[Intro: Tense] DEAR GENERATION, I GO BY THE NAME OF TENSE. I'M A FRIEND, I'M A PEER, AND I'M SOMEONE WHO CAN RELATE TO YOU. LOOK AT YOURSELF. EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IN LIFE. EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD AND FELT. THAT'S MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE, AND DEEP INSIDE, YOU'RE FED UP AND YOU WANT CHANGE. YOU KNOW THEY SAID "WHAT THEY DONT KNOW WON'T HURT EM", RIGHT? I GOTTA DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE FOR YOU NOT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL MAN. FOR YOU NOT TO KNOW THE TRUTH WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE SAME HURT THAT YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ALL THESE YEARS. SO, TELL ME HOW ACCURATE IS THAT STATEMENT. YOU DONE LOOKED INTO PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS AND THAT STILL AINT SOLVED ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. AND BELIEVE ME, I DID THAT TOO. BUT I WANNA SHARE SOMEONE WITH YOU WHO CAME AND CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE. AND THEY CAN DO THE SAME FOR YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT JESUS. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. [Verse 1: Tense] THIS INDUSTRY AINT GOT A RIGHTFUL PLACE FOR PREACHIN TELL ME TO COEXIST, TOLERATE WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN I'D DO MYSELF A FAVOR IF I DIDNT FLOW FOR JESUS? THAT'S NON SENSE, BUT TECHNICALLY IM FLOWING FOR YOU PEOPLE WITH THAT SAID I KNOW YOU CAME FOR THAT ORDINARY (AY) THAT MUSIC THAT'LL HAVE YOU IN A MORTUARY (AY) SAME MUSIC GOT YOU HAVING SEX BEFORE YOU MARRIED (AY) THAT'S WHY I GIVE YOU TRACKS TO GET YOU RIGHT BEFORE YOU BURIED (GO!) I KNOW THIS GONNA COST ME, KNOW WHAT I'M STANDIN' FO' (FO') FOR THIS GENERATION, HEAD BOWED, HANDS CLOSED I AINT GOTTA MAKE A DOLLAR, THAT AINT MY PLAN SO BELIEVE ME WHEN I WAS DOING TRACKS IN MY VAN BRO TOOK AN UNPOPULAR STANCE, AINT GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT YEAH I SORTED ALL THE FACTS, YEAH I WENT THROUGH ALL THE STATS (STATS) WE A NATION WITH MANY GODS, ONLY ONE IS TRUE BUT HOW COME WE CAN'T TELL? IT'S CUZ WE PERSECUTE HIM [Hook: Tense] AND THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY'RE TELLING US IS TRUE. AND WHEN SOMEBODY OUT THE CROWD SEE IT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIGHT, THEY WANNA LOOK AT US DIFFERENT FOR THAT? WHAT? BUT ASK YOURSELF THIS. "WHAT IF EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO REALLY IS A LIE. AND SEE YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW THAT. BUT YOU JUST DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT. BUT ONE DAY YOU'LL HAVE TO (LOOK) [Verse 2: Tense] MAJORITY STEADY DOING JUST WHAT YA PARENTS DID (DID) YOU FALL TO IT, AND THEN IT MOVE TO THE GRAND KIDS BUT IM STANDING UP TO BREAK THIS TREND (BREAK) MAKE THIS END SO MY PEERS NEVER HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY AGAIN (NEVER) BY LIVING FOR THE ONE WHO PAID FOR MY SINS (JESUS) YOU SHOULD TAG ALONG, BEFORE YOU BE CHASING THE WIND (WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH) THIS WORLD'LL HAVE YOU LOOKING PAPER THIN PLUS YOU A FOOL TO THINK THEY REALLY MADE SLAVERY END KEEP IT 100, NEVER COMPROMISE (STUTTER) TELL YOU THE TRUTH, TELL IT TIL I DIE TELL IT BY NO SURPRISE HOMIE, NO DISGUISE SO DONT LET IT OVERFLY FORGET WHOEVER TOLD YOU LIES CUZ IF I NEVER TELL YOU, THAT WOULD BE HOMICIDE SO I'M COMMITTED, NEVER SLACK TO KEEP YOU NOTIFIED MY PRAYER IS THIS LETTER MAKE YOU GO TO GOD ASAP, CUZ ONE DAY YOU GONE DIE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE TIME [Outro: Tense] LOOK MAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD RATHER STAND ON THE LEAST POPULAR THINGS IN THIS LIFE NOW, AND WAIT UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE TO SEE IF IT WAS TRUE OR NOT. WE STEADY TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS ON THIS EARTH AND WHAT WE DOING AINT WORKING. EVERYTHING YOU'VE TRIED HAS LET YOU DOWN. NOW HOW YOU GONNA GET DIFFERENT RESULTS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING? I'M PRESENTING JESUS CHRIST TO YOU. FORGET WHAT YOU HEARD IN MEDIA. FORGET WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE CHURCH. THIS IS YOU AND HIM. NOW CHOOSE THIS DAY.

[Intro:] YEAH, COME ON YEAH (AY) [Hook:] CHOOSE THIS DAY, WHO YOU GON' SERVE CHOOSE THIS DAY, WHO YOU GON' SERVE AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD I SAID, AS FOR ME MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON [Verse 1:] AY I BET YOU WON'T LAUGH, WHEN THIS WORLD DON'T LAST, IT’S ALL GON' PASS AND IT’S GON' GO FAST, LEMME EXPLAIN, NO GIRLS, NO CASH IM TALKIN' RICH BECOMING WAY WORSE THAN LOW CLASS WHEN THEM ANGELS BLOW THAT BRASS YOU GOT IT BAD YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HIS LOVE, NO, LET'S TALK ABOUT HIS WRATH REMEMBER THE GAME OF MASH PICK A NUMBER TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE STUFF YOU SOLD YA' SOUL FOR, YOU WISH YOU NEVER HAD SCRATCH THAT, JUST CROSS OUT THAT WHOLE PAD GAIN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, YOU BETTA' KNOW ITS GOT A PRICE TAG. YOU BETTA KNOW THE COST IF I WAS YOU, I WOULD REPENT WITH GOD, IT AINT NO SUCH THING AS JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT EVERYBODY SHOWING UP, TWO SIDES, SHEEPS AND GOATS TWO DIFFERENT ETERNITIES, EVERYBODY NEED TO KNOW THIS WORLD IS ENDING SOONER EVERYTIME WE SPREAD JESUS SO IF YOU NEVER HEARD OF HIM, WELL HERE WE COME TO PREACH HIM, LET'S GO [Hook] [Verse 2:] SEE MY GOD TOLD ME JUST TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO THIS WORLD, AND NOTHIN' BUT IT SO FORGIVE ME IF MY MUSIC SOUND REDUNDANT ALSO FORGIVE ME IF I SEEM TO PASS JUDGMENT 'CAUSE THAT’S NOT MY JOB, MY JOB’S TO SHOW YOU WHO DOES IT I WOULD WASTE MY TIME IF I SAT HERE FUSSIN' IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT CHRIST, YOU GO TO HELL, NO DISCUSSIONS YOU CAN CHANGE YA HEART UNLESS YOU WANT THE REPERCUSSIONS IF YOU AINT GOT JESUS IN YA' LIFE, YOU GOT NOTHIN' YOU CAN SMOKE YA' LIFE AWAY AND BE ON CLOUD DOZEN THINKIN' ITS GON' LAST FOREVER, UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T YOU AINT GOIN' TO NO HEAVEN IF YOU GOT A PRAYIN' COUSIN OR IF YOU SAT IN THE FRONT PEW EVERY SUNDAY OR IF YOU PAID YA' TITHES AND SUNG IN THE CHOIR, WORE A BLAZER AND A TIE BUT YO' HEART IS FAR FROM HIM BETTA' BELIEVE THE SKY’LL CRACK ALL OF A SUDDEN IF IT DOESN’T, IT WAS 'CAUSE YOU WAS TOO BLIND TO SEE HIM COMIN' (CHOOSE) [Hook] [Verse 3:] HOMEBOY TRIED EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD, NEVER TRIED GOD WON'T LISTEN TO THE TRUTH, BUT YOU’LL LISTEN TO AN IPOD WALKIN' AROUND WITH YA' EYES BLOCKED LIKE CYCLOPS NO ONE’S EXEMPT, THAT MEANS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE, NOT EVEN CELEBRITIES HOMIE, NOT EVEN ICONS NOT EVEN DYLAN, DYLAN OR DYLAN (LAUGH) IF YOU NEVER GIVE YO' HEART TO JESUS YOU GON' ALWAYS BE DEFEATED LEAVING EARTH WITH NO ACHIEVEMENTS EVERY SECOND THAT YOU LIVE CONCEITED IS A WASTE OF TIME BREATHIN' CHASIN STUFF THAT LAST FOR A SEASON AND WHEN THAT STUFF DON’T LAST AND START LEAVIN' YOU’LL BE UP SCREAMIN' FOR IT TO COME BACK LIKE KEL CHASIN' KENAN BACK TO BACK MARATHON EVERY WEEKEND OF THE SAME OUTCOME OF LIVING LIFE IN DEEP SIN YOU CAN CHOOSE THIS DAY TO FOLLOW GOD AND ONLY PLEASE HIM I SAID YOU CAN CHOOSE THIS DAY TO FOLLOW GOD AND PLEASE HIM [Interlude:] WITH THAT SAID (LAUGH) SERVE THE TRUE LIVING GOD DROP THE IDOLS PICK UP A BIBLE [Hook:] WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON TELL ME WHO SIDE IS YOU ON WHO SIDE IS YOU ON

