to a place where the guns don't pop
But a place where the fun don't stop
Homie
To a place where Jesus be
And we don't even need a Jesus piece
Homie
Welcome
To a place where we follow the Bible and we don't even need jars of dro
Homie and ain't nobody tryna grind for shine
Cause Jesus is the star of the show
And that's real
You ask us where the guns at homie where the weed at
We like kill that homeboy we don't need that
Instead of the heat we'll be where G-O-D's at
So we reachin' out with open arms like where your sleeves at
I notice something cats'll die for they reputation
They rather die disin' God and to get with Satan
But on this side we collide in anticipation
Of Jesus' second coming written in Revelation
We don't grip steel sell crack none of that
We live life in light of the fact He's coming back
So while they squeeze clips blood crip gang banging
East coast west coast down south slanging
Midwest nina poppin'seein' Jesus hangin'
On the cross resurrected' and you still thinkin'
That you cool without His grace is crazy
Its a slap to the face of the God who made me and you
Welcome to a place where the guns don't pop
But a place where the fun don't stop
Homie
To a place where Jesus be
And we don't even need a Jesus piece
Homie
Welcome
To a place where we follow the Bible and we don't even need jars of dro
Homie and ain't nobody tryna grind for shine
Cause Jesus is the star of the show
And that's real
We kissed the world goodbye
And its love for women its love for sinning
Simply because His love is in us
We kissed the world goodbye
And its music too that music's confused dudes like a rubrics cube
Homienow we pluggin' into Christian rap
So many lyrics about Christ a make a Christian snap
And wanna spread love to a thug with a nine milli
And I ain't playin' this time dirty and I'm silly
And every movie and commercial that makes fun of us
Like South Park with wicked hearts that come up
And comic view and Islamic dudes that do it too
One day the Bible say they'll pay homage too
The very King that they mocked and laughed at
The Bible says at they very plots He laughs back
So we gone love our enemies and we gone have fun
As we patiently wait on the return of the Son
[Chorus: Chris Lee]
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
In your image You made us, represent our creator
On the Sixth Day
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
It's the reason we were made
What a good day
[Verse 1: Flame]
What you livin' for, do you know who you are
Do you know you fell, can you tell by how far
Who told you your purpose, why do you exist
Why do you prefer doin' that over this
If you are a man, do you know your role
And if so, who taught it to you, told you to go
And to you baby girl, the question is the same
Do you know your role, are you in your lane
Man, I remember as a kid, watchin' everything they did
Tryin to learn who I is
How to dress, how to walk, how to walk a lot of shame
Made me wanna sell dope, made me wanna join a gang
Would've never understood that we, who are this way
The crown of creation invited to display
And represent the image of His face
Through certain attributes, the night of the Sixth Day
[Chorus: Chris Lee]
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
In your image You made us, represent our creator
On the Sixth Day
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
It's the reason we were made
What a good day
[Verse 2: Flame]
Did you know God, in His Independence
Is self-sufficient, He chose to make us in His image
And I ain't talking height, weight, facial features
I'm talking characteristics in common with His creatures
He didn't need us, He wasn't lonely
Trinitarian fellowship with His one and onlys
Do you know homie, what it really means
To be the divine image, family we human beings
See Genesis 1, verse 26 through 28 establishes who we is
Or who we are, or what we are
And where we were, and how far
Away we've gotten from a day in the Garden
The climax of creation but ended up falling
Greater than birds and beasts but we ended up crawlin'
And now our viceroys are in need of a pardon
[Chorus: Chris Lee]
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
In your image You made us, represent our creator
On the Sixth Day
We were made to know You, meant to behold You
And praise Your holy name
It's the reason we were made
Well I was chillin' in the crib afterward reading my word
So I cut the T.V. on and I started to surf
At first I past a channel with a preacher man
So I said let me go back just to see what he sayin'
Reach to the left grabbed my Bible from the desk top
He started off well I'm like yeah that's hot
Hude was killin' it
I started feelin' it
Even though I didn't know what scripture he was dealin' with
So I said let me stay and see
Then he said turn to Isaiah 53
I'm like aww yeah man that text is raw
The very next thing he said made me drop my jaw
I was appalled
They offered him applause
And 20, 000 people screamin' praise the Lord
Dawg I'm like naw
I'm laughin' it off but it was serious he was speakin' on behalf of God
It's time
Press stop and rewind
Go back roll back right now
With creeds and church history
Lets stop and see if we missed a beat
He was reading verse 5 by His stripes we are healed
Then he said cause of that we should never get ill
And if you do get sick its from a lack of faith
This false teaching is really exasperating
Then he said either that or some secret sin
So if your sickness comes back you need to seek Him again
Confess your hidden sin
And beseech Him again
And if you doubt your sickness will come creepin' again
So all that text was sayin' is that we shouldn't get sick man
Is that in the bible
That same preacher man said we suppose to be rich man
Is that in the bible
He said with my faith I can confess and posses it
Is that in the bible
Then he said God's people shouldn't suffer
Is that in the bible
It's time
Press stop and rewind
Go back roll back right now
With creeds and church history
Lets stop and see if we missed a beat
So I cut the T.V. off tear drop fallen to the floor/
I was sad seeing these people fallen for it
I broke down then I started callin' to the Lord/
We can't afford to ignore this anymore
Furthermore if he would have just read verse 4
He would have understood the context a little more
For that matter
Should have read the whole chapter
To see the whole point that Isaiah was after
The whole chapter was about Jesus Christ
And specific details about Jesus' life
And healing in verse 5 was from our sin sickness
You know when the Holy Ghost quickens
I know what your feelin'
I know you offended
But when you repented the Spirit brought spiritual healing
But at the glorification
In the book of Revelation
He's in a class by himself, a league of His own
He'll give life to the dead, He'll breathe on your bones
He's more than a homeboy, He's king on a thrown
Now either love Him, or leave Him alone
But you can't do both, it's either or
The velvet or the iron door
The lamb or the lion that roars
The provider of the rider on the horse
He's Yahweh, King, much more than a product in the store
Plus, He's faithful and true
Waitin' to come through, consume fools like a plate full of food
Eternal life, that's a fate for the few
No breaking the rule, come on a roll like skateboarder dudes
Check the flavor my neighbor
You can raise your hand while I set the faiser to taiser
This is shock for you soul
A little rock and roll
Something to step to when you hit the block and stroll
So let's lock and load
Word of God is the ammo
Armor of God, camo fatigues
Strategic Rambo maneuvers
Hand over land is the move, man
Stand soldier, firm in your faith
Time to do what He told ya
Hold up the 66 books
Stuck in the radio
Always trying to hit me with hooks, nope
Feeling my crew? Hallelu
This is how it sounds when Pilly goes down, mixed with the Lou
Ooh, try and listen
I, yes the Christian
Wide screen addition
In high definition
Coming soon
Like manana, sun and moon
That the ___________ for my peoples, like sunny tunes
So it's one, two for my mic check
As I approach a world that Christ-less
Giving you good meat to digest
And I swear solidly the rock properly
Dropping non-stopily
Since the rock spotted me
Knocked me down, switched my flow game
Changed my identity from sinner to no-name
Introduced me to light
Gave my soul flame
Now its nothing but Gospel whenever I flow man
From Philly to the mid-west right thurr
My mic serves the Gospel to strike the right nerve
So when you finished with this cypha music
If the Cross ain't done yet, then neither is the movement
His mercy, mercy's
On me like the jersey
Royalty purple and gold like James Worthy
A trade's been made, I ain't worth a food stamp
Can't stand on my own like I've got two cramps
Ain't sinning, but I can, pray for me
You're my brother right?
Then you're able to pray for me
We all foolish, thinking we ain't Judas
Help me Lord, Paul thought his sins were rudest
Stacey dashes, taking dashes clueless
Makes me mad is us Christians act the cruelest
I got some knocks on my head from some Bibles
Gave some too, thank Christ for survival
Hearts deceitful
Making knowledge idols
Trunks in my eye and I can't see my rivals
Cause they unseen, please remember
We don't uproot, God yells timber
This is the lost swift movement
From the mid to the east
To bring across truth to flame to the ears of the streets
My Bible's my Tonic, I guess I'm a Phantik for Christ
Or Ambassador, slashin hearts with the Word of Tru-Life
Actually, He's giving me what I need to survive
Cause Adam had to have branded us to the breed that would die
Thank Jesus, at least you can say that our hearts still ain't hardened
He said This House I Shall Live, so right there my sins have been pardoned
It's mercy, because we're sinners saved by grace
If not, smell it like pee-ew, as J-Silas would say
The violence today is running rapid from the nature of sin
So we paint a picture of the Cross and pray the world will give in
We set tracks ablaze
For the Rock of Ages
To free captive minds from locks and cages
This is hot off the press, fam
Flip the pages
Sin has a penalty, who paying the wages?
Its as clear as it gets, can't get no clearer
Couldn't get it closer to ya if you looked in a mirror
Unless your vision dirty fam, like grit on the mirror
Gritty, grimy, filthy, like spit on the mirror
Jesus' blood cleansed us though like Windex on the mirror
'till His image what we see when we look in the mirror
'till His love is what you see when you looking at us
Black is blood is what it seem when God is looking at us
Oh, it's outrageous, the Word of God is so amazing
Its time, let's walk this way and let's get to cypha God-blazin
Sin and death, I'm sick of it
We need His omnipotence
Stand against wickedness
With lifted fists and arms raised
It is my turn to spark this cypha
Its time to start this fire
The real Jesus walks with me
Even through the wire
He's the true Messiah
He don't care about a tire
You filthy rags, He makes clean
___________ He admires
I don't need the blings
I rock the products of the Father
I hold onto this attire manufactured by Abba
Don't need the Gucci
The phat ride, or the Prada
Cause my hand gesture welcomes God in like the Ramada
He preach the Cross even when the legions mock
And we seek what's pleasing God cause He's the boss
Watching what we say like closed caption, believe it doc'
The world's watching us like peeping tom's
When we spit like teething tots
Thousands of heathens drop
And become dumb-founded like when speech is lost
Gospel emcees are rare like an equinox
Non-Christ-centered verses are grieving God
I don't need the props
I was the sheep that's lost
Then I met the good Shepard
His voice leads the flock
In this day and time Satan is taking lives like Ethan Hawk
So cling to God with tunes open, receive the plot
We scream enough truth that you've got to listen
I'm Flame, can't take the heat, get out the kitchen
Christian cats are spittin' Christ with the mic on
We ride through the dark with our high-beam lights on
The whole camp might be social martyrs
We preach with our life and are vocal artists
Jesus, welcome to Christ saints
Can I take your order?
I'll have the bread of Heaven and the living water
We'll stick together, God's sons and daughters
Let us worship together, the God who called us
And we ain't those cats after a platinum million
Lately man its been some problems the scriptures have been under attack and that's crazy
See God's word is the final authority I'm sorry there's no way you can sway can't persuade me
The holy scriptures is the only sufficient certain and infallible rule for the Christian
Nothing can be added at all so you can keep your revelation and religious traditions
The-op-nyoo-stos (theopneustus) its God breathed
2 Timothy 3: 16
Because the scriptures are the only example of God breathed revelation in possession of the church
They form the only infallible rule of faith for and which we base the church
Let's talk about inspiration
God's the author no mistaken man
Let me hear ya say yeah (yeah)
(S-O-L-A SCRIPTURA)
(S-O-L-A SCRIPTURA)
It's the Bible man B-i-b-l-e
People pick pick and choose
What they will and won't use from the holy scriptures
But the Bible is not just a book that you can just look through and see what fits ya
Naw dawg it's tota scriptura
All of scripture
Was told by John Calvin
So if you LDS Jehovah's Witness or if you Roman Catholic
Please don't insert your own authority in place of the scriptures that's backwards
The scriptures are perfect and they are able to guide the people of God into the truth God
1689 Baptist Confession is my point of reference in which I use for ya'll
How I'm talkin' about sola scriptura but I'm using the confession I'm confusin' ya'll nope!
Let me hear ya say yeah (yeah)
(S-O-L-A SCRIPTURA)
(S-O-L-A SCRIPTURA)
The great deception... ception... ception... ception... ception... ception... ception... ception... ception...
See the king and the queen, they were under bosses
Ruling everything, their dominion was exhausted
(Down to every creeping thing) except for God himself
And each other, but they represented God himself
In his image of perfection, joy, bliss, it was paradise
But I can hear the ploy, the hiss (no more being nice)
Of the serpent who slithers in the grass
And calls into question, the giver of the task (are you sure)
I know they brew over me (I'm the beast of the field)
But how can I persuade them (gotta get us out their minds)
Make'em think that they are animals (make'em think I am the king)
Then I can degrade them (then I got'em, I got'em)
This is my plot, but I'll have to use their appetites to twist them in a knot
(Tell'em they can be like God) Then maybe I can win
If I could use Adam's appetite to make him sin
[Chorus:]
I never saw me stumbling, I never thought I'd fall
The day that You created me, I know You gave Your all
You put so much of You in me
I almost lost it all
The great deception... ception... ception... ception
Look at the queen of the universe, walking in the garden
The image bearing empress, conversing with the fallen
(Serpent who was crawling) the evil spirit of Eden
Who tried to redefine the definition of freedom
Ju-ju-ju-ju-ju-ju- just eat the fruit from the tree
You are a goddess, you are deity
You are much more than God has revealed
Go ahead Eve exercise your reveal
Distinguish for yourself, good and evil
But who am I, I'm just a beast of the field
No the fruit is not lethal, just eat see how it makes you feel
And how it makes you think, and how it makes you act
Fact! Your God has been holding back
Scratch that, He is flat out lie
If you eat from the tree you will not surely die
[Chorus:]
I never saw me stumbling, I never thought I'd fall
The day that You created me, I knew You gave Your all
You put so much of You in me
I almost lost it all
The great deception (ception, ception, ception)
From the dawn of history, the mystery of lawlessness
Hijack the cosmic order, interrupted flawlessness
Introduce fallenness and now the servant-king
Who used to rule the land forfeited everything
And now the image bearers, Adam and Eve
Gave up their authority and were forced to leave
The sanctuary of Eden, The world was the kingdom
But Adam brought the curse
Because of his disobedience
Now demonic powers, rule the universe
Satan is the leader, and death is the curse
The Father sent Jesus, to come press reverse
But he had to hit the wilderness first
To overcome temptation, overcome sin
These are the things that are common to man
And that's exactly what he did, after the resurrection
The safest place to be is in Him for protection
For perfection, for correction
To escape the great deception
Overcome temptation
Overcome sin
Overcome temptation
Overcome sin (over-overcome sin)
After the resurrection
The safest place to be is in Him for protection (for protection)
For perfection (for perfection)
For correction (for correction)
(Intro)
I guess we all hurt sometimes
So I find myself takin' it one day at a time ya' know
Cause' ain't nothin' easy about this life here
I must seek my Source, one day at a time y'all
(Verse One)
Nothing in this world will ever be peaches and cream
That's just in everyday living not mentioning spiritual things
I get sick and tired of hard times, It's hard to renew my mind
Hard to put the past behind when ya' feelin' blind
I grew up seeing the same ol' murdas
Same ol' thugs in the same ol' swervas
Sometimes I was afraid to walk through the 'hood
I know we say it but ain't all good I'm keeping it real
My daddy came home he was robbed
Mom on disability and daddy lost his job
So where that leave me at? I go to school wit dirty shoes and wack ball caps
I'm in the hall catchin' all laughs
I'm tryin' to stay focused 'cause this locust is real
Went to kick it but my homie got killed
I'm under all pressure
The Lord blessed a young ghetto child like Flame
I'm still living through the sufferin' and pain
(Chorus - 3X)
Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see you when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart so I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)
(Verse Two)
It kinda makes me laugh cause it's been a long time comin'
Messed up so many times but yet I'm still growin'
See it hurt when my grandmother died
I'm in the hospital room over her bed lookin' her in the eyes
She always said go to church and serve the Lord
And put Him first over everything especially money and cars
She had a major impact on who I am now
Bowin' down worshipin' and sending praises up loud
But yet she's gone and the same bad things are going on
It's hard for lil' Flame to stay strong but yet I hold on
Life is so short we only passing through
Able to catch you a laugh or two
I seen a lady last week gettin' beat down
And thirteen year old girls gettin' freaked down
Now you can tell we in the last days
The world has turned away from God now we livin' in our own ways
Since I have been saved the death angel has passed over
My down was covered by the blood straight from Jehovah
See I'm grateful, for the way of escape from bein' hateful
The dollar doesn't make you, power doesn't make you
I have seen it all nothin' new under the sun
He made a way out so I had to run
I'm tired of poverty, ghetto areas and trife livin'
I'm tryin' to elevate to Christ livin', his righteous life we livin'
Come on
(Chorus - 2X)
Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see you when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart so I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)
(Verse Three)
Who else can fill the void straight from all the love that I lost
Except the One who shed all his blood at the cross
I didn't ask to be born into this world at all
But through God's grace I was created to praise God
But it gets really hard, I was born right into sin
I was headed for hell before my life even began
But since I'm here now through Christ I'll make the best of it
I trust God so I'll let him do the rest
How else could I have peace in this life of crime
How else could I have peace when the battle's in my mind
How else could I have peace with a broken heart
I wish it was the end like Noah's ark
It'll be all over, No more pain no more sufferin'
No more games no more thuggin' no more hustlin'
I praise God for eternal life the Mediator
Who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and we call him Jesus Christ!
