Flame Album

It's fallen [x3]
Our world
It's fallen

Look, my generation is clueless
What's all the fuss about
Ignoring Jesus is even ruder than cussing him out
I see no interest at all with true intimacy with Christ
Our apathy is easy to see just like the dots on a dice
We live in a country where worshipping money is all apart of the culture
No worship of God
Just look at they walls
And see who they got on them posters
And see what they got in them holsters
Why cats be holding them choppers?
The Federal Building is filled with killers
That could've been lawyers and doctors
Now if there is a problem even the young boys
Are fenna get those
Bottles of hypnotic
And cop those cigarellos
It's crazy man cause them ladies now are strapped with a ratchet
We born dead and then we all head back to the casket
See it's a wrap for the masses
Cause in Adam something happened
That was traumatic, dramatic, it had to drastic affecting us all
Rejecting our God
Brought death to us all
In choosing to sin
The need to repent
We call it the the fall

See, God is communicating to us through the Holy Bible
And the Bible says that God created the Heavens and the earth
Then it says that He created Adam
The first man
Then from Adam He made Eve
And He gave Adam responsibilities in the garden of Eden
But God told Adam
Not to eat at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
But the Bible says that the serpent

Was the most cunning creature of them all
And he deceived Eve into eating the fruit of the tree
And then Eve gave to Adam
And that's where sin entered into the world
And because of that
God cursed all of creation and humanity
Now everybody finds themselves in a position
Of a desperate need of a Savior, Jesus Christ
That's my time ya'll
Pursue Jesus Christ
It's your boy Flame... Peace

I grew up in St. Louis
Dirty 314
It was nothing
I was accustomed to see one go
In that high rise building on that 14th floor
With them broke elevators
Man that thing ran slow
Mom and Pops at the crib told me bless my plate
That government cheese for dinner we on Section 8
Plus it's hard Mom sick Daddy come home late
In them streets past 3 trying to chase that weight
Moms due in and out of the hospital
I'm listening to shots riddle
All this while I's little
I'm thinking back, I'm thinking back this is weak and wack
Like objects they stick us all in these projects, yes
More or less think this the way it is
That God made us and God placed me in brown skin
Around sin
My grade school ain't get government aid
A young ages feel like that we got government played but...

[Chorus:]
He placed me right here
(Do you think about your place on the map)
(Some born in the suburbs, some in the trap)
He placed you right there
(Consider your race, your city and state)
(Your third world or US of A)
He placed me right here
(Consider your race)
(By God's design, you were placed in time and space)
He placed you right there
(Before the day of your birth)
(God decided where He wanted you to stay on this earth)
He placed me right here

God established the boundaries of your habitat
Ain't no accident if you were born listening to rap
Ain't no accident if God made you white or black (nope)
In America, South Africa or Iraq
Ain't no coincidence if you were born with riches
Or in poverty obviously God has his intentions
See He made all nations and He know they situation
Ain't no accident you were packed in this generation
And your situation should get you chasing His plan
To get you groping and seeking just to see what He saying
See God ain't far away
And He ain't hard to find
But the Father's the farthest person away from our mind
And when you want to complain
Think a couple of things
Why you in my head
And what is it that Jesus is saying
Then read the Bible and God'll guide you right into change
The time is now, now
Just turn around and lift up your hands

[Chorus]

See some of ya'll might be wondering
Why am I where I am? Good question.
Why am I this race?
Why am I this age?
But see God put you right where He saw fit
At the time He wanted to
At the year He saw was best for you
See He put you in the right situations
That you might feel your way towards Him
To find Him
Though He is not far from each one of us

[Chorus x2]

(feat. Tedashii)

I keep His word in me
So I'm shinin all the time
Shinin all the time
Shinin all the time

Ay! Welcome! (From them hot boys)
I guess you wondering how we shine?
How we glow homie?
But non other than the word of God that keeps us shining.

