Can the church say (Amen reverend) We do one more offerin right now We gon' do another one in fifteen And we gon' do one mo', right that Yes, women you lookin so beautiful here today Some of you with the same thang on the club last night(oh) The Lord and the Lord taketh away Please Lord Jesus I wish you'd taketh Sister Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the of God with that thing on It don't even look real; aww, testimony time Oh who is Young Chris Bridges Boy I'm glad you finally grew them ears Go on and
Lord, please me for the mistakes I've made And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she my Escalade See I replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my momma I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we for the drama But you understand us rappers ain't never had nothin And one's loss is another's gain so we grab somethin Lord, got so many questions I the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my baby's through I feel that women are really the strongest human but why do you 'em so emotional, and other minor things I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta love 'em and gotta 'em cause without 'em be nothin, plus our kids they gotta raise 'em while we, out and about and seein what has to offer But if you a new life then what we need is better fathers Either I'm smarter cause of my 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 make you 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 in the best of moods 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 wanna blame everything on rap If they didn't live it they can't relate or adapt to it those who don't think I'm great and wanna see me go Forgive Oprah for editin most my comments off her Don't get me wrong, I know some got a image to hold But those who the youth might just be gettin too old We still travellin through life, findin right or wrong I know some may not agree or even like this song But I'm just speakin MY truth, cause I it sets you free And my conversation's with God, even he speaks through me I'm smarter cause of my daughter, and I'm NOT too I'm 28 old, it just now started makin sense And been...
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[Ludacris - Chorus One] I've been searchin so I admit that been lost in them clouds I'm tryna stay strong baby You know I'ma make you I know life is full of I'm become a better man Prayin for redemption, each and day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus sung by choir] so looooong (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you - 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 a special guest in the house tonight Came some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
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[Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee What you just heard is life It's real for you, it's real life for many It's about where you been, yet at the 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, time to change now And in the of that I wanna say this The says that 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 know 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 things you cause you to do strange because, you were seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the God you a prophet When you open up your mouth, everything of God out And it commands attention, it commands I'm talking about the power, 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 from God, what experience, as you hear from God He said, "Is forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation" Old things are passed away, needs to hear that and behold Everything becomes new, and everything becomes new in you It's time to stop the I said time to stop the stealing It's to stop disrespecting our women time for us to come home and raise our children It's for us, to really mold our communities time for us, not to get hooked up in religion But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the thing about it is you find yourself right now, you can confess 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 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 changing in that, and it a few moments But every time I fall down, I'll get right up And every I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in line Because I recognize, I have called, for such a time as this!" You resist the change And not condemned by your yesterday If you can grab hold of your now, and move in destiny Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus Three: sung by Searchin so looooong, in the clouuuuuds Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee Heeeee (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)