[Intro: Tense] YOU'RE RUNNIN FROM GOD EVIL'S RUNNING YA' LIFE AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIND BUT I WONDER ARE YOU HAPPY (YEAH) BUT I WONDER ARE YOU HAPPY (HAPPY) (STUTTER) I WONDER (WONDER) [Verse 1:] LET'S GO (UHN) ANOTHER DRINK IN YA CUP (CUP) ANOTHER NIGHT OF THE SAME BUZZ (SAME BUZZ) YOU THROWING DOWN TEQUILA 'TIL YOU CAN'T BUDGE (CAN'T BUDGE) YOU HALFWAY DECENT WHEN YOU WAKE UP (WAKE UP) YOU CAN'T REMEMBER SO YOU GO TO DO THE SAME STUFF GOIN ALL OUT, AINT A THANG YOU ASHAMED OF (YOU AINT ASHAMED) YOU GETTIN PAID PLUS GETTIN CHICKS BANGED UP (BANGED UP) WHIP DRAPED UP YEAH THEM HATERS CAN'T TOUCH BUT THEY DONT SEE WHAT'S BEHIND ALL THE MAKE-UP (AY THEY DON'T SEE IT) THIS LIFESTYLE GOT YOU WETTIN' YA WHOLE FACE UP (YOU CRYING) YEAH, AND YOU BE SWEARIN' THAT YOU STRAIGHT BUT YOU DON'T WANNA DIE THIS WAY, SO YOU NEED A SAVIOR (JESUS) I GIVE YOU JESUS, YOU DENY HIM TO HIS FACE CUZ YOU RUN AWAY EVERYTIME HE CALL YO NAME (YUP, YUP) AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU AFRAID OF YOU LYING TO YASELF IF YOU KEEP LIVING THIS WAY (UHN) [Hook:] YOU'RE RUNNIN FROM GOD EVIL'S RUNNING YA' LIFE AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIND BUT I WONDER ARE YOU HAPPY (YEAH) BUT I WONDER ARE YOU HAPPY (HAPPY) (STUTTER) I WONDER (WONDER) [Verse 2:] ONLY IF YOU KNEW THAT GOD LOOK AT YOU AS VIRTUE BUT INSTEAD YOU SETTLING FOR LESS, AND IT HURTS YOU (HURT YOU) RECEIVE LOVE FROM A MAN, YOU NEVER LEARNED TO YA' MAN BEATING ON YOU 'TIL HE SEE YA' FACE TURN BLUE (BLUE) AND TO GET OVER THE PAIN, YOU JUST TURN UP MAMA GOT CONCERNS, BUT THE CASE IS UNHEARD OF KEEP GOING THROUGH IT, CUZ YOU COVERING THAT DIRT UP 'TIL IT'S TOO LATE, WHEN YOU ON THE NEWS AND YOU MURDERED YOU WANNA ESCAPE, BUT YOU GOT NO ONE TO RUN TO 'CAUSE EVERYONE YOU KNOW APPARENTLY SEEM TO RUN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE LORD, BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT HE LOVE YOU YOU SAID A COUPLE PRAYERS BUT YOU DON'T THINK HE GONE COME THROUGH MONTH 2 BABY ON THE WAY, YOU THROWING UP FOOD TOLD YA MAN ABOUT IT, NOW YOU TRIPPIN 'CAUSE HE DUMPED YOU LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE, BUT YOU HIDING AND YOU FIGHTING YOU WANNA BE TREATED RIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA LIVE RIGHTEOUS [Hook] [Bridge x4: Tense] HOW LONG WILL YOU RUN (RUN) HOW FAR WILL YOU GO (GO) [Verse 3] SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEY WHOLE LIFE TRYNA MAKE IT THROUGH (THROUGH) TWICE THE TROUBLE WHEN YOU ALREADY HEARD THE TRUTH AND THAT'S WORSE FOR YOU FEEL LIKE THE WORLD VERSUS YOU AND THATS CUZ YOU REFUSE TO GIVE HIM WORSHIP DUDE GOTTA REMIND YOU OF YA FIRST LOVE THE ONE WHO MADE YOU FROM THE DIRT (DUST) THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES YOU WORTH MUCH YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE THE HURT BRUH [Hook]

[Intro: Tense] AY THIS WAS SO UNEXPECTED MAN. BUT LISTEN. I BROUGHT TWO GUESTS WITH ME. WE BOUTA GO IN. TALK TO 'EM EDIFY [Verse 1: Edify] YEAH, I'M IN MY ZONE HERE WE GO THEY BE LIKE EDIFY RELOAD, I GOT A PLAN TO TAKE CONTROL WHEN I GO IN, I GET THESE SOULS AND I DON'T BREAK, I ONLY FOLD THEN I GET UP AND TAKE SOME MO' GIVIN' GLORY TO THE LORD (YEAH) WE ARE THE SOLDIERS DON'T NOTHING CONTROL US THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD US WE'RE BREAKING THE GROUND IF YOU'VE BEEN SATISFIED BY THE SUFFIENCY OF THE LORD, THEN YOU'D BE REPPIN' HIM LOUD GOT A BACKPACK, MAN SCRATCH THAT GOT A WHOLE TEAM, THEY CALL US MSG WE ALL SPIT FACTS AND RIP TRACKS, AND WE NEVER GONNA STOP 'TIL WE D-I-E REFUTE HIM, THAT'S A FALLACY A NEW BIRTH IN HIS MAJESTY HAS GIVEN ME EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD EVER NEED, FLESH IS JUST A CASUALTY (UHN) AND I REPENTED, I'M FORGIVEN, AND I KNOW THAT HE IS RISEN I'M SECURE BUT OUTTA PRISON I HATE SIN I ERASE IT DON'T EVEN LET IT IN THE BASEMENT CAN'T TASTE IT NO FAKIN' BUT WHEN I FALL, STILL NEED HIS GRACE MAN IMMA KEEP RUNNIN', I'M CHASIN' THE SON IMMA KEEP FIGHTING, THE BIBLE MY GUN SO CLICK CLACK, GET BACK CUT THE TRACK, 'CAUSE I'M DONE [Hook: Tense] JESUS CAME TO FREE ME FROM MY SINS AND HE AINT SET A RECORD BRUH HE SET A TREND AND HE AINT SELL A MILLION BRUH HE BOUGHT 'EM ALL HE TOPPIN' ALL OF YALL MAN THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP YEAH THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP YEAH THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP YEAH THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP THAT'S WHY I LIFT HIM UP [Verse 2: Tense] AY WHO YOU KNOW PURSUE PERFECTION TO DEATH COMPLETE NEGLECT OF HIMSELF WRAPPED HIMSELF IN THE FLESH WE ROCKIN OUT WITH THE BEST WASN'T A BENCH THAT HE PRESSED BUT HE WAS RIPPED IN THE CHEST YOU BOUGHT A WHIP WITH A CHECK HE TOOK THEM WHIPS FOR YO DEBT (TURN UP) YOU LIFTIN' UP THAT BEAMER I'M LIFTIN' UP THE REDEEMER I'M SEEKING GOD, YOU SEEKIN' HER TRYNA FIGURE OUT HOW FAST SHE CAN TWERK YOU LIFTIN' UP HER T-SHIRT 'CAUSE SHE BOUNCING LIKE SOME REVERB I FIGURED OUT I DON'T NEED HER SO I PRAISE GOD 'TIL MY TEETH HURT BUT STILL THAT LORD IS SO GREAT TURNED WATER INTO ROZAY GROUP OF THE SAME LANGUAGE INTO MICHAEL, LEE AND JOSE HE BE GETTIN NO FAME BUT STILL BE GETTIN' YO PRAISE YOU GIVE HIM DIRT AND BOUQUETS BUT OUT THE GRAVE HE RAISE LOOKIN HEALTHY LIKE ZUCCHINI BRING THIS GOSPEL THROUGH YO' TV DON'T BLOW UP WHEN YOU SEE ME IM LESS IMPORTANT LIKE LUIGI I GOT TRUTH UP IN THIS CD YOU CAN PLAY IT 'TIL YOU SLEEPY SALVATION IS A FREEBIE FOR THE NEEDY, NOT THE GREEDY (GO IN) [Hook] [Verse 3: Brotha Dre] AY, I'M BROTHA DRE I GIVE HIM PRAISE 'CAUSE HE HOLY AND HE THE ONE AND ONLY WE BE WEEPING FOR A NIGHT, JOY'S COMING IN THE MORNING SO I LIFT HIM UP (HIGH) I LIFT HIM UP (WHY) TOOK THIRTY-NINE STRIPES THREE NAILS, TWO THIEVES ON HIS SIDE, ONE CROSS, NO LIE (AY) IN ORDER FOR GOD TO BE LIFTED YOU GOTTA GET RID OF THE WICKEDNESS GIVE IT TO HIM, IT'S RIDICULOUS IF YOU COMMITTED TO LIVING FOR GOD, AND CONTINUE TO GIVE IN TO SIN MY FLESH GET NO MO' PROMO FOR THE LORD, I GO SO LOCO COMING ON A WHITE HORSE, POLO LOGO DEMONS FINNA GET ATE LIKE OCHO STONE ROLLED AWAY SO COLD STONE COLD (STEVE AUSTIN) STEPPED ON THE WATER SO GANGSTA, YOU CAN CALL THAT SEA WALKING SPEAK THE WORD, THAT'S SWEET TALKING PREACH THE WORD, 'CAUSE THE STREETS TALKING ONE DAY I'M GON' BE WALKING ON A STREET SO CLEAN, YOU CAN EAT OFF IT (EAT OFF IT) EVERYWHERE I GO, I SPREAD THE GOSPEL LIKE A CONDIMENT I LIFT HIM UP, LIKE I'M GIVING COMPLIMENTS EVERYTHANG YOU DO UP ON THIS EARTH, IT GOT A CONSEQUENCE THAT'S WHY IN THE LORD, WHERE I PUT MY CONFIDENCE (LIFT HIM UP) [Hook] [Outro: Tense] LIFT HIM UP (ECHO) UP, UP, UP, UP LIFT HIM UP (ECHO)

