• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Kobe Bryant On Em - Sho Baraka
• I See The Lord - Sho Baraka
• We Can Be More (ft. J.r.) - Sho Baraka
• Great Day Ii Die - Sho Baraka
• Half Of Me (feat. McKendree Augustas, Muche) - Sho Baraka
• Liar's Anthem - Sho Baraka
• Revolutionary Died (feat. Trip Lee) - Sho Baraka
• My Life (Nice Aim) (feat. PRO) - Sho Baraka
• Word - Sho Baraka
• Mercy On Me (feat. Chinua Hawk) - Sho Baraka
• Lion's Anthem - Sho Baraka
• Me, Myself And I - Sho Baraka
• I'm Black (a Word From Tom Ason) - Sho Baraka
• Famous (feat. Erica Cumbo) - Sho Baraka
• Boys!!! (A Word From Propaganda) - Sho Baraka
• 4ever Is 2morrow (feat. JAMM) - Sho Baraka
• Oh Well - Sho Baraka
• Shut Us Down (feat. Lecrae, After Edmund) - Sho Baraka
• Sho Baraka - Sho Baraka

Opposition in my face
Tryin’ to play the fence
I’m bigger than this dude
That don’t make no sense
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
Opposition in my face
Yeah, I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
Body slam my flesh
Andre the Giant on ‘em
When life throws you curve balls
Like Nolan Ryan on ‘em
Don’t give up in the field
Detroit Lions on ‘em
When His foes gave Christ the cross
He wasn’t dyin’ on ‘em
He still extends love to those
Who would be lyin’ on him
Gotta offer my service
Yeah, your boy’s wylin’ on ‘em
That’s why I pack a punch with my lyrics
Yeah, I’m stylin’ on ‘em
Sin and lust, no laughin’ matter
No joke on ‘em
That’s why I run from temptation
Usain Bolt on ‘em
But there I go celebrating before the finish line
I find myself repentin’ again for my pride
Got that 4x4 community
Pass the sticks on ‘em
I hope I can depend on my dogs
Mike Vick on ‘em
I wanna be free from slavery
Kunta Kinte on ‘em
And just please the master
Daniel son and Sensei on ‘em
Opposition in my face
Tryin’ to play the fence
I’m bigger than this dude
Dat don’t make no sense
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em x2
I’m unashamed of the Gospel
116 on ‘em
Chosen to be in His presence
VIP list on ‘em
My God’s something like Kobe
Crazy and amazin’ on ‘em
Yours is always hurt
Yeah, Tracy McGrady on ‘em
Temptation comes my way
I Cuba Good on ‘em
I ain’t tryin’ to master the green
Tiger Woods on ‘em
I’m tryin’ to deliver the Word
Bill Gates on ‘em
But they worried about themselves
Myspace on ‘em
I’m haunted by the truth
that even church goin’ youth
wanna root for the thug
in the thousand dollar suits
Cause he looks fly
And he got a lot a swagger on ‘im
But he’s gonna die
Yeah, pull out the casket for ‘im
Then he stands before the throne
Judge Judy on ‘im
Then you’ll see your life was mishandled
And unruly on ‘em
Then you realize you missed the bus
Criss cross on ‘em
And you ain’t the biggest boss
Rick Ross on ‘em
Opposition in my face
Tryin’ to play the fence
I’m bigger than this dude
Dat don’t make no sense
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em x2
Now I’m a bit scared
Cause all my friends,
Police was pullin’ sirens on ‘em
But I got picked from high school
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
Yeah, we talkin’ NBA,
But I feel more like the NFL
Cause I got that new found love
That’s the truth Emmanuel
The lamb hurt for my sins
No longer perp with my friends
No longer work for the ends
Last clerk to leave the gym
Cause the Lord is like the glass
You can always bank on ‘im
I like to jump over cain at nights
And straight crank on ‘im
I hit the J at the buzzer
End this game of jeopardy
Causin’ the world to stay away from me
Like I got leprosy
I used to run with 8
Now I’m runnin’ 24
Used to be lukewarm
Now I’m full time for the Lord
To my defense I’m still in that 2-3 zone
Keep it old school like 45s
I roll with dee yon
Give, I know winners do
Romans 13 on ‘em
We are the champions
Rock band Queen on ‘em
Opposition in my face
Tryin’ to play the fence
I’m bigger than this dude
Dat don’t make no sense
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em
I Kobe Bryant on ‘em

