Can the church say (Amen reverend) We do one more offerin right now We gon' do one in fifteen minutes And we gon' do one mo', after that Yes, women you lookin so beautiful here today Some of you with the same thang on from the last night(oh) The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh Lord Jesus I wish you'd taketh away Sister Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the House of God that thing on It don't even look real; aww, it's time Oh who is that? Young Bridges Boy I'm glad you finally grew into ears Go on and
Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes made And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she my Escalade See I could replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my I'm sorry for the beefs, we sorry for the drama But you understand us rappers ain't never had nothin And one's loss is another's so we gotta grab somethin Lord, got so questions I need the answers to And for the thangs I put my baby's mama through I feel that women are really the human beings but why do you 'em so emotional, and other minor things I guess your way of sayin we gotta love 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em we'd be nothin, plus our kids gotta raise 'em while we, out and about and seein life has to offer But if you offer a new then what we need is better fathers Either I'm cause of my daughter or I'm just too dense I'm 28 years old, it just now started sense And been...
One] Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the I'm tryna stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud It me some tiiiiime, but now I see That resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh yeah
Lord, me for anytime a fan said I was bein rude I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of But thanks for givin the of rap to write my feelings down And sorry for cursin sometimes but feelings me shout 'em out Forgive the people that blame everything on rap music If they didn't live it they can't or even adapt to it Forgive those who don't think I'm great and see me go Forgive Oprah for most my comments off her show get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold But who criticize the youth might just be gettin too old We still travellin life, findin what's right or wrong I know some may not agree or even like this song But I'm speakin MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free And my with God, even though he speaks through me I'm smarter cause of my daughter, and I'm NOT too I'm 28 years old, it just now makin sense And been...
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[Ludacris - Chorus One] been searchin so long I admit that I've been lost in them I'm tryna stay strong baby You know I'ma you proud I life is full of contradictions I'm tryna a better man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
Two: sung by choir] Searchin so looooong (so long) in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some (took me some time) now I seeeee (oh now I see) resiiiides, in me (yeah)
(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the tonight Came with words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
[Chorus Two - repeat 2X, ad libs]
[Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee What you heard is real life It's real life for you, it's real for many about where you been, yet at the same time you Ay, you find yourself, in the of conflict and turmoil Yes I'm talkin to you, in the of conflict and turmoil Cause you realize HEY - it's, to change right now And in the middle of I wanna say this The says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child I as a child, I fought as a child Hey, but when I a man I put away those, things Did you not that your environment has shaped you? Where you born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the upper downtown, it was The people around you, the around you cause you to do strange things because, you seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the God called you a When you up your mouth, everything of God comes out And it attention, it commands change I'm about the power, that's inside of you And in the midst you're, starting to understand that I caught the wrong message, and now it's I'm hearing God, what amazing experience, as you hear from God He said, "Is there any man be in Christ, he is a new creation" Old are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you It's to stop the killing I said it's to stop the stealing time to stop disrespecting our women It's time for us to come home and raise our time for us, to really mold our communities It's time for us, not to get hooked up in But to get up in relationship, with God And the amazing thing it is wherever you find yourself right now, you can and you can tell God "I'm I had the wrong cue, I was the wrong thing I was going after things that I thought were right, but it wasn't And now that I'm it right, I'm asking you to forgive me And I may done the things, that they said I did But I'm not, who say I am; I am who you made me to be and I'm in that, and it takes a few moments But time I fall down, I'll get right back up And every time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself in line Because I recognize, I have been called, for such a as this!" You resist the change And you're not by your yesterday If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus Three: by choir] Searchin so looooong, lost in the Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I Heeeee (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)