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Keep on praisin', liftin' up your name, to live in Christ, to die is gain.
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Growin' up in the cold world this industry's cloggin' up my brain, gotmemories of when gospel rap wasn't about money or the fame. Remember when itused to be strictly ministry? Now it's all about who's at the top of theindustry. Everyone is jealous, full of hate, greed, and envy, now-a-days, Idon't even know who my own friends be. Be critized, talked about and stabbedbehind my back and playa haters still tryin' to bag gospel rap. My heart goesout to the streets, I'm to reach a thugs and that is why you be warmin' up thechurch seats. But you don't hear me though, turn and look the other way, butthat's OK, I know God would listen to what I gotta say. I can't lie though,at times I feel like givin' up when all this hurt n' pain inside me startsbuildin' up. I start cryin', but God shows me love, even if I never, ever winthe dove, Im'a keep on praisin'!
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Pick up my cross and Im'a follow you, even if my boys stay behind and I'm theonly one in my crew. To be man enough to say, "
God here I am." But peoplealways quick to judge, they don't understand. They talkin' about I ain'treal, but who are you to judge me? God be the only one who knows just what Ifeel. So many rappers now-a-days, caught up in competition, that's why gospelrap be full of so much division. Believe me when I say, it breaks my heart tothink that we was once in unity, but now we're all but torn apart. It's notabout how many records we've sold, it's all about how many save souls. Canyou feel me? Tears ran down my eyes yesterday as I heard about 2-
Pac's death,is there anyone left to say, "
Lord, Im'a stand in the gap." My peoples, isyou with me, where you at, cause Im'a keep on praisin'!
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And even though they critizize me, talk behind my back, and tell me hurtfulwords. Till the day I'm dead, and in my grave, it's God I'm gonna' serve. Sogo ahead and talk about me and spread your lies. You the one accountable forevery tear when I cry. I shed so many tears for so many years, God can youhelp me? I'm tryin' to reach all my peers and if you don't hear, Im'a tryharder, even if I die from bulletshots like a martyr. This world be drivin'me hysterical, God I need a miracle, devil keep tryin' to hit me when I wannaget 'em spiritual, lyrically, I'm praisin' God with every word that I speak.
You heard me, but I gotta turn the other cheek. '
Cause vengence ain't mine,vengence belongs to the Lord. We gotta come together, one mind and oneaccord. So to those who have ears, let 'em listen to what I'm sayin' but evenwithout you Im'a keep on praisin'!
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Lyrics by T-
Bone
Submitted by Nick Woodrum (nickshaq@aol.com)
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