[Chorus:]
I keep His word in me
So I'm shinin all the time
Shinin all the time
Shinin all the time
I keep His word in me
So I'm shinin all the time
Shinin all the time
Shinin all the time
[Repeat]

Partner life can be a struggle
It get rough sometimes
So I put my faith in scripture
Not the stuff that I buy
And when I try to take this Truth
From the scripture to masses
They say they can't hack this
And saying I'm judging like Mathis (man!)
I ain't got no problem with cats who say they wanna be happy
But the problem is your search is never ending like habits
Without God
Why do we settle for less?
Shiny rocks they say was rare
So we call it the best
And since your favorite rapper, rapper
Rocks it then you rock it
Losing you soul
Solely so they'll jock it
If there was a treasure that we said was better
And we told you where to find it
Would you follow or not even bother
And sadly, you'd settle for diamonds
But sadly several would settle
Never inquiring who the Messiah be
Neither the scripture that He was inspiring
Shunning the person that shining is requiring
Looking for pension but never retiring
Wanting to shine all of the time
Rocking the ice that you claiming is blinding
It's blinding you
Look at the irony

[Chorus]

I keep, I keep His Word in me
It's like a light to my path
Mid amongst vipers we coming to light up the Ave
Whether you're in Rykas Island or you're right in my class
Adding up the sin price
I hope you're liking the math
Trust me dawg my wrist don't glitz with diamonds
So what is the means by which I'm shining?
Okay... you want to know the whole way?
Let me tell you what His word say
Lived the perfect life
Paid the purchase price
Gave up His life
Then he rose on the third day... okay
We born in this world into sin and
As soon as we step in it's really a problem
And what are we goin' do about this issue
And who is the one that can solve it
If sin is the cancer
And we need to answer
And we need to know what the cure is
The cure is the blood of Jesus
He's the one that can free us
He sure is
Yes... now that's the reason we gleam
The reason we rap, we sing, because Jesus is King
Yes... from internal to external like a hard drive
Cause I was saved like data the day the Lord died

[Chorus]

I'm shinin all the time but you blind to the fact
Because your life is moving backwards like rewinding this track
Even if I'm wearing hand me downs with Calvin Klein on my slacks
Rocking the ice that I got from the swamp meat
That's got you downing me black
I'm still shining like a light baby
My mind is in the right places
The bible writes in this
My savior died in life that He might save us
So it don't matter
If your chain hang low
See when you die where will you go
Its gain the world and lose your soul

Man we gotta consider this life is nothing but a step to get to the King
Look at the people that's chasing the bling
All they pursuing is doing their thing
And what does that bring more of the pain
Sending you back into chasing the things
Only a cycle pick up the bible
Look and just see that it's simple and plain
Yea it's cool to rock them new shoes
Yea it's cool to rock them new jeans
Red monkeys Red Bapes
Don't make it replace the King
If what you buy what you drive
Stopping you from worshipping God
That's the problem
Get resolving
All of it dissolves in the fire

[Chorus]

(feat. Diamone)

Young Chante Andrea Jones
Never met her father and momma's never home
Plus she's 15 and she lies about her age
She always on the phone or her myspace page
She likes to socialize cause it makes her feel loved
Mom doesn't have time for something simple as a hug
Drugs got her mom strung out
All on the streets
Suicide attempts as tears drip down her cheeks
This is deep
She's so young, with so much pain
There's so many things Chante wishes she could change
So what she does is spends hours of the day
Meeting new friends in her own little place
Yesterday she counted and had 300 friends
Most of them young, but yet some were older men
But it's okay, Chante says that it's safe
Her own little place to get away
Her myspace

[Chorus: 1]
Just wanna know that I am loved and that I am really beautiful
Everything around me tells me to be more than me
I just want to get away
Just wanna know that where I stand someone will accept me for who I am
Just understand maybe I can find a place
Where it's okay

Chante's profile is not marked private
Just by her pics you can see why the guys click
Yea, she's cute and she's not trying to hide it
It's best for me to not even try to describe it
Plus she's young, but you can't tell by how she's dressed
The messages she gets seems to express
Or at least suggest that he's interested in meeting
So she accepts, thinks he's cute, now she's cheesin'
Every click she mistakes it for love
Her daddy is gone plus she's too young for the clubs
Her about me section seems to suggest
That's she's sexual or open to sex
As time progress they make plans for a date
Chante lied to this guy 'bout her age
But it's okay
Chante says that it's safe
Her own little place to get away
Her myspace

