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 after Yes, you lookin so very beautiful here today Some of you with the same thang on the club last night(oh) The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh Please Lord Jesus I wish taketh away Sister Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the of God with that thing on It even look real; aww, it's testimony time Oh who is that? Chris Bridges Boy I'm glad you finally into them 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 my momma I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the But you gotta understand us rappers 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 I put my baby's mama through I feel women are really the strongest human beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other minor I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em we'd be nothin, plus our kids they raise 'em we, out and about and seein what life has to offer But if you offer a new life what we need is better fathers Either I'm smarter of my daughter or I'm just too dense I'm 28 old, it just now started makin sense And been...
[Chorus Searchin so looooong, I was in the clouds I'm stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud It took me tiiiiime, but now I see That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh
Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein I'm only human, I'm not always in the of moods But thanks for givin the of rap to write my feelings down And sorry for 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 or even 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 who criticize the youth might just be gettin too old We still travellin through life, findin what's right or I know some folks may not or even like this song But I'm just speakin MY truth, I heard 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 years old, it now started makin sense And been...
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[Ludacris - over One] I've been so long I admit that I've been in them clouds I'm just tryna stay baby You know make you proud I know life is full of I'm become a better man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus sung by choir] Searchin so (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 have a guest in the house tonight Came with words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
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[Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee What you just heard is life It's life for you, it's real life 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 talkin to you, in the midst of and turmoil Cause you realize HEY - it's, time to right now And in the middle of I wanna say this 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 those, childish things Did you not know that environment has shaped you? you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the downtown, wherever it was The people around you, the around you cause you to do things because, you were seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the God you a prophet you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out And it commands attention, it commands I'm talking about the power, that's 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 there 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 when becomes new in you It's time to the killing I said it's time to the stealing It's to stop disrespecting our women It's time for us to home and raise our children It's for us, to really mold our communities It's for us, not to get hooked up in religion But to get hooked up in relationship, God And the thing about it is wherever you yourself right now, you can confess 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 were right, but it right And now that I'm getting it right, I'm asking you to me And I may have the things, that they said I did But I'm not, who say I am; I am who you made 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 every time I make a turn, I'll get myself back in line Because I recognize, I been called, for such a time as this!" You can't resist the And not condemned by your yesterday If you can grab hold of now, and move in your destiny Move, change, and be, now!
[Chorus sung by choir] 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)