[Verse One]
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Back then if I was a Jew the life that I led would not be common
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I would be in prayer shawls anticipatin' His comin'
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Between 1 and 30 A.D. I'd be under the Romans
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Thankin' Yaweh that I'm not a slave, Gentile, or woman
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Now don't get it twisted a woman had to be honored
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If you came from out of her womb you had to obey your momma
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For the fact that she was a woman wasn't the problem
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It's because she was forbidden to publicly read the Talmud
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Plus only allowed to be either in the balcony-
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Or on the floor divided to avoid problems
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And forbade to pray out loud, when it came to religious life
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For women it was grey outside, till Christ came in the picture
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switched up some customs
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Now these same women are providin' Jesus with substance
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Leavin' Jewish men grieved, they ain't agree
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Cause out of these women's means they ministered to their needs
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[Verse Two]
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Look at Jesus maneuva in spite of the culture
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Taken ladies and shapin' em makin' em soldiers
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Peep this type of behavior was taboo
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Jesus seen with Joanna [Luke 8:13] would make Him a bad Jew
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But Jesus called some of the grimiest women
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Like prostitutes even some of the slimiest women
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In hot pursuit, women are weak is not the truth
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And just to prove this point ladies I got the proof
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Wouldn't be a Timothy without Timothy's moms
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Eunice speakin' to Tim in them spiritual psalms
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The way women were treated then these are similar times
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But yet the men of God recognize ya strength
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Who were the first witnesses of the empty tomb
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Who birth Jesus being a virgin Holy Spirit consumed
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Who stood for God way back in them Exodus times
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And wouldn't even let em kill they son (Exodus 1:16)
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[Chorus]
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Jesus did walk with women in a special way
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This was odd for men in the first century
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Look at God callin' women to the ministry
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Jesus did walk with the ladies
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[Verse Three]
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[Da TRUTH:] Just think about this
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You're real fit in Abercrombie and Fitch
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And when you in the mall you thinkin' about how to catch fish
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Imagine you in Von Dutch on a date
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No lust in the place, dude got a crush cause how you hustle your faith
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You ain't tryin' be tuck at the waist
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Cause you spend more time in the presence of God than adjustin' your face
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Listen let me cut to chase
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And encourage the beauty of holiness you should just want to be chased
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[Flame:] Ladies we know it's real and it gets hard sometimes
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Especially with the pressure of being flawless now
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You can't do enough crunches to be the perfect woman
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God ain't lookin' for perfect size but a worshippin' woman
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Ok you gain weight maybe had an abortion
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Made a mistake had a divorce and
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It still ain't over Jesus forgives this is the gospel
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so don't let that stuff stop you
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L.A.D.I.E.S.
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Flame |