[Chorus1]

Young Chante Andrea Jones
Never met her father and momma's always gone
Feeling all along invited him to her home
She's feeling it's wrong
But she figures her feelings wrong
All arrows point to the fact that it's love
Is what she thinks before she offers him a hug
A couple of chats man this cat's still a stranger
But young Chante can't foresee the danger
But she didn't know she was messing with an adult
She messaged a cat wanted for sexual assault
A sexual predator who preys on the young in age
Like Chante who was fearfully and wonderfully made
She ain't know Jesus Christ gives forgiveness and grace
Searching for love only ended up getting raped
Her life was shattered
If only she'd played it safe
And found love in His amazing grace
AHHH!

[Chorus 2:]
Just wanted you to know that I love you and that you're really beautiful
Everything around you doesn't change me my loves the key
I'll wipe your tears away
Just wanted you to know that where you stand you can accept me for who I am
Just understand know that I can be a place where
It's okay

He loves you, yes
He loves you, yes
Jesus He loves you
And it's okay

He loves you, yes
He loves you, yes
And it's okay
And it's okay

[No lyrics]

Yea... let me talk to you for a min
You know I try to keep my ear to the streets right
You know I hear so many war stories man
I hear about so many times cats have been spared
Cats should've been dead
You'd think that would be enough for cats to turn to Christ
But I guess sometimes you gotta learn the hard way

I done heard too many war stories
Seen too many spared
While God still sustain cats that don't even care
Yea you should've got shot
When dem bullets ricocheted
Yea you shoulda got robbed
But grandmamma went to pray
Yea you shoulda got hit by that truck on the road
Ain't no luck when you stuck
With bullet holes in your clothes (homie bang bang)
Five shots could drop me
I took it and smiled
That's a quote from Tupac
Wow... look at him now
Everyday cats duck, dodge, strays from a range
You think it's simply that them shooters just ain't shooting with aim
Naw, a Teflon vest
Ain't the only thing that's stopping them bullets from eating through your chest

[Chorus:]
How many rappers got shot that's then died?
How many rappers got shot that's alive?
How many shots going bang bang?
Cats trying to gang bang?
How many trying to please God?
God's goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)
Goodness should lead men to the repentance (it should make you wanna change)

50 Cent took nine shots look at his face
If you look a lil closer you can see God's grace
Lloyd Banks got shot drove himself to the doc
Young Buck got shot but he's still on the clock
Beanie Siegel got shot thank God he's alive
To add to the list
Fabulous got shot in the thigh
Even Camron took one in each of his arms
Are you alarmed? Is this enough to seek a reform?
Even The Game got shot but he still breathing
That's a real reason for people to seek Jesus
Complete pieces to the puzzle to come
When His goodness leads men to put their trust in the Son... yes

[Chorus]

Listen...
What does it take to make a man turn (repent)?
When God has offered the opposite of everything that man's earned?
You see God holds every breath
Of every lung that's in every chest
Until it's time to be buried next
His goodness should make us throw up our white flags
Considering the fact that our souls have a price tag
That only Christ could pay the whole with His life (Dag!)
Then He rose while we roll in a nice jag
Man, see every smile that you crack
Every dollar that you make dirty God allowed that
All the times that you said, man that should've been me
It could've been me laying six feet deep
All the chances that you had, man you should've been stopped
When them cops stopped you, locked you in the handcuffs
Now you scot-free
And refusing to live Godly
Though you want the benefits of being God's seed

[Chorus]

Yea... this your boy Flame
I'm going to do something a little bit different for ya'll

