Can the say Amen? (Amen reverend) We gon' do one more right now We do another 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 from the last night(oh) The giveth and the Lord taketh away Please Lord Jesus I wish you'd taketh away Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the House of God with that on It even look real; aww, it's testimony time Oh who is that? Young Bridges Boy I'm you finally grew into them ears Go on and
Lord, please forgive me for the I've made And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she wrecked my See I could replace a Cadillac but I replace my momma I'm sorry for the beefs, we sorry for the drama But you gotta understand us rappers ain't never had 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 mama through I feel that women are really the human beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other minor 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 they raise 'em while we, out and about and what life has to offer But if you offer a new life then what we need is fathers Either I'm smarter of my daughter or I'm just too dense I'm 28 years old, it now started 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 yeahhhhh
Lord, forgive me for a fan said I was bein rude I'm only human, I'm not always in the of moods But for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings down And for cursin sometimes but feelings make me shout 'em out Forgive the people that wanna blame on rap music 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 off her show Don't get me wrong, I know people got a image to hold But those who criticize the might just be gettin too old We travellin through life, findin what's right or wrong I know some folks may not or even 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 cause of my daughter, and I'm NOT too dense I'm 28 old, it just 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 clouds I'm just tryna stay baby You know I'ma make you I know life is full of I'm tryna become a man Prayin for redemption, each and 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 time) now I seeeee (oh now I see) resiiiides, in me (yeah)
(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special in the house tonight Came some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
[Chorus Two - 2X, minus ad libs]
Bishop Eddie Lee Long] What you just is real 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 of conflict and turmoil Yes I'm talkin to you, in the midst of conflict and Cause you realize HEY - it's, to change right now And in the middle of that I say this The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a I understood as a child, I fought as a Hey, but when I a man I put those, childish things Did you not know that your has shaped you? you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the downtown, wherever it was The people around you, the things 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 When you up your mouth, everything 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 wrong message, and now 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, somebody needs to hear and behold Everything becomes new, and when becomes new in you time to stop the killing I said it's time to the stealing time to stop disrespecting our women It's for us to come home and raise our children It's time for us, to really our communities It's time for us, not to get hooked up in But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the thing 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 thing I was going after things that I thought 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, 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 takes a few But every time I down, I'll get right back up And every time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in Because I recognize, I been called, for such a time as this!" You resist the change And you're not condemned by your If you can grab hold of your now, and move in destiny Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus Three: by choir] Searchin so looooong, in the clouuuuuds Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - you proud! Took me some (took me some time) now I seeeee Heeeee (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)