[Verse One]
Cast down my crown to worship you in spirit and truth
As I see You on the throne, I see Your train fills the roof
I'm on bended knees, hands extended closed eyes
Holy, Holy, Holy is Lord the Most High
Woe is me, I'm a man with unclean lips
And I live amongst a people whose on the same trip
That when one Seraphim flew to me with coal in his hands
He touch me on my lips, said I was a brand new man
As the foundation shook He's asking, who shall He send
I said, "Send me Lord, I commit to faithful men"
Sometimes Lord, I feel like I don't give you enough
The kind of pure joy to persevere when times get tough
So I keep a concentrated relationship fixed on you
I keep my eyes to the hills so I can have a right view
I stand in awe of You
How You measured the earth with the palm of Your hand
and yet, and still you want to be friends with such an unclean man
So like John I fall prostrate on this island of life
I worship You, recognizing you are power and might
Glory and light, eternal in sight, blameless and right
Creator of life, thief in the night, Jesus the Christ
[Chorus]
I see the Lord, seated on the throne, exalted
And the train of His robe, fills the temple with glory
And the whole earth is filled, and the whole earth is filled
And the whole earth is filled, with His glory
[Verse Two]
The sun suspends in the air
I can feel Your winds everywhere
You care to the grains of my hair
Divine works all around me
I can't get past the evidence
The fact that your invisible, to me, is irrelevant
I know your heaven sent, straight to the virgin birth
Gave me a second chance even after man's curse
A third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth
You wore my crown of thorns, you took my licks as they spit
In ya face, off the cross a sinner you embraced
Now I understand whats the meaning of grace
I war against the flesh, can't wait till the day that you come
Cause everday I'm rewriting Psalm 51
From the weak to the dumb
You make us shine like Pearls
Got a new engagement, broke up with that girl named world
The relationship was unfruitful, I was Satan's pupil
They told me you was an unfair God, I believed those lies
I know the truth now, cuz you've been fair since creation
Man fell, and then you gave man emancipation
I know the saying one sin can make man fall
But with one drop of blood, he can save us all
I'm a living sacrifice, I lay my life upon the altar
I pray to have faith that don't forsake you, like a martyr
I have a desire, thats to know you more
I have no choice to live holy cuz I see the Lord
[Chorus]
[Isaiah 6]
For Whole earth is full of his glory
And the foundations of the threshold tremble
At the voice of him who called out
While the temple is filled with smoke
I said to myself Woe is me
For I am ruined
Because I'm a man with unclean lips
And I live amongst a people with unclean lips
For my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of Hosts
Then one seraphim flew to me
With burning coals in his hand
He touched me on my lips
Said my iniquity is taken away, and my sins forgiven
Then I heard the voice of the Lord say
Who shall I send?
Who will go for us
Then I said

( Intro )
yeah girl you so special you make a bruh wanna sing yamean
(what you mean i cant sing)
this lil love song for all my gentlemen, classy ladies
if you a playa out there sit your tail down somewhere and grow up
we can be more lady we can be more (2x)
( Verse 1 )
yeah you stepped in, God healed my heart ache
and this is way past lust, no prom date
and we could be a sweet aroma, ???
and they could call us outkast, andre
told my boys yeah catch me im fallin
you were on my team even when i aint ballin
you were patient with your boy in a worst case
i was like 9/11, the worst date
you be runnin thru my mind, 1st place
those other girls stay weak like thursday
this is gentlemens music, boyz II men
im down with that playas life, born again
we'll be joined in body and soul
heart and mind, money and time
if shes chocolate or vanilla
or your butterscotch creme
she the only one for you
she should make you wanna sing
( Chorus )
see girl
(girl you know you got my heart, heart)
you know i love you so much
(and you know i love you so much, much)
this is more than lust
(this is more than lust, lust)
you and i could be us
(you and i could become us, us) yeah
say girl (we knew each other for a while, while)
i know we just friends
(and i know you said we just friends but)
we can be more lady we can be more (2x)
( Verse 2 )
you got me feelin like a 6th grader thats fo sho
do you wanna be my wife check yes or no
its hard to stay pure in this dirty world
everybody wants them a lil dirty girl
they could set the pigs for a group of feral
they lookin for the shells when they have a pearl
you could be coretta i could be a king
we can get togetha, we could have a dream
i could be the rev you could be justine
we could walk this way or we can run as a team
and you aint gotta wonder in your mind
god is on our side i see the ribbon in the sky
now tell them jokers bye bye
you found real love, mary j blige
if you know love is more than a ring
grab your lady by the hand
and just make you wanna sing
( Chorus )
see girl
(girl you know you got my heart, heart)
you know i love you so much
(and you know i love you so much, much)
this is more than lust
(this is more than lust, lust)
you and i could be us
(you and i could become us, us) yeah
say girl (we knew each other for a while, while)
i know we just friends
(and i know you said we just friends but)
we can be more lady we can be more (2x)
( Verse 3 )
yeah, a life long fight thats what marriage is
make love not war like a terrorist
my playboy past so embarrassing
but your love got me going crazy, call it therapist
yeah, girl you know whats the problem when
you got me feelin lyin from the songs of soloman
yeah, you gotta classy apeal but your also so fine
i just gotta keep it real
i know beauty is alive peacocks may try
they dont know you fly
yeah, now go ahead and touch the sky
and bring my heart back when its time to swing by
clap, you make a brotha wanna sing
step, you make a brotha wanna sing
we can be more lady we can be more (2x)
yeah, now look the lady in the eye
yeah, now look the lady in the eye and tell her