Call Him (talk to Him man)
Call Him (talk to Him man)
Come out the box a lil bit
I want you to know that you can talk to him man
Call Him (talk to Him man)
Call Him (talk to Him man)
O
Call Him
I know it's hard to let go
Swimming in sin
All you know is the death stroke
The broad road make you run out of petro
Reject the Holy Ghost and you're becoming a vessel
Of dishonor
Rejecting His honor
Lost in your sin
Can't find you like Osama
Yes I'mma address this issue
I must kick truth like I'm doing you Jujitsu
If you were Christ when Judas kissed you ditched you
Snitch to Jewish officials
To the point where it whipped and ripped through
Your tissue
Just to crucifix you
Would those be the ones you give ya unconditional love
though they spit on you
Lied, but you provide for them to get on through
Cause Christ died to rise for something He ain't do

[Chorus:]
Call Him
Though this world is fallen He can hear you calling
Call Him
Though this world is fallen He can hear you c-c-calling
Call Him
Though this world is fallen He can hear you calling
Call Him
(You ain't gotta die in ya sin)
Call Him
(You can know God
Come alive again!)

Let's take a look at the fall man
The one who came down and put His foot on the raw land
Gotta question... do you know who you are man?
Or do you assume that you can do what the Lord can?
I know it's hard fam trying to live life
Looking to the left and nobody is living right
Looking to the right everybody is living wrong
Like we living in a movie and doing it to a song
Are your influences throwing you in a zone?
Influence you to wrong and doing what you're most prone
You know Christ
He left His Heavenly home
Not just that He left His Heavenly throne
Just to bring Ebony home
Or whatever your name is
He definitely claims His
Plus exchanges filth and anguish
Guilt and pain and makes us stainless

[Chorus]

Yea we born in this world in the curse creation... It's fallen
That's how we refer to creation... it's fallen
Man is the reason for crime
The reason for lies
The reason for dying
It's wrapped all in it
Yea it fell and it mean that we fall in it
And everything you see on the TV it ain't authentic
I'm trying to spit truth
Trying to cut the lights on
And pull you out the storm of life like the cyclone
See life ain't all about fun
I love the night life with all of my duns
But now in my life like the honor God's son
Shine like a bright light until Christ come
Used to think about fortune and fame
I blinked and day dreamed of me in a Range
But He rearrange my definition of what life is
While I called on Christ and His likeness

[Chorus]

(feat. Da T.R.U.T.H.)

In the hood you get props if you shot somebody
If you got shot, everybody thinks you tight
Lives being taken' fast like a Mazarati
How we give a thug props cause he takes a life
If you get locked then you get stripes for doing some time
Get praised like Christ for doing the crime
Wrote this song at night with you on my mind
Doing anything in life cause you wanna shine
I know we living in America where we got everything that we need
But yet we still don't know
About anything or why we exist
So we keep poppin Crys trying to chase that dough
Yea it's true
And we love to party
All the ladies trying to make their figures look like Barbies'
All along while we dying inside
Cause we spiritually blind and we don't hear the Lord calling

[Chorus:]
Now when you step do you step to the beat of your own drum?
Now when you step do you step with the king who is awesome?
Now when you step do you step...are you marching in line man?
Step up, let's go, walk right, run it back now
Step up, let's go, walk right run it back now
Are you marching in line main?
Step up, let's go, walk right run it back now
Step up, let's go, keep it crackin like O O O!!

They don't want truth so they can't see error
They ain't come up in the C.C era
Wanna see Ceara in the PC area
Like they get trapped in the B.C era
See error they don't see Pharaoh holding the whips
Might seem narrow
Can't see the Devil man blowing them a kiss
Give 'em what they want
But ain't showing them the risk
Showing them the ice
Showing them the rest
Showing them the life
But ain't showing them the rest
-rest like a little bit of sleep
They shop the mall in the middle of the week
Walk out with bags like a little bit of sleep
Won't work Wednesday like the middle of the week
Drummer plays just to get 'em on their feet
And they step to the step to the rhythm of the beat

[Chorus]

In the hood you get props if you poppin' work
If you try to work some cats think you soft
Say you gotta have heat when you walk the block
Cause on the streets you never know what's popping off
But that's the way we make it
We slaves to all that
We gots to fall back and think about life
Cause it's precious and it's sacred
A gift from Christ that we can't get twice
Yea I know that we chase the riches
We must admit this it add significance
Or at least we think it does
And when it fails we inhale and drink it up
So we drown in our own depression
And keep suppressing the truth that we know
Of the fact that God exist
And we dismiss the question of where will we go when we die?