(Chorus)
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all) (7X)
I want to love you Jesus, I want to love you love you
I want to know you yeah yeah yeah
Ooh Jesus, I want to know you know you
So will you open my heart so I can love you, More (2X)
Said I wanna be more like you yes
Said I wanna know how you talked and how you walked
Step by step I'll get there
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
Hey beat check bass check microphone check 2
But none of that matters let the spirit come check you
So I play the background I know when to back down
Out here going hammer like Jesus is coming back now
I don't want the glory either why you think I go hard
Tell you like I tell my barber bro I don't want no part
Homie what's in your heart pride off in your pocket
You want all the credit boy what's in your wallet?
Sorry I can't control myself I lost it I ain't bout to lose it
Oops please pardon me for all this Jesus juice that I been spewing
Ruining my good shirt stomping got my foot hurt
Crucified for all my sins ya they call that woodwork
I spit loud as I walking round if you jump but that don't work
Like Elijah call them fire from the sky fireworks
Fire words at these people pray evil would be restrained
Lord we need you so we calling on your name like the Flame
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
Paradise was lost Adam why you wreck it?
Messing round with trees and find out that he was naked
Then sin entered in boy I got a message Jesus
That they all infected and protection's been rejected
So I'm standing on stages off and on on these jets
Flight attendant is tripping just like she bout to flex
But I am not tripping on the way to as show
Gotta tell em bout Jesus cause they need to know
Oh no it really ain't about me bro
I shouldn't ever say that though what you think He saved me for
So that I can get on stage and the crowd get amazed and they pay me dough? Never So this smiles on my face when I step in the place and I say hello? Never
I'm gonna preach this grace I'm a teach this grace then I say let's go
I don't have a heaven and I don't have a hell
I can't put you in either but He surely will
Jesus stepped on the scene showed up on the cross
Showed out when he rose he did both for the lost
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
I am not the one to rock the show (multiple times)
I can't ignore it man
I can't ignore it man
I don't wanna put away
I don't wanna put away
But I don't want to ruin my life
I'm trying to live my own theology but I'm still confronted by my own hypocrisy
I've lost count of all the ways I contradict the things I say in things I pray
And when I recite from my own Bible against my own Christ
Man I love Him to the core but it's still a struggle trying to love Him even more
Yes I wanna finish well never bring shame
And never sprinkle dirt on the son of God's name
I wanna stand firm I wanna end strong
But I be so afraid that I'm gonna end wrong
And provide for my self again and supply for my selfish sin
In spite of the knowledge You are a perfect friend
Lord hold me up I know You hear me praying saying
I don't wanna put away
I don't wanna put away
But I don't want to ruin my life
How is it that if something being loved with the taste scrape crumbs off the plate
Let none go to waste keep eating in it eating in it take a drink eating in it
Bout a week later put none to your face exact same ingredients numb to the taste
Is my tongue in the way am I dark am I fake
Or am I just exhausted appetite lost it is my heart cold or is it just frosted
How long is my crave is is my hunger my thirst is
Having a relapse for idol God worship
I know this is dangerous wrong and deceit but it's looking so sweet like bon-a-petit
I know God is my Father and I am His son
He provides for me I should not jump the gun
Said I know this is dangerous wrong and deceit but it's looking so sweet like bon-a-petit
Voila
Then I have to tell myself He was tempted to provide for Himself too
Dry desert no food forty days forty nights think His appetite
Wasn't like Eve's or the Israelites or like yours or like mine
Then the serpent came right time right lies
But He chose to be father not fed make the same choice resist the devil's bread
I don't wanna put away
Don't wanna put away
I don't want to ruin my life
And some people just flat out never accepted Christ.
That's OK, 'cause through God's grace, he put together something like this for you to hear the Gospel tonight.
Through Christian hip-hop, he rigged it together where you can come out, hear some bangin' beats, hear cats spittin' on top of them, but hear the message of the Cross all throughout the songs and after the show.
Anybody in this room that's sayin', "Look, I've never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ," or "I've heard it and I never really understood that my responsibility was to respond empty-handed 'cause God created me, and to repent is a command" - it's not an option.
It's not one choice among a whole bunch.
It's a command to repent, 'cause God created you.
Jesus Christ made you, he owns you.
The responsibility is for you to surrender, to lift up your hands and say out empty-handed, "I have nothing to offer, my righteousness is that of a filthy rag, I recognize that there's a separation in the relationship 'cause I've offended God, now he has a problem with me, now I recognize that I need to be back in right relationship with the God that made me." If it's anybody in the room that that's the expression of your heart right now ...
you feel God the Holy Spirit tugging at your heart right now like, "Oh, that's me" ...
Uh-Uh-Uh-Uh-Uh Yo Whats Up With You Man O Whats Up Wit You Bruh Yea I Noticed You Readin Ya Bible And Everything Thats Raw Ah Amen Bruh But I Just Wanna Know Have You Ever Heard Of Hermeneutics Hermeneutics? Yea Hemeneutics Naw Whats That Mayne? Well Thats Just Simply Uh The Art And Science Of Biblical Interpretation O Ok Ok And Its Very Beneficial If You Learn How To Do It You Know What Im Sayin'
The first task of the interpreter is called exegesis
(extra Jesus)
Naw I said exegesis man
It's a Latin word don't be scared
Matter of fact I laughed when I first heard it too
Its spelled e-x-e-g-e-s-i-s
Guarantee you learn this process and you'll be blessed
Exegesis is the careful systematic
Study of scripture for the Christian this should be a habit
But to discover the original intended meaning
Of the author to his audience is exegeting
But to do this man you need some tools
So let me recommend a couple of things you should use
Aight cool
First man you need this book
It's called a commentary and it helps you to further look
Into some essential things you need to check
In order for you to properly interpret the text
With this skill this should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy,
The words of God will change your life/
If you keep the text in its context
With this skill
This should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy
The words of God will change your life
If you keep the text in its context
You need some more books I know its gettin' scary
But you need some definitions get a bible dictionary
To go without these tools you can't afford it
That's why you need this book called a concordance
And every time you start to think this is too much to do
I recommend you reflect on 2 Timothy 2
And 15
And you'll see what I mean
Simply because the serpent is lurking to glean
Those who don't read
And those who don't study
To keep a lock on this treasure
From unlocking the pleasure
Cause God's word is lovely
That's why we hold it as precious as pearls
To let our exegetical work reflect to the world
In accuracy
Hoping that you happy to see
The very words God breathe handle accurately
Yeah so many take text out of context
And come up with mess and more nonsense
With this skill this should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy,
The words of God will change your life/
If you keep the text in its context
With this skill
This should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy
The words of God will change your life
If you keep the text in its context
What you don't wanna do is called eisegesis
(I see Jesus)
Naw I said eisegesis man
You a silly dude its Latin too
And that's just the act of when your adding to
Or the process of reading one's own meaning
Into the text and that's just eisegeting
Don't fret I know these words are new
And phrases to
But it's cool to go back to school
Its spell ei-se-gesis
Guarantee you learn this process and God'll be vexed
A text can never mean what it never meant before
To its original reader or author
So if you run into a difficult passage and you know the Bible never contradicts itself
Then turn the pages to a parallel passage and just let the scriptures interpret itself
With this skill this should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy,
The words of God will change your life/
If you keep the text in its context
With this skill
This should keep you from heresy
And keep you from going through theological therapy
The words of God will change your life
It's fallen [x3]
Our world
It's fallen
Look, my generation is clueless
What's all the fuss about
Ignoring Jesus is even ruder than cussing him out
I see no interest at all with true intimacy with Christ
Our apathy is easy to see just like the dots on a dice
We live in a country where worshipping money is all apart of the culture
No worship of God
Just look at they walls
And see who they got on them posters
And see what they got in them holsters
Why cats be holding them choppers?
The Federal Building is filled with killers
That could've been lawyers and doctors
Now if there is a problem even the young boys
Are fenna get those
Bottles of hypnotic
And cop those cigarellos
It's crazy man cause them ladies now are strapped with a ratchet
We born dead and then we all head back to the casket
See it's a wrap for the masses
Cause in Adam something happened
That was traumatic, dramatic, it had to drastic affecting us all
Rejecting our God
Brought death to us all
In choosing to sin
The need to repent
We call it the the fall
See, God is communicating to us through the Holy Bible
And the Bible says that God created the Heavens and the earth
Then it says that He created Adam
The first man
Then from Adam He made Eve
And He gave Adam responsibilities in the garden of Eden
But God told Adam
Not to eat at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
But the Bible says that the serpent
Was the most cunning creature of them all
And he deceived Eve into eating the fruit of the tree
And then Eve gave to Adam
And that's where sin entered into the world
And because of that
God cursed all of creation and humanity
Now everybody finds themselves in a position
Of a desperate need of a Savior, Jesus Christ
That's my time ya'll
Pursue Jesus Christ
One day we'll be like You
There is no one like You
One day we'll be like You
There is no one like You
One day we'll be like You
Lord You're the only one who didn't sin only one who didn't bend
With temptation pressing in first Adam gave in
After that Abraham Noah did Moses did and many men before them
Yes even Israel after You split the Red Sea
After you rescued them from Egyptian tyranny
Many kings and many prophets many priest just couldn't stop it
Man is so sin prone yet can't atone for our own problems
Yet in the wilderness the tempted tried to get You to fall
Three times satan tried but got a word to resist them all
You overthrew the devil's power the demonic put to shame
Jesus is our high priest we've got peace cause he overcame
Yes through Christ alone (2x)
Anyone who's in the Son died to when they hung Him on
Overcame when He overcame resurrected when He rose
New creation new humanity our insanity was overthrown
Our Lord was tempted and tried
See the serpent with angel eyes
He saw the Christ in the wilderness
He salivated with anxious eyes
He came to Him with the same tricks
Turn this stone into bread it's been awhile since You've eaten
Has Your Father left You for dead?
Is this the place the Spirit led You?
And all this time He hasn't fed You
You're the messiah Son of God
Yet somehow He neglects You
He'll protect you
Throw yourself from the pinnacle of the temple
It's simple remember this is biblical
Caught in the lights oh my
You're just so caught in between all your lies and your dreams
You're so blind oh my
You know I'm right but you hide on your stage to the right
You know that I'm calling you can only run away for so long
If you knew it then know it would just stay the road that you're on
I just want you back at home you know it's where you belong
Would you come home it's where you belong
Just come home it's where you belong
Don't be caught in the lights
Little homie had hoop dreams man he loved sports
On the court he was short but he had a lotta heart
Picking up a basketball made him feel like there was hope
If he didn't play ball he probably be selling dope
No father figure in a single parent home
There's so much going on made him feel like he was grown
That he had to go hard in the gym like a champ
And all he thought about was him and his camp
He said fam we go'n make it that's all he had to say? Cause at the end
of the day I'm talking NBA
Contracts it's a fact mom ain't gotta a lot of grip
Know I gotta play hard to get the college scholarship
That's exactly what he did little homie's on the way
But little does he know that he is being led astray
Cause fulfilling your dreams may get you outta the trap
But there is a sin problem that is way bigger than that
The light
You know that I'm calling you can only run away for so long
If you knew it then know it would just stay the road that you're on
I just want you back at home you know it's where you belong
Would you come home it's where you belong
Just come home it's where you belong
Don't be caught in the lights
He say it self therapy and if he didn't rap he would snap
Plus his dream to make a hundred million flat is on his back
And on his shoulders homie's getting older
Accepting the fact that he can't get the time back
So he acts when he ain't in the studio
Hoping that that would lead to a movie bro
Heard em say that he is sick of being broke
But he ain't going to college and he ain't selling coke
So he spend a lot of time with a pen and a pad
Trying to make ends meet cause he's finna be a dad
Wanna get a record deal sell a couple mill
House on the hill fall back and just chill
Now he looking for that one shot homie trying to blow
But little does he know that if that's the way it go
That he could end up way worse than before
Cause you can gain the world and still lose your soul
The lights
Caught in the lights Oh my
You're just so caught in between all your lies and your dreams
You're so blind oh my
You know I'm right but you hide on your stage to the right
The devil took him very high to the highest mountain peak
And he said if you would fall down and worship me
All of the kingdoms of the world and the glory
Would instantly be yours end of the story
Jesus' mission was to rule all the nations
This is exactly why it is a temptation
No more suffering no more pain
Start the Christian cosmos let your kingdom reign
No Nero no Adolf no slavery the cross you can stay off
Bind the broken hearted heal the sick
Establish truth and justice no crucifix
But Jesus resists and goes to the cross
And trusting God's promises He doesn't self exalt
Would shed His own blood in the three He rose again
He wins the God man never sinned
[Verse One]
Racism, rape victims, priest and sodomy
Street people perishing from street theology
Unlearned ministers criticize seminary
While without a vision people perish there's no visionary
First class, second class, third class citizens
First Adam sinned then all became sinner men
Sweet like cinnamon for those who've been redeemed
And sour like lemons for those who have not been redeemed
Guns cocked in politics tell me truth is relative
We live in a time better to receive than to give
Videos are raising kids, lose your life over them rims
Little homies 13 smoking them Virginia Slims
Look at the poverty, taxes are robbin' me
Jesus come father me, Honestly God there's gotta be
Some type of dodging the internet and its pornography
Callin' my Savior, my Lord, who's offering me comradery
[Hook]
When truth hits the block the block should respond like
"Who is Christ?" let's place Him in the Lime Light
Forget later 'cause now dirty the times right
The time is now the time is now
[Verse Two]
Horoscopes, palm readers, psychics, and astrologists
Liken themselves to havin' knowledge yet it's obvious
Post-modernism is taught in these secular colleges
Science and evolution are tryin' to find the solution
Denyin' the crucifixion, denyin' the resurrection
Denyin' the second comin', they'll die in their destitution
Picture blood drip from His pores hematidrosis
Jesus is God even demons know this
The winds and the waves even they obey yo
Death and the grave even they obey yo
Picture Him dressed in a robe dipped in blood
Eyes like blazin' fire and equipped with love
Ridin' a white horse with many crowns on His head
He's comin' back already resurrected from dead
Now as we partake of the Bread, think of the blood He shed
Picture the Passover the wonderful things that He did
[Hook]
[Verse Three]
According to the Scriptures concerning the day of judgement
A hush will reign and every secret made public
A just God will justify and bring justice
Either the gnashing of teeth but Jesus people will love it
And when you study them Scriptures sin and death are the effects of the Fall
And each aspect is affectin' us all
So while God's looking down we look up and we laugh
But humanity's standing under the cup of His wrath
Since we seem to be so in love with reality shows
Then why is no one open to see what reality shows
Plus it's hard for me to even see the faith of atheists
Who believe we evolved from apes, in place of His Sacredness
Plus without Christ we're a guaranteed casualty
'Cause instead of watchin' our life we'd rather watch our calories
I know the truth will irritate like an allergy
I'm just tryin' to open up hopin' to show you reality
Start to cry sora no shita
Ano hi no kimi ni boku wa kasa mo sashi dasezu ni
Damatte miokutta kimi ni
Ano goro boku wa doushite
Motto yasashiku shinakatta no darou
Aenaku naru no nara
So Every Day, Every Night
Koishikute kimi ga
Ima nara nakase wa shinai noni
So Every Day, Every Night
Kurushikute mune ga
Boku dake o mite ite hoshi katta
Tooku hanaretemo As a dream shite kita koto
Itsuka kimi ni hokoritai
Daiji to sora ni kakaru hashigo
Hitosuji no hizashi to yuuki
Kono kanashimi ni osanai boku ni
Tabi tachi tsugete ikou
So Every Way, Every Time
Koishikute kimi ga
Ima demo dakishimetaku naru kedo
So Every Way, Every Time
Mabushikute memorii
Tsuyoku natte kimi ni ai ni iku yo
Ame agari no niji no youni
Kanashimi no sora o itsu no hi ka
Yasashisa de irodore tara...
So Every Day, Every Night
Koishikute kimi ga
Ima nara nakase wa shinai noni
So Every Day, Every Night
Kurushikute mune ga
Staring at the white above
Can't tell if I'm alive or am I dead
Or is it in my head?
Where'd I go wrong?
I'm Staring at the white above
One day I closed my eyes and here I am
A cold, unhappy man
I've come to realize the life I have I hate
The pulse I need is slowly fading
Until I've lost it all
I've been waiting for an inspiration
For a chance I never got to take
Before it's much too late
Where's the boy that used to run?
Could it be he's up and gone away?
He seems so far away
And all the things I could have done
Could it be they've up and gone away?
They seem so far away
'Cause It feels as if the boy in me
Has left and been replaced with a cheap and bitter
Imposter of myself
I must find the one that used to be
Approach him slow, don't be afraid to say
"Can he come out and play?"
Where's the boy that used to run?
Could it be he's up and gone away?