[Verse 1:] AMERICA’S FULL OF…HATE FOR THE CHRISTIANS LOVE FOR THE MUSLIMS HATE FOR THE JEWS LIES IN THE NEWS EVER SINCE THE TIME I LEARNED TO TIE MY SHOES, IT’S BEEN THE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIE A FOOL JUST LOOK, GOT THESE LIES INSIDE THE SCHOOLS THEY TELL US, COLOMBUS FOUND THIS PLACE IN 1492 THAT’S NOT TRUE LONG BEFORE HE SET FOOT ON THE SHORE IT WAS PEOPLE WAY BEFORE HIM ALREADY WALKING THE FLOOR THEY CALL THIS THE LAND OF THE FREE, THE HOME OF BRAVE ONE NATION UNDER GOD? MAN THAT’S SO OUTTA PHASE THIS COUNTRY LIVE IN FEAR, THIS COUNTRY FULL OF SLAVES SO MANY DECADES AND STILL AINT A THING CHANGED SLAVERY ON THE JOB, PEOPLE STILL BROKE ALL LOVE LOST, ALL WE DO IS KILL FOLKS WE PUT A BLACK MAN IN OFFICE, AND WE GOT WORSE AMERICA GOT CURSED 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON’T PUT GOD FIRST LISTEN TO BARACK'S WORDS AND STILL ON A JOB SEARCH YOU BETTA' KNOW THAT GOD IS JEALOUS BRO DON'T STAY REBELLING NOW LEMME RAISE THE QUESTION CAN AMERICA BE REDEEMED? IT AINT NO TELLIN' BUT I PRAY FOR THE BETTER [Interlude:] I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A SISTER AND SOMETHING SHE POINTED OUT TO ME WAS THIS: "THOSE WHO STAND FOR TRUTH ARE A MINORITY IN THIS COUNTRY". THEY WANNA KILL PEOPLE LIKE US BECAUSE WE MESSING WITH THEY MONEY. TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: IF YOU EVER HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING ON THIS TRACK, YOU SHOULDA NEVER GOT INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO MAKE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK THE ROAD BOUTA BE EASY FOR YOU 'CAUSE I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YALL. VERSE TWO [Verse 2:] ALL OUR LIVES WE’VE BEEN LIED TO AND IT TAKE ME TO POINT IT OUT TO SURPRISE YOU? GOVERNMENT TRYNA BLIND YOU, YOU NEVER BOIL IN YA' BLOOD TO THE TIME NEWS THEY CALL IT FICTION, WHEN WE SAY GOD SET UP DIVINE RULES NATION WITH NO CONVICTION. IT’S LIKE THEY MIND’S THROUGH MADE IT OFFICIAL, SAME SEX CAN SAY “I DO” TO SPEAK AGAINST IT, EVEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD DESPISE YOU MIND YOU, HE THE ONE WHO SIGNED THE DOTTED LINE, TOO. AND, IT’S NOT A MUST YOU GO TO COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL YA' ELDERS GRADUATED YEARS AGO, AND GOT A PRICE DUE IT’S NO JOB PROMISED WHEN GRADUATION NIGHT’S THROUGH YOU WASTED FOUR YEARS, AND PAYING LOANS UNTIL YOU NINETY-TWO WORK A 9 TO 5 UNTIL THE DAY YOU NINETY-FIVE LIVING CURSED, YOU BETTER LISTEN TO ALMIGHTY GOD WHO’S SAYING WAKE UP NO LONGER FOLLOW THIS FAKE STUFF THE MEDIA, THE POLITICS, EVEN THE FOOD THEY MAKE US THE STORYLINES IS MADE UP YOU WANT SOME REAL TRUTH? 911 WAS PLANNED WAY BEFORE THE DAY IT CAME BRUH IT’S IN THE FILMS HOMIE IT’S IN THE TV SHOWS AMERICA'S OVER RATED. FOOL’S GOLD IT’S TIME THIS GENERATION OPEN UP THE SCRIPTURES THE ERA WE IN IS WICKED AND CONTROLLED BY EVIL SPIRITS I KNOW YOU DON’T WANNA HEAR THIS BUT YOU’LL THANK ME WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH THAT SAID CONSIDER SEEKING REPENTANCE [Interlude:] AY I AINT NO SLAVE THIS SYSTEM MAN. GOVERNMENT SHUTTING DOWN AND STUFF. IT'S ALL APART OF ONE BIG SCHEME. YOU AINT FOOLING NOBODY. I SERVE A GOD THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING AND IS ABOVE EVERYTHING. I MEAN, IN YO EYES I'M JUST A LITTLE WEAKLING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID RIGHT? BUT WHEN I START EXPOSING YALL BEHINDS I'M A THREAT NOW? THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. MAKE UP YO MIND. VERSE THREE [Verse 3:] I NO LONGER PLEDGE TO THAT FLAG NO LONGER SING THE STAR SPANGLED I PLEDGE TO THE KING OF KINGS. THE GOD WHO IS ABLE THE GOD WHO CAN SAVE YOU THE GOD WHO IS FAITHFUL YOU SAY AMERICA THE GREAT, BUT IT'S UNGRATEFUL IT’S A DELUSION HERE TOO MUCH CONFUSION HERE NO CONSTITUTION HERE THAT’S WHY GOD IS MOVING HERE YOU BETTER LOSE THE TEARS AND IF YOU LOOKING FOR REAL CHANGE, IT’S FOUND IN THE ONE YOU PERSECUTED FOR YEARS NOT THE LYING PASTORS. THE MESSAGE IS A GIMMICK GOT A MEGA CHURCH WITH NO ROOM FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND NOT RELIGION, SO GET THAT OUT THE PICTURE I’M JUST A MESSENGER OF GOD SAYING FOLLOW THE SCRIPTURES NOT THE POLITICIANS KEEPIN' ALL THE KNOWLEDGE HIDDEN INNOCENT GETTING LOCKED IN PRISON JUSTICE IS NOT GIVEN MISS AMERICA FELL DOWN WITH THE QUICKNESS USED TO STAND UNITED, BUT ALONG THE LINES WE GOT RELENTLESS GOD AS MY WITNESS YOU CAN’T DEBATE, MISS AMERICA FELL STRAIGHT OFF OF HER LEGS LIKE THE SNAKE COULDA KILLED HER BUT HE DIDN’T, 'CAUSE GOD WAS GIVING HER GRACE IT’S SAD IT TAKES AMERICA FIVE YEARS TO PRAY AND IF YOU DO, THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS TAKE THE PAIN AWAY? MOCKING GOD, BUT CRYING TEARS WHEN IT’S HARD, SAVING FACE LET’S MAKE IT PLAIN, YOU DON’T EVEN PLACE YA' FAITH IN THE TRUE LIVING GOD, YOU’D RATHER DO IT SATAN’S WAY THAT'S THE TRUTH

[Intro: Tense] YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANT THEY LIFE TO HAVE MEANING. SO, WE CHASE OUR DREAMS. WE RUN AFTER THE THINGS WE LOVE TO DO. BUT SOMETIMES, EVERYTHING SEEM TO GO WRONG FOR YOU. EVERYTHING YOU WORKED SO HARD FOR CAN MEAN NOTHING. BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, THAT ONLY WHAT YOU DO FOR CHRIST WILL LAST. [Hook: K.E.] I DONT WANNA LIVE IN VAIN IN ALL I DO, I WANNA LIFT HIS NAME BUT THE WORLD TELLS ME I SHOULD LIVE TO GAIN BUT IF I DO, I'LL NEVER LIVE AGAIN (AY, AY, AY) [Verse 1: Tense] FEEL LIKE YOU THREW YO LIFE AWAY TRYNA LIVE YO LIFE IN THE MICROWAVE THIS LIFE THROWING YOU TIDAL WAVES YOU HOPE FOR BRIGHTER DAYS HOMIE YOU GOT A DEGREE BUT YOU NOT EVEN PLEASED THEY TOLD YOU FOLLOW YA DREAMS BUT YOU WOKE UP TOO SOON, THE DREAM'S NOT COMPLETE AT SOME POINT IN THE DREAM IT'S TIME FOR GOD TO SPEAK BUT YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR HIS VOICE, 'CAUSE HE'S OBSOLETE WRONG OPTION, SEE? YOU GOT CAUGHT UP AND FAINTED YOU FULL OF REGRETS, KNEES HITTIN' THE PAVEMENT GROWING IMPATIENT, MAKING YA' OWN ARRANGEMENTS, THEY SAID THE GRADUATES THE ONLY ONES WHO MAKE IT WELL THAT'S A MYTH BECAUSE YOU GOT A MASTERS, BUT YOU MOVING RIGHT BACK INTO YA' MAMA'S BASEMENT WHY RUN MY OWN RACE WHEN JESUS CLEARLY STATED I WAS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS, (SO I AINT GOTTA) [Verse 2: Tense] I LEARNED I SHOULD NEVER LISTEN TO MY INTUITION BUT INSTEAD I SHOULD BE LED BY THAT HOLY SPIRIT DON'T WANNA MAKE DECISIONS IF HE NEVER SAID HE IN IT 'CAUSE I COULD REACH THE END, AND STILL BE STUCK AT BEGINNING LIKE A HAMSTER ON A WHEEL (AY) YOU CAN CHASE A VAIN IMAGINATION BUT YOU NEVER GETTING CLOSER, YOU JUST RUNNING OUTTA PATIENCE BY THE TIME YOU TIRED OF WAITING REALIZING YOU NEVER MADE IT REALIZING YO' TIME WAS WASTED ALL YOU CAN FEEL IS HATRED THEY GIVE US FALSEHOOD ON HOW A YOUNG'N 'SPOSED TO MAKE IT IF HE WORK A 9 TO 5, HE STRAIGHT, YOU CAN'T BREAK HIM PLUS, THEY TELL US LIVE FOR THE MOMENT FOR A BENZ AND A ROLIE TRYNA KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES DON'T TELL ME THEY DONT KILL AND ROB THEY NEVER TELL US DO THE WILL OF GOD FORGET A PLANT WEARING GOGGLES TIL I'M SIXTY-FIVE MY LIFE GOT MORE MEANING THAN A PITY JOB 'CAUSE I BEEN CREATED BY A NIFTY GOD [Verse 3: Tense] SEE I LOOK TO THE HILLS, ASKING LORD PLEASE BLESS THE WORK OF MY HANDS I DONT WANNA DO THESE TRACKS TO GAIN MORE FANS 'CAUSE WITHOUT HIM I'M A BEACH THAT GOT NO SAND HOWEVER I BUILD WILL DETERMINE HOW IM GONE STAND WHATEVER I BUILD BETTER BE HIS PERFECT WILL 'CAUSE VAIN LABOR SLOW YOU DOWN, HAVE YOU HURT FOR REAL YO' BACK AGAINST THE WALL, NOW IT'S TO THE GRAVEL YOU CAN BUILD, BUT TO FINISH? NOW THAT'S THE BATTLE (YEAH IT COMES CRASHING DOWN, BECAUSE OF BAD RATIONALE YOU WAS COOL AT FIRST, NOW YOU USED TO LASHING OUT AND IT'S SAD CUZ TRUE SATISFACTION'S NEVER FOUND HIT THE CLUB, YOU DRINKIN UP MORE THAN ELEVEN ROUNDS I LIVE TO PLEASE JESUS. THAT'S WHAT I TELL THE CROWD HE LEAD MY WAY, THAT'S WHY YOU NEVER SEE ME SELLING OUT I DID WHAT YOU DID, BUT THEN I TOOK THE BETTER ROUTE MIGHT NOT KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT KNOW THAT I CAN NEVER DOUBT [Hook]