[Chorus]

Yea, it's a lot of suffering going on in this world
A lot more than what we see in America
I think it's just healthy to be aware
So I want to take you with me
As we travel the globe
And see the problems and see the pain
And see our only hope
Is through Jesus Christ
To redeem our world, let's go

See it's more suffering in the world
Than we see on the streets
Open your eyes step away from MTV
See into CNN and see in the Middle East
Places like Iraq, Iran, the UAE
See the murder
The rape
Religions
The pain
The terror
The poverty diseases in the veins
See our desperate need for change as we travel the globe
And see our only hope is Jesus grabbing a soul
Look at Africa actually one of the places
Where 24 million people living with AIDS is
Where rape is half of the women experience violence
Orphans guerilla warfare break the silence
Vulnerable African children go hungry
While we in the states we waste money
12 years olds traded for sex
We need Jesus what type of suffering is next
Even Europe has problems
Think a place like Greece
Where they smuggle Cannabis and heroin from the Middle East
The assaults the car theft and drug offenses
Illicit drugs and rape exist
Though they can never rate with the USA
We number 1 on the list for most criminal cases
Though we living in the free land and free to vote
But yet we still slaves to sin?
Welcome to I-N-D-I-A
Where 63 out of a thousand children die before the age of 5
5.1 million people with AIDS alive
Mad pollution in the Asian sky
Millions of children live and they work and on the streets
One of the poorest countries that this world will ever see
And 10 million babies died from abortions in two decades
That's more of a reason for you to get saved
Look at China and see the way they treat the females
They drown them and poison them
I give you the details
It overwhelms me the magnitude of they sinning
When over 60 million babies never grow to be women
Violent crimes on the rise prostitution is rising
Drug addition plus they persecuting they Christians
The most populated country with 3 billion people
Needs to look up so they can see the point like a steeple
In Israel
Terrorism is real
Can't imagine the amounts of blood that gets spilled
Many people displaced from the bombs dropping
Judaism Christianity Islam's doctrine
Civil war taking place in the Holy land
While peoples homes getting crushed like a soda can
As the children sit and watch the crossfire
Other countries plead for peace to cease fire
Jamaica Wah Gwan
I guess I get to tell
15 percent of the people have sickle cell
In this third world where gang violence is
It's prevalent, it's evident all the Godlessness
The drug traffic ganja and cocaine
With so much cocaine you can skid on a slope main
But when Jesus Christ died recognize that hope came
So fight the sex trade and racism for sho main
See in Cuba people submerged in repression in fear
From 48 years Fiedel Castro is their Prime Minister Counsel of ministers
Also referred to as Premier
Prostitution is high and the crime is too
Can't express your ideas like you and I can do
In America democracy is what we're use to
But I'm just trying to remind you that
See it's more suffering in the world than we see on the streets
Open your eyes step away from MTV
Sin to sin in the sea in the Middle East
Places like Iraq, Iran, the UAE
See the murder
The rape
Religions
The pain
The terror
The poverty diseases in the veins
See our desperate need for change as we travel the globe
And see our only hope is Jesus grabbing a soul

[No lyrics]

[Chorus:]
Why is it... why is it... why is it... why is it
Everything that's bad for you bad for you bad for you
Why does it make you feel so good?
Everything that's bad for you bad for you bad for you
Why does it make you feel so good?
Everything that's bad for you bad for you bad for you
The love of money, sex, power, murder, fortune, fame
Everything that's bad for you bad for you bad for you
Why does it make you feel so good?

Man I knew I was tripping
But it felt right
It tasted so good
Forget my health right
He made me so mad
I just had to hit him
Took vengeances on my own
I just had to get him
I know this is illegal
But I gotta make Guac
To take care of my people
If it means ducking from cops
I know that car ain't mine
But I wanna joy ride
Feel like hurting somebody
Every since my boy died
See I ain't wanna lie
But I ain't wanna get caught
I push it to the limit
Just like Rick Ross
I shouldn't have stole that money
But hey I was broke
Get a 9 to 5?
Nah, I'd rather sell dope
Could be a better father
But I like to hit the clubs
Plus my baby momma
She know what's up
I need to stop drinking
I need to stop smoking
Just pass me that bottle
Go ahead and roll up

[Chorus]

Ay this what the ladies be like man...