'Cause He seems so far away
And all the things I could have done
Could it be they've up and gone away?
'Cause They seem so far away
Now I'm Staring at the sky above
I've found a chance I'm finally going to take
'Cause I've learned from my mistakes
Where'd I go wrong?
Where's the boy that used to run?
Could it be he's up and gone away?
'Cause He seems so far away
And all the things I could have done
Could it be they've up and gone away?
'Cause They seem so far away
[Verse One]
All I ever wanted was to know the truth
Seeking Jesus at 16 meaning my middle youth
Man I really hungered and had this inner thirst
Absurd the thought of me even missin' a day of church
Man it felt like heaven, especially Bible study
I had my Bible pen and pad sittin' next to my buddies
The Word had us open especially certain verses
Spendin' hours in worship man it just felt so perfect
And then after the service out on the parking lot
Laughin' and rappin' for hours afterwards we talked a lot
Felt like your second family for me felt like my first
We lost our ties when my grandmother died I kept in hurt
Remember certain ministers inspired you to learn
You had anxiety inside and just waitin' your turn
People announce they callin' jumpin' and shoutin'
That dun dunt dun dunt it was so arousin'
[Chorus]
Give us the truth that's what we need
Lying leaders been deceivin' us since we were seeds
Give us the truth that's what we need
Teachers and preachers teach us the things that set us free
Give us the truth that's what we need
Parents teach us bout Jesus before we get older
Give us the truth that's what we need
Sin is spreading and the world is getting colder
[Verse Two]
Then that first year progressed and turned into five
Learning so much and I'm comin' in touch closer with God
Some things were gettin' sticky I mean real sticky
I'm trippin' I'm wonderin' was Jesus even really with me
Man I felt numb meanin' I lost my feelin'
People standin', dancin', liftin' hands while I was chillin'
No longer loved the sermons felt like I wasn't learnin'
The topics taught on weren't touchin' my inner yearnings
And then some behavior seemed like counterfeit revival
I looked for Scriptures that supported this off in the Bible
Yet I couldn't find it I felt blinded
I thought it was a demon in error I tried to bind it
But nothin' happened here comes depression
Maybe when they threw the Holy Spirit that I didn't catch Him
Did I miss my blessin'? Felt unprotected
In the midst of a war scarred without my weapon
[Chorus]
[Verse Three]
Then I left St. Louis on a tour with Cross Movement
And who would have knew it these dudes have also been through it
I shared my brokenness feelings of hopelessness
For so long faked my emotions no one even noticed it
Yet it was obvious God in His providence
Put me with people to guide me and got me outta this
And then my other brother T.R.U.T.H. began to share the same
I almost wept I saw the steps it took to bear the name
Without truth left me in utter confusion
Without truth left me with subtle delusions
Without truth no longer fought to win
Without truth drove me back into sin
The depth of this journey can't be described in words
This is just the tip of the iceberg
But from now until my death this is what I'll do
I'm learning standing and I'll fight for truth
HOOK I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
I'm a be like Zacchae
In that Sycamore tree
I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
Lord I promise (I promise) I promise
Repeat
VERSE Prior to Jesus' life death and re-re-Resurrection/Having any affect on me left me in deception/Because the God of this world Satan blinded my mind/From seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of God/But then a miracle happened/We-we call it conversion/He opened the eyes of my blind heart and led me to worship/Gotta a peek at His beauty as He opened the crack/That captivated my nature and kept me coming back/He gave me taste buds to taste of freedom to love/And to delight in His loving kindness through Jesus' blood/And every since repentance I done been on this chase/To drink from this freedom fountain through His infinite grace/Namely seeking His face/Cause He removed the veil/Knocked me off my high horse and removed the scales/Now I've been exposed to His glorious light/That shines into the darkness in my heart and I'm like...
HOOK I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
I'm a be like Zacchae
In that Sycamore tree
I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
Lord I promise (I promise) I promise
Repeat
VERSE Listen.../Though I'm a Christian my vision sometimes even get blurred/When I'm resisting His visits and not reading His Word/Desperate need to be purged/Easy to lose the wonder/Through these daily distractions banging louder than thunder/When I devalue my Savior and start treasuring trash/And longing for mud patches thinking it's greener grass/Exchanging eternal pleasures for the ones that's going to pass/Looking for ‘em to satisfy but they lie never last/When captivated and activated by my deceitful lust/Is a lack of faith in my Father's grace and I need to place my trust/In everything that my Father is and everything that He supplied/Through the perfect life of His Son/Death and resurrection of Christ/And I know I got to trust Him/All this sin I got to trust Him/World that we in I got to trust Him/How I'm going to live if I just brush Him/Knowing that my heart is mad disgusting/Knowing that the Father had to crush/Yes just so we can be free/Please give me eyes to see
HOOK I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
I'm a be like Zacchae
In that Sycamore tree
I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
Lord I promise (I promise) I promise
Repeat
VERSE Lord/See I'm reminded in my mind in my brother Zacchaeus/Who took some desperate measures just so that He could see Jesus/As joy accompanied the faith that He felt in his soul/That made me question myself, how far am I willing to go?/What am I willing to get rid of so I can get close?/And closer and closer Lord, fill me with Your Holy Ghost/Pour out Your Spirit empower me in increasing measures/To see Your uniqueness instead of these fleet-fleeting pleasures/Give me greater capacities to suffer and to carry/This cross on my back as I walk to my personal Calvary/And climb on the cross oh Lord as I stretch out my arms/Quoting the Psalms as they banging them nails in my palms/Until I die cause I was crucified with my Savior/And resurrected now I can reflect it in my behavior/A new nature to taste and savor Jesus the Christ/Who brought me out of the darkness to His marvelous light
HOOK I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
I'm a be like Zacchae
In that Sycamore tree
I wanna see more of Him
Cause I'm sick of more of me
Lord I promise (I promise) I promise
Can I What can I?
everyday everynight
sweet heart su i ma sen
ki mi ga su be te sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
ji kan nai so rya nai
tsu re nai yo baby
wa kan nai what can I?
everyday everynight
heart beat speedin' up
ma ji na ha na shi sa
Can I What can I?
anytime anywhere
kiss and say good-bye
masaka no feelin' so lonely
kono ko ro ki mi no tai do ga ki ni ka ka ru
ai mo u so da to u wa sa ga na ga re te
ki mi da ke ga to ku be tsu na son zai to
shin ji te ta bo ku ga ba ka mi tai
you've taken my love away
Can I What can I?
everyday everynight
sweet heart su i ma sen
ki mi ga su be te sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
ji kan nai so rya nai
tsu re nai yo baby
wa kan nai what can I?
everyday everynight
heart beat speedin' up
ma ji na ha na shi sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
kiss and say good-bye
masaka no feelin' so lonely
fu ta ri a ru hi wa ji kan mo ai mai de
wa su re ta fu ri shi te na ni wo shi te ru no?
ba re ba re no i i wa ke mo ka wa i ku te ni ku shi me nai
to do no tu ma ri wa I just love you anyway
wa kan nai ta man nai
everyday everynight
a e nai so rya nai
da me da me callin' you
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
ji son shin ko na go na
lookin' for the truest love
Can I What can I?
everyday everynight
sweet heart su i ma sen
ki mi ga su be te sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
ji kan nai so rya nai
tsu re nai yo baby
wa kan nai what can I?
everyday everynight
heart beat speedin' up
ma ji na ha na shi sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
kiss and say good-bye
ma sa ka no feelin' so lonely
Can I What can I?
everyday everynight
sweet heart su i ma sen
ki mi ga su be te sa
ka na u wa ke nai
anytime anywhere
Like Christ
She's always dancin' like every little chance she
gets/ and little man can't wait to get his hands on the whip/
they don't understand life nor the issue of sin/ but they
know the article and the issue that 50 was in/ you should
hear them spit little man is always tryin' to battle rap/ I'm
like follow me to the scriptures see where the battle's at/
but you can't you're watching College Hill/ I guess you
drop your cup and let the knowledge spill/ I'm lookin' for
the convicted to see who's new on the team/ and tired of
doing what they do on the screen/ in other words, tryin' to
see the ones that Jesus drafted/ no matter what round pick
you were still engrafted/ you ain't gotta walk miles for
cheesecake to be down with the squad/ faith through
grace will get you signed with God/ so let Him hear you
say/ "I wanna be like Christ" He'll change the person's life
after hearin' the sinner pray
Look at baby girl is cute as a baby doll/ it's hard to
reach her cause she's tuned into cable now/ she's
watchin' videos starin' at all of the boys/ she's a sinner she
doesn't know about Jesus' joy/ yet she knows about the
clothes and the latest fashion/ she should be on MTV news
with the latest action/ about what's goin' on lately in the
industry/ but she's clueless about Jesus' ministry/ she
doesn't know her and God are still enemies/ separated by
nature now there's enmity/ she's so silly you should see
her dance/ only thing that I'm prayin' is that she sees her
chance/ to meet the One with the world in His hands/ personally as
her Savior and start takin' a stand/ begin to advance and stop
chasin' a man/ I wanna be like Christ is what the Father is
waitin' to hear the young lady sayin'
You can't claim to be a Laker rockin' white and red/
see those are Rockets we headed with the righteous dead/
that's a category mistake like a solo group/ you can't take to
the grave those Manolo boots/ advice to you look to His life and
the blood that He shed/ the sin price cost Him more than an arm
and a leg/ and we ain't preachin' wrap it up/ you wouldn't have to
deliver if you put the package up/ get it? Everybody is lookin' for
somethin' to be like/ but other somethings are nothing unless it be
Christ/ the Bible instructs us we sinners and can't see light/ our
direction is left and sinners can't see right/ I can't wait til we finish
and get to see Christ/ Mike is retired seek the Messiah I wanna
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
Hey beat check bass check microphone check 2
But none of that matters let the spirit come check you
So I play the background I know when to back down
Out here going hammer like Jesus is coming back now
I don't want the glory either why you think I go hard
Tell you like I tell my barber bro I don't want no part
Homie what's in your heart pride off in your pocket
You want all the credit boy what's in your wallet?
Sorry I can't control myself I lost it I ain't bout to lose it
Oops please pardon me for all this Jesus juice that I been spewing
Ruining my good shirt stomping got my foot hurt
Crucified for all my sins ya they call that woodwork
I spit loud as I walking round if you jump but that don't work
Like Elijah call them fire from the sky fireworks
Fire words at these people pray evil would be restrained
Lord we need you so we calling on your name like the Flame
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
Paradise was lost Adam why you wreck it?
Messing round with trees and find out that he was naked
Then sin entered in boy I got a message Jesus
That they all infected and protection's been rejected
So I'm standing on stages off and on on these jets
Flight attendant is tripping just like she bout to flex
But I am not tripping on the way to as show
Gotta tell em bout Jesus cause they need to know
Oh no it really ain't about me bro
I shouldn't ever say that though what you think He saved me for
So that I can get on stage and the crowd get amazed and they pay me dough? Never So this smiles on my face when I step in the place and I say hello? Never
I'm gonna preach this grace I'm a teach this grace then I say let's go
I don't have a heaven and I don't have a hell
I can't put you in either but He surely will
Jesus stepped on the scene showed up on the cross
Showed out when he rose he did both for the lost
You see the lights cameras looking like we bought to go hammer
One thing that's for sure I am not the one to rock the show
They show up they show out [repeats]
I am not the one to rock the show (multiple times)
I can't feel my face
I just got anotha shot a bo-tox in my face
I move at a different pace
Because this is a race
And yes I will get first place,
With no chase
Slice a nigga like a blade
Give a nigga a fade
I don't play
I'm so tiered man, I needsome sleep
But niggas always creep
So I gotta stay on my feet
I gotta stay on beat
I gotta keep people movin 2 the moutha fuckin beat
I question myself, "Yo' Flame why are you tryin'?"
To live without the lion of Judah inside you are dyin'
Not communin' with the God of Mount Zion
Can't you see you're denyin'
The very God they can't break down to a science
I know you're young and you see some things
That you think you are missin'
Man, you trippin', you're missin', nothin' get back on your mission
You followed the flesh, next you would wallow in mess
Don't let thinkin' 'bout sex throw you back
Like a you're Mitchell and Ness
Don't get weary in your well-doin'
You were doin' well until you let your well ruin and run dry
Tryin' to fulfill them selfish ambitions
Making sinful decisions without repentance leaves only contention
Don't forget you're a professin' Christian
Them lyrics you've written
They don't mean nothin' unless they match your livin'
No one ever received elevation
Dibblin' and dabblin' and rappin' with procrastination
How long has it been since we've communicated?
Oh Lord, I'm tired of sin it keeps me humiliated
So much sin in the world we in and I've been regenerated
Oh Lord, I need Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, oh, how long has it been?
I haven't been girded with the full armor
I've deserted your word it turned to nervousness and then full drama
It's better for me to have never known
Than to know the truth and turn back to what is wrong
That's like spewin' from my own stomach
Then turnin' around and eatin' my own vomit
When I've been made clean and I don't mean comet
Lord, break me abase me make me face holiness
Shake me, shape me, make me face loneliness
Redeem me, rescue this vessel press through
So much just to get next to You, it's stressful
It helps to confess my test, it's just to bless You
Disconnected I need to connect to You
Where can I go to escape from your presence
You're omnipresent, You're present in hell and present in Heaven
Plus I'm weary and wounded, my theory's consumed in
Iniquity's union, my history is sick with influence
How long has it been since we've communicated?
Oh Lord, I'm tired of sin it keeps me humiliated
So much sin in the world we in and I've been regenerated
Oh Lord, I need Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, oh, how long has it been?
Lord, let these broken bones rejoice in a song
Givin' you glory until I get home
Never takin' my freedom and overthrow your authority on the throne
Livin' it holy until I get home
Desperate measures will I take from now on
To stay away from what I'm knowin' is wrong
Selfcontrol because my suffering is long
No more will I ignore the fact that it's on
Prayin' until You come back for Your own
I'm fearfully and I'm wonderfully made
Elected and affected by Your irresistible grace
And Lord that means something
Take my heart and then clean something
Make me mature and help me endure, please
Deliver me from the guilt and the filth, find me on my knees
Knelt down about to put my face to the ground
When I start renewin' my mind, it'll lessen the times I have to sing
How long has it been since we've communicated?
Oh Lord, I'm tired of sin it keeps me humiliated
So much sin in the world we in and I've been regenerated
Oh Lord, I need Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, oh, how long has it been?
How long has it been since we've communicated?
Oh Lord, I'm tired of sin it keeps me humiliated
So much sin in the world we in and I've been regenerated
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
It's crazy how God makes us babies and then gives us souls
and then we enter into this world and sin it then takes control, and it molds us through ... block races and mama's hands like that ain't can, that ain't can make us bad.
I remember as a young boy chillin in the projects.
So many crazy things I have seen I couldn't even process.
When you see them dope boys. You just bank them blues is cool.
Selling work and skipping school.
Confused like a b...
Something deep inside of you (is captured by the nonsense)
Club hoppin', pistol poppin', bodies droppin', (violence).
Ever noticed nobody ever taught you how to do wrong.
It's just the way that we are prone. We pick up all on our own.
And I know I ain't alone, cause dirty we're all the same same.
Mamma and daddy. Adam and Eve as they're named.
And even though, you and I may not be from the same city.
I guarantee it's a fact: you have this in common with me.
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
That's what you thought of as a young and doing what they say is tight.
In the schools; kickin' and fight.
In the hood; stealin' bikes.
Then they tell you that it's cool
"Everybody's smokin' weed.
Sleeping 'round like merry-go"
Probably got you growing trees.
Then you get a little older; they say "let's go hit the club"
Now you take a little crack, looking for a stronger drug.
There's somebody coming pregnant. You ain't planned parenthood.
Now you're sitting, thinking should I hit a Planned Parenthood.
Then you dive a little deeper in that culture, in her fist.
"You don't need to read that Bible, cause that God he don't exist."
"Yoy don't need to trust in Jesus, because he was just a man"
"Please don't listen to them christians, they have no clue what they are saying."
Now you say you hate religion, cause you just wanna be free. Say: "Imma do what makes me happy, and whatever pleases me, and whatever pleases me is exactly what Imma do."
I was raptured, I was captured in that state of mind too, but I was:
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
But now I love the Father so much, I love Son so much, the Holy Spirit so much.
That I don't wanna turn away, so when the world tries to clutch, when my sin tries to clutch, when my flesh tries to clutch.
Then I must turn away.
I don't wanna break his heart with my lust and my pride.
I don't wanna break his heart, cause I trust in my God.
And I count it all as loss, just so I can know him.
Paid and died for my sin, so I can't live for them.
And I can't live for you.
And I can't live for me.
See I'm hidden in Christ. Like playing hide and go seek.
I was dead in my sin, but God made me alive.
Together with Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2 verse 5.
I'm seated in heavenly places; by his grace I've been saved.
I refuse to dig a ditch, go and lay back in my grave.
I've been captured by his beauty.
I pursue him super hard.
Not no comfort, power, money, pleasure, not a stupid car.