[Verse 1: Tense] HE’S A MAN HUH? LET’S CHECK HIS PROFILE OH GOD, THIS A LONG LIST TO GO DOWN MY MAN’S A HUSTLA, PUSHING HARDER THAN SNOW PLOWS GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS, BUT INSIDE IT’S A GHOST TOWN WALK AROUND WITH STACKS, BUT STILL FEELIN HE’S BROKE, HOW? MADE IT OUT THE HOOD, TO THE BURBS, BUT STILL DON’T SMILE HE DID IT ALL LIKE HE SAID, YEAH HE WAS GON' CLOWN HIT THE CLUB AND THROW DOWN BUT NOW HE WANNA SLOW DOWN WEARING R.I.P SHIRTS AND HEARING BLOW SOUNDS NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE WOMEN, THEY TOO PROFOUND MANIPULATING IT’S BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE GARDEN DAYS SHOW YOU SOMETHING GOOD, BUT IN THE END, TAKE YO HEART AWAY CAN’T NO WOMEN, CAN’T NO MONEY, OR NO CARS OR JAYS OR CARTIERS MAKE YOU A MAN WHAT YOU HEARING IN THE MEDIA, I CAN’T UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE IF YOU KNEW GOD, YOU PROBABLY WOULDA MADE OTHER PLANS GIVE HIM THE UPPER HAND [Hook: Chris "Only 1-Way" Jones] I’VE GONE SO FAR THAT I CAN’T FIND MYSELF NO MO' I DON’T WHICH WAY TO GO THEY TELL ME LET GOD TAKE CONTROL SO GOD, PLEASE PROMISE YOU WON’T LET ME DOWN PROMISE ME YOU’LL STICK AROUND (YEAH) 'CAUSE I BEEN LIFTED UP BUT BROUGHT BACK TO THE GROUND [Verse 2: Tense] SHE’S A WOMAN HUH? AT LEAST THE TV SAID SHE’S A CARNIVORE,EATING ANYTHING DEAD GUYS HEADS TURNING HALF-DRESSED ALL THE TIME LOST A COUPLE POUNDS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LOST HER MIND AND IF YOU CROSS THE LINE, SHE PUTTING DOWN HER SOFT SIDE ACTING LIKE A MAN 'TIL SHE LAYING IN SOME CHALK LINE SHE AND HER GIRL FIGHT OVER THE SAME GUY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, HE GOT NEITHER ONE OF YOU LADIES ON HIS MIND THIS DUDE ON HIS GRIND YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM, THEN HE SAID THAT YOU THE ONE AND ONLY BETTER KNOW HE LYING LISTEN TO ME, YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY YOU CAN SERVE GOD, IF NOT, YOU MAKING A BIG MISTAKE YOU SAY HE HATE YOU, YOU WAS FIRST TO SPIT IN HIS FACE IT’S CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU CURSE GOD AND NEVER GIVE HIM PRAISE YOU JUST INFLICTING PAIN BUT HOWEVER, THE WAY YOU BEEN LIVING LIFE IS NOT PERMANENT, SO GET IT CHANGED [Hook] [Verse 3: Tense] THEY LIED TO US TELLING US TO KISS ON THE FIRST DATE JUST TURNED TWENTY-ONE, THEY TELL ME SIP ON MY BIRTHDAY SHACKING UP AT THE CRIB MAKING THE BED ROCK DEFILING THE BEDROOM, WITH A KID BORN OUTTA WEDLOCK STILL LAY TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH GOD SAID STOP WE REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER, HE UNDERSTANDS WHY WE CANNOT THAT’S FOOLISH, GOD SAID BECOME ONE FLESH DOC INSTEAD YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE WITH POTENTIAL TO BE YA EX, DOC NO SIGN OF COMMITMENT GOT FIVE OTHER WOMEN AND THE ONE UNDER THE ROOF DOING LIKEWISE TIL SHE START CHANGING AND ASKING “DO I LIKE GUYS” CUZ ALL OF EM DOGS, IT’S HARD BEING ME SOMETIMES ALL THE EMOTIONS FROM MEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME LOOK IN THE MIRROR FEELING UGLY FROM DAMAGE THEY DONE ME NOW SHE SHAVING AND CUTTING WITH A RAZOR OR SOMETHING AND HOPES TO FIND WHAT SHE COULDN’T FROM HER SAME SUBSTANCE SHE PLAYS THE MALE ROLE AND SEEKING A SEX CHANGE, BUT WHAT YOU GOT BENEATH ALL THAT, YOU CAN’T EXCHANGE WE TRY SO HARD TO FACE LESS PAIN THAT EVEN IF IT’S RISKY, WE’LL GO TO THE EXTREME GENERATION JUST WAITIN' TO SEE THE NEXT THING WELL I GOT IT FOR YOU, JESUS THE BLESSED KING AND AFTER THIS, YOU SHOULDN’T SEEK AGAIN HE’S ALPHA AND OMEGA BEGINNING AND THE END [Hook] (BEAT CHANGE-UP) TIL YALL END UP SEEKING FOR A SEX CHANGE BUT THAT WON’T MAKE IT BETTER, CUZ WHO YOU ARE BENEATH THAT, YOU CAN’T EXCHANGE NO MATTER WHAT THE CRITICS SAY YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNEEL TO MEN TO GIVE EM PLEASURE, YOU CAN KNEEL AND PRAY

[HOOK: ARIS YANCEY] ALL THIS LIFE YOU SEARCHED AROUND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO SHOW YOU THE ROPES AND YOU FOUND NO ONE, SO YOU QUESTION WHO TO GET LOVE FROM YOU CAN FIND A FATHER IN HIM HE MAKES NO MISTAKES JUST CALL ON HIS NAME HE’LL BLOW YOU AWAY [VERSE 1: TENSE] IN THIS LIFE, MAN, YOU BEEN ON A JOURNEY TRYNA FIGURE OUT LIFE ON YA OWN YOU FULL OF MUCH GRIEF, MANY WORRIES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU A KID, EVEN THOUGH YOU FULLY GROWN I KNOW YOU BEEN IN SUCH OF A HURRY TRYNA FIND YOU A PLACE TO CALL HOME DEEP DOWN MAN YOU VEXED YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WAS LEFT IN DAYCARE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY MORE DAYS YOU CAN TAKE HERE YOU FEEL THIS LIFE WAS A MISTAKE AND IT AINT FAIR GREW UP IN THE SLUMS, BY THE WAY, POPS AINT THERE CUZ HE EITHER BEEN SHOT, WAS POSTED ON THE BLOCK OR WAS TOO SCARED WHEN YOU POPPED OUT TRUST ME, I BEEN THROUGH THE SAME MY DAD STOLE FROM ME, SOLD DRUGS, BEEN IN AND OUTTA PRISON BUT I ADMIT THAT I FORGIVE HIM AND I CHERISH EVERY MOMENT THAT I GET TO SPEND WITH HIM BUT WHEN HE’S NOT AROUND, WHO CAN TAKE HIS PLACE EVERYTHING ELSE MIGHT TAKE UP SPACE THAT’S WHAT I USED TO SAY BUT IT’S A FATHER WHO WANTS TO ADOPT YOU AND HIS NAME’S JESUS, HE WANTS TO FATHER YOU TODAY [HOOK] [VERSE 2: TENSE] NOW IF YOU LIKE ME, YOU GREW UP IN THE HOUSE WITH YA MAMA YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, A HOUSE WITH NO FATHER MOST DADS DOING NO GOOD ABANDON YOU LIKE A HOUSE IN THE HOOD OR LIKE YOU OUT IN THE WOODS HEY, YOU BOTTLED UP, YOU WOULD SHOUT IF YOU COULD BUT YOU SCARED TO LET IT OUT BRO OPEN UP YA MOUTH YOU’LL KILL YASELF IF YOU DON’T VENT ACTIN LIKE YOU AINT HURT HOMIE, WHEN YOU GON' QUIT DRUGS AND WOMEN, THAT AINT GON' FIX ALL THE DAMAGE ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN PRETEND THAT YOU HARD, BUT YOU CAN'T PRETEND PAIN DON’T EXIST YOU HURTIN CUZ YOU WISH YOU HAD A DAD, JUST ADMIT WELL LEMME SAY IT AINT THANG THAT YOU MISSED CAUSE THE WHOLE TIME GOD WAS IN THE MIDST I PROMISE YOU THIS JUST OPEN UP AND FOLLOW HIS SCRIPTS YOU AINT NEVER HAD A POPS LIKE THIS HE’LL NEVER LET YOU SLIP WHAT HE WANTS IS YO' FELLOWSHIP HE WANTS TO SHOW WHAT A REAL FATHER’S LIKE IF YOU LET HIM IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO LIVE YA' CHILDHOOD AGAIN GOD’S NOT THE ONE TO MAKES MISTAKES HOMIE, IT’S ONLY MEN [HOOK] [BRIDGE: ARIS YANCEY] FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR HE'S SO MIGHTY YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH NO MORE [VERSE 3: TENSE] JESUS SAID, I WONT LEAVE OR FORSAKE YOU HE’S ALWAYS WATCHING OVER YOU, BOTTOM LINE HE IS FAITHFUL JESUS AINT THE TYPE OF FATHER THAT’LL PLAY YOU BUT INDEED THE FATHER THAT WANNA SAVE YOU ON TOP OF THAT, HE WANNA RAISE YOU AND BE THE ONE YOU TELL OTHERS WHEN YOU SUFFERED, MAN HE CAME THROUGH FAULTLESS, HE WON’T BLAME YOU HE ALREADY KNOWS YOU GOT FLAWS, BUT HIS LOVE REMAINS TRUE NO HE AINT A SPERM DONOR, FLAT OUT HE MADE YOU HOMIE ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS BLOW YOU AWAY IN THIS LIFE, HE WANTS TO SHOW YOU THE WAY TO DEPEND ON HIM, WHEN NOTHING SEEMS TO BE GOIN' YA' WAY YA' OLD LIFE, HE’LL HELP YOU THROW IT AWAY PLUS HE NEVER BLINKS, EVERYDAY HE’LL HELP YOU GROW IN THE FAITH LISTEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY EXCEPT THAT I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GET TO KNOW HIM TODAY (YES) [HOOK]