Who she staring at
Girl she ain't looking at me
Let her say something
And her shoes ugly
I wanna go to college
But I can't pay my tuition
Can't do fast food
Guess I'm resulting to stripping
Could be a better momma but I like to hit the clubs
Plus my baby's father
Yea he know what's up
Drinking while I'm pregnant
Girl just pass me that bottle
I know I need to stop
Guess I'll just start it tomorrow
He ain't that fine
But he be making that money
So I'ma give him some
Because I hate being lonely
Plus my kids hungry
And I like to shop
I don't even like this dude
I know I need to stop
I know I told her business
But she made me mad
She supposed to be religious
Sleeping with a baby dad
So I cursed her out
Yup, and I told her momma
Girl I'm crazy
I'm always starting drama

[Chorus]

The Bible calls it sin
You see that's our nature
It's like a pig in a pin
They'll pass a steak up
Just to eat slop
Cause that's what pigs eat
And see we pig people
So we like seeing meat
That's why we run to wrong
Because it feels right
Sin's got our mind gone
We break through this omen through Christ
See it's got our affections and it's got our desires
The more we run into sin it's like fueling the fire
And just like a fire
It's never satisfied
And it's been burning everything around since Adam died
When he ate from the fruit
In the garden of Eden
Genesis 3, but we get a pardon through Jesus
John 3:16 is the heart of this freedom
See those are Bible chapters
I pray to God that you read them
Trust me, while you still in the hood
You can get made right and wrong won't keep feeling good

[Chorus]

[Chorus:]
We apologize for doing people wrong
And we apologize but praying through a song
That His love will still be seen
And you can run to Jesus
Please forgive us for the things that you've seen
That took away from the beauty of the King
Guess what were saying is man he can fail u
But God He never will

Just perhaps through this rap song many come to see
One's who wouldn't even bother excepting our apology
Christianity's past ain't been perfect
Not always pleasant
Perhaps in the church
Some being hurt even in the present
I can honestly say with a sad face
And full of shame
Some horrible things have been done in Jesus' name
Those who claimed in the past
Some have even shed blood
Others simply felt judge
Others they never felt the love
That believers explained that Jesus freely came to give
Cause we made 'em feel dead when we said that they would live
Even seeing the sin professing Christians fell in
Like adultery, lies, money launder and sipping gin
Backstabbing, rape, racism the list goes on
But at the end of the day
All we can say is that it's wrong
And I know that a song can't take away all of the pain and the hurt
That you experienced when you first came to the church
BUT!

[Chorus]

Please allow me to say some give the Faith a bad name
And they counter with Christ consequently should bring change
Jesus said it like this
You can tell a tree by its fruit
If I plant an apple seed and a seed takes root
And it dies in the ground
Then apples are produced
I ain't trying to be deep
I'm just trying to speak the truth
So perhaps in your case you encounter one of the fakes
Who didn't display none of the fruit of Jesus' grace
And it shattered your world and everything was destroyed
You left Christianity
And was spiritually unemployed
You were working for the Lord
Your experience killed your joy
So now you ignore
Any mentioning of the Lord
I assure you there were many who are real
Who resemble the King and sympathize with what you feel
Who will walk with you life on life to God heals
That's if you're sincere
I guarantee that He will
He will for real

[Chorus]

My last request
Don't take your pain out on Christ
Yea people'll fail you
But never in His life
Has He ever broke a promise
I promise He never will
These are not my words but the ones in His will
Have you looked at his life and seen the way we treated people?
He stood for what's right
Was just plus He judged evil
He healed the sick, the lame, plus He fed the poor
The perfect person
What person could ever ask for more?
But greater than these things
He came to die for sin
The spiritually dead state that sin through us in
But because He's the God man He's able to forgive
People like us and enable us to live
The most unique person to ever exist in human history
Has taken the time to reveal to us this mystery
That we too can be apart of this plan
Cause He loves us
Just put your heart in His hands
You can