I'm not:
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
Guilt and doubt foolished you: I was told some nonsense
(I was told some nonsense)
(I was told some nonsense)
(Yeah man. I know how it is brow.
We have been captured by sin.
He did it, oh yes he did it
He did it, oh yes he did it
He did it oh
Then he believe in me
He has forgiven me
Yes your boy was lost
I was outta my mind
Refusing to come to the cross
Although it was crossin' my mind
I'm glad he saved me though
No tellin' where I would be
If I'd be dead or alive
But there is no goodness in me
It is the truth I was dead in my sin
But God had predestined me to be His son
God had elected me to be His son
It's only by faith alone through Christ alone
It was His own sovereign choice
That He would snatch me up out of the grave
Took me up, turned me around, now I am saved
He did it again
He rescued me from sin
He did it again
He saved me now I'm born again
He did it again
He made me apart of his plan
Blinded by misery, then He delivered me, He has forgiven me, I've got the victory
Back in position and ready to go
The enemy thought he had us in the bag
But if you a Christian then let the world know
That they can be free and be cool without that
But not only free, that they can be whole
He up on the tree for saving his self
That they can return and find a purpose
Take a return and finally know
Tell Him what day you are missin' out on
Tell Him His grace is efficient and strong
Love Him all day or you're missing on Him
Tell Him his grace is efficient and strong
Tell Him what day you are missin' out on
Tell Him His grace is efficient and strong
Tell Him what day you are missin' out on
3xTell Him His grace is efficient and strong
He rescued me from sin
He did it again
He saved me now I'm born again
He did it again
He made me apart of his plan
Blinded by misery, then He delivered me, He has forgiven me, I've got the victory
3x You don't know everything I have been through
What can I say but you're faithful)
3x You don't know everything I have been through
2x You don't know you don't know
I was bowed and chained in darkness, the enemy had me, he had me
But you came with the keys and set me free
You didn't have to do it lord but I'm glad you did (I'm glad you did)
You could've past me by and let me dead in my seat
I'm so thankful grateful grateful
Praise your grateful thank you thank you
Hear somebody to save
What can I say but You're faithful
He did it again
He rescued me from sin
He did it again
He saved me now I'm born again
He did it again
He made me apart of his plan
Blinded by misery, then He delivered me, He has forgiven me, I've got the victory
3x You don't know everything I have been through
(2x What can I say but you're faithful)
3x You don't know everything I have been through
Yea... let me talk to you for a min
You know I try to keep my ear to the streets right
You know I hear so many war stories man
I hear about so many times cats have been spared
Cats should've been dead
You'd think that would be enough for cats to turn to Christ
But I guess sometimes you gotta learn the hard way
I done heard too many war stories
Seen too many spared
While God still sustain cats that don't even care
Yea you should've got shot
When dem bullets ricocheted
Yea you shoulda got robbed
But grandmamma went to pray
Yea you shoulda got hit by that truck on the road
Ain't no luck when you stuck
With bullet holes in your clothes (homie bang bang)
Five shots could drop me
I took it and smiled
That's a quote from Tupac
Wow... look at him now
Everyday cats duck, dodge, strays from a range
You think it's simply that them shooters just ain't shooting with aim
Naw, a Teflon vest
Ain't the only thing that's stopping them bullets from eating through your chest
[Chorus:]
How many rappers got shot that's then died?
How many rappers got shot that's alive?
How many shots going bang bang?
Cats trying to gang bang?
How many trying to please God?
God's goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
50 Cent took nine shots look at his face
If you look a lil closer you can see God's grace
Lloyd Banks got shot drove himself to the doc
Young Buck got shot but he's still on the clock
Beanie Siegel got shot thank God he's alive
To add to the list
Fabulous got shot in the thigh
Even Camron took one in each of his arms
Are you alarmed? Is this enough to seek a reform?
Even The Game got shot but he still breathing
That's a real reason for people to seek Jesus
Complete pieces to the puzzle to come
When His goodness leads men to put their trust in the Son... yes
[Chorus]
Listen...
What does it take to make a man turn (repent)?
When God has offered the opposite of everything that man's earned?
You see God holds every breath
Of every lung that's in every chest
Until it's time to be buried next
His goodness should make us throw up our white flags
Considering the fact that our souls have a price tag
That only Christ could pay the whole with His life (Dag!)
Then He rose while we roll in a nice jag
Man, see every smile that you crack
Every dollar that you make dirty God allowed that
All the times that you said, man that should've been me
It could've been me laying six feet deep
All the chances that you had, man you should've been stopped
When them cops stopped you, locked you in the handcuffs
Now you scot-free
And refusing to live Godly
Though you want the benefits of being God's seed
Romans 5: 18-19
*Json is playing a role
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Amen, Amen. As we gather today in memory of Chris Johnson, I ask that you remain standing for the reading of the Word of God.
2 Corinthians Chapter 1 s 3 and 4 begins, "blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all of our affliction. So that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with which the comfort we ourselves, are comforted by God."
Now at this time we have someone from the family who will give words of condolences. Thank God for you young man. Yes, go right ahead
I can't believe that he gone
When he left he took apart of me
Forgive me, It's so hard to speak
See we went from the days of playing hide and seek
To being faced with the day I had to watch him leave
And though memories fade his face is on my arm
So he'll live on after the grave
Ya'll remember him for acting thug
I see highwaters, loafers and a Jackson glove
We were so young
Nothing could get us apart
Not even death
He'll always live in my heart
And Auntie, you know there was nothing that I wouldn't have did for him
I was willing to die for him
Now I want to live for him
With every breath that I'm breathing tonight
If you hear me, I promise your death will lead me to life
It's time for a change start living it right
I'm ready to make a decision for Christ
I want to give Him my life
Thank – You – Lord
I've been running away from you too long
But I'm coming, I hear you calling me, saying come back home
Amen Amen. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ, that even in the midst of such an untimely tragedy, the glory of God is revealed in this young man giving his life to Christ. And right now we have a special request from the family - that a young man share his heart. Receive at this time Marcus Gray
My heart goes out to the family first of all
Ya'll need help? Don't hesitate to call
I'll be right here
If it's just for a prayer to God or just to talk I'm right here even just to wipe tears
But what I wanna say
There's gonna come a day
For each person to die and then to face God
None of us know when it's our time to go
So while we all still alive
Just repent and embrace God
Not these lie's these guys telling all on the block
The same lies in disguise that's got this man shot
It's hard ya'll when we at this type of funeral
Cause usually the eulogy is where we talk nice
And when we leave you sell weed and chop bricks
And turn tricks until something like this, flip on the lights
Guess what I'm saying it's the same old song
He loves you so much so come - back - home
Now according to our text in 2 Corinthians Chapter 1 - we have the promise of God that He is a comforter in not just some, but all of our afflictions. Yes, and those of us who have experienced the abundant comfort through our relationship with Christ, are equip by the grace of God to assist in comforting this family. And, yes, church we want to wrap our arms around them and serve them at this time of bereavement. Not just in word, but indeed also.
Now as I look over all of these young faces in this Sanctuary. There is no doubt you have been touched by the life of this young man and gripped by his death. Yes, we are forced to hold our attention at death today - though in our generation, life, pleasures, pursuits, having big things and living big dreams are more appealing topics of conversation and thought. But today, we face with one undisputed absolute truth of our own mortality. But in 2 Corinthians Chapter 1 9, God gives us two reasons for us to face death and our powerlessness against it. Number 1, that we should not trust in ourselves. And number 2, that we should trust in God who raises the dead.
Thank – You – Lord
I've been running away from you too long
But I'm coming, I hear you calling me, saying come back home
Deuteronomy 8: 3
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Just think- just think about it
Won't you just think about it
Repeat
J-E-S-U-S is more powerful than the whole U-S is
Can't do Him like Judas did
Cause if I did, that would be what foolish is
I don't need all the fancy cars
I don't need to win the Grammy Awards
Lord I need You
Cause when I'm low and need a battery charge
All the Grammy on the wall will offer me will be feeble
I need You like a coat in the winter time
You're always faithful
Sure have been a friend of mine
I love Your table Ooo like it's dinnertime
Grace on the plate I sure have got a sinner's mind
You bring life I presume with dying
Now I follow behind You like a funeral line
Never knew what love was
But a, sending Your Son was a beautiful sign
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Yes, J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-D that's what we need to be
That'll get You in the presence of God
Then Heaven's like VIP only better though, O!
Nothing to compare to
Not even that feeling when you get a new hairdo
He spared you if you're still alive
The perfect opportunity to spill to God
I need You to get the props and praise
And never stop you're the Rock of Ages
I attest to nothing you made was cropped or pasted
Creation jaw dropping amazing we imitate You
We need You just to see our way
Jesus Christ is our V-I-A
Cause we all gotta
Get ready for the bridegroom to come
We're kind of like the fiancée
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Been so good gotta bless my God
Can't keep quiet gotta testify
He's good to my heart like exercise
We must bow, we're in the presence of God
Now, He's flawless
He's perfect
He's awesome
Let's worship
Let's praise the ancient of days
And give our life as an offering and reasonable service
So you can keep the Benzo
We're much more pleased being Jesus' kinfolk
We're much more pleased being free from sins hold
We finally see what we need within most
I can't hold back
I gotta run this
Nothing healthy in the hood like Sun Chips
The Son dripped blood from a cross
While thugs spill blood in the street
We all need Him
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Just think about it...
(Verse One)
Little kids in the hood ain't got no money or no clothes
They look at videos and see a Bentley or a Rolls
Cats rock so much ice even got the children froze
Glued to the tube with the screen touchin' they nose
See a throw back jersey, them new shoes and they want those
They see how you dance they in the mirror strikin' a pose
Little girls see how women dance and start takin' off clothes
About 5 years old and this is all that she knows
This is all that he knows because that's all that he sees
A new rap artist is 'bout all that he wanna be
Then you get cats like me that come to him talkin' bout Jesus
They so brain washed they look at me and be like please
You try to convince them Jesus would want to see them saved
But they rather ball, rather hit the mall and get paid
About 16 now and homie is ready to drive
He is ready for sex but he ain't ready for God
Check him out
(Hook)
Videos, T.V. is the city of dreams
And everything on the screen ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you don't know the truth from lies
That's why we bringin' you the truth of God
(Verse Two)
Call it all fun and games and sometimes it is
But other times got they mind in a quiz
Little homie skippin' classes
Checked his ash tray for ashes
Plus he threw away his glasses
Now he think he need a chain and some Timberland boots
If she don't look like the girls on the video she ain't cute
Now he think he need a gun and he stay in the suburbs
Play any rap song and he know all the words
All of the dances, all of the shakes
Ain't never seen a scale and he's talkin' bout movin' weight
Now he let his pants sag and he's tryin' to get high
Ain't never had a fight talkin' about "thug til I die"
Ain't never felt held the heat, ain't never felt the heat
Now he's tryin' to go to jail so he can say he from the streets
Now this is what he sees and they call it entertainment
Mentally he's in chains some of the blame goes to the videos
(Hook)
(Verse Three)
Videos don't show how it is gettin' beat
Or feelin' so dumb in school that you feel you gotta cheat
Videos don't show mamma jugglin' money
Nor do they hear you when you say mamma I'm hungry
All they do is tease you with a Benz that's so plush
But mom ain't got no ends her and her friends on the bus
All they do is show you all cats on a yacht
While daddy's in the streets after 3 smokin' rocks
They don't show you baby mammas baby daddies bout to bang
They sell you this world that exists outside of pain
All them cars lookin' good all them cribs lookin' good
But unfortunately that ain't how it is in the hood
Real things goin' down, real guns bustin' rounds
Real tears bein' shed, real cats and the feds
Real people that need Jesus to save them from they sins
To show them discipline then to die and rise again
(Speaking)
Yeah
I got a couple of questions for you real quick
I want you to think on these questions, man
If you were dyin' of thirst
And I offered you some water to drink
How hard would you think
Before you fought to grab my glass (you wouldn't think)
But if I told you your sin stinks
But said you could still drink
My water if you turn from your past (then you'll think)
And look to the present and
Look to the Father through Jesus Christ
Would you still want a sip of my water (ask yourself)
Or would you die dehydrate
Because of your mind state
Don't wanna just leave your sins on the altar
Listen
I found that cats do wanna be saved
But we wanna be saved from our consequences (that's what we want, man)
Cause we play in our sin
Cause we stay in our sin
So I pray how can I convince this (what can I say, Lord?)
Generation of men
Generation of women
That we sinners in need of a transplant
In the heart I mean
Cause it's dark Hakeem
Naw I mean would you please understand that
We preach Christ
In His fullness, dawg
In His fury and endless love
Seek Him now you can know Him as Savior
Seek Him later you'll know Him as Judge
We preach Christ
In His fullness, dawg
In His fury and endless love
Seek Him now you can know Him as Savior
Seek Him later you'll know Him as Judge
If you were starvin' to death
And I came to your house with a meal
How long would you chill
Before you fought to grab my food (not long)
But if I told you your sin stinks
But said you could still eat
My meat if you turn to His truths (question)
Or would you starve and die
Would you crawl and cry
Cause you really love cars and shoes (think about that, man)
Or would you kill your pride
And then spill to God
"my sin nature's got me singin' the blues"
Listen
I know young dudes who hate to live
I know girls who know where their rapists live (now that's pressure)
And they hate this life and won't take to Christ
So they keep tryin' to escape with pills
This is real that's why I preach with passion
Cause my cousins Nick, Dennis, and Galisha is askin' (what they askin' man?)
"Am I weak if I don't run the streets and look neat in my sneaks and expensive fashion?"
We preach Christ
In His fullness, dawg
In His fury and endless love
Seek Him now you can know Him as Savior
Seek Him later you'll know Him as Judge
If you were born in sin
And the Father sent His beloved Son
Would you surrender to Him
Or would you stay on the run (we're born sinners)
Or would you stick with your block
Listenin' to the rock
Speak slop just to chief with your duns
Listen
Your whole life is like a walkin' abortion
You ain't even had a chance to live (you ain't even had a chance to live )
I got fam man This'l and J-son
If not me listen to my mans and nem (if not me listen to my mans and nem)
We certified teachin' people
Who ain't scared of God call us evangelists (call us evangelists, man)
Until we die preachin' that Jesus is God
Please listen to our stanzas kid yo
We preach Christ
In His fullness, dawg
In His fury and endless love
Seek Him now you can know Him as Savior
I can hear your questions homie is that book reliable?
Yes it is the testaments are very verifiable
What do you believe in? What do you abide by?
Maybe it's a mixture of different stuff tie-dye
You boys are all syncretists sinking in your own thoughts
The book that I hold to cohesive and never off
Say my book carrying lies but it's quite the contrary
66 holy scripts it's more like a library
Written by about forty authors in three different languages
English is not one of them Greek and Hebrew surely is
Inspired and inerrant woah what does that mean?
It's from God and without err in absolutely everything
Ya it addresses class in session boy I hope you learn something
Hear them lies from other guys boy I hope you turn from em
Why does it matter though? If the Bible's false or true
Matter of fact for your answer that let me caution you
Don't play with epistemology homie we need absolutes
If there's no such thing as truth then he can do what he want to do
She can do what she want to do and can't nobody say nothing
If a killer pull them choppers out and feel like spraying something
Ain't nobody say it's wrong and we all know that's a lie
Somebody outside of us has to speak and rectify
That's just what God did in the Christian holy book
Why don't you crack it open sit down take a look
God has communicated with us man
The Bible is the most thoroughly documented work of all antiquity
If we can't trust in the Bible we can't trust nothing
Let's go
Why they give my book a hard time? Especially the new testament?
Bi-textural barriers that's utterly irrelevant
To the proper understanding and translation of the text
Yes with more manuscripts there are more variants
But the more the merrier homie this is not a threat
This is strong evidence we posses the original text
Having these manuscripts different areas different times
Yet they all testify to the same text just blows my mind
God is so
Ain't no words to explain
How He preserve His word through desert plains and heavy rains
But they trying to tell us that the Bible's been corrected
I say they are misinformed and they might as well cut it
See flame is bout to get deep and I ain't talking scuba gear
I'm talking real scholarly bought to bring some proof in here
P 75 codex vaticanus
These are two manuscripts from scriptures in the canon
And when I say canon I ain't talking bout he
But the collection of books that will function as the rule
Back to p 75 it's from the second century
The other's from the fourth sorry bout the history
150 years these copies are separated
But it's so fascinating how they are so closely related
There is no team either controlling the transmission
Psalm 107: 2, Galatians 3: 10
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Jesus did it - I been I been I been redeemed
Jesus did it - Every time I think about it I get amped
I'm bout to snap
Man this feeling's medicinal
This redemption's got me flipping
I can feel it in my physical
It's like adrenaline venom
It's got me feeling so missional
Blood dripping while they whip Him, can you picture my visual?
Yet it scriptural the commission to come and be giving to Roman's Centurions to cure me and you from my sinfulness
This is nothing but the provisions for forgiveness He's given to sinners like us
Cause His grace is just so irresistible (YES!)