Ah, the sun is out, birds are chirpin', husbands are hugging their wives. Looks like a beautiful day to die to me. I got some brothers to help me. Talk about crucifying the flesh.
Take up that cross and
Wake up in the morning - pistolwhip myself
Watch my flesh, layin' on the floor
Screamin out for help (no can do!)
You got no rule over me
Romans chapter 6, Luke 9:23
I love the Lord to much to gratify my sinful flesh
Cuz man I'm far from perfect
But I'm close to fresh
Flesh wants to scrimmage, he just lost one
Satan mad at the concert cuz he just lost some
We toss the seas through music
And pray the Lord increase
Then celebrate with our music
Cuz our flesh deceased
But I know with every moment
It's back to risin' up
So I stay packed with the Sword
Ready to knife em' up
And I ain't playin, little homie
I hate you in every bone
I'm circumcized heart
?? Smooth stones
Who you trying to challenge like you the monster?
Can't wait till your sentenced to death
Period. To end the drama
Cuz today is a good day to die
(now wanta flesh akeep on burnin')
Bare your crosses each day when you rise
(You know the world akeep on turnin)
For my God left the grave; He is alive
(So make a flesh sacrifice)
And for his pain, oh ourselves we deny
(less of we more of The King)
No, No, No, No, No
No, No, No, No, No
Ay Ay Ay-Ay Ay (x2)
Spent my whole life stackin' up chips, yeah.
Worked my whole life just to get rich, yeah.
Dad will be happy if I build the Kingdom
Confused cuz I just lost one.
Everything is vanity - the sun sheds light
Where the wind blows - you can't see with the eye
So why try to catch what you can't even hold?
Rivers flow to the sea, but it's not full
Frowns crash down, Joy is only from You
No more plastic? Lord, I only want You
Earth is not Heaven
Cry now - laugh later
There's nothing here to save us
Cuz life is but a vapor
Cuz today is a good day to die
(now wanta flesh akeep on burnin')
Bare your crosses each day when you rise
(You know the world akeep on turnin')
For my God left the grave, He is alive
(So make a flesh sacrifice)
And for his pain, oh ourselves we deny
(less of we more of The King)

Half of me just walked away
And the other half is trying not to stay
Help me see the hope that's past the rain
Restore the joy within me and
Speak to me thru the pain
This kind of news would make a grown man cry
The kind of man who knows the answers but he still asks why
Why are you down cast oh my soul
My team expects so much from me, I can't let them know
That I'm not finding joy and my faith's dying slow
I gotta go on preaching I gotta go on with the show
Gotta grace the stage, I gotta make the crowd say oh
Only problem is I'm not believing in the words I flow
So I look to sky I know the hour has come
Please remove this thorn from me cuz my soul feels numb
I got these liars in my head asking where my faiths gone
I don't feel happy and I don't even care to fake for them
They think me showing pain is the denial of Christ
Because my tears up in my food all day and night
Half of me hopes in the Lord and knows I'll praise again
The other half wants an excuse to wallow in my sin
They say count it all joy, I got questions about how
Theres answers after death but I need answers right now
I know this to shall pass, whether slow or fast
Loosen my grip on the world and for you I grasp
Loosen my grip on the world and for you I grasp
Half of me just walked away
And the other half is trying not to stay
Help me see the hope that's past the rain
Restore the joy within me and
Speak to me thru the pain
He feels he fled temptation to long, so He's tried of fighting
He no longer finds his marriage exciting
She's drowning in depression in the rain
She can't maintain, Lord can you help her ease the pain
A father gets news that his newborn son has complications
He has no idea what he's faced with
He thinks no prom, no college, no athletic fun
Lord I pray that when his days on earth are done
He'll understand that you and the son are one
One families prays together for financial needs
Father feels inadequate cuz he aint worked in weeks
He been laid off he may loose their car and home
He thinks what good is a man who cant provide for his own
He sees the pain in wife and children's eyes
Contemplating suicide cuz dead men cry
Lord give him eyes to see past the pain
That his value in life, it doesn't come with things
I know this to shall pass, whether slow or fast
They are loosing their grip I hope for you they grasp
They are loosing their grip I hope for you they grasp
Half of me just walked away
And the other half is trying not to stay
Help me see the hope that's past the rain
Restore the joy within me and
Speak to me thru the pain
I wont let this current pain master me
What is pain actually
Lets not address it causally but I don't want to fear pain
Lets count it all joy its is gain
Dear life is in my palms & I'm holding on
strength is an illusion right along with this calm that I'm on and I'm feeling far gone
Cause half of me is hoping that my eyes won't open in morn'
Sorrow is my tongue hear my moans
I'm eager for redemption but I know
There's more than meets the eye to the thorns in my side
So I cry refusing all the lies
Pain is my ally when aligned to who you are
There's more to my scars so I know there's more to yours
I'm resting in your arms
I'm resting in the your wrists
I'm pressing with a limp pain is purposed through your gift
I'm strengthening my grip may this faith in u persist
And when this half insists I pray u breathe in me lament
Amazing is your grace cause while I'm holding you it seems
The truth of the matter is your really holding me
Half of me just walked away
And the other half is trying not to stay
Help me see the hope that's past the rain
Restore the joy within me and
Speak to me thru the pain
Keep calling, keep calling
calling now my name
Speak to me thru the pain
Keep calling, keep calling
keep calling now my name
Speak to me thru the pain
Keep calling, keep calling
keep calling
calling now my name

Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
I step outta the front door
Music is inflating my ego
It's hard to just let go
Beats bangin' thoughts in my torso
The streets then repeat it like echoes
The picture thats painted,
It makes me wanna live life dangerous
It makes me wanna be rich and famous
I know it ain't righteous
But they make it look so enticing
It attacks my ears like it's Tyson,
Takes a bite of my conscience
Watch me bob my head to some nonsense
Rob, steal, kill, and speak bondage
I could be truthful, I used to be silent
But its got your boy straight fillin' with violence
I'm using the ladies, I used to respect them
And now your boy say anything just to sex them
I used to modest, I used to be honest
Now I do anything to get those dollars
'Cause I love...
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Record execs make a killin',
"Yeah we could pay you in millions"
Cash to the ceiling, don't trust your conviction or feelin'
You'll be just misleading some children
Their parents will blame you
You communicate what you've been through
They don't understand you're a black dude
And one that does rap too
They just complain and they hassle
They would do it too if they had to
You just make paper, we don't need to know where it came from
You didn't make the rope which they hang from
Cocaine and that handgun, everyone there saw 'em the same bruh
But this is the country of freedom
You can have women, you can have diamonds
This is what sells, greed, sex, drugs, and violence
Package these items, for people to buy them
And one day you would be an executive giant
Produce and sell...
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (Paul)
Who's at fault for ignoring Paul shootin' right for them Jordans
'Cause Nike extortin' the loyalty of poor man's emotions
Without them they feel less important
And how about athletes, they come from the same back-streets
And they could make them shoes a lot more cheap
And how about rappers, they boast about evil
They say the same stuff they got copied from Kinko's
And what are the wealthy, that keep on complainin'
They ask for legislation and they think that will change men
And how about churches, they become obsolete
They call more meetings just to talk about outreach
And have more workshops, and hear more men speak
And just repeat all the deep thoughts a dead man inked
Who's without blame here, I guess we're all guilty
In the core of mans heart, yeah were all filthy
Man has no standards, he thinks he has answers
We all got disease and it's much worse than cancer
He speaks with the father, he wants your allegiance
He plays God's role, yeah it's like we don't need him
But he hates...
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (what)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)
Pimpin', pimpin', pimpin', murder, murder, sell drugs (that's what they want)

I got some tragic news today
Real manhood has died, they say
But you can wipe your tears away
A Revolution is formed another will be born
I got some tragic news today
Real manhood has died, they say
But you can wipe your tears away
A new one is born so bring in the song
I am changed escapin' my old ways
Harriet Tubman on that underground train
Too many men see the grave misinterpreting brave
I could loose those chains if they knew they were slaves
I thought a man was a pimp at a young age
Now I try to honor women when the pen hits the page
Its still hip-hop minus all the thuggin
Take the poet and priest and put it in a husband
Not boasting I'm far from perfect
I'm just saying give the title to some cats who deserve it
I know some men earned it
Some strong role models who knows GOD's purpose
I know one song can't change the world
But maybe dude next door'll stop beatin' his girl
And maybe we can get some brothas out trap
I just wanna change my block we'll see what happens after that
My cuzzo like I can make that dollar pretty quick
Illegal stuff, I tell him he should work for it
He looked me up down and stuck his mouth to the side
Like c'mon you know you done I lost my mind
He wants High Living but was forced in the basement
Lets face it this is what racism has created
I told my dog you'll never catch the car don't chase it
So many kill themselves in world trying to make it
Your appetite will eat you when you get a chance to taste it
Their cups look full, but their lives look Wasted
A fully furnished house but your soul feels vacant
get some new thngs but feel the need to replace it
yeah, this is man's ordeal
Decorate his frame to make himself feel real
Or rob, steal, kill
Any emotion is good as long as I feel
No sir that's aint what manhood is
Life without morals and fruitless end
I took him under my wing now the journey begin
Hopefully another man can be born again
This cat asking me how many shawties I tap
I know you get a lot of play even in gospel rap
I wasn't too shocked if my discernments was right
He type that hasn't seen a brother honor his wife
So instead of calling him stupid and causing a fight
Just explained to this brother things I value in life
He confused cuz he said you don't look like the type
That really lives all the stuff that you say on the mic
He's doubting my words like he needs some proof
Plus he struggles with the idea of absolute truth
He won't practice those things which he don't esteem
If he hates absolute truth then he's the Supreme being
Then he has no standards, then he has no answers
So his contributions in life is just prostate cancer
I try to answer every question that he throws my way

Its my life, ain't no way I can change at all even if I tried
That why I try, to go and tear the wall down let you all get a peak inside
But once you inside, I guarantee you wont like everything that you'll find
But what you'll find, is the grace of the LORD, cuz His hands all over my life
It's my life
Nice aim, they taught us to aim for nothing
And look, we hit it dead on the button
The story of my life, if you flip through the chapters
Born in the maple leaf now I'm in Atlanta
Lived close to Hollywood, raised in the drama
God blessed my mama so she named me Baraka
Parents did the splits, so I split socially
I love moms but when pops left he took the most of me
I hated the mirror cuz I struggled with my race
Everyday I would wish I was white, I'm such a disgrace
I had identity struggles that was no secret
I was lucky if my closest friends could speak English
So to fight that feeling I made the decision
I can hate my face or hate the opposition
I'm hanging with the militant, reading buffalo Soldiers
My friends in their room hanging Word up posters
This is my attempt to pull back the curtains
This is showing you the life of a young man hurting
2nd Chapter of my life, I see things different
Acting like Malcolm X got my boys tripping
I get silent treatments so I start to listening
The root of the issue I just want some significance
If that means thugging, I'll listen to pac
Smoke a little weed getting drunk on the Block
Doing petty crimes running from the Cops
Knowing pops would kill me if I ever got caught
My man got shot days later he's dead
Its running through my head we all allergic to lead
I'll never ever forget what my oldest brother said
You can be a dreamer but don't live in your bed
So I left that life and I went to college
My God became, money, sex, status and knowledge
And if I didn't get I'd go insane
I guess that's the result of a life with bad aim
They want a third chapter, sit back and listen
Like Matt Damon I was born for this mission
I heard a crazy message about the world's hero
And how it was a righteous kill, Robert Deniro
And how he got punished when he did zero
Just to bring a cure to some sin sick people
Did some research found none equal
Perfection wrapped in flesh to dead evil
I guess my biggest issues I thought I was a Christian
But now I have a passion for Christ Mel Gibson
I asked my man if he knew his way to heaven
He said sure they open doors around seven
And closes at 3 so go get your blessings
I guess it's my fault for assuming his understanding
He knows what he needs he's scared to explore why