[Chorus x2]

Yea, I wanna tell ya'll this story
It's a lot of people looking for restoration
And really searching

I met an interesting man
Who confessed some of the struggles within
Brace yourself cause the struggle is deep
Cause the struggle is deep
He wrestles with the very complex thing
And this is what he said to me

You don't understand my pain
You don't understand my secret
The type of depression I sleep with
It's been going on
Every since I was six years old
My greatest fear is still being exposed
My emotions cross wires
Causing a sexual crossfire
Now I have conflicting desires
As a distraction
Same sex attraction
In my actions and emotional breakdown just like fractions
See, people even say that I'm wrong
But people need to leave me alone
Just check Dateline
And the news will even show you
The hate crimes
I would see God but why waste time
I'm so embarrassed
I try to change
But it just won't work
I felt ashamed when I stepped in the church
I feel isolated
Child of trauma
I try to forget that while dealing with these struggles and set backs
I been around

Man... it's got to be tough man
I don't know what to say

I met an interesting woman
Who confessed some of her struggles within
Brace yourself cause her struggle is deep (cause her struggle is deep)
She wrestles with the very complex thing
And this is what she said to me

You don't understand my pain
You don't understand my struggle
Never hearing a man say that I love you
Without something in mind
Yea, I grew up as a classic tomboy
When I was young I used to clown boys
It was so funny
But then the jokes stopped when he grabbed my throat
And I got raped looked around and there was no pops
Then I resented and hated men my friends then
But I never dated men for a long time
When I did I became promiscuous
Involved in sexual experiences
That I shouldn't been
Never felt feminine til I met a friend
Who really took the time just to understand
It became more than a friendship
One day when her hand slipped
I tried to change but that's the way that I am
Please accept me for the way that I am
Please, I been around

Wow... that's deep... um
I don't know

And when they shared their secrets
It was very hard to speak
But I knew they wanted me to respond (they wanted me to respond)
I closed my eyes and said a prayer to God
Lord please help me speak your mind

I don't understand your pain (I don't)
And I don't and your secrets (I don't)
The type of depression you sleep with
But I sympathize
I really do
Know it's gotta be hard
Being you so I try to be true
And I try to empathize
But I know that God wants to express a sacredness
Through opposite sex
Yes through opposite sex
For man and woman to become one
Is the union God wanted to bless
Yes, He wants to bless
It paints a picture of His desire for oneness
With us in a relationship we can be with the Father
He's always faithful
He'll never molest or disrespect His sons and daughters
You can bet on this
His love is deeper than the ocean floor
The blood of Jesus is the open door
To forgive us for our sins
And He can restore the void in a woman
And He can restore the men to men from homosexual sin

See a person's race or ethnicity is sacred
Our sexuality is sacred as well
And it's a gift from God
We don't have the right to do with it what we want to
God has an original intent
Just like I can't go off and participate in any type of sexual act that I want to with
My sexuality pornography premarital sex adultery
So what is it with our sexuality
Concerning homo sexuality
God has established
The divine order
And we must follow

[Chorus:]
Just like the rims still spin
Even after your car stops
Then where will you spend eternity
After your heart stops

God and man have broken up
My dirty just like Destiny's Child
We need a Nas and Jigga
We Christians called back to reconcile
Now what's beef worse than part uno dos tres
It's mankind steady dying walking apart from grace
The unseen is sin its circulating like cancer cells
You selling work Christ the Savior
Come through and cancel your sale
He's calling men to repent just dirty answer your cell
And He can cancel convicted felon from satan's jail
Since Adam sinned this fallen world
We've entered and fell
And broken God's laws now all sentenced to Hell
But you want them spinning rims
Spinning on them big wheels big thrills
Plus you want you five chicks like 5th wheel
I be on the Christian life
You be on that Kryptonite
Where you gonna be if you and your peeps happen to slip tonight
That's why you see Christians right
Gospel raps and Gospel hymns
You can learn a lesson paying attention to them revolving rims