When I think about that I'm saved
When I'm thinking back to that day
When I see 'em spit in His face
When I see Him get in that grave
When I think about the 3 days
When I think about that He raised
When I think how death had got played
I just want to give Him the praise
See all I know Jehovah carries sins weight on His shoulders
He holds the controllers and regenerated some soldiers
The Holy Ghost played His role and see now we get it
Romans 116 ain't afraid to admit it
Jesus did it - I been I been I been redeemed
Jesus did it - Every time I think about it I get amped
Already listen up a minute
Hold up give me just a minute
I'm tripping off redemption from the risen and His Blood that did it
I was sinning bro I must admit it
Evil I would come and get it
It was all I knew until He drew me to the Son and switched it
I'm accepted protected God is my refuge
I ain't in danger the Savior came to my rescue
He's been erasing the habits that's known to wreck dudes
So my flesh I gotta check like a chess move
He purchased me gave birth to me
He paid the price for worthless me
Was hurt man would flirt with flames
He flipped that like a circus man
I'm so amazed His holy ways He bought me now I know and praise
The one who overflows with grace
Jehovah bro I'm blown away
Yea, what a relief it is
His wrath is satisfied
And through belief in this
I'm bought by Adonai
And when I think on this
That since the master died
I'm redeeming and His
I just break down inside
Jesus did it - I been I been I been redeemed
Jesus did it - Every time I think about it I get amped
Already bro it's hard to grasp
Couldn't have been a harder task
To give us life the Risen Christ
He made a way that all could have
Salvation from His father's wrath
He bought us now we offer back
The lives He bought we die to thoughts and actions if they not for Dad
We saved from the old lives
We changed from them old guys
We switched from them chicks that used to flirt in they low rise
And all because the Father's love was demonstrated to all of us
We've been freed from our deeds we was bought with Blood
From the Abrahamic Covenant back to Noah's Flood
Back to Genesis 1, back before the world was
Before the serpent was even lurking in Eden's grass
Before Eve and Adam ate in eternity past
There was a covenant made between the Father and Son
And Holy Spirit this was even before Genesis 1
Within the Godhead they all had a plan to redeem
So receive the redemption, be apart of the team
Jesus did it
I been I been I been redeemed
Jesus did it
Chorus:
He got power man/You ain't never seen it like this
He got power man/His words make the world exist
He got power man/He can turn your situation ‘round
I've seen Him do it/do it/do it/do it/do it
Verse 1:
I've seen the Lord do a lot of things in my day
Time after time/He blows my mind and He blows my faith
I like to read/And see what He's done in the past
He can do in the present/If His people would ask
I've seen Him shut a whole strip down
Full of strip clubs/Now the dude's a Christian now
Wow/Now that's power like you've never seen
How He dug in the man/And made his soul clean
Oh/I've even seen Him heal a broken home
Couple couldn't get along/Now you be like/Get a room
Man/I'm so impressed with His slate
I want to trust Him more and more/And strengthen my faith
Yes/I hope you know it's true/All power's in God's hands
What can't you make it through/The proof is the Godman
Nobody took His life/But Jesus He laid it down
And three days later/Yes, He popped outta the ground
Chorus:
He got power man/You ain't never seen it like this
He got power man/His words make the world exist
He got power man/He can turn your situation ‘round
I've seen Him do it/do it/do it/do it/do it
Verse 2:
Now for the record/We're talking about Almighty God
Please don't forget/What He did with Moses' rod
Please don't forget/When He split the Red Sea
What is a light bill/Or a deadly disease
What is a marriage problem/Or one that's on the rocks
To the One who speaks to storms/And storms stop
To the One who got Lazarus outta the grave/Not after one, but two, three, four days
He is the Life/And the Resurrection
You give Him your filth/And get His perfection
I'm trying to get you to see/If He can save a soul
Defeat Satan and sin/All else is micro
And if He chooses to not grant a request
It's not because He lacks power/But He's seeking our best
It's not because He lacks strength/But He's seeking our good
Now go and walk through that trial/Like Jesus would
Chorus:
He got power man/You ain't never seen it like this
He got power man/His words make the world exist
He got power man/He can turn your situation ‘round
I've seen Him do it/do it/do it/do it/do it
Verse 3:
I know some people in my hood/That's been struggling with some things
They've been addicted for so long/They don't think that they can change
Then I tell them about Jesus/And how He can set them free
But they choose to stay away/Man now that's just unbelief
But He's worthy to be trusted/He's a keeper of His word
But it's either you don't believe in Jesus/Or that's just scared
Now what your scared of/You shouldn't be scared of your sin
And not trusting in His name/That's the danger you're in
But you ain't gotta stay that way/You can pray and confess
Live a/Life of repentance/Receive Jesus' best
Himself/His love/His grace/His power
Give you strength in the darkest hour/So you won't be devoured
Give you strength against temptation/Because He's stronger than sin
He's much stronger/Than your corruption/Erupting within
He's much strong/Than your addiction to sex or a drug
To alcohol/Or a club
Homie/That's what He does
Chorus:
He got power man/You ain't never seen it like this
He got power man/His words make the world exist
He got power man/He can turn your situation ‘round
Yeah... Uh
I just want to talk to you for a minute man
See I want you to know what God has done in my life
And I want you to know that he can do the same thing for you
Talk to Him
The Lord has spared me from a lot of different things man
Listen
Remember it like it was yesterday, had to get up out my school
Cause them dudes they ran up and they lookin' for me with them (?)
The principal didn't even trip, security didn't trip
So I had to secure my safety makin' me have to dip
So I hit that highway takin' 70 to 55
Heading off to South County now
From the hood that's a long drive
Now I'm at this new school ready to study and drink
Hopin' somebody would trip, ready to bloody a fist
But that's just orientation, so I'm gonna slow my roll
Plus I see this girl I like and hopin' I get to know
So we hit the whip again, now we head back to the hood
But I got this feeling we ain't chilling it, ain't nothing good
Then I see this truck on our side like it's 'bout to pass
But I look up and guess what? We about to crash
Next we collide, 'bout to die, I can't even yell,
Only thing I'm thinking is I'm about to go to heaven
Jesus snatched me out death, see it was 1999
I ain't livin for myself I'm realizing I ain't mine
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
(Repeat)
Me and my white kicks hit the road,
Hop to the whip to get to Saint Lou
We didn't know what was 'bout to unfold
What up? Tell it, everything cool
So we ridin' down the highway, right
What's the time of the day? Night
Everything is ok, right
Plus we make time to pray, nice
Then we get to the STL
Drop my wife off to get some z's
Pop the kickin' with Json and Stefan and (?)
We decide to walk through the store
It's four of us so we know we cool
Then we seein' this car passin' us by stoppin' it made a U (ahhh)
Json like, man who's this trip?
Man you trippin' let's just proceed
All the way back from the store we smell the smoke of the potent weed
But ain't nobody out until we hear that voice tell us "stay there"
(?) 5's, 9's, get on the ground
Now we see them barrels wavin', life flash before our eyes
If his finger slip all 4 of us is moving on
All I'm thinking is Lord if this is how the story goes
I'll be fine 'cause in '99 Jesus saved my soul
Jesus snatched me out death, see it was 1999
I ain't livin for myself I'm realizing I ain't mine
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
(Repeat)
Everything I did then I was tripping off of people
I was living for my friends but my heart was really evil
I was worshiping my money, I was worshiping my shoes,
Wasn't thinking about my soul, worshiping girls in the school
I was living for myself like I was stuck in a rut
And I couldn't get up like I was cut in the gut
I was bleeding from my side and I didn't wanna fix the wound
You see I thought I was alive, I was chilling with my crew
I was holding on to sin like it was my baby daughter
Baby boy, I was deceived, it was leading me to the slaughter
Wasn't thinking about Jesus, wasn't thinking about the curse,
Wasn't thinkin' bout the fall, wasn't thinking about this verse
I was thinkin' bout nothing but myself in those days
What it took Jesus Christ to get Himself out the grave
And 2000 years later He got me out the grave
Now I'm rapping on this mic to see you out the grave
Jesus snatched me out death, see it was 1999
I ain't livin for myself I'm realizing I ain't mine
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
Jesus snatched me out death, see it was 1999
I ain't livin for myself I'm realizing I ain't mine
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
Tryin to set you free man. I wanna see you as a free man.
You feeling me?
If you on the run, stop running man.
[Hook:]
Trap money good but the wrath only pilin'...
(I don't think they hear me...)
[Verse 1: Thi'sl]
He say he paid the cost to be the boss
He want that new bent, top off
He say he burn the block, hot sauce
He say the world is his but look at what it cost
See his daddy was a dope boy
Uncle was a dope boy
Brother was a dope boy
Sister was a dope girl
Cousin was a dope boy
Only thing that he knew was dope boy
Now everybody that I named in jail or dead
It's like the devil putting that money on they head
See the trap money good
But the wrath is pillin'
You and god got beef
You don't want them problems
Cause why we getting fast that money good
But believe me it won't help you when they put you in that wood
[Hook:]
Trap money good but the wrath only pilin'...
(I don't think they hear me...)
[Verse 2: Young Noah]
Back in the day I had a lot of pay
But then I got saved
Took a pay cut by the way I'm still blessed
Money can solve some problems but if you on the wrong side
Of when he crack that sky it's gonna be grotesque
It's gonna be a hot mess
Surrounded by dead flesh eternally hopeless
You better listen to the sound of the Holy Ghost
Stumping bumping jumping up in your chest
That money won't last it'll pass like gas
It'll fade like grass fast
Whiplash in your face like car crash
If you keep on living in darkness
Homeboy I know you ain't heartless
Rick Ross done fed you that garbage
This is not a diss
This is just a word for the dope boy
Trapping and rapping dealing with life challenges
All I'm trying to tell them is
They can be better than they can be better men
Lawyers doctors high school letter men
Why are you settling for the same thing locked up your partner them
Why would you follow them, why would you model them
They ain't did nothing but fail
Jesus Christ I pray you follow him
[Hook:]
Trap money good but the wrath only pilin'...
(I don't think they hear me...)
[Verse 3: Flame]
I see you in these streets out here trying to get it
You never sleep trying to triple your diggets
I know your model is money over everything
Mr. Ice cream man moving hurricane
You got that trap money, got you feeling hood rich
Got you feeling good with
Racks on racks and hood chicks
But after that you could get
Caught up with some fed time
Or god forbid they hit the kid with rad-di-tat tat bed time
Or worst than that you keep trapping
Oscar winner keep acting
Like you don't hear the lord calling
One day he's gon' wreak havoc
Ask the real Rick Ross
All that money can get lost
God's gon' ask how you respond to his son on a bloody cross
[Hook:]
Trap money good but the wrath only pilin'...
Man my heart is heavy
I feel a lot of pain
It's been awhile now
Since ya'll have heard from Flame
But God has been rocking your boy
But at the same time
I see Satan's plot to destroy
And I know I ain't the only one
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son
And Satan tried to knock Him too
But when they knocked the nails in His hands Colossians 2
And 15
And yet I still see a common theme
That's plaguing adults
And it's plaguing the teens
When Jesus died
He did more than just give us some help
So help me understand
Why we still living for self
We live for our families
For our money and cause
We live for our happiness
For our pleasure is lord
But ain't we seen yet
That that just doesn't work
Living for self
Can only lead to dozens of hurts
squeezing my heart
Like a stethoscope
We're taking steps towards death
But looking for hope
Because we were captured by sin
We were seized
And now we need to be captured again
That's why we need to pick them Scriptures up
Start praying and fasting
And ask the Father to forgive us of
Forgive us of laziness
Forgive us Lord of our pride
Forgive us of worldliness
Forgive us
Cleanse us up inside
Cleanse us Lord from telling lies
Cleanse us from our selfishness
Cleanse us from our fear of man
We need more help in this
We confess our lack of love
We confess selfish ambition
We confess to You our lust
Oh Lord bring us to repentance
See we were captured by sin
We were seized
Now we need to be captured again
And captured again
And captured again
And captured again
They ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
Let em go – they ain't ready man, I don't think they ready
STOP! Ya'll ain't really ready
Go buck with the angels
Buck with the angels
Repeat
STOP!
You're new to the faith and truly that's great
Cause that's enough to make the angels in Heaven celebrate
And now a party over one shorty that truly escape
The Wrath of Father cause Abba has now given them grace
There is joy in the Heaven's when a sinner repents
Way over 99 who's already convinced
So when you see us and you thinking we ain't got no sense
It's definitely due to the fact that we've been given a gift
See we're ignited like a volcano blast
And we're having the same party that the angels are having
In the Heavens all in the presence of the anchor we have
Now that's peace no longer beef
No longer angering Dad/So when you see us get buck with our hands in the sky
And you see us go dumb without us getting' high
It's cause the Father sent the Son and now where running to die cause we never STOP!
Yup! Here we go again!
Go buck with the angels
Buck with the angels
Repeat
STOP!
Forget the popular topic of club hopping
Forget the topic of bottle the bubb popping
We keep it rocking for God cause we love doctrine
We keep it hopping ain't stopping like subs knocking
We spaz out when they're truly convinced
Of the truth that our Jesus has forgiven they sins
How He takes us and shapes and makes sharp as a crease
How He's got us under arrest like they called the police (Listen)
We're real excited and acknowledge you came
Into the knowledge of our Savior who is reigning as King
And now He's changing things inside of you and making it plain
That you were stained one of the one's who was making it rain
But now you're free as a bird and you're ready to fly
Counted the cost and recognizing that it is high
Carry your cross knowing that you're ready to die
So count 1...2...3...4
Go buck with the angels
Buck with the angels
Repeat
STOP!
This the type of feeling that I can't explain
All I really know is that I'm glad He came
Lived a perfect life then He died for FLAME
And everyone else putting trust in His name
Since the beginning men have been in the bind
Scripture renders us ignorant and considers us blind
So when the Unregenerate is giving His eyes
There's a party before God for the naughtiest guys
So when we stand to our feet and we're pounding the earth
Stomping the ground it's going down in the church
Cause He rose from the grave and left death in the dirt
And when He ascended He sent the Holy Spirit to work
When we see genuine repentance then we go berserk
It's real sweet like dessert
Him removing the curse
How He digs in the heart starts ruling the turf
He'll never STOP!
Go buck with the angels
Buck with the angels
Repeat
STOP! Ya'll ain't really ready
(Intro)
I guess we all hurt sometimes
So I find myself takin' it one day at a time ya' know
Cause' ain't nothin' easy about this life here
I must seek my Source, one day at a time y'all
(Verse One)
Nothing in this world will ever be peaches and cream
That's just in everyday living not mentioning spiritual things
I get sick and tired of hard times, It's hard to renew my mind
Hard to put the past behind when ya' feelin' blind
I grew up seeing the same ol' murdas
Same ol' thugs in the same ol' swervas
Sometimes I was afraid to walk through the 'hood
I know we say it but ain't all good I'm keeping it real
My daddy came home he was robbed
Mom on disability and daddy lost his job
So where that leave me at? I go to school wit dirty shoes and wack ball caps
I'm in the hall catchin' all laughs
I'm tryin' to stay focused 'cause this locust is real
Went to kick it but my homie got killed
I'm under all pressure
The Lord blessed a young ghetto child like Flame
I'm still living through the sufferin' and pain
(Chorus - 3X)
Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see you when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart so I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)
(Verse Two)
It kinda makes me laugh cause it's been a long time comin'
Messed up so many times but yet I'm still growin'
See it hurt when my grandmother died
I'm in the hospital room over her bed lookin' her in the eyes
She always said go to church and serve the Lord
And put Him first over everything especially money and cars
She had a major impact on who I am now
Bowin' down worshipin' and sending praises up loud
But yet she's gone and the same bad things are going on
It's hard for lil' Flame to stay strong but yet I hold on
Life is so short we only passing through
Able to catch you a laugh or two
I seen a lady last week gettin' beat down
And thirteen year old girls gettin' freaked down
Now you can tell we in the last days
The world has turned away from God now we livin' in our own ways
Since I have been saved the death angel has passed over
My down was covered by the blood straight from Jehovah
See I'm grateful, for the way of escape from bein' hateful
The dollar doesn't make you, power doesn't make you
I have seen it all nothin' new under the sun
He made a way out so I had to run
I'm tired of poverty, ghetto areas and trife livin'
I'm tryin' to elevate to Christ livin', his righteous life we livin'
Come on
(Chorus - 2X)
Lord I know that you already love me
And you want me to walk by my faith
But it's hard for me to see you when there's no good around
So I need you to open my heart so I can love you more
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all)
(Verse Three)
Who else can fill the void straight from all the love that I lost
Except the One who shed all his blood at the cross
I didn't ask to be born into this world at all
But through God's grace I was created to praise God
But it gets really hard, I was born right into sin
I was headed for hell before my life even began
But since I'm here now through Christ I'll make the best of it
I trust God so I'll let him do the rest
How else could I have peace in this life of crime
How else could I have peace when the battle's in my mind
How else could I have peace with a broken heart
I wish it was the end like Noah's ark
It'll be all over, No more pain no more sufferin'
No more games no more thuggin' no more hustlin'
I praise God for eternal life the Mediator
Who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and we call him Jesus Christ!
