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