Chorus
I've been reading that Word
Living that Word
Digging that Word
Giving that Word
I've got that Word on my lips
The Word in my palm
The Word in my mind
Yeah, Word is bond
Verse One
I'm up in The Word aint no fear in me heart/
Check with me squad, the only thing I fear is me God/
Me pride and me moms, I got freedom/
No death since the second Adam and that's Word!/
Who these cats who now got nerve?/
I walk with boldness like revenge of the nerds/
Only 'cuz the Memrah gave us the smikhah/
Now we get amped just to be his speakers/
The Word will return, aint no maybes or likely/
Fire in his eyes so don't take it lightly/
Attest it 'cuz he may run up your stairs/
This aint a game, He's coming with a full marching band/
Blood robe flowing, angels' trumpets blowing/
Aint no laughing matter but some heads are rolling/
These cats on the block they got swagger on the corner/
But Jesus came through and their swag got ran over./
Chorus
Verse Two
If you knew me in the past, I'm a different kind of dude/
New attitude, no longer described as a fool/
Me shoes or me jewels, got a new cool/
Me stylist is the King of the Jews, that's Word!/
Man thinks the Word is fake? Forty different authors complementing what they say/
Inerrancy of Scripture still holds up today/
He knew what He was doing, He aint do this by mistake/
The Lord spoke clearly 'cuz He's great and all potent/
Got relevant components 'cuz the Father is all-knowing/
Timeless classics teachable for any moment/
Got many nice sayings but no worthy opponents/
Young men walking with a bounce in their step/
They got right living 'cuz they know what they left/
This new breed aint scared they'll take it to your chest/
Correct you with love, they'll leave you impressed 'cuz.../
Chorus
Verse Three
I've got that Word on my lips, in my heart, in my palm/
Maybe Mark, maybe Luke, maybe Songs, maybe John/
It makes me cry sometimes but, yeah, that makes me strong/
Make your boy repent when his mind is thinking wrong/
Peace to my heart, something like a smooth song/
Gives rest to the weary when the race feels long
Got me serving my wife, like cooking in the morn/
Got me fleeing temptation when my passions are torn/
Serving the poor, I'm like an open door/
What's mine is yours, yeah, Acts Chapter Four/
Peace in the storm when it feels like its war/
Contentment in my heart when my flesh wants more/
He saw man's need and He gave what He had/
He had riches, homie, then took rags/
Even worse than that to make me feel low/
He gave His life on the Cross so we could live bro/

Hook
(Chinua Hawk)
Lord, Lord you know I tried/
When I should have been strong I cried/
When I should have helped I walked on by/
When I should have told the truth I straight up lied/
I know your love has set me free/
But I keep on putting you up on that tree/
Oh Lord, Have your mercy on me/
Loving father put you grace on me, on me/
2nd thru 4th Chorus addition
Put Grace on me, on me (repeat 3x)
Loving Father
Put your Mercy on me, on me (repeat 3x)
Loving Father Put you Mercy on me, on me
Verse 1
Tre nerves are bubbling, juggling jobs, avoid hustling/
Hard trusting in God- cuz now he's struggling/
TV's throwing lust at him, Corners boys punking him/
Wife wants to fuss with him, LORD keep touching him/
He might return to street life, But he'll fight will all he can/
But if they test him again, He would hate to have kill a man/
The pressure he can't handle it, he's lost ways to channel it/
He might Black out, Then he has to be in anger management/
His common problem- his values aren't- matching wallet/
He's praying but still jobless, his faith used to keep him honest/
He's got visions of bad decisions that are void of godly wisdom/
So this one bad decision will most likely land him in prison/
So a week from now, He'll be at a Bank in town/
he'll be yelling get down, with some other clowns, waving a gun around/
He'll succeed ducking the cops and leaving with profits/
But he'll have problems dodging all the guilt that's working on his conscience/
Verse 2
Jane feeling the pain, like razors are in her vain/
A year since the cancer came, her faith and frame has changed/
Chemo and pain killers, the disdain gets realer/
Her Hope becomes thinner, from all the news that they give her/
She taking the news with caution, she knows that the Lords awesome/
But often there's pauses, of the loses and of what death cost us/
Is it worth fighting she nauseous, plus the hospital charges/
She's heard there's light in the tunnel but all she sees is Darkness/
No one is feeling her burden, they just keep giving her sermons/
If they listened with more discernment, they could tell she's hurting/
Her speech is just an illusion, she's scared of the end conclusion/
If she shares her doubt- she feels her image may become ruined/
Shes holding her fears in, tears in, She'll be dead by years end/
Shes not thinking through how God forgives sins/
Until then her nights are long, alone, faking strong/
The corner of her heart, This will be her song, sing /
Verse 3
How often we go thru the motions, up and down rollercoasting/
Scared to admit were hurting, nervous thoughts of perversion/
This culture we've built is perfect, were saying his death was worthless/
Not to concerned with worship as along we do our churchin/
We're decorating our person, just to continue a lies/
Or shortcomings we hide, with a shallow disguise/
To prove we got it together, to make it seem like were better/
Than friends, fam whoever, we take some extreme measures/
We have a desire to add, to the grace that we have/
We're never content with our lives, we operate in pride/
We hate to seem dependant, but that's the way that he intended/
Humans made in his image, built to live in the tension/
Learn wisdom, we were distant his love we didn't deserve it/
We confess we were worthless, then break our backs trying to earn it/
Without you I'm, helpless, weak, my existence is bleak/