[HOOK: JANISHA HEWLETT] I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE ON ME COMFORT ME BUT THE TIMES WHEN I REACH OUT, THEY RUN FROM ME I FEEL SO ALONE WITH NOBODY TO TALK TO IT'S SO MUCH THAT I' VE GONE THROUGH I DON'T KNOW WHO I BELONG TO (ECHO) I DON'T KNOW WHO I BELONG TO (ECHO) I DON'T KNOW WHO I BELONG TO [INTRO: TENSE] YEAH, YOU KNOW MAN, SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO US ARE SOME OF THE MOST JACKED UP FOLKS. THEY'VE BEEN HURT BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME. AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CHURCH TODAY MAN. THIS DUDE KICKED SOME REAL STUFF TO ME [VERSE 2: TENSE] LOOK, AY I ASKED MY MANS WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD CHURCH, WHAT'S YA FIRST THOUGHTS HE SAID ITS SPOSED TO CHANGE MY LIFE, INSTEAD IM WORSE OFF WHAT KINDA SENSE IS IT TO STEP INTO A CHURCH EXPECTING TO GET HEALED, BUT I'M COMING OUT MO' HURT I TRIED MEN'S TRADITIONS, AND I SEE THAT THEY DON'T WORK I SWEAR I HATE RELIGION I ONLY SEEM TO KEEP ME CURSED (PLUS) ME AND MY GIRL FEEL LIKE LITTLE TO NO WORTH, BECAUSE SHE CANT BUY NO SKIRT, SHE GOT A CLOSET FULL OF JEANS AND SHIRTS (YEP) NOT ONLY THAT TENSE, THEY WAS CLOWNIN ME TOO, CUZ WHEN I STEPPED INTO THE CHURCH I WASN'T FOUND IN A SUIT SO THAT HAD YA BOY LOOKIN LIKE GOD, WHAT DO I DO THESE FOLKS LOOKIN DOWN ON ME, I JUST COME TO HEAR THE TRUTH THEY SAT US ON THE BACK PEW (BACK PEW!) THAT HAD ME THROUGH 'CAUSE TO THEM, WE LOOK LIKE BAD NEWS LEAVE CHURCH? WE HAD TO ONE DAY WE PASS THROUGH TO GET SOME PRAYER 'CAUSE SHE PAST DUE THEY TOLD US THAT WE GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL, THAT'S THE SAD TRUTH (IT'S SAD) AND HONESTLY, I DON'T EVEN LIKE MY ATTITUDE I KNOW YOU GO TO CHURCH, AND TO BE REAL, I FEEL MAD AT YOU (I DO) 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINKIN' ON THE INSIDE I KNOW I'M LIVING WRONG, AND NOBODY'S PERFECT ON THIS SIDE (I KNOW) I'M AFRAID TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I GET HIGH (GET HIGH) AND THAT I SELL MARIJUANA JUST TO GET BY 'CAUSE TENSE I DON'T WANNA SEE MY KIDS DIE YEAH I KNOW IT'S WRONG, BUT THIS THE STANDARD THAT I LIVE BY (YEP) SOMETIMES I BE READY TO LET MY FISTS FLY 'CAUSE CHURCH IS 'SPOSED TO HELP ME SPIRITUALLY, BUT IT'S A MISGUIDE NOT ONLY THAT, I GAVE THE CHURCH MORE THAN TEN TRIES AND I'M STILL WALKING A THIN LINE, BIG TIME I DON'T FEEL CLOSE TO GOD, I FEEL DISGUISED TENSE, I DON'T MEAN TO BUT I THOUGHT THE CHURCH WOULD LOVE ME MORE THAN THE STREETS DO I'M MORE CONVINCED THEY NO DIFFERENT, THEY ALL SEE THROUGH [HOOK] [INTERLUDE: TENSE] AND I FELT NOTHING BUT COMPASSION FOR THIS GUY MAN AND AS I LISTENED TO HIM, ALL I COULD DO IS RELATE. I EVEN FELT GUILTY. SO, ALL I COULD DO IS SHARE MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH HIM. [VERSE 2: TENSE] I TOLD MY MANS LIKE THIS, BRUH I WAS IN YA SHOES SO I CAN'T JUDGE, NOT EVEN THAT TYPE OF DUDE BRO I DATED CHICKS FROM THE CHURCH, IT WAS COOL THOUGH COME TO FOUND OUT HOMIE THAT WAS FOOL'S GOLD THIS ONE CHICK TRIED TO PUT ME ON A LOOPHOLE WHO KNOWS? I COULDA HAD HER STOMACH LOOKIN TWO TONED (PREGNANT) FELL IN LOVE, NOT KNOWING THESE CHICKS LOOSE BRO SWEARIN THEY SOME CHRISTIANS, BUT AINT LIVIN FOR THE TRUTH THOUGH PLUS THEY DID ME WRONG 'CAUSE MY MONEY WASN'T TWO-FOLD HATE WHAT I HAD ON, TELLING ME TO GET SOME NEW CLOTHES SAD PART IS ME AND ALL THESE CHICKS GREW CLOSE THEN THEY BROKE MY HEART, AND MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO MOVE ON ON TOP OF THAT, THE CHURCH FOLKS STEADY THREW STONES CASTING 'EM EVERYTIME THEY HEAR I DO WRONG NOBODY SAW THAT I WAS TRYING TO IMPROVE THOUGH ALMOST LEFT THE CHURCH, BUT SOMETHING IN ME SAID DUDE, NO 'CAUSE I WAS BLESSED WITH A FEW BROS LIFTIN ME UP, AND 'TIL THIS DAY THEY STILL DO SO THEM KINDA FRIENDS? AY, YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE THOSE (NOPE) 'CAUSE IN THIS LIFE, YOU MIGHT ONLY GET TWO, SO (TWO) I LOVE YOU BRO (I LOVE YOU MAN) AND YOU SHOULD KNOW IT'S ALWAYS A FRIEND, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE UP AND GO YOU CAN'T JUST LET WHOLE CHURCH GO UP IN SMOKE IT'S PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU, ONLY A COUPLE THOUGH REAL LOVE IS RARE, YEAH IT'S HARD TO COME ACROSS BUT WHEN IT FINDS YOU, JUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO BRUSH IT OFF BECAUSE IT DO EXIST AND CHANGES THOSE WHO IT GETS IT COMES FROM JESUS CHRIST, AND IT'S FAR BEYOND A MOVIE SCRIPT AND IF HE DIDN'T LOVE YOU, I'M JUST ANOTHER GUY I COULDA LOOKED AT YOU AND SAID LET'S TALK SOME OTHER TIME (STRAIGHT UP BRO) BUT I'M CONCERNED WHAT'S IN MY BROTHER'S EYE FOR ME TO EVEN HAVE THE COMPASSION I DO IS 'CAUSE OF GOD THE LORD ALWAYS GOT A RAM IN THE BUSH SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE RAM HOMIE, THEN YOU BETTER LOOK I KNOW YOU FEEL FORSOOK BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE JESUS CAN'T FORGIVE A CROOK BETTER YET, NOBODY IN THE HOOD BUT TO DIE ON THAT CROSS DID HIM NO GOOD IF HE DIDN'T SEE WE WAS LOST, NOW GET THAT UNDERSTOOD (UNDERSTOOD) THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU FORGET WHAT YOU SEEN IN CHURCHES HOMIE 'CAUSE THIS IS YOU AND HIM NOT YOU AND THEM [BRIDGE: JANISHA HEWLETT] CRYING TO YOURSELF 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL WHO REALLY CARES ENOUGH WHEN YOU'RE CRYING OUT FOR HELP YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THEY OVERLOOKING YOU DON'T BOTHER TO ASK WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH BUT THERE'S HOPE FOR YOU (FOR YOU) [HOOK: JANISHA HEWLETT] GOD IS READY TO LOVE ON YOU COMFORT YOU AND THE TIMES WHEN YOU REACH OUT, HE'LL COME TO YOU (COME TO YOU) WHEN YOU'RE FEELING ALONE, HE'LL BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO HE'LL BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO (ECHO) HE'LL BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO (ECHO) HE'LL BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO [OUTRO: TENSE] SO, JUST KNOW. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID MAN. LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU WON'T ALWAYS FIND IN PEOPLE, BUT STILL IT DOESN'T MATTER COME TO CHRIST AND EXPERIENCE REAL LOVE. BECAUSE HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS

[Intro: Tense] You know one thing I've come to realize is this: Whether you know God or not, you gon' always have trials in this life. And yeah everybody don't handle they trials the same way. I done seem some people close to me go astray. One of my bros killed himself; shot himself dead in the head. And if you ask me, I can't even tell you what all he was going through. You know it's thing we all go through in life; it's called the wilderness. It's a time where you feel like you by yourself in everything you going through. It's a time where you gotta learn how to survive when all that stuff you once depended on is up and gone. I tell you man, the past couple of years opened my eyes up to so much in this life. For those of you that's struggling now, you probably thinking about giving up. I thought the same but with the little strength I had man I kept my eyes on God and that's how I made it through. Here's my story [Verse 1: Tense] The struggle feels like eternity. I'm talkin' sleepin in the cold. No heat up on the stove. Tossed to and fro. No rest for my soul. Am I blessed? I don't know 'cause it feel like God is gone. One minute I was livin on my own. unexpectedly evicted out my home. went from sitting on a throne now i'm sitting on the flo' i didn't have the best of clothes couldn't even buy no shoes 'cause my money lookin' bold I buy a whip every year, it got me stranded on the road I met some chicks along the way, they stood me up 'cause I was broke I seen a man touch my mama, he