Can the church say (Amen reverend) We gon' do one offerin right now We gon' do another one in fifteen And we gon' do one mo', after that Yes, women you lookin so very beautiful here Some of you with the same on from 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 House of God that thing on It don't even 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 when she wrecked my Escalade See I could replace a Cadillac but I replace my momma I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we for the drama But you gotta understand us ain't never had nothin And one's loss is gain so we gotta grab somethin Lord, got so many I need the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my mama through I feel that women are the strongest human beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and minor things I guess it's your way of sayin we love 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em be nothin, plus our kids they gotta raise 'em while we, out and about and seein life has to offer But if you a new life then what we need is better fathers Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm just too I'm 28 old, it just now started makin sense And been...
[Chorus Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the I'm stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud It took me tiiiiime, but now I see That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeah
Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan 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 down And sorry for cursin but feelings make me shout 'em out Forgive the people that blame everything on rap music If they didn't live it they can't relate or even to it Forgive those who don't I'm great and wanna see me go Forgive Oprah for editin most my off her show Don't get me wrong, I know some people got a image to But those who criticize the youth might just be too old We travellin through life, findin what's right or wrong I know some folks may not agree or even this song But I'm just MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free And my conversation's with God, even though he 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 I've searchin so long I admit that been lost in them clouds I'm just stay strong baby You know I'ma you proud I know is full of contradictions I'm become a better man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus Two: by choir] so looooong (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some (took me some time) now I seeeee (oh now I see) resiiiides, in me (yeah)
(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the tonight Came with some words of encouragement, Eddie Long)
[Chorus Two - repeat 2X, ad libs]
[Outro: Eddie Lee Long] What you just 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 yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Yes I'm to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Cause you HEY - it's, time to change right 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 as a child Hey, but I became a man I put those, childish things Did you not that your environment has shaped you? Where you were born, in the projects, in the In the downtown, wherever it was The people around you, the around you cause you to do strange things because, you were seeking to 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 change I'm talking the power, that's inside of you And in the midst you're, starting to understand that I caught the wrong message, and now 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 are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you It's time to stop the I it's time to stop the stealing 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 hooked up in But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the thing about it is wherever you find yourself 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 I thought were right, but it wasn't right And now that I'm it right, I'm asking you to forgive me And I may have the things, that they 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 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 resist the change And you're not condemned by yesterday If you can hold of your now, and move 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 - make you proud! Took me some (took me some time) now I seeeee resiiiides (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)