Hook
Gentlemen, Royalty, Priesthood, Peace Makers, Leaders, Unashamed Brothers get those Ls up/
Ladies, Queens, Princesses, Trendsetters, Righteous, Virtuous Sisters, get those L's up/
Lions, Lovers, Servants, Hate sin, hate lies, Household of Faith get those L's up/
So get your L's in the Air/
Verse 1
This counter culture rapping/
False Idol smashing/
Tap a friend ask them, is this lion attacking/
We're ready for action break the cage he trapped in/
You might want watch out my dude/
Get your L's up/
Let me tell you about some lions who run the streets
Pam is a podiatrist she has beautiful feet/
Raheem is a boxer and he's beaten the best/
But the hardest fight is when he is daily fighting flesh/
Marco he a trainer he training Raheem/
He teaches him to be a man in and out the rings/
Joy is a young sister, singer by title/
She's on her Paula Abdul, she left American idols/
Yeah I know a doctor, His names Jason/
He prays the Lord keeps working on his patients (patience)/
Yeah Yeah the saints or in the house/
If your repping in the jungle, give a big lion shout to/
Verse 2
Look Sarah she's a beast with a comb and Hairbrush/
Yeah she does hair but she really knows heir/
Who makes flattops, wave, and the shiner/
I guess its safe to say she knows a designer/
Carlos sells shoe like nikes, chucks, and timbos/
So in many ways he used to save souls/
Jimmy a fisherman now he got new purpose/
Now he's fishin for souls yeah hes' networking/
Paul he trades stocks and he keeps that money coming/
When there's 99 cents he tries to make it 100/
Don't get it he's not defined by the dollar/
He's clothed in righteousness whether white or blue collar/
Ming works for the law firm out in Las Vegas/
But his favorite thing to do is that cross examination/
Ok, the saints or in the house/
If your repping in the jungle, give a big lion shout to/
Verse 3
Ahmad writes for magazines English was his minor/
When he walks in the spirit he got a ghost writer/
Kiesha owns a bakery with her husband Ramon/
They always tells their kids not to live off bread alone/
Keith plays basketball and everywhere he goes/
He a defense for his faith, he stays in a zone/
Theo is a officer, this might sound crazy/
He's the only cop I know that wakes up to die daily/
Dane teaches kids how to multiple and add/
She knows that 3 equals 1 that's that biblical math/
I know a Lion Steve who wears post office blue/
Even on his off days he delivers that good news/
I got a man at the IRS his names Thomas/
On many different levels he deals with false prophets (false profits)/
Yeah Yeah the saints or in the house/

Intro
The eyes of man are never satisfied
I want it I want it I gotta have it gotta have it
I'm just talking right now cause I like to hear myself talk
That's part of my issue
I know and I admit it
What's yours?
Verse 1
Yeah. Ok. This is bad, something close tragic/
I'm trying to beat it just like Michael Jackson/
My flesh seeks for satisfaction/
Spirit reigns, titans start clashing/
I got people thinking I'm confused/
But I'm not, well maybe a little what am I to do/
It takes years- for man to build a name/
One selfish moment-turns it all to shame/
I work hard- just for them to envy me/
But in the end I'm not who I pretend to be/
Lord help, this could be the end of me/
What do I do when I sleeping with the enemy/
Yeah he's slick he's smooth/
I don't really trust him with ladies in the room/
He's selfish he's scarred so many lives/
Look in his eyes, cant wait for his demise/
Hook
You're a lie, you're a jerk, you're a creep/
So prideful, arrogant and weak/
Lord help this might be the end of me/
What do I do when I'm sleeping with the enemy/
I run from, run from (Me myself and I)
I love some, love some (Me myself and I)
Run from, run from (Me myself and I) 3x
Verse 2
I can't run I can't hide/
I try to kill him he wont die/
I've studied too much of what the vultures do/
Trying not to reproduce what the culture do/
I'm a grown man I aint gotta prove I'M COOL/
But first what's the price of those louis shoes/
That would look so nice with some glowing jewels/
Hold up do you see what I be going thru/
Yeah he gives manna for the day/
Contentment on my face, but then I see my neighbors plates/
He got a new job, and a new crib/
Candy painted, cool whip/
Say homie, I don't need it cuz my friends bought it /
Noooo, I'll take it if my friends got it/
I know its sad, death by fashion/
Makes sure its brand name when you toe tag him/
Verse 3
Oh my situation is deep/
Always trying to create a person I cant be/
We go in debt just to buy/
Stuff to impress people that we don't like/
I'm at war now, But I mma go home/
Until he touch down we have some field goals/
I gotta clique I gotta team/
Share my weakness, that authentic thing/
Know the Lords grace not my own might/
Man can't have everything in man's sight/
I know Sho and his tendencies/

I'm black because I'm the opposite of white
Naw, naw, naw
I'm black because I was told i have a slave masters last name and I shouldn't eat swine because it's the white mans animal.
I'm black because I wear jeans that let my underwear breathe and I desire a cuff that falls right off my boots.
Hmm naw naw
I'm black because i'm baneful, dirty, filthy, disscusting, or at least that's what Webster's dictionary says.
Hmmm
I'm black because I abbreviate everything from timberland, timbos, polo, p-lo, style, stylo, down low, d-lo in which someone had the nerve to label it Ebonics.
I'm black because the only vacation my dad knows is on the weekends.
No I'm black because that's what you see,
Not, who, I, be.
If shallow egotistical comparisons where never made I wouldn't be black my brother next door wouldn't be white he'll just be a lighter version of me. Or I a dark skinned version of him.
So it's a reality
Propagated by society
Setup not biblically to define you and me.
But Embraced by Christianity
Continuing on this insanity
Distorted as this world's perception may be