(Chorus)
(While I'm livin' I'm a give you my all) (7X)
I want to love you Jesus, I want to love you love you
I want to know you yeah yeah yeah
Ooh Jesus, I want to know you know you
So will you open my heart so I can love you, More (2X)
Said I wanna be more like you yes
Said I wanna know how you talked and how you walked
Step by step I'll get there
HOOK Who can pluck us out His hands?
Not even a professional plucker
Who plucks for life to pluck the unpluckable
Rooted and grounded
Doctrinally sound when
Checking my options
It's obviously that God wins
Repeat
VERSE See what I'm about to mention some consider secondary/But never weary guarantee it's very necessary/When Jesus hit the wood and shed His blood on the tree/He did something good He was atoning for me/And all believers we see Peter would call the elect/And even Jesus said that His sheep could never be snatched/Out of His hands nor the Father cause He's greater than/All and they're one like a married woman and man/So listen up (listen up) I'm bout to make it plain/So you can hear me clearly and sincerely what I'm saying/Through Jesus sacrifice the Father was satisfied (run it back)/Through Jesus sacrifice the Father was satisfied (one more time)/Through Jesus sacrifice the Father was satisfied/Now He gives assurance to all those for whom He died/Now you wonder why would I say something like that/I'll be right back, I'll be – I'll be right back
HOOK Who can pluck us out His hands?
Not even a professional plucker
Who plucks for life to pluck the unpluckable
Rooted and grounded
Doctrinally sound when
Checking my options
It's obviously that God wins
Repeat
VERSE I'm trying to tell you something you probably have never heard/And if you have you probably perceive them as dirty words/Words like election and predestination/Can get you stoned and thrown out of a congregation/But there in the bible we gotta talk – talk about it (run it back)/But there in the bible we gotta talk – talk about it (one more time)/But there in the bible we gotta talk – talk about it/We can still love each other and share our thoughts about it/When Jesus died He drank the full cup of God's Wrath/When He was crucified it was on our behalf/For all those the Father chose in eternity past/To be redeemed that simply means to be bought back/So when Christ expired the debt and the price was paid/For particular people on that night to be saved/Now you wonder why would I say something like that?/I'll be right back, I'll be – I'll be right back
HOOK Who can pluck us out His hands?
Not even a professional plucker
Who plucks for life to pluck the unpluckable
Rooted and grounded
Doctrinally sound when
Checking my options
It's obviously that God wins
Repeat
Spoken Do you enjoy fellowship with God?
Are you sensitive to sin?
Do you obey God's Word?
Do you reject the evil world?
Do you eagerly await Christ's return?
Do you see a decrease pattern of sin in your life?
Do you love other Christians?
Do you experience answered prayer?
Do you discern between truth and error?
Do you have the witness of the spirit?
Are you rejected or persecuted for your Faith?
Just a lil taste for your salvation man
Read the whole book of 1 John
Jesus Christ – Holla!
VERSE Some people are truly tricked cause Satan's got ‘em convinced/That they are saved when everyday they straddle the fence/But yet that's nonsense for them I'm truly afraid/But those who mature can be assured that they're truly saved/The Son who preexisted/Took on human flesh/Fulfilled the Father's Commission/Lived a perfect life/Took the wrath of God/Spoke to the Father and said that it was finished/I'm done!
HOOK Who can pluck us out His hands?
Not even a professional plucker
Who plucks for life to pluck the unpluckable
Rooted and grounded
Doctrinally sound when
Checking my options
It's obviously that God wins
(Chorus- X2)
Dawg the truth a travel
When we spit get a grip like boots and gravel
We bout to take it to the streets and scream from the roof tops
From the hood, to the burbs, to the booth, to the boondocks
(Verse One - Flame and Thi'sl)
Flame: A yo
The I, I see our generation is fallen
Sick like Mardi Gras and we don't live in New Orleans
Real like '95 when bloods and crips was bangin'
When my homie said "Flame forget school I'm slangin'"
Thi'sl: They skip school they bangin
Roc choppin' and slangin', posted up they hangin'
Till he hit wit a banga
Flame: Now he's covered in blood but not the blood of Christ
His ice is bloody and not even his diamonds shine
Thi'sl: His soul is lifted, the sad part he wasn't gifted
With the gift of life through Christ we're given
Flame: STOP! Better yet go straight to the cross
The cross of Christ who came just to quicken the lost listen
Thi'sl: The word says He's the judge of the quick and the dead
The healing hands that restores us we sick in the head
Flame: Bless the one that bled, when our hearts were hard
He called us forth, and visit our spiritual grave yard Father
(Chorus- X2)
Dawg the truth a travel
When we spit get a grip like boots and gravel
We bout to take it to the streets and scream from the roof tops
From the hood, to the burbs, to the booth, to the boondocks
(Verse Two - Flame)
We're the Christians that witness out on the front line
And if we losin' our breath its not from runnin' from one time
It's from grindin' shinin' and spitin' bars of truth
Exhaustin' our whole heart to school yards of youth
Feel like I'm fastin' cuz dirty I ain't ate in a while
We been preachin' while heathens are fakin' a smile
They not happy knowin' your daddy is locked up
He snorted so much coke his nose is stopped up
Ya mommy got knocked up, ya homie got chopped up
Yet he still poppin' them rocs and you throwin' ya block up
We spit Jesus dirty for more reasons than one
Cuz time is leakin' even more of a reason to run
Call me Flame cuz my temperature's 209
I feel the fire preachin' Jesus before we run outta time
It's one Christ one hope one life for real
And since we all gotta die hope I die in the field
(Chorus- X2)
Dawg the truth a travel
When we spit get a grip like boots and gravel
We bout to take it to the streets and scream from the roof tops
From the hood, to the burbs, to the booth, to the boondocks
(Verse Three - Thi'sl)
No doubt fam where I stand with the team
I'm a runnin' back the head coach Christ the King
John 1 shows us how Christ esteems
We champions now through Him despite the ring
Like Aragon He comin' back like "Return of the King"
Like Sam I'm walkin' with Flame to carry the ring
Opposin' squad hate to come through and bury your dreams
But like John man my eyes have seen some scarier things
But we take it to the streets because they need the truth
Break bread and fellowship and go and feed the truth
Drop seeds and intercede that they heed the truth
Edify and strengthen them so they don't leave the truth
Flame fam I'd bleed for you- but that goes without sayin'
Cause I know Christ He breathes through you
No doubt what we came to do, what we about to do
Hit the roof tops and shout the truth
(Chorus- X2)
Dawg the truth a travel
When we spit get a grip like boots and gravel
We bout to take it to the streets and scream from the roof tops
Why don't you understand My pain and all the pressure
Pounding in my brain? Life is a stranger when you're back
on your own again Sometimes my world is a hell And I'm
Donna ashita demo all right! all right!
warai tobashite yukimashou
madamada kimi no chikara shinjite you can fight!
Harikiri sugite yokei ni karamawari
kazamuki kaete ippo fumidasou
wari ni awanai iya na koto zenbu
nomikondara mata tsugi ni ikimashou
Jinsei subete [TAIMINGU]
fumihazushitemo suteki deshou
Donna ashita demo all right! all right!
warai tobashite yukimashou
saiaku na joukyou demo all right! all right!
madamada kimi no chikara shinjite you can fight!
Ugokidasanakya nanimo hajimaranai
kangaekondemo nanimo kawaranai
[HEKO]ndetatte kanarazu
ashita to iu hi wa yatte kuru
Ichido kiri no jinsei all right! all right!
kyou mo moriagatte yukimashou
korondemo ii n'janai? all right! all right!
nakidashite souna kokoro kedobashi you can fight!
Guruguru mawaru [RUURETTO]
[MAINASU] na unmei mo uketomete
Donna ashita demo all right! all right!
warai tobashite yukimashou
kokoro no mannaka ni all right! all right!
ookiku "yume" to iu ji egakimashou
ichido kiri no jinsei all right! all right!
kyou mo moriagatte yukimashou
koronde mo ii n'janai? all right! all right!
Man you think you cool you accomplished a lot
Even put a man on the moon astronaut
Even put the rocket up can't know how you pulled that off
Master your faith captain of your soul knock it off
Ya you gave us Shakespeare Mark Twain and the Odyssey
Socrates philosophy the Iliad was hopping
Even built the great wall of China and the Golden Gate Bridge see
Even took your first flight wright brothers 1903
Taj Mahal Petronas Towers Pyramids see Eiffel Tower
World wide cuisine anything to deli anna
Enchiladas Sushi Chicken Masala
Simply put man we blessed
Hope you read me homie printing press
One day blasting off apollo 11
Feelin' like a million, I don't even need them dollars
Lookin' brand new, I ain't even been shoppin'
The price of what I got no couldn't fit up in your pocket
Takin' off the old self, Christ what we rockin'
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
See, a lotta girls want change so they go to the salon
Lotta dudes want change so they go to the Qur'an
But I can see the end ‘cause I've been where you begun
Where you're so in love with fun sippin' Don Perrion
But you can't see the Son, talkin' S-O-N
‘Cause you're blind to the Son of Man, dyin' in your sin
You might simply deny because of Bentleys you ride
But you're empty inside like they just broken
That's why you spend a lot of money tryna shop until you drop
If you're out there lookin' hot, that'll make up for what you not
But you can't compare your clothes to Jesus' wardrobe
Talkin' righteousness robes, man your outfit is snot
But Jesus bled homie, I hope you feel this
Real nails got banged in that holy wrist
Real hammers got banged in the spike meal
By his stripes we are healed, tell ‘em how I feel
Feelin' like a million, I don't even need them dollars
Lookin' brand new, I ain't even been shoppin'
The price of what I got no couldn't fit up in your pocket
Takin' off the old self, Christ what we rockin'
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
I am not my own, lil homie, I been further convinced of that
My life should make music to God, where is my instrument?
Oh yeah, I guess I'm usin' it right now
My life is loud, they say I need to pipe down
I used to think that I was runnin' the show
Jesus traced my steps back like runnin' in snow
It looks familiar like ya done it befo'
A hundred percent, fo' sho, maybe a hundred and four
I know, we all think that we are God on the throne
‘Cause we got some new kicks and they ain't got ‘em at home
Or ‘cause you got a new chick that you got in the zone
Or ‘cause you got a new whip, got you ridin' on chrome
Or I'll tell you what it is, I'll tell you what it really mean
That God's wrath's on your head like the guillotine
You're flyin' high like the bird from the Philly team
You need to get tight with Christ like them skinny jeans
Feelin' like a million, I don't even need them dollars
Lookin' brand new, I ain't even been shoppin'
The price of what I got no couldn't fit up in your pocket
Takin' off the old self, Christ what we rockin'
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
See it's this little thing called faith that God places in our hands
Then we take it and embrace it, then it makes us a new man
Matter fact, a new creation ‘cause the old has passed away
Now the new has been embraced and now we take the narrow way
If you hidin' from the Christ, do this for the first time
But if you're already God's do it time after time
And then time after time and then time and time again
Be puttin' on righteousness and puttin' off your sin
Let the thief no longer steal but rather get a job
Share with anyone in need as you're workin' unto God
Let the liar tell the truth, let the gossip all cease
We are members of one another so incorrupt speech
We do not wanna grieve the Holy Spirit of our God
Who has sealed us till the day of redemption, now listen ya'll
Grace for the task is what we've been given
Goin' hard after God, that's how you live when you're forgiven
Feelin' like a million, I don't even need them dollars
Lookin' brand new, I ain't even been shoppin'
The price of what I got no couldn't fit up in your pocket
Takin' off the old self, Christ what we rockin'
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
This is what it was, this is what it do
Takin' off the old, puttin' on the new
Hey flame.*
What's up wit it homie
A wise man once told me,
Uh huh
That you're only as strong as your team.
Man'
Oh my Lord,
That's my dawg,
Over they bleedin'
He'd been shot,
Leave my dirty
While he down,
Forsake my dawg,
I think not.
Before I do that I'd rather lay down die here with my dirty first,
That's somethin' I learned in the hood
I dint even learn that day in church.
See my homie,
Take a slug,
Lay his life down for his block
Tired of seein' his homies die
So he stood and took they spot
And he would say (he would say)
'How we treat each other,
I'm appalled,
We sit back and straight applaud,
Laughin' at each other fall.
And say it's beef,
This not beef,
I sweat beef and lost my dawgs.
Man I'm feelin' just like Paul,
Glad ain't baptized none a ya'll
We supposed to be one body,
One body with different members,
Remember 'fore you appoint the members,
Dirty, we have all sinners,
They supposed to know we hate it,
Why love one another,
How you s'posed to love your God when you can't even love your brother?
We pray for strength that we endure,
Believe me we ain't turnin' back
But if my dirties trip and fall,
That means I have to double back
One man down, (one down)
(We got) Two men down, (two down)
We got three men down,
We got four men down
That's my dawg! (Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em)
[2x:]
Man it breaks my heart,
When I see anotha brotha fall,
When I see anotha sista fall,
I think about the apostle Paul
Said, 'If anyone is talkinâ' sin,
Spiritual men should go restore,
In the Spirit of gentleness,
Not kick a man while he on the floor.
Keepin' watch,
On yourself,
Lest you too be tempted dawg.
Burry one another's burdens,
And fulfillin' Jesus' Law.'
That's the word in Galatians 6,
We are in this relationship,
Wit each otha,
Sis and brotha,
Listen fam,
We've been equipped. (Man)
All of us are sinners, Ah,
None of us deserve grace,
But praise God,
For the slain Lamb,
Crucified in our place.
Brutalized in our place.
So I must go repair
If my brotha ridin' on a flat,
Let me be da spare!
One man down, (one down)
(We got) Two men down, (two down)
We got three men down,
We got four men down
That's my dawg! (Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em)
[2x:]
Lookin' at this world we in,
Lookin' at all the sin that's in it,
What a miracle God has done for all the people that have repented,
What a shame if one rejoices when he seein' his brotha slip,
Rather than, reach out a hand, you stick a foot out so he trip.
Man that's wrong,
Don't you ever get convicted when you feel them feelings?
Rather than be a source in Satan's hands,
Be a source of healin'
Matter fact, Matthew 18,
Verse 15 then on down,
Maps it out, how to deal with sin, in such a way to make God smile.
Keep on prayin',
Askin' that the Spirit of God does a work,
And if he brings repentance then we don't have to mention it to da church
And if he listens, praise God, the Bible says that we gained our brotha,
They'll know we're His disciples,
By our love for one another!
One man down, (one down)
(We got) Two men down, (two down)
We got three men down,
We got four men down
That's my dawg! (Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em now, [that's my dawg though],
Double back and get 'em)
[Chorus:]
We apologize for doing people wrong
And we apologize but praying through a song
That His love will still be seen
And you can run to Jesus
Please forgive us for the things that you've seen
That took away from the beauty of the King
Guess what were saying is man he can fail u
But God He never will
Just perhaps through this rap song many come to see
One's who wouldn't even bother excepting our apology
Christianity's past ain't been perfect
Not always pleasant
Perhaps in the church
Some being hurt even in the present
I can honestly say with a sad face
And full of shame
Some horrible things have been done in Jesus' name
Those who claimed in the past
Some have even shed blood
Others simply felt judge
Others they never felt the love
That believers explained that Jesus freely came to give
Cause we made 'em feel dead when we said that they would live
Even seeing the sin professing Christians fell in
Like adultery, lies, money launder and sipping gin
Backstabbing, rape, racism the list goes on
But at the end of the day
All we can say is that it's wrong
And I know that a song can't take away all of the pain and the hurt
That you experienced when you first came to the church
BUT!
[Chorus]
Please allow me to say some give the Faith a bad name
And they counter with Christ consequently should bring change
Jesus said it like this
You can tell a tree by its fruit
If I plant an apple seed and a seed takes root
And it dies in the ground
Then apples are produced
I ain't trying to be deep
I'm just trying to speak the truth
So perhaps in your case you encounter one of the fakes
Who didn't display none of the fruit of Jesus' grace
And it shattered your world and everything was destroyed
You left Christianity
And was spiritually unemployed
You were working for the Lord
Your experience killed your joy
So now you ignore
Any mentioning of the Lord
I assure you there were many who are real
Who resemble the King and sympathize with what you feel
Who will walk with you life on life to God heals
That's if you're sincere
I guarantee that He will
He will for real
[Chorus]
My last request
Don't take your pain out on Christ
Yea people'll fail you
But never in His life
Has He ever broke a promise
I promise He never will
These are not my words but the ones in His will
Have you looked at his life and seen the way we treated people?
He stood for what's right
Was just plus He judged evil
He healed the sick, the lame, plus He fed the poor
The perfect person
What person could ever ask for more?