[Chorus x4]

Instead of rolling with the Holy Ghost
Cat's rather roll on 24s
Gripping grain switching lanes
Gain the world just to lose their soul
Man it's hard for me to see you parish
Just to cop something with 80 carats
Listen Christians will inherit
More than Nikki Hilton and Paris
Yea you riding old school
'64 Chevy Impala
Yea it's cool but what if you get to Heaven and can't call Him Father
Get to Heaven and gotta call Him judge
Cause you love blowing swisher sweets
Cause your love truly was more spreewells on your feet
So that means that you esteem
Material things over the King
Rolling Jeeps with plenty screens
Than have peace with G-O-D
Jesus said that He's the Christ
Shining bright like Neon lights
Jesus said that He's the Christ
Shining bright like Neon lights
But our hearts love the dark
Plus our deeds evil mane
Check the hood that's my thugs
Let them desert eagles bang
But life is spinning like them rims let us in man He can't
After we die if we deny Him just to ride on that candy paint

[Chorus x4]

Yea, it's true Jesus does love the hood mane
Especially cats whose recipe is that wood grain
Mixed with that gloss on that Chevy off in that candy paint
Who's getting bent off in they sin from drinking that drink
But it's these same ones
He'll cut off and separate 'em
From His love and His grace
He's given us an ultimatum
On a scale from 1 to 10
Cause our sin zero we rate 'em
We were shaped in this sin now our nature makes us hate Him

[Chorus x4]

[No lyrics]

(feat. J.R.)

They just shot my cousin fam right here in front of my face
Two in his back and one in his face
He still bleeding
Wake up cuz
Breathe homie breathe
This ain't the time for you to leave homie please
I called the police
They ain't here yet
He's laying here helpless
His shirt is real wet
I never thought that I would see this day
My lil cousin a leave this way
He was only 18
He had dreams of leaving the game
Leaving the cane alone
He was seeking to change
He just wanted to stack bread
Buy his moms a Benz and baby sisters a brand new bed
Please tell me God'll let him in
He had a hard life
Tell me God'll forgive him for his sin
Tell me God got his angel back
And that he got his wings
And he ain't gotta deal with no more pain
My cousin had a good heart
I know God knew
Tell my peeps was a good dude
Tell me, Flame, it'll be okay
If we just pray and I'll see his face again one day
My cousin wasn't perfect, nobody is
I know he fulfilled his purpose
We all God's kids
He left me here to live in the sky
And I don't wanna say bye
Why I gotta say

[Chorus:]
Goodbye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye
I don't wanna say
Goodbye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye
See I don't wanna say
Goodbye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye
I don't wanna say
Goodbye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye

I know it's real hard to say bye
See I can't answer why
Bu I know that we don't live in the sky
And I know that we don't get wings
God doesn't get angels back
In fact we human beings
See, God can't let us in
And He won't let us in Heaven
Unless we have His perfection
Yea he might've had a hard life
But if you not in a non stop relationship with Christ
That changes the way that you act and think
And putting off the old man
As he's becoming extinct
Then you can't think that you and God are cool
It's written in the Bible dude
We can't break the rules
And nobody has a good heart
In God's eyes
Nobody's good enough
His standards too high
Ain't no hope if you die in your sin
I don't know if you'll see him again it all depends

[Chorus]

[Vamp:]
I know it's hard
To say goodbye
To someone close to you
In your life
Where do I go from here?
What do I do?
So many questions
So little answers

I thought that God was a god of love
This is feeling like hate
He allowed this to happen
You can't say this a mistake
How can a God full of mercy and grace
Let a kid 18 catch a slug in the face

I know it's hard to see God's love at a time like this
To see your little cuz die like this
Remember this the same God who allows the life to be taken
Will awake him but Christ would've
Had to have been that mans Lord and Savior
In order to be with the Lord who made us
But the questions ain't why did he die in the game
You let his death be in vain if you die the same

I'm tired Flame, cause the pain is deep
I been trying for years for the Lord to change me
I'm angry can I go where it's good at?
I always thought I'd die right here where the hood at

[Chorus]