ended up getting choked all this pain make you wanna pour a cup and light a smoke nights of masturbation, the only thing to help me cope got kicked outta school, finishing on time was my goal I owe the IRS, I didn't mean to dig this hole But he stretched his hand out, pulled me up and made me whole [Hook: Tense] And if that didnt kill me. Im goin' higher. He came and he healed me and made me a fighter. Im still standin right on my tippy toes. I Thought I was done but the lord worked a miracle. He'll never let u down (never stand you up, only one that man can trust) He'll never let u down (never stand you up, only one that man can trust) He'll never let u down (never stand you up, only one that man can trust) He'll never let u down (never stand you up, only one that man can trust) [Verse 2: King Deo] Travel the country, it's a ghetto every place you go the west side of Detroit is where ya' boy almost abandoned hope hit the bottle so heavy, blowing trees and dabbled off in coke run up in ya' house with pistols cocked asking where is the dough terrorizing my mama, cursing at her, man I'm so ashamed assaulted after school the last time so I joined a gang my cigarello full of kush I'm standing on the edge, just need a nudge forget a push I was headed to an early grave I mean, I know about this Jesus but I didn't know he say there's power in his name, can wake a sleeping bear from out his cave I was a wild lion, Jesus came and let me out the cage Real recognize real, this is my story, turn the page Accepted as I was, took me in and called me son of God I was bait on the hook, he reeled me in just like a fishing rod I was endangered to myself, yeah I'm similar to Chedda Bob Christ came into my life and no statistics bro, I beat the odds [Hook] [Verse 3: Desciple] Spit it for the bishops with the collars and and the crosses old heads eight in the morning looking nauseous young cats holding down forts with they taurus and they aint taking shorts or no losses, i'm from Detroit where every other corner is a church, and every other corner is a liquor store So you either spitting flows or sipping michelob or in the league or winning souls, you don't hear me though been through some tribulations, I been through some trials caught a couple cases, never went to trial Been in some situations, shouldn't have made it out I fell to temptation, my girl lived in they house I write(right) my wrongs 'cause if I left 'em out, you wouldn't feel me look to the hills(heels), he looked beyond my achilles Renaissance man, D to the rep my city a strong man because the strong man didn't kill me [Hook]

[VERSE 1: TENSE] LIKE A PATIENT ON A STRETCHER HOOKED UP TO THE IVY HIS MIND TELL HIM THATS THE ONLY WAY THAT HE SURVIVE HE PUT HIS TRUST IN IT CANT GO ONE MINUTE TRYIN TO STAY AWAY FROM IT SO HE DONT WANNA BREAK FROM IT X RAY STOMACH YOU WANNA STOP HAVIN SEX BUT YOU CANT EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY YOU DONE IT IT WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE KEPT BEING GAY COVERED NOW THIS GENERATION GOT IT RAIDING IN THE PUBLIC OTHERS TRYNA GET PAST THE HATE AND THE GRUDGES WANNA STOP SMOKIN BUT YOU CAN'T 'CAUSE YOU LOVE IT YOU TRIED THE NICOTENE BUT THAT AINT GET YOU CLEAN AND IF IT NEVER DO, YOU FEEL THIS IS HOW ITS MEANT TO BE BUT ALONG COMES THE PRINCE OF PEACE WHOSE HEART NEVER SKIPS A BEAT, AND HE CAME TO STRENGTHEN THE WEAK NOT TO JUST GET YOU THROUGH THE WEEK BUT HE CAME HERE TO GET YOU FREE, AND THAT'S FREE INDEED [HOOK: KIM CARTHAGE] I'VE BEEN HURT, AND I'VE BEEN TORN AND I DON'T WANT THAT HURT NO MORE NOW I HEAR, AND NOW I SEE THAT WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED [VERSE 2: CALVIN] I KNOW YOU LOOKING AT YA' LIFE AND YOU FEEL AND YOU SEE THE WEIGHT, JUST KEEP, JUST BUILDING PRESSURE, YOU FALL TO YA KNEES AS YOU SIT AND YOU SEE YOU BEGIN TO AGREE IT'S FACE DOWN AND ON YA' KNEES IS THE PLACE YOU SHOULD BE FEELING THE HURT AND GUILT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO I HEARD THIS LIFE THAT I LIVE IS TOTALLY OPTIONAL BUT EVERYWHERE I GO, IT'S ANOTHER OBSTACLE HITTING AND WANT ME TO FALL OVER LIKE I'M SOME DOMINOS NO! I'M NOT TAKING THIS ROUTE AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN, IT JUST LEAD ME RIGHT BACK INTO SIN DON'T COVER IT UP OR YIELD TO TEMPTATION, NEVER GIVE IN GOTTA PRESS TOWARD THE MARK OF THE HIGH CALLING THAT'S FOUND IN HIM (HIM) EVEN THOUGH I FAIL, HE SAID I COULD WIN I LET ALL THE OLD THINGS PASS AWAY AND LET THE NEW BEGIN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND I'M TELLING YOU I CAN SEE THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE AND YES, MAN I WANNA BE FREE [INTERLUDE: TENSE] YOU WILL NOT FIND FREEDOM IN PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS. ALOT OF YOU BEEN DRINKING, SLEEPING AROUND, CUTTING YA'SELF, SMOKING WEED, POPPING PILLS, CHASING MONEY, OVER EATING, CRYING YA'SELF TO SLEEP. AND YOU FIND YOURSELF GOING IN CIRCLES DOING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN JUST COVER UP ONE SMALL LITTLE PROBLEM. LOOK, I'M A LIVING WITNESS MAN. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS REAL AND CAN DELIVER YOU FROM ANYTHING. NOT BECAUSE I SAY SO. IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW SO. I WAS A GLUTTON MAN. I USED TO BE TWICE MY SIZE. I WAS A PORN ADDICT, HABITUAL LIAR, PEOPLE PLEASER, SHORT-TEMPERED-GETTING INTO FIGHTS ALL THE TIME, LOW SELF-ESTEEM. OH, BRO, I CAN GO ON MAN. BUT YOU THINK I BECAME FREE ON MY OWN? NAW MAN. I PUT MY TRUST IN JESUS AND HE TOOK CARE OF ME AND SET ME FREE. FREE INDEED. [HOOK X2]

[VERSE 1:] HE’S COMING BACK ONE DAY, BUT WE DON’T KNOW THE DAY OR HOUR PUT YO FAITH IN THE FATHER ITS NO ESCAPING HIS POWER EVER SINCE THE DAY I FOUND HIM I LEARNED THAT I NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIM TO EVERY PERSON SURROUNDING THE SOUND OF IT IS NOT ASTOUNDING MY BOYS LOOKIN LIKE TENSE YOU CLOWNING NOW IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY TIME I GO AROUND THEM THEY THINK THAT I LOST MY MIND, BUT I'M FINE IM JUST ROOTED AND GROUNDED PICTURE BEING SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF JOYOUS PEOPLE HOMIE HEAVEN IS PEACEFUL A PLACE ABSENT OF EVIL AND OUR IMAGINATION AINT EVEN TO CLOSE TO WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THE FAITHFUL SHEEP AND IT’S OUR DUTY THAT WE STRIVE TO BE PERFECT UNTIL THAT DAY WHEN HE CRACKS THROUGH THE SKY AND SNATCH US LIKE PURSES USED TO THINK THIS WAS FAKE BUT, NOW IM ALL ON THAT FACEBOOK TELLIN' 'EM JESUS SAVE 'CAUSE HE CAN COME BACK TODAY BRUH YOU CAN FORSAKE THIS WORLD AND GRAB A HOLD OF HIS GRACE SEEK HIS FACE BEFORE YOU END UP SERVING STUFF THAT PASS AWAY (OKAY) [HOOK:] I KNOW ONE DAY I'M GONNA BE WITH HIM IN THE SKY I AINT GOT NO WORRIES I’LL BE WITH HIM FOR ETERNITY UNTIL THAT DAY MY HEART WILL BE CONTENT 'CAUSE HE’S COMING BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME HE’S COMING BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME HE’S COMING BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME HE'S COMING BACK FOR ME BACK FOR ME B-B-B BACK FOR ME [VERSE 2:] I CANT SUGAR COAT IT, I CANT WATER IT DOWN A TRUMPET WILL SOUND AND IF YOU FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, YOU'LL RECEIVE A CROWN THE DECEASED WILL LEAVE THE GROUND CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE KING IN THE CLOUDS THEN WE’LL SUCCEED THEM, I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HIM NOW EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT CHRIST IS LORD, AND EVERY KNEE WILL BOW IT’S A SMALL ROAD TO FIND HIM AND SO MANY PEOPLE BOUND AND FATHER WE NEED YOU NOW 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE SIN JUST SEEMS TOO LOUD AND DEEP DEEP DOWN, ITS LIKE WE DROWNING, IT AINT THAT PEACEFUL NOW AS LONG AS I DWELL AMONGST YOU ALL, MAN I WON'T PLEASE THE CROWD SPEAK IT OUT LOUD, UNTIL MY VOCALS SEEP IN THE GROUND EVERYONE WILL SEE HIS RETURN, NO PEEPING AROUND THIS THAT DAY WHEN ALL OF MANKIND’S SECRETS IS FOUND NOW I SEE, AND YET IT BOTHERS ME, THAT PEOPLE FULFILLIN PROPHECY EVIL INCREASING CONSTANTLY PEOPLE DYING CONSCIOUSLY BUT HE FORGIVES THE MOCKERY HIS LOVE IS AN EQUALITY DEMOCRACY WON'T RETURN UNTIL HE SEE THAT GOSPEL PREACHED [HOOK] [VERSE 3:] THE WHOLE WORLD IS GONNA SEE IT SO IF A PERSON TRY TO SAY HE’S OVER THERE, MAN DON’T BELIEVE IT THAT’S NOT THE REDEEMER HOMIE THIS GONE BE A HAPPY DAY FOR SAINTS, AND TROUBLE FOR NON BELIEVERS AND STILL THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE IT, AT WHAT THEY EYES WILL BE SEEING WATCH MY GOD GONE BE BEAMING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SCREAMING LIKE A CONCERT IN THE ARENA ONLY THE CLEANEST GON' GET TO BE ON THAT STAGE WITH JESUS SO BE PREPARED THAT YOU BE PULLED UP AS FAST AS A TWINKLE HE’S OVERLOOKING PEOPLE IF THEY HOLDING SPOTS AND WRINKLES HE WANT THE ONES WHO ARE WILLING TO FORSAKE ALL THE EVIL AND ONCE HE’S HERE, MAN IT’S NO CHANGING HIS MIND SO WHILE YOU HERE ON EARTH YOU BETTER PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH PEOPLE WANDERING THE EARTH, LIVING LIFE, NO WORRIES, BUT THEN HE SHOWS UP NOT FROM THE EAST OR WEST NOT A DAY SOMEONE SET BUT A TIME AND A HOUR THAT YOU DON’T EXPECT [HOOK]

[VERSE 1:] IN THE MORNING, I WAKE UP NOT FORGETTIN' THAT I GOTTA THROW A PRAISE UP FOR HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE BRUH I COULD BE IN A WORSE STATE, GETTING BLAZED UP I GRAB MY WINDOW BY THE BOTTOM, MAKE IT RAISE UP GET SOME FRESH AIR, AND SHOUT LORD THANK YA AND WHETHER IF I'M PROSPEROUS OR IF I'M BANKRUPT IT'S STILL AMAZING THAT JESUS IS MY SAVIOR I PRAY AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES I SHARE MY FAITH WITH FOLKS WHO NEED HELP BUT CAN'T FIND A WAY OF ESCAPE AT THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF, NEED THE DUDE WITH THE CAPE WHO CAN SNATCH YOU OUT THE AGONY AND FLY YOU AWAY HE’S UP CLOSE IN YA WORST TIMES, NOT MILES AWAY JESUS PAID THE PRICE WE COULDN’T, HE CAN BUY YOU TODAY BEFORE THE DAY'S OVER, HOMEBOY WHAT DO YOU SAY ACCEPT HIM NOW, BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST DIE TODAY (JUST DIE TODAY) [HOOK:] BETTER EMBRACE TODAY THIS COULD BE YO' LAST BETTER MAKE YA' MIND UP 'CAUSE THE DAY GOES FAST LOOK FORWARD TO THE LORD LET GO OF YA' PAST (x2) LOOK FORWARD TO THE LORD, LET GO OF YA' PAST MORNING TO NIGHT THE DAY GOES BY SO FAST [VERSE 2:] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ME AND MY TEAM ON A MISSION FOR THE SAVIOR WE DETERMINED TO GET SOME SOULS SAVED BRUH GOTTA STEP OUT MY COMFORT ZONE TODAY, UGGH BUT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, ITS WORTH THE PAIN 'CAUSE WHEN YOU DO LESS FOR YA' SELF, THINGS CHANGE UP BE A DISCIPLE, AND LET JESUS LEAD YA TRY TO RUN AHEAD OF HIM, YOU CANT KEEP UP, YOU’LL NEED TO TAKE BREATHA' I TRULY WISH THAT THE ONES WHO FELL DOWN WON'T KEEP LIVIN IN STRESS AND KNOWIN' THEY HELL BOUND ALL THAT I CAN SAY IS WE’VE ALL HAD TRIALS I KNOW TO MOST FOLKS, PRAYING JUST AINT YA STYLE BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT’S THE ONLY WAY YOU’LL EVER SMILE. THE LORD CAN CHANGE YA' DARK DAYS, DON’T BE IN DENIAL IT DON'T MATTER WHAT YOU BEEN THROUGH WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU CAN TELL OTHERS WHAT YOU LIVED THROUGH YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND IT'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO GOT IT WAY WORSE, SO DON’T FOCUS ON YA' SELF JESUS FELT EVERY OUNCE OF YA PAIN BUT HE STILL HE OVERCAME AND THAT’S WHY WE GOTTA LET HIM REIGN [HOOK] [VERSE 3:] AT NIGHT TIME I STAY UP TALKIN TO THE LORD MAKIN' SURE I MAKE UP I KNOW DIDN’T LIVE PERFECT, BUT DID I DO ANY OF MY PURPOSE I KNOW MY PEOPLE LOST, AND I KNOW MY PEOPLE HURTIN' I LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU START TO GIVE A WOUND THE MEDICINIE IT REALLY HURTS THE MOST THE FIRST TIME YOU PRESS IT IN BUT IF YOU WANNA HEAL THAT PERSON, BETTER PRESS AGAIN UNTIL THEY DECIDE THEY WON’T OPEN UP THEY FLESH AGAIN I GUARANTEE JESUS TAKE YOU OUT THAT MESS YOU IN IF U BELIEVE HE CAN DO IT, BUT GIVE HIM YA' SINS IF YOU LIVE THE WAY HE WANTS, YOU WILL MAKE ENDS WHO ELSE YOU KNOW WOULD DIE FOR YOU? NOT YA' FAKE FRIENDS SINCE YOU KNOW THAT ALL NEED TO BE SAVED THEN LOOKIN AT MY WATCH, RIGHT NOW IT’S 'BOUT 8:10 WHO’S HANDS WILL YOU CHOOSE YA LIFE TO BE PLACED IN WHAT WILL YOU DO? BETTER KNOW BEFORE THE DAY ENDS [HOOK] [OUTRO:] SO WITH THAT SAID MAN, IT'S REALLY NO OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT. EACH OF OUR DAYS IS NUMBERED ON THIS EARTH AND ANY OF US CAN DROP DEAD AT ANY MOMENT. AND SEE I DON'T ABOUT YALL, BUT ME? UNTIL HE CALL ME UP OUTTA HERE, IMMA BE LIVING MY LIFE TO PLEASE THE LORD

[INTRO:] IT'S THREE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE: I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE PURPOSE, I DON'T KNOW MY PURPOSE, OR I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE A PURPOSE. BUT I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS, WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED OFF OF AN EARTHLY PERSPECTIVE. 'CAUSE YEAH MAN, THIS LIFE DOES PASS AWAY, SO WHAT'S THE POINT RIGHT? POINT IS OUR CREATOR WHO IS ETERNAL LOOKS FORWARD TO US BEING WITH HIM FOREVER. BUT IT'S SOME THINGS WE GOTTA DO HERE FIRST BEFORE WE DIE. LISTEN UP. [VERSE 1:] IT ALL STARTED SO MANY YEARS AGO IN A GARDEN WITH TWO MARRIED FOLKS PURE IN THEY HEART, ACTION AND IN WHAT THEY SPOKE CREATED BY GOD, ONLY PEOPLE ON THE EARTH NOT JUST THAT, ONLY PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE BUT ONE DAY THEY GOT OFF INTO DOING DIRT AND NOW THE REST OF HUMAN BEINGS GOTTA WORK AND EVERYTIME A BABY'S BORN, HE'S GOT A CURSE ON TOP OF THAT, EVERY HUMAN BEING'S GOT A HERSE BUT WE WASNT MADE TO DIE AT FIRST NAW, WE WAS 'SPOSED TO LIVE ETERNAL LIFE AT FIRST I WOULD CHANGE IT IF I COULD MAKE TIME REVERSE BUT NOW I'M AT THAT POINT WHERE TRUTH FINALLY HURTS DIDN'T CHASE PURPOSE, IT CAME TO FIND ME FIRST NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE TELLING PEOPLE HOW BLIND WE WERE BUT GOD SAW MY LIFE BEFORE MY MOM AT BIRTH AND MY CONDITION COULD BE A MILLION TIMES WORSE YEAH, SO IM THANKFUL I GET TO WRITE A VERSE I KNOW THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF THE WAY HE DESIGNED ME I GOT A BAD PAST, BUT ALL THAT'S BEHIND ME I'M TWENTY-TWO SHARING GOOD NEWS, THAT'S GOD'S TIMING FOR MY PURPOSE TO BE FULFILLED, I GOTTA DO HIS WILL AND THAT'S TO GET AS MANY FOLKS AS I CAN HEALED I DONT LOOK TO FINISH ANYTHING A MAN BUILDS 'CAUSE MY PURPOSE WASN'T MADE WITH A MAN'S SKILLS [INTERLUDE:] WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I FOUND OUT ABOUT PURPOSE. EVEN BEFORE I BECAME A TEENAGER, GOD ALREADY SET PLANS FOR MY LIFE. NOW, IT WASN'T LIKE HE SPOKE IT TO ME OVERNIGHT AND WALA, I KNOW MY PURPOSE. BUT WHEN I DID FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT I'M MEANT TO DO, IT WAS SIMPLE. AND SEE IT REALLY LINES UP WITH WHAT I LOVE TO DO. I'LL TELL YOU MORE IN A MINUTE. [VERSE 2:] AY LOOK, I GREW UP IN THE HOOD, MOVED