Can the church say (Amen reverend) We gon' do one more right now We gon' do one in fifteen minutes And we gon' do one mo', right that Yes, women you lookin so very 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 thing on It even 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 me for the mistakes I've made And thanks for keepin my momma safe she wrecked 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 gotta understand us ain't never had nothin And loss is another's gain so we gotta grab somethin Lord, got so many questions I the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my baby's mama I feel that women are really the strongest human but why do you make 'em so emotional, and minor things I guess it's your way of we gotta love 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em we'd be nothin, our kids they gotta raise 'em while we, out and 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 or I'm just too dense I'm 28 years old, it just now makin sense And been...
[Chorus Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the I'm tryna stay strooooong, and make you It took me tiiiiime, but now I see Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh yeah
Lord, me for anytime a fan said 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 my feelings down And sorry for cursin sometimes but make me shout 'em out Forgive the that wanna blame everything on rap music If they didn't live it they can't relate or adapt to it Forgive those who think I'm great and wanna see me go Forgive for editin most 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 right or I know some folks may not agree or even like this But I'm just speakin MY truth, I heard it sets you free And my conversation's with God, even though he speaks 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 I've been so long I admit that I've been lost in clouds I'm tryna stay strong baby You know I'ma you proud I know life is of contradictions I'm tryna a better man for redemption, each 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 tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee (oh now I see) resiiiides, in me (yeah)
(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a guest in the house tonight Came with some words of encouragement, Bishop Long)
[Chorus Two - repeat 2X, ad libs]
[Outro: Eddie Lee Long] you just 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 to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Cause you realize HEY - it's, to change right now And in the middle of that I wanna say The Bible says when I was a child, I spoke as a child I understood as a child, I as a child Hey, but when I a man I put away those, things Did you not know that your environment has shaped you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the upper downtown, it was The people you, the things around you cause you to do strange things because, you seeking to learn But you learned, was on the streets, and not in the book God you a prophet you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out And it commands attention, it change I'm talking the power, that's inside of you And in the when you're, starting to understand that I caught the wrong message, and now time I'm hearing from God, what amazing experience, as you from God He said, "Is forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation" Old things are passed away, somebody needs to that and behold becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you It's time to stop the I said it's to stop the stealing It's time to stop our women It's time for us to come and raise our children It's time for us, to really mold our It's time for us, not to get hooked up in But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the amazing about it is wherever you find yourself now, you can confess and you can God "I'm sorry; I had the cue, I was doing the wrong thing I was going things that I thought were right, but it wasn't right And now that I'm getting it right, I'm asking you to me And I may have done the things, they said I did But I'm not, who they say I am; I am who you me to be and I'm in that, and it takes a few moments But every time I fall down, get right back up And time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in line Because I recognize, I have been called, for such a as this!" You can't the change And you're not condemned by yesterday If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus sung by choir] Searchin so looooong, in the clouuuuuds Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - you proud! me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee Heeeee (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)