Can the say Amen? (Amen reverend) We gon' do one more offerin now We gon' do another one in minutes And we do one mo', right after that Yes, women you lookin so beautiful here today Some of you with the same thang on from the club night(oh) The Lord and the Lord taketh away Please Lord Jesus I wish you'd taketh Sister Mary's wig Oh you the House of God with that thing on It don't look real; aww, it's testimony 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 I've made And thanks for keepin my safe when she wrecked my Escalade See I replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my momma I'm for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the drama But you gotta us rappers ain't never had nothin And one's loss is gain so we gotta grab somethin Lord, got so questions I need the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my mama through I feel that women are really the strongest beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other things I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta love 'em and 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 life then what we is better fathers Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm just too I'm 28 years old, it just now makin sense And been...
One] Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the I'm tryna stay strooooong, and make you It took me tiiiiime, but now I see That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeah
Lord, forgive me for a fan said I was bein rude I'm only human, I'm not always in the of moods But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings And sorry for cursin sometimes but make me shout 'em out Forgive the people wanna blame everything on rap music 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 some people got a image to hold But those who criticize the youth just be gettin too old We still travellin life, findin what's right or wrong I know some folks may not agree or even like this But I'm just MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free And my conversation's with God, 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...
One]
[Ludacris - over One] been searchin so long I admit that I've been lost in clouds I'm just stay strong baby You know I'ma make you I know is full of contradictions I'm tryna a better man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus sung by choir] so looooong (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to strooooong, and make 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 guest in the house tonight with some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
[Chorus Two - 2X, minus ad libs]
Bishop Eddie Lee Long] What you just heard is real real life for you, it's real life for many It's about where you been, yet at the same you Ay, you yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Yes I'm talkin to you, in the midst of and turmoil Cause you realize HEY - it's, time to right now And in the of that I wanna say this The Bible says when I was a child, I spoke as a child I understood as a child, I fought as a Hey, but I became a man I put those, childish things Did you not that your environment has shaped you? you were 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 you a prophet When you open up mouth, everything of God comes out And it attention, it commands change I'm talking about the power, that's of you And in the midst when you're, starting to that I caught the wrong message, and now it's I'm from 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 Everything becomes new, and when everything new in you It's time to stop the I said it's time to stop the It's time to stop disrespecting our It's time for us to home and raise our children It's time for us, to mold our communities It's time for us, not to get up in religion But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the amazing about it is wherever you find yourself right now, you can and you can tell God "I'm I had the wrong cue, I was doing the wrong 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 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 time 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 called, for such a time as this!" You can't the change And you're not condemned by your If you can grab hold of your now, and in your destiny Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus Three: sung by so looooong, lost in the clouuuuuds Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - you proud! Took me some (took me some time) now I seeeee resiiiides (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)