Can the church say (Amen reverend) We do one more offerin right now We do another one in fifteen minutes And we gon' do one mo', right after Yes, women you lookin so very here today Some of you with the thang on from the club last night(oh) The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh Please Jesus I wish you'd taketh away Sister Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the House of God with that on It don't even look aww, it's testimony time Oh who is that? Young Chris Boy I'm you finally grew into them ears Go on and
Lord, please forgive me for the I've made And for keepin my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade See I could replace a but I can't replace my momma 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 gain so we gotta grab Lord, got so questions I need the answers to And sorry for the I put my baby's mama through I feel that women are the strongest human beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other things I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em we'd be nothin, plus our kids gotta raise 'em we, out and about and seein what life has to offer But if you offer a new life then what we need is fathers Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm just too I'm 28 years old, it now started makin sense And been...
[Chorus so looooong, I was lost in the clouds I'm tryna stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud It took me tiiiiime, but now I see Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh yeah
Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan I was bein rude I'm human, I'm not always in the best of moods But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my down And sorry for cursin but feelings make me shout 'em out Forgive the people that wanna everything on rap music If they didn't live it they relate or even adapt to it Forgive those who think I'm great and wanna see me go Forgive Oprah for editin most my comments off her get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold But those who the youth might just be gettin too old We still travellin through life, findin what's right or I know some folks may not agree or like this song But I'm just speakin MY truth, cause I heard it you free And my conversation's God, even though he speaks through me I'm smarter of my daughter, and I'm NOT too dense I'm 28 years old, it now started makin sense And been...
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[Ludacris - over Chorus been searchin so long I admit that I've been lost in them I'm just tryna stay strong You I'ma make you proud I know life is full of I'm tryna become a man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus Two: sung by Searchin so (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I (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 - 2X, minus ad libs]
[Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee What you just is real life It's real for you, it's real life for many It's 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 midst of conflict and Cause you realize HEY - it's, time to change now And in the of that I wanna say this The Bible that when I was a child, I spoke as a child I understood as a child, I fought as a Hey, but when I a man I put away those, childish Did you not know your environment has shaped you? Where you born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the downtown, wherever it was The around you, the things around you cause you to do things because, you were seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the God called you a When you open up your mouth, of God comes out And it attention, it commands change I'm talking the power, that's inside of you And in the midst when you're, starting to that I caught the message, and now it's time 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 things are away, somebody needs to hear that and behold Everything new, and when everything becomes new in you It's time to the killing I said it's time to stop the It's time to disrespecting our women It's time for us to come home and raise our It's for us, to really mold our communities It's time for us, not to get up in religion But to get up in relationship, with God And the amazing thing it is wherever you find yourself now, you can confess 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 right And now that I'm it right, I'm asking you to forgive me And I may have done the things, that they 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 every I fall down, I'll get right back up And every time I make a turn, I'll get myself back in line Because I recognize, I have been called, for a time as this!" You resist the change And you're not by your yesterday If you can hold of your now, and move in your destiny Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus Three: sung by Searchin so looooong, in the clouuuuuds to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some tiiiiime (took me time) now I seeeee Heeeee (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)