But greater than these things
He came to die for sin
The spiritually dead state that sin through us in
But because He's the God man He's able to forgive
People like us and enable us to live
The most unique person to ever exist in human history
Has taken the time to reveal to us this mystery
That we too can be apart of this plan
Cause He loves us
Just put your heart in His hands
You can
(Verse One)
As I rightly divide, between truth and lies
I can present with proof how He knew these guys
Were goin' to cry on Him, spit on Him and gonna lie on Him
Third day from layin' away was gonna rise on them
Took His righteousness purged my sin
Blood drippin' from the cross as He urges men
Some servin' Him, puttin' position to come and bird with Him
I mean to fly, most definitely want to fly
If I draw nigh to Him He'll draw nigh to me
I see God through Him that d-e-a-t-h settin' me
Straight from all angles, givin' charge to all angels the star spangled
Banner doesn't have anything on Hosanna
Cause the manner, in which He does things for His offspring
As awesome as it seems, it's right and good
Cause I'm flossin' the King tonight in 'hoods
(Chorus)
Brothers in the front we don't stunt cause we livin' righteous
Homies on my left ain't no death cause we livin' righteous
Shorties in the back we don't slack cause we livin' righteous
Righteous livin' righteous livin'
Homies on my right we alright cause we livin' righteous
Brothers in the front we don't stunt cause we livin' righteous
Shorties on my left ain't no death cause we livin' righteous
Righteous livin' righteous livin'
(Verse Two)
First I was unclean, it was so dark I was unseen
Now my light beams, runnin' to Christ or it might seem
That I might cling, to the righteousness of the King
Or I might fiend, for the dream of the bigger things
Cause the earth is His, castin' in my cares cause my hurt is His
Writin' my songs and my verse is His
The body of Christ or the church is His
I search the Scriptures of God to see what my purpose is
To give Him glory now I recognize, I testified
Then I blessed the God that rectified
My wickedness when I was petrified, edified
The body of Christ for them kingdom lies
Or kingdom livin' all of us Christians are forgiven for that awful livin'
To the beginners don't assemble yourself with the sinners
All of us and Jesus are winners, now I look right
Cause of the blood now I look white
I'm goin' higher in Christ so now I book flight
(Chorus)
(Verse Three)
All of a sudden His righteousness is like a lifestyle
Callin' my brothers come outta strugglin' to Christ now
All of you cluckers put down the drugs and throw the pipe down
Get rid of the sinful livin' and come into life now
Take a look at the bigger picture and see mistakes made
Be a witness for Christians and see Christ has the way made
Way paved, the daybreak bru I stay saved
My wave praise, we set free from them slave days
Fightin' with givin', when you can be ignited and get righteous livin'
And right with God I take a look back into history
I'm seein' the death no longer a mystery
Seein' Him resurrect, my righteousness is that of a filthy rag
My righteousness is that of a filthy rag
My righteousness is that of a filthy rag
I confess I was guilty Dad
INTRO
Give us the truth... part 2 (part 2, part 2, part2)
Give us the truth
For every email, for every phone call
For everybody that came up to me at a show, Here's part 2...listen yo
VERSE 1
After the platinum show the two I did with cross movement
I said my goodbyes 'cause I had to fly back to St. Louis
I left there to early for my first semester in school
I was exposed to so much truth that I had to choose
between what I had learned and what I was taught to do
at my church on my zone I was so confused
the first sunday morning back it was a culture shock
watching the sheppard and sheep explode like a soda pop
they're heads was shaking, they shaking over these chintzy sermons
people spitting and shouting but nobody's discerning
I left the building
my feeling were crushed I felt forsakin'
the one place I was supposed to come for restoration.
and worship of a Holy God and exalt Him in praises
spent the whole prayer time rubuking the satan
spent the whole sermon time just talking 'bout money
while I was dieing inside and spiritually hungry.
CHORUS
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we're gon' properly teach
If we gon' seek and we gon' properly reach.
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we gon' carry our cross
and if we gon' affectively disciple tha law.
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we gon' walk up in holiness and boldness and meek and lowliness.
Give us the truth
That's what we need in this race we running
proper lessons as we wait for his second coming (for real)
Give us the truth
VERSE 2
I left tha crib
moved into the dorms
so depressed that I ventured in porn (it was a crazy thing)
I felt the disconnect from Jesus' arms
so I ceased to write these rhythms in palms to disobey the King
I told my teachers that I was living in sin
and my bible I'll never read it again and threw it in the closet
and anything that had to do with God
Marcus T. he was going the opposite into lifestyle
I called phanatic and turn to the cell
ad said for ministry I would go to jail 'cause I was in no position
to minister to anybody at all
cause I wasnt sure if I was a christian at that moment dog
I was skipping classes
hanging with the masses
and my days were black and grey like cigareete ashes
all I know is that I wanted to die
but suicide met me into God
then I felt Him shook me.
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 3
But it was obvious
God in his providence
put me with people to guide me and got me outta this
during the chapel service
a cat named Paul Wausher
preached the gospel and drove me up to the Lord's alter
and I confessed my sin
and he presed reset again
I started ova and felt like a solider for Jehovah
I called my old pastor and apologized for how I behaved
as of that day we agreed to go our seperate ways.
I met this girl named beth who told me about a church home
first I visit, became a member, and then it was on
then the pastor gave me a stack of books
now Im back with raps and hooks
took a summer and spent three hundred dollars on tapes and books and learned from these biblical scholars
now Im back and Im walking in light
living my life
Glorifying Jesus Christ
I grew up in St. Louis
Dirty 314
It was nothing
I was accustomed to see one go
In that high rise building on that 14th floor
With them broke elevators
Man that thing ran slow
Mom and Pops at the crib told me bless my plate
That government cheese for dinner we on Section 8
Plus it's hard Mom sick Daddy come home late
In them streets past 3 trying to chase that weight
Moms due in and out of the hospital
I'm listening to shots riddle
All this while I's little
I'm thinking back, I'm thinking back this is weak and wack
Like objects they stick us all in these projects, yes
More or less think this the way it is
That God made us and God placed me in brown skin
Around sin
My grade school ain't get government aid
A young ages feel like that we got government played but...
[Chorus:]
He placed me right here
(Do you think about your place on the map)
(Some born in the suburbs, some in the trap)
He placed you right there
(Consider your race, your city and state)
(Your third world or US of A)
He placed me right here
(Consider your race)
(By God's design, you were placed in time and space)
He placed you right there
(Before the day of your birth)
(God decided where He wanted you to stay on this earth)
He placed me right here
God established the boundaries of your habitat
Ain't no accident if you were born listening to rap
Ain't no accident if God made you white or black (nope)
In America, South Africa or Iraq
Ain't no coincidence if you were born with riches
Or in poverty obviously God has his intentions
See He made all nations and He know they situation
Ain't no accident you were packed in this generation
And your situation should get you chasing His plan
To get you groping and seeking just to see what He saying
See God ain't far away
And He ain't hard to find
But the Father's the farthest person away from our mind
And when you want to complain
Think a couple of things
Why you in my head
And what is it that Jesus is saying
Then read the Bible and God'll guide you right into change
The time is now, now
Just turn around and lift up your hands
[Chorus]
See some of ya'll might be wondering
Why am I where I am? Good question.
Why am I this race?
Why am I this age?
But see God put you right where He saw fit
At the time He wanted to
At the year He saw was best for you
See He put you in the right situations
That you might feel your way towards Him
To find Him
Though He is not far from each one of us
(feat. Diamone)
Young Chante Andrea Jones
Never met her father and momma's never home
Plus she's 15 and she lies about her age
She always on the phone or her myspace page
She likes to socialize cause it makes her feel loved
Mom doesn't have time for something simple as a hug
Drugs got her mom strung out
All on the streets
Suicide attempts as tears drip down her cheeks
This is deep
She's so young, with so much pain
There's so many things Chante wishes she could change
So what she does is spends hours of the day
Meeting new friends in her own little place
Yesterday she counted and had 300 friends
Most of them young, but yet some were older men
But it's okay, Chante says that it's safe
Her own little place to get away
Her myspace
[Chorus: 1]
Just wanna know that I am loved and that I am really beautiful
Everything around me tells me to be more than me
I just want to get away
Just wanna know that where I stand someone will accept me for who I am
Just understand maybe I can find a place
Where it's okay
Chante's profile is not marked private
Just by her pics you can see why the guys click
Yea, she's cute and she's not trying to hide it
It's best for me to not even try to describe it
Plus she's young, but you can't tell by how she's dressed
The messages she gets seems to express
Or at least suggest that he's interested in meeting
So she accepts, thinks he's cute, now she's cheesin'
Every click she mistakes it for love
Her daddy is gone plus she's too young for the clubs
Her about me section seems to suggest
That's she's sexual or open to sex
As time progress they make plans for a date
Chante lied to this guy 'bout her age
But it's okay
Chante says that it's safe
Her own little place to get away
Her myspace
[Chorus1]
Young Chante Andrea Jones
Never met her father and momma's always gone
Feeling all along invited him to her home
She's feeling it's wrong
But she figures her feelings wrong
All arrows point to the fact that it's love
Is what she thinks before she offers him a hug
A couple of chats man this cat's still a stranger
But young Chante can't foresee the danger
But she didn't know she was messing with an adult
She messaged a cat wanted for sexual assault
A sexual predator who preys on the young in age
Like Chante who was fearfully and wonderfully made
She ain't know Jesus Christ gives forgiveness and grace
Searching for love only ended up getting raped
Her life was shattered
If only she'd played it safe
And found love in His amazing grace
AHHH!
[Chorus 2:]
Just wanted you to know that I love you and that you're really beautiful
Everything around you doesn't change me my loves the key
I'll wipe your tears away
Just wanted you to know that where you stand you can accept me for who I am
Just understand know that I can be a place where
It's okay
He loves you, yes
He loves you, yes
Jesus He loves you
And it's okay
He loves you, yes
He loves you, yes
And it's okay
(Verse One)
This is a pop pill culture we willin' to try it
Anything from implantin' plastic to the Atkin's diet
We gone flap 'til we die like a fish from water
She's lost in her sin that's why you missin' your daughter
This ain't VH1 but here's a fabulous life
With them spikes in the whip picture them stabbin' the Christ
In a very vivid way I can imagine, the night
That's why I'm sparkin' the flames in the dark to flashin' the light
I must admit there are some ones that wanna be changed
But they're the ones callin' MTV so they can be made
But we're the ones callin' Jesus so they can be saved
Saved from what? Sins penalty, the wrath and the grave
We're so afraid to rep Christ we're so embarrassed
Jesus is God and He took many lashes
With a legion of angels could have beat the masses
So the least I can do is speak the truth in these glasses
(Chorus- X2)
News flash homie dawg I'm droppin' the dime
News flash homie I'm speakin' Jesus' mind
News flash homie I must mention the crime
I bring the bad news and the good news all at the same time
(Verse Two)
You can tell the size of a ship by the waves it leaves
Now who's name has been made into a figure of speech
Now who's death started over the beginning of time
A.C. actually in the beginning was God
And when it's all said and died in the ending is God
Since we sinners we need repentance we're defensive to God
Listen here's a sample but I'm not just blaze
We just blaze for Christ not just on stage
Walk with us Jesus but not Kanye's
The One that laid in the grave and raised in three days
Listen the term Christian dawg you might not like
But it's the definition that's in it and it is Christ like
So there it is we'd rather hear the cherubim's wings flap
Then some of these raps being rapped
Just like your rims still spin even after your car stops
Then where will you spend eternity after your heart stops
(Chorus- X2)
News flash homie dawg I'm droppin' the dime
News flash homie I'm speakin' Jesus' mind
News flash homie I must mention the crime
I bring the bad news and the good news all at the same time
(Verse Three)
These are God's words consider me doin' the ad libs
Tryin' to get behind your stomach just to see where your abs is
In other words tryin' to see who your dad is
It's the inner darkness in your heart like Knight like Gladys
Are you posted on them blocks like them St. Louis cabs is
Are you starin' at them rappers and you wishin' you had his
Cribs, and money and women and fashion
Did you see that Source cover and read it with sadness
Those same rappers that were drawn like magnets
To chasin' that stuff the same color as grass is
Might have to make that jailhouse they casket
And some will get out and continue to live backwards
But you want it cause it's so attractive
And ignore the One keepin' tabs on your track list
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
I would ask for grace from Jesus' passion
(Chorus- X2)
News flash homie dawg I'm droppin' the dime
News flash homie I'm speakin' Jesus' mind
News flash homie I must mention the crime
(Verse One)
I found something to be true when I
Made up my mind, to do what I had to do for God
Most of my, peeps started acting shice
When I mention the Christ, and when I mention even changing my life
I come around they like gone dawg
Check out my new song and they all like gone dawg
I look em' straight in the eyes and say your wrong dawg
So I let it be known if that's what you want then I'm gone dawg
I'll pray for ya, but that's exactly what I expect from that
Disrespect and neglect is what reflects from that
See these cats didn't know God
He helped me to leave what's weak so they can see, and that's fa sho bru
Come on bru, I met the one who never change
Forever remain, always remaining the same
So I take the pain that's gone make a mayne
And I stay in the thang, as I praise his name
(Chorus)
Its true God, none other faithful like you, Hallelujah
Can't do me the way you do, knew it was true God
None other faithful like you hallelujah
It's true God, hallelujah
It's true God, true God
(Verse Two)
Thug cats you can just leave your piece behind
Cuz on this side it ain't nothing but peace of mind
Why bust like blaw, when you can be with us and get a rush like wow
I think you better rush and get touched right now
Cuz you ain't got to fuss you just hush right now
Until you learn enough to get rough like us
And tough like us
And learn enough word where you can right bust like us
Said He would never leave never forsake
My only guarantee that was never fake
In fa sho in the faith, and now I trust and I wait
And take his word, to be my guideline so I can face this world
I must brag and boast taste and see that He's good fa sho
Grace and peace in the hood fa sho
So why fight with time, when you can be ignited and get right with God
And tight with God
(Chorus)
(Verse Three)
I exalt your name above all of the earth
You're so majestic blessed with personal worth
That comes from You, when I'm hurt I run to You
My refuge is in You, cause I'm a fool for You
You kept me in the time of the storm
kept me when I wept as if I slept in Your arms
So now Lord I wanna be close and intimate commune with You
Perfectly in tune with You, like no otha
We can be closer than spiritual brothers
Closer than marriage, closer than lovers
No one can touch us, as I bow down
Take off my boots on holy grounds
finna clown now, feelin' a praise down inside
Cause it's personal
Givin' us back everything that Adam's sin stole
Thinkin' of that just bless my soul
I let patience work its perfect work
My medication is to see a nation delivered from hurt
And that's for real peeps
(feat. Da T.R.U.T.H.)
[Verse One]
Back then if I was a Jew the life that I led would not be common
I would be in prayer shawls anticipatin' His comin'
Between 1 and 30 A.D. I'd be under the Romans
Thankin' Yaweh that I'm not a slave, Gentile, or woman
Now don't get it twisted a woman had to be honored
If you came from out of her womb you had to obey your momma
For the fact that she was a woman wasn't the problem
It's because she was forbidden to publicly read the Talmud
Plus only allowed to be either in the balcony-
Or on the floor divided to avoid problems
And forbade to pray out loud, when it came to religious life
For women it was grey outside, till Christ came in the picture
Switched up some customs
Now these same women are providin' Jesus with substance
Leavin' Jewish men grieved, they ain't agree
Cause out of these women's means they ministered to their needs
[Verse Two]
Look at Jesus maneuva in spite of the culture
Taken ladies and shapin' em makin' em soldiers
Peep this type of behavior was taboo
Jesus seen with Joanna (Luke 8: 13) would make Him a bad Jew
But Jesus called some of the grimiest women
Like prostitutes even some of the slimiest women
In hot pursuit, women are weak is not the truth
And just to prove this point ladies I got the proof
Wouldn't be a Timothy without Timothy's moms
Eunice speakin' to Tim in them spiritual psalms
The way women were treated then these are similar times
But yet the men of God recognize ya strength
Who were the first witnesses of the empty tomb
Who birth Jesus being a virgin Holy Spirit consumed
Who stood for God way back in them Exodus times
And wouldn't even let em kill they son (Exodus 1: 16)
[Chorus]
Jesus did walk with women in a special way
This was odd for men in the first century
Look at God callin' women to the ministry
Jesus did walk with the ladies
[Verse Three]
Da TRUTH: Just think about this
You're real fit in Abercrombie and Fitch
And when you in the mall you thinkin' about how to catch fish
Imagine you in Von Dutch on a date
No lust in the place, dude got a crush cause how you hustle your faith
You ain't tryin' be tuck at the waist
Cause you spend more time in the presence of God than adjustin' your face
Listen let me cut to chase
And encourage the beauty of holiness you should just want to be chased
Flame: Ladies we know it's real and it gets hard sometimes
Especially with the pressure of being flawless now
You can't do enough crunches to be the perfect woman
God ain't lookin' for perfect size but a worshippin' woman
Ok you gain weight maybe had an abortion
Made a mistake had a divorce and
It still ain't over Jesus forgives this is the gospel
[Verse One]
From these times now and back down to Biblical days
Counterfeit Jesus' have raised in the ages
Searched the pages of the Biblion the Holy Bible not the holy quran
No, Jesus warns us what would come after
Matthew the 24th chapter
"For many will come in my name sayin' 'I am the Christ'"
But they're really actors
Woe unto those who chose and teaches
A non-Biblical Jehovah Jesus
Woe, they might use the name but read in anotha' meanin'
We must put a stop to the doctrine of demons
I must run this it might get hostile
We don't want the Christ of Oneness Pentecostals
We want the incarnate Christ of the apostles
The pre-existent Son, the One of the gospel
[Hook]
We want the Real One, I teach the GodMan homie
Represented through Christians is the real Jesus
We want the Real One, I preach the GodMan whoodi
Represent the authentic and real Jesus
We want the Real One, I teach the GodMan son
Represented through Christians is the real Jesus
We want the Real One, I preach the GodMan dirty
Represent the authentic and real Jesus
[Verse Two]
You're bound to drown in a broken ship
If your hope is in the Jesus of Joseph Smith
Woe, that doctrine will have your life stormin'
Come to the knowledge of Christ not to the one of the Mormons
Jesus is not Lucifer's spiritual brother
And the heavenly Father did not have sex with his mother
Mary, scary I seen them two dudes in my hood
Tellin' me God was a man at first and progressed to His Godhood
No, eternal is the Godhead
The Father has always been God that's what the 90th Psalm says
Keep your eyes on Jehovah's witness
Who mistranslates 1: 1 of John in the Holy Scriptures
They say more to get your mind tangled
They deny Jesus is God but the incarnate Michael the archangel
If no angel was called the Son in Hebrews 1
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
Yes, the Lord reigns robed in majesty
The mountains melt like wax
Before the Lord cause He's Holy and it has to be
Nothing but pure reverence
By His wisdom and understanding He stretched out the heavens
Who can endure His presence?