OUT FOR A COUPLE YEARS THEN I CAME BACK, I TELL YOU GOD GOT ME HUMBLE HERE I SEE A COUPLE PEERS SIPPIN' ON A COUPLE BEERS SO I SHED A COUPLE TEARS AND POUR OUT THIS CUP OF FEAR 'CAUSE I'M THAT TYPE OF DUDE WHERE PEOPLE SAY "THAT BROTHA' WEIRD" I DON'T WANNA END A CONVO AND IT WASN'T CLEAR WANT YOU TO SEE A LEGACY AS IF I WASN'T HERE LORD WILLING I'LL BE DOING THIS ANOTHER YEAR YEAH 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW HOLDS BUT IF I GO TODAY, I AINT GOING SORROWFUL WANT YOU TO SEE JESUS ALL UP IN MY ARTICLE I'M JUST A MESSENGER, TRUTHFULLY I AINT NO ARTIST BRO YEAH THAT'S RIGHT BRUH IT'S ALOT MORE MEANING TO THIS LIFE BRUH I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT YOU WAS BOUGHT WITH A PRICE BRUH IN OTHER WORDS, YOU BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST BRUH I KNOW LIFE SUCKS WHEN YOU GOTTA TAKE A WEEK AND STRETCH FIVE BUCKS AND IT SEEMS YOU LIVE THIS WAY UNTIL YA' TIME'S UP NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU DOING ONLY WHAT YO MIND DOES GENERATION'S LOST, BUT JESUS CAME TO FIND US NOW EVERYDAY, I GOTTA LIFT MY EYES UP 'CAUSE WITHOUT HIM, I'M WALKING AROUND BLIND I SEARCHED ALL OVER AND, ALL THAT I COULD FIND TO BE TRUE WAS NOT AN EARTHLY THING, IT WAS DIVINE [INTERLUDE:] SO IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS. YOUR HEART REALLY DESIRES TO DO SOMETHING SO BAD. AND AS MANY TIMES AS YOU TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM IT, YOU CAN'T. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM THIS MUSIC, AND COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. SO, HERE I AM DOING THE THINGS GOD DESIGNED ME TO DO, AND NOT ONLY JUST DOING IT, BUT I'M DOING IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING PEOPLE CLOSER TO HIM. [VERSE 3:] YEAH, QUITE OFTEN, I'M ROLLIN THROUGH THE HOOD, THE LOOKS ON THEY FACES, MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S NO HOPE NO JOKE. WE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE SO BROKE PAYING OFF DEBT, BUT IT SEEM IT JUST WON'T GO SO, WEED AND LIQUOR IS PEOPLE'S OUTLET IF YOU TRY TO TELL 'EM BOUT GOD, THEN THAT'S A NO NO AINT NOBODY THINKIN 'BOUT CHANGING, WE WANNA BLOW DRO HIT THE STUDIO WITH A TIGHT BEAT AND A DOPE FLOW SELL IT TO THE KIDS FOR THE SAKE OF WHEN WE GROW OLD THIS NEW AGE GOT THESE PEOPLE'S MINDS SO GONE PEOPLE CONFUSED, LIFE WRAPPED UP IN PHOTOS HAVE A MILLION BOYFRIENDS, AND STILL FEELING SOLO DO THIS 'TIL THE DAY THAT WE DIE I SWEAR WE SETTLE FOR LESS I'M ASKING GOD FOR DIRECTION 'CAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT'S BEST IF I DON'T DO MY PURPOSE, IMMA DIE UPSET IF I DON'T DO MY PURPOSE IMMA DIE UPSET YEAH, I SEEN A GIRL BREAK DOWN I'M LIKE WHY? SHE EXPLAINED SHE CAN'T GRADUATE NOW AND SEE? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WEAR THAT FAKE SMILE AND YOU DO WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU TO DO. YOU CAN'T BOW GOTTA KNOW IF YOU WAS MADE FOR IT IF YOU ONLY IN IT JUST TO GET PAID FOR IT THEN I'LL TELL THE TRUTH YOU JUST A SLAVE FOR IT YOU KNOW YOUR PURPOSE WHEN THE LORD GOT YO' NAME ON IT. [OUTRO] LOOK, THIS LIFE IS FULL OF FANTASIES MAN. WE CAN'T CHASE THE THINGS WE THINK WILL MAKE US THE HAPPIEST LIKE THE BEST PAYING JOBS OR THE MOST POPULAR CAREERS. YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU WAS CREATED TO DO MAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU SAYS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, GOD HAS TO BE YOUR SOURCE OF DIRECTION WHILE YOU DO IT. LOOK, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO IT THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO AND GIVE HIM THANKS AT THE END OF EVERYTHING. EVERY MAN AND WOMAN'S PURPOSE IS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD, AND TRUST ME, I KNOW EVERYONE WON'T ACCEPT THIS FACT. BUT WILL YOU THAT'S LISTENING? BECAUSE YOU GOT THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW HIM, AND TO LIVE FOR HIM. SO I SAY TAKE IT, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR PURPOSE.

[HOOK: JEWAUN GLENN] YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN LIFE TO LIVE ONCE AND NOW YOU'RE AT THE CROSSROADS YOU CAN COME TO CHRIST OR BE A LOST SOUL I KNOW YOUR HEART'S COLD BUT THERE'S FORGIVENESS IN HIS NAME IF YOU WANNA CHANGE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME THE REASON THAT HE CAME IS TO BE YOURS TRULY TO BE YOURS TRULY TO BE YOURS TRULY TO BE YOURS TRULY [INTRO: TENSE] LOOK MAN, I DONE SHOWED YOU THE BETTER WAY OF LIVING LIFE. AND NOW YOU HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TRUTH THAT YOU KNOW NOW. AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU DO IT TODAY? BUT BEFORE I CLOSE THIS LETTER, I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW LAST REMARKS [VERSE 1: TENSE] LOOK, AY, LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO A CITY CALLED BETHLEHEM WHERE GOD STORED UP HIS PERFECT PLAN A PERFECT MAN FOR WORSEST MAN BUT SUFFERED WAY UP TO HIS THIRTIES MAN THESE CATS DID HIM DIRTY MAN BUT JESUS CHRIST NEVER HURT A MAN BUT THEY ACCUSED HIM OF SUCH SIN LIKE RAPE, MOLEST, AND MURDER MAN THEY KILLED HIM FOR IT BURIED HIM BUT THAT INCIDENT DON'T END THE STORY CAME BACK TO LIFE, NO FICTION STORY AND HE'S IN HIS GLORY STILL LIVING FOR ME YOU SIN ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO YA OWN STANDARDS WITH NO ANSWERS YOU MESSED UP SLOWLY USING YO BREATH UP I DONE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT, FOLKS IS SICK OF THEY LIFE (ECHO) YOU SICK OF ROLLIN THAT WEED UP YOU SICK OF SELLIN THAT WHITE EVERY NIGHT YOU HITTIN THAT STRIP CLUB BUT NOW YOU LOSIN' YO HYPE YOU SICK OF SIPPIN THAT BOTTLE PLAYIN THAT LOTTO, WATCHIN YO' MONEY GET SWALLOWED THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS DEATH WAS FO' WENT TO HELL SO WE AINT HAVE TO GO COMMITTED SIN? IT NEVER HAPPENED BRO BUT THIS MAN DIED FOR THE MASSES THOUGH LOOKED UPON AS AN AVERAGE JOE BUT TRULY HE WAS THE MASTER AND AS THEY GRABBED HIM HE DIED TO BE YOURS TRULY ONLY IF YOU ASK HIM [HOOK] [VERSE 2: TENSE] THE END IS SO CLOSE BY NO LIE I SEEN FOLKS DIE WHO AINT KNOW GOD WHEN YA LIFE IS GONE YOU GOT NO CONTROL WHERE YA SOU'LL GO MOST OF FOLKS'LL BE HOPELESS THOUGH WISH YOU NEVER HAD AN OVERDOSE WISH YOU NEVER HAD A D U I NOW YA' FAMILY GOTTA SEE YOU DIE DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY AND THEY GRIEVIN' NOW HEART BLEEDING OUT MAMA SCREAMIN' OUT SHE CAN'T BELIEVE IT NOW SHE GOTTA BE WITHOUT WHEN SHE LOOKS AT HER SON AND SHE SEE THAT AINT NOTHING BREATHING OUT IN A COFFIN, THEY THREE-PIECED HIM OUT PLUS, YOU DIDNT KNOW THE DAY WOULD BRING ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED, YOU JUST SEEN HIM LEAVE THE HOUSE YOU BLAME GOD, 'CAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE HE WAS SINGLED OUT BUT, OUR UNDERSTANDING NEVER MATCHES GOD'S STANDARDS YOU LOST A FRIEND TO CANCER YOU GOT QUESTIONS, HE GOT ANSWERS EVERYTHING WE FACE IN LIFE, HE SEES IT ALL, IT'S NOTHING RANDOM WHEN A PERSON'S LIFE IS TAKEN SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD BE AWAKENED JESUS SUBSTITUTE HIMSELF JUST TO BALANCE THE EQUATION IF HE NEVER TAKES AWAY, THE OTHER SIDE IS NEVER GAINING IF HE NEVER WOULDA DIED, THEN YA' LIFE WOULD BE IN DANGER SEE THE BENEFIT OF DEATH IS FOR ANOTHER ONE'S SALVATION (SO) [HOOK] [OUTRO: TENSE] WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT DECISION WHILE YOU STILL GOT TIME MAN? YOU WON'T REGRET IT. DON'T HESITATE MAN. YOURS TRULY, SOMEONE WHO WAS JUST LIKE YOU (ECHO)