Iiiiiiiii
Just wanna make you famous
Just wanna make you famous
I, I, I began to reach for the stars
Then I saw a star who reached for the cross
Then I saw the crowd they were screaming at the screen
Like crucify the King yeah, the man in between
Crushed bones, blood dripping off his face
Framed on wood now that's a picture of grace
But the sequel comes a couple days later
We saw the father strike the son something like darth vader
Looking for a stunt man who can conquer the fall
Must take hits and must have no flaws
Did his work and time in a coffin then split
I guess that's what you call a real box office hit
Praise God it was Jesus and 12 on the Scene
That would makes his life pg-13
Yeah I get choked up see it
But go buy the book you'll understand when you read it
No glitter no glam but my team still shines bright
Where ever you catch us I hope we flashing the light
Bearing our crosses just to get our passions right
Jim Caviziel on em we want to act like Christ
With every act I want to make em known
For Every crack of with whip for every punch that was thrown
Our Street team is punching the clock
Whether you on Wall Str. or you're hitting the block
On the backstreets building with the fam
But we All n sync looking like a boy band
He's the man plus a hard act to follow
Only way to heaven he's a one way model
The creator of the stars took the low road
Could have been a king could have been a Pharaoh
Yeah he did it make us blameless

Ok so apparently for centuries we've all had it backwards
to admit is career suicide these might just be my last words
Rappin prior records earned far more respect than degrees do and now the marks of man hood is how well you fail as one boys
Maybe you got time to waste
posted up like a teen drinking beer by the case
in which case it aint a issue
i aint so judgmental it really aint my biz
its just not where i is
boys
jobless tasteless laziness fatherless
but why should yall care
when 50 promised mommas if you have a baby by him you can be a millionaire
toss your toys in the air boys
go on drown your sorrows in greed
and sceam to get rich to hide your insucurites boys
I aint got time to explain
how dumb making it rain is
your rents do homie and of course that child support young
ima man
I refuse I wont stop
my unborn sons wont rep a cell block
and when the options or asperations
are some combination
of criminal or athlete actor or rapper boys
i know saying this might be alarming
but no king is saved by the strength of its army boys
them is God's words boys
and when you become a man you put away childish things
if only you knew what man means boys...

Hook
(JAMM)
My heart has caused me so many losses I never really thought it through/
We live a lie think we never die, but tomorrow catches up with you/
Forever, we shouldn't waste our time together/
So many people want forever/
Verse 1
We would do dirt just because of peer pressure/
Two knuckle heads and we ran the streets together/
Just to impress the homies we would do whatever/
Now you're locked up and it feels like (forever)/
Some reason I feel like it's my fault/
You found out I found faith, I found out you got caught/
You serving time, I'm serving with time/
You guilty of crime, I'm guilty of crime, against the divine/
We thought we would forever do dirt/
The un-quenching of man's thirst, forever is man's curse/
Now we see the consequences and they hurt/
An easy way to ruin lives when you put self-first/
There is always freedom behind bars/
We roam freely but we don't recognize ours/
Forever is tomorrow/
There is hope for your worries and rest of your sorrows/
Verse 2
Yeah Lady you are mine/
Its you and I until the end of time, (That's a mac line) /
This covenant don't mean much to most/
They get a little spooked then their ghost, (what a joke) /
Hey this is more than a rhyme; I've been called to provide/
Even if I'm the last of my kind (clever)/
Yes I know there's more; we're on one accord/
We will please the Lord, (whom we stand before)/
It's more than opening Doors, real service is more/
This is even through rich and through poor/
Some don't think about the vows their taking/
Oath before God and the promise their making/
These other jokers they don't see a queen/
I guess it's hard when they don't see a King, (know what I mean)/
This cant be Hollywood romance/
If that's an indication of love, then we wont last/
That's a system that's built against us/
They sale lust and they're just here to tempt us/
I am physic I can predict the weather/
The storms may come but the sun shines forever/
Verse 3
What's this all about forever is Tomorrow/
Well life is short and our time is borrowed/
And the lender wants his payment/
And its impossible for us to make arrangements, (were so endangered)/
Let me introduce you to a stranger/
Who can pay your debt and turn God's anger (born in a manger)/
He's the path to forever, He's the standard and measure/
He brings God and man together, (clever)/
When man wants his own way, and evil is ok, /
When he knows he should go right and goes left/
Somebody's gotta pay for those who disobey/
Sacrifice was the only way, He took death/
I'm talking about Christ the Son, the righteous one/
The only way tomorrow will come/
I'm speaking of life eternal, life that's borrowed/
He's more than a good man with morals/
He's the reason we move and breath/
You know peace when you know the king, (God intervened) /
I know you're thinking these Christians do to much/