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
We praise Him with all that we've got
Even the seas roar
Let the trees of the forest sing for joy as the rivers clap before the Lord
In case you've ever wondered
Why was it all done?
What is it for?
My Lord the stars moon and sun
Even the skies testify to your greatness
Revelation 4: 11 praise for all your creation
It's all for your glory
Through your infinite power
Your intricate skill is seen through a blossoming flower
But yet Father you were pleased to bruise your own Son
So that sinners could come and be redeemed
Amen
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
We spend a lifetime looking for satisfaction in wrong places
But a blind man embraces whatever catch his fall
But if he's spiritually blind and can't see that he's falling
Then quite naturally this cat a keep bumping into walls
But if a man who was also God offered him sight
Said he could save him from his behavior and sorry plight
And give him eyes to see the beauty of God the creator
Would he take Him by faith and stop putting up a fight?
Would he fall to the ground with his face to the pavement?
Just to worship the man who was God making His payment
For the sin he was born in that made him blind
And the debt he accumulated for loving lying
And bringing peace between the one in which he has beef
And sins against every week when he's hugging the streets
And bring him close by the power of the Holy Ghost
The same God who crushed His son 2000 years ago
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
Listen...
Every step Jesus took on the way to Golgotha
Echoed throughout the universe - for you Father
For the glory of God is of infinite worth
And his death'll justify many and bring new birth
And every blow to His hands every thrust to his side
Every heave on the cross is for the glory of God
And now the murderer the prostitute and even the thug
And average person can now be cleansed by blood?
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
When you were on that cross
When you were on that cross
I can't believe you died for me
Oh Lord you gave me eyes to see
When I was lost
You showed me which way to go
Oh Lord you even saved my soul
(Verse One)
Everything that ya'll did we done done before
And the measure ya'll did it in we done done in more
Cats didn't just start livin' grimy
Death didn't just start tryin' to find me
Vest didn't just start gettin' slimy
Been in the streets and we know it's real
Been in environments where cats done got killed
Over some drug money, see now it's time to change the men-tal
Brothas is sellin' they soul over bout ten thou
It's goin' down, we scream Jesus who is the soul saver
One who experience pain death resurrect as the price payer
We need you now cause you're the way out
Left death and then stayed out
Look over life as the layout
The big picture, for so long afraid to accept what we need
One who would come down except He would bleed
Inject His seed in us, so many issues have been left untouched
So when Jesus left He left it to us
And I'm ready to bust
(Hook)
We need a way out
Take a look and examine the streets
The famine in streets
Young cats just be handlin' heat
Don't speak another word on how it's hard
Unless you pointin' me in the direction of the Lord
We know it's real thats why we need a way out
(Verse Two)
I done been through hell, and then hell again
Most definitely been rejected I just held it in
So now I see what you see, plus I feel what you feel
So it goes without sayin' that what is real is real
I done seen a cat lose his life
I done seen my mom lose her mind
Escape death like so many times
I live for Christ now, livin' life is nice now
I live that heavenly lifestyle in my life now
So hard to see through you with the truth cause you tellin' lies
And I can see to your heart straight through your eyes
That you frontin', drug money is stealin' your joy
Now you huntin', lookin' for somethin' to give you some joy
Now peep game, call His name and He'll save your soul
Watch you grow, slowly let go of struggles befo
And it'll show, other brothas will follow your lead as the Holy Ghost
Draw you in close, and teach you His creeds
Cause we need a way out
(Hook)
(Verse Three)
You speak a lot about my area
Been here lately? It's gettin' scary and scarier
Tryin' to tear down these barriers
In the midst of this I found Jehovah
I shout now before the storm's over
They all drunk but I remain sober
Remain a soldier, in this ghetto livin'
won't say I told ya, if you die un-forgiven
Offered you salvation, this crime we facin' dawg is so real
Without Jesus dawg there's no shield
Just open field, don't have to leave so I can find peace
Mercy and grace follows behind me
Covered by blood keepin' my mind eased
I trust God on a daily basis, in my ghetto places
Til I see better cases, off in my ghetto places
I must stay focused on the mark of the prize
Jehovah Shalome is where my faith lies
It's crunch time, so don't speak about the struggle
You share with us nothin' unless you show us how to escape the hussl-in'
In this war zone
Give me a beat, I'm gon melt it
I'm on this track so you felt it
I walk up in the club, got the green like I'm the celtics
Take my temp and you see that yo boi off the meter
This aint MTV but I give you all Maui Fever
Take a second, feel my heat, and you get that a/c
Fuckin with three bitches, call the shit a three-peat
Yo boi flame break you down, break you up, break you off
My heat so intense that my smoke make your blunt cough
I aint pretty ricky but my heat a real late night special
I'm so hot that I got sparks poppin off my pencil
People seem to love the way that me and j-roc ball
Call me the sun cuz I'm the biggest star of them all
(a real g cuz I burned it
I'm on this song so u learned it
I'm off da mark,
I'm off beat,
I am something that u don't find in the streets
Run like a track met from the police
Bullets I release
While I hear frantic screams
And it seems
Bullet holes don't bring fear
They just bring tears
They heal up throught the years
Revelation 19: 11-21
Recorded by Adam Long (St. Louis, MO) & Deejay Essence @ Lamp Mode House of Tea (Philadelphia, PA)
Published by Project Issachar Publishing (ASCAP), Clear Sight Music (ASCAP)
Spoken Matthew 24 30. "And then, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Why? For they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory." Every eye will see Him that is the scope of His coming. Every eye will see him, it is visible. Well I got news for you, when He comes in, you're going to know He's there; you're going to know He's around
Picture Christ coming back like a thief in the night came
Riding a white horse with the force of a night train
Heaven's open behold and overthrowing your dice game
With His pure and Holy vision eyes blazing just like flames
And nothing can escape the penetration of His holy gaze
His eyes in all places recognizing unholy ways on His
Head are many diadems or victory crowns
Who's the victor fit to be crowned in human history now
With a name written all over Him that nobody knows
Clothed in a robe soaked in the Blood of His foes
Symbolizing the battle won with Satan sin and the grave
Death has no more strength
Heaven's armies arrayed in fine linen
White and pure following Him on them white horses
The word of God from his mouth is a sharp sword
Who can thwart Lord your divine report card
That reports the hearts of the nations have failed hard
When Jesus came the first time, He was falsely accused, He was reviled, He was rejected, He was tortured, He was treated like a criminal - He was hung up on a cross and killed. He's coming back to clear His name. Look over at Matthew 26... and the high priest said to Him; "I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ the son of God."
In the scriptures we find facts
Pictures of divine acts
Prophesied God provides wisdom the mind lacks
At History's climax
More vivid than IMAX
The sky cracks with Jesus on some, I'm back
Now, just try to visualize the most glorious site ever to hit physical eyes
Holy angels in Christ who gets minimalized in splendor arrives and all the dead in Him will arise
Believers who are alive become a maturated order
And caught up in the clouds like evaporated water
To be captivated by the Master's grace and aura
Before He activates the slaughter on the cats who hate the Torah
The file wildin' out and doubt and wouldn't call on Him
And now crying out for the mountains to fall on 'em
The dead come out the grave at the holy judge they look
They're broken up and shook while He opens up the books
All sins will be weighed not ignored
And law breakers slayed (slain) by the sword by the day of the Lord
While we gaze and admire His greatness, liars and fakes who hate Messiah they expire in the fiery lake
Made for Satan and his angels sent to deceive
Multitudes who refuse to repent and believe
The elect have no hell to fear
Cause we're related to the judge like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Listen, there is coming a time in God's providence and God's plan when He is going to once and for all finally do away with Satan and with the angels that followed Satan in His rebellion those non-elect angels. Those demons God will deal with them all at some point.
In the scriptures we find facts
Christians in God's wrath
Two different paths that never cross the cross bought the divine pass
The wicked had a mind lapse
Resisting to the time that the cataclysmic, catastrophic judgment turned the skies black
No date setting clock watching or time seeking
Only the Father can bother with the divine secret
Not even Jesus is time peaking, but I'm speaking of His humanity - every man and then every woman
Who lives in vanity will be saying at the second coming
Set the hands of time back, please God rewind that
The Bible says that I'm a sinner
Then I confess that I'm that
But God is beyond that
Weep and plead but His fury will be like the turbulent seas
The elect will be gathered from all the four corners
Of the world boys and girls who thoroughly tried trying to warn you
Of the cosmic disruption of the physical order
And the stars start fallen fire drying up the waters
But the cross was sufficient His death was efficient
To take a wicked bigot and flip it make him a Christian
Teach him the Great Commission
His mission is soul fishing
Before He's revealed from Heaven with mighty angels
And flaming fire asked the Messiah to change you
Eternal Hell fire ain't worth sinning
It's time to search your heart like the google search engine
When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire; dealing our retributions to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. Salvation is obeying the Gospel, refusing to obey the Gospel results in judgment. Obey the Gospel and these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. When He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day and to be marveled at among all those who have believed - for our testimony to you was believe. So He's going to come - He is going to judge the ungodly. And the Bible says, those of us who are saved; we are going to marvel; this is going to be an amazing thing
Just think- just think about it
Won't you just think about it
(Repeat)
J-E-S-U-S is more powerful than the whole U-S
Can't do Him like Judas did
Cause if I did, that would be
What foolish is
I don't need all the fancy cars
I don't need
To win the Grammy Awards
Lord I need You
Cause when
I'm low and need a battery charge
All the Grammy on the
Wall will offer me will be feeble
I need You like a coat in the
Winter time
You're always faithful
Sure have been a friend
Of mine
I love Your table Ooo like it's dinnertime
Grace on
The plate I sure have got a sinner's mind
You bring life I
Presume with dying
Now I follow behind You like a funeral
Line
Never knew what love was
But a, sending Your Son
Was a beautiful sign
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Yes, J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-D that's what we need to
That'll get You in the presence of God
Then Heaven's
Like VIP only better though, O!
Nothing to compare to
Even that feeling when you get a new hairdo
He spared
You if you're still alive
The perfect opportunity to spill to
I need You to get the props and praise
And never stop
You're the rock of ages
I attest to nothing you made was
Cropped or pasted
Creation jaw dropping amazing we
Imitate You
We need You just to see our way
Jesus Christ
Is our V-I-A
Cause we all gotta
Get ready for the
Bridegroom to come
We're kind of like the fiancée
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Been so good gotta bless my God
Can't keep quiet
Gotta testify
He's good to my heart like exercise
We must
Bow, we're in the presence of God
Now, He's flawless
He's
Perfect
He's awesome
Let's worship
Let's praise the ancient
Of days
And give our life as an offering and reasonable
Service
So you can keep the Benzo
We're much more
Pleased being Jesus' kinfolk
We're much more pleased
Being free from sins hold
We finally see what we need
Within most
I can't hold back
I gotta run this
Nothing
Healthy in the hood like Sun Chips
The Son dripped blood
From a cross
While thugs spill blood in the street
We all
Need Him
You (It's You, It's You)
I never wanna live another day without You
(It's You, It's You)
I thought my way and my life was lost without you
(It's You, It's You)
No love, no breath, no me without you
(It's You, It's You)
It's true I need you
Just think about it...
You know, Lord. We needed You... to die on the
Cross for our sins. And til this day, we still need you to give
[VERSE]
Everyday, at the end of my block
See big whips pulling out the rim shop
Black on black Giovanni's they blowing they money that's how they spend guac
Not tripping off where they gone end up
They aint listening, chilling, ignoring His calling
Learned it on REDEEMED, but you really should've learn it on OUR WORLD FALLEN
But you're living for the moment
God's gifts you don't want it
When Christ comes back He's going to hit harder than Katrina hit New Orleans
You're gonna lose all you have
One day it's all gon pass
You'll meet the Rock of Ages bigger than the rock that made Titanic crash
Puffing blunts in the Jag
That's how you stuck with your cash
Like Lil Wayne You gone all day with your money tucked in a duffle bag
Sell a couple of bags you on the block grinding
Chasing American dreams so you can keep shinin'
But your time is winding up
You ain't never gonna have enough
Even money got more faith than you cause every dollar says in God we trust
It's the lust of the flesh
Your turn just could be next
You never know when it's over time, but are you prepared to play sudden death
[HOOK]
You can have it all take the cars and the cash
It ain't gon' mean nothing when the Lord comes back
It's all go pass - I said it's all gon' pass
Oh Lord
[VERSE]
Reporting live from the booth
Good Morning America
Still here to inform you're Godless in your character
Like your pop you're a natural born replica
No better I was chief of the heathens far from a amateur
Anxious to make a statement
Park I'm going to keep it basic
I know you're on your weight lift
Laced in designer bracelets
God is just and patient
Reveals this Truth so gracious
The chosen one like Matrix
Endured the brutal facelift
Chosen to choose man I was birth for this
Called out to give the lost direction like turn you missed
No pride of life I gotta shy God loves brokenness
Had to fly above the norm too much turbulence
Ain't pushing keys
Crushing trees or popping E
Minus Christ no matter how your placed your sideways daddy like PS3
I know the fox is mean
You whip a Lamborghini
Steady on the rise, but you gon' burn scrap like gasoline
Ya dig
[HOOK]
You can have it all take the cars and the cash
It ain't gon' mean nothing when the Lord comes back
It's all go pass - I said it's all gon' pass
Oh Lord
[VERSE]
Listen, cats is hungry for that money so hungry it's like a pot of greens
Cause once you taste it you change faces like Halloween
I see you movements you keep it smoother than Frank Lucas
You're flirting with flames, but ain't came through St Louis
You want that pot of gold, that's Harry Potter though
I mean fantasy man answer me what about your soul
See Christianity's basically like a movie trailer
Showing you clips that Heaven's better
Yet you'd rather settle
For the bootleg with low class quality
What are yellow diamonds and the earthly monopoly I mean a
Dozens of cars and a dozen of houses and a couple awards
And a couple of islands plus a couple of girls
You know that be wildin' but
Compared to Heaven that's a couple of thousand bucks
See life is like a vapor
I know you like the paper
But paper's passing away you should take to Christ the Savior
[HOOK]
You can have it all take the cars and the cash
It ain't gon' mean nothing when the Lord comes back
It's all go pass
Turn it down a little bit (You and me against the world)
I don't wanna hit your [WRIST?]
It's gonna be me and him against the world (You and me against the world)
'Cause it's you and me against the world, the world, the world
They ask me, "do you love me 'nough that you would really give up the
world?"
It's been too long, I
Can't live 'dis life no mo'
Wit' all o' yo' lies, I
Can't run from right no mo'
He took on flesh for me
All you took was my joy
He played his role perfectly
You played me like a toy
I'm so done wit' you
I got my bags packed
I'm burnin' my bridges
'case you try ta drag me back
Someone got me loose
Here, you can have your noose
You're like a brown recluse
I'm chuckin' up tha deuce, through
They told me it wouldn't last
They said it would never work
They told me this love would pass
But it's you and me against the world
They told me to leave you now
You're only with him 'cause you're hurt
But I'm gonna stand my ground
'cause it's you and me against the world, the world, the world
They ask me, "do you love me 'nough that you would really give up the
world?"
I did the stupidest things for you
All in the name of staying true
Embarrassing myself, had me actin' like a fool, and
What did I get in return, and
What did I get in exchange
Besides, teary eyes, broken hearts and lots of pain
Tried to hold on to what we had
But, it was never real, and
The one who loved me the most, man
I helped him get killed, man
Messin' around wit' you, left
Millions of regrets, yet
The love that I rejected
Eventually resurrects
See, although I played ['im?]
[Lately?] Betrayed ['im?]
See that guy right there
I'm gonna save 'im
That's exactly what He did
After the perfect life was lived
Crucified, he would rise
