(feat. Bishop Eddie Lee Long)
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[Intro]
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Can the church say Amen? (Amen reverend)
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We gon' do another off in right now
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We gon' do another one in fifteen minutes
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And we gon' do one mo', right after that
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Yes, women you lookin so very beautiful here today
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Some of you with the same thang on from the club last night
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
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Oh Lord Jesus I wish you'd taketh away Sister Mary's wig
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Oh you disrespectin the House of God with that thing
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It don't even look real; aww, it's testimony time
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Oh who is that? Young Chris Bridges
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Boy I'm glad you finally grew into them ears
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Go on and testify
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[Ludacris]
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Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes I've made
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And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade
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See I could replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my momma
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I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the drama
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But you gotta understand us rappers ain't never had nothin
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And one's loss is another's gain so we gotta grab somethin
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Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to
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And sorry for the thangs I put my baby's mama through
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I feel that women are really the strongest human beings
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but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other minor things
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I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta love 'em and gotta praise 'em
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cause without 'em we'd be nothin, plus our kids they gotta raise 'em
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while we, out and about and seein what life has to offer
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But if you offer a new life then what we need is better fathers
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Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm just too dense
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I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin sense
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And I've been...
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[Chorus One]
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Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the clouds
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I'm tryna stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud
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It took me some tiiiiime, but now I see
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That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh yeah
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[Ludacris]
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Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein rude
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I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of moods
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But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings down
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And sorry for cursin sometimes but feelings make me shout 'em out
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Forgive the people that wanna blame everything on rap music
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If they didn't live it they can't relate or even adapt to it
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Forgive those who don't think I'm great and wanna see me go
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Forgive Oprah for editin most my comments off her show
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Don't get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold
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But those who criticize the youth might just be gettin too old
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We still travellin through life, findin what's right or wrong
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I know some folks may not agree or even like this song
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But I'm just speakin MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free
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And my conversation's with God, even though he speaks through me
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I'm smarter cause of my daughter, and I'm NOT too dense
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I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin sense
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And I've been...
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[Chorus One]
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[Ludacris - over Chorus One]
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I've been searchin so long
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I admit that I've been lost in them clouds
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I'm just tryna stay strong baby
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You know I'ma make you proud
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I know life is full of contradictions
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I'm tryna become a better man
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Prayin for redemption, each and every day
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(Hallelujah, as the choir sings)
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[Chorus Two: sung by choir]
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Searchin so looooong (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds)
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Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - make you proud!
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Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee (oh now I see)
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Heeeee resiiiides, in me (yeah)
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(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the house tonight
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Came with some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
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[Chorus Two - repeat 2X, minus ad libs]
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[Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee Long]
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What you just heard is real life
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It's real life for you, it's real life for many
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It's about where you been, yet at the same time you
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Ay, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil
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Yes I'm talkin to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil
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Cause you realize HEY - it's, time to change right now
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And in the middle of that I wanna say this
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The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child
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I understood as a child, I fought as a child
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