They say oh well, It's still a good day
They say oh well, It's still a good day
They Say oh well, It's still a good day
They say oh well, It's still a good day
Another day in this world system, still tripping
Why did I expect any thing different
Save whales, save dogs, save dolphins
Save trees Kids ain't really that important
See signs of a genocide we keep silent
But for some land and oil we get violent
All I hear is less faith more science
If it feels good to you then try it
The sex addicted make kids porn victims
Bloods shed blood, crips set tripping
Young girls watch video and live reckless
Give up their virginity, all for a necklace
My man was driven he was sitting on wisdom
But he traded that in for some rims that spinning
He got 26's but the rent he cant pay
He's like oh well its still a good day
I saw an old friend, who I meet back in school
We wasted our lives, we were way to cool
He told his story, then I shared mine
Come to find he hasn't changed much since 99
He's one of those IF brothers you've meet before
If I had this or if I wasn't poor
If I had money I'd open a store
If he probably cared at all he'd probably more
All the money he wants cant buy joy
Dollar bills don't make men out of boys
Money can't buy him love but it buys stripper
It can't fix his wrongs but it buys liquor
I might become an old man with a bad liver
I've been drinking for years and I hate to be a quitter
My pops sold drugs, momma was an alchy
So when I got old I was pretty sure what I'll be
An aimless soul, struggling to cope
Govt selling us hope but giving us rope
To hang myself so I die a little everyday
But he's like oh well it's still a good day
I'm far from perfect so I know the LORD's worth
Even on holiday you know the LORD works
Outside of Christmas I'll rap in his name
Jokers mad at me, I don't this for fame
I will not sell my soul trying to make it in the game
Most of these rappers content stay lame
There's good rappers but our music not the same
They rap for the dollars I rap for the change
I don't do this for the selfish gain- homie
He went Autotune when he took the T-pain homie
Pull over you in the wrong lane homie
I swear it read HOV only
I aint talking about roc, I'm talking about roc
Watch that sky drop, And you can get it bro
I guess what I'm trying to say

It's gonna be hard to shut us down, down
It's gonna be hard to shut us down, down
Down
Okay, call your man, call your girl, tell them all to call their bluff
Tell them call the stations and ask them why they hate on us
Took an ouch for his people just so he can stay in touch
Check the record books, it's better off you run with us
Call us punks, call us weak, call us chumps, call us dumb
Call the Verizon network and still see it's not enough
On the cable on the web, on the phone they call us whack
Go ahead and try to shut us down, ain't no app for that
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
Listen, I like to tell the truth, don't like to save face
Born in H-town, got the words to save face
Christian means that when I eat the beat I say my grace
If only God could judge you how you plan to beat the case
Can't beat it, mike jacked, couldn't leave it
All you get is one life, can't rewind or repeat it
I will do this till the day I take my last breath
Beautiful feet I'm running till I take my last step
There's nothing they can do to stop what the Lord's doing
Come in the kitchen, take a look at what the Lord's brewing
Radio don't play us, television mock us
The truth is still spreading, there's no way they can stop us
Pharisees throw stones at my glass house
But they don't see they own reflection when they bad mouth
You can lie, you can hate, you can run us down
But in the end, the gates of Hell couldn't shut us down
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
Some think we're a mess, some calling us blessed
A mic and a stage, don't always equal success
Sometimes a bigger platform only brings stress
I watch my life and doctrine and pray for the best
AT told me let your light shine homes
Even if they wanna see you crash like Dow Jones
It's like Matt 16, who can come against it
You can be a Pharisee or you can be a witness
If we stay in the church the world calls us religious
If we go on MTV, the saints think were trippin'
If we try to hit the streets then we're some thugs in sin
With those spectatin' you can't expect to win
It's hard to make decisions when theory's clouded your vision
Sometimes I'm confused with who is my opposition
I think I heard 'Cheers' when I fumbled the ball
They claim they're on our team but praying for our fall
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
Running with us or you can hate me
But it will be hard to shut us down
It's gonna be hard to shut us down
Down, down
It's gonna be hard to shut us down
Down, down
Down, down
It's gonna be hard to shut us down

(J.R.)
See girl you know I love you so much
This is more than lust
You and I can be Us
I know we're just friends
we can be more Lady, we can be more
You stepped in, God healed my heartache
This is way past lust, No prom date
We can be his sweet aroma, strange
We may live like Outcast Andre
Told my boys go and catch me I'm falling
You're my fan even when I aint balling
You were patient with your boy in the worst case
I was Like 9/11, the worst date
You've been running through my mind first place
Those other girls stayed weak like Thursday
This is gentlemen music, boyz 2 men
Done with the playas life, born again
We'll be joined in body, and soul
Heart and mind, money and time
Is she your Chocolate, Vanilla, or butterscotch cream
She's the only one for you, she should make you want to sing
You got your boy feeling like 6th grader that's fo sho
Do you want to be my wife check yes or no
Its hard to stay pure in this dirty world
When everyone wants them a dirty girl
They consult the pigs for a quick referral
They look for shells, when they had a pearl
You can be Coretta or I can be your King
we can get together we can have a dream
I could be the Rev you can be Justine
We could walk this way or run as a team
You aint gotta wonder in your mind
Gods on our side, see ribbons in the sky
Now tell them jokers bye bye
You've found real love, Mary j bilge
If you know love is more than a ring
Grab your lady by the hand this should make you want to sing
A life long fight that's what marriage is
And make love not war, like a terrorist
My playboy past is so embarrassing
But your love got me crazy call a therapist
(YEAH) Girl you know you problem when
You got me stealing lines from Songs of Solomon
You got a classy appeal
But you're also so fine I just gotta keep it real
I know beauty is a lie, peacocks may try
But they don't understand you fly
Now go ahead touch the sky