《Freedom Of Preach(Album Version|Explicit)》歌词

[00:00:00] From:stanstarks

[00:00:00] Can the church say Amen? (Amen reverend)

[00:00:01] We gon＇ do another off in right now

[00:00:03] We gon＇ do another one in fifteen minutes

[00:00:05] And we gon＇ do one mo＇, right after that

[00:00:08] Yes, women you lookin so very beautiful here today

[00:00:11] Some of you with the same thang on from the club last night

[00:00:14] The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away

[00:00:16] Oh Lord Jesus I wish you＇d taketh away Sister Mary＇s wig

[00:00:20] Oh you disrespectin the House of God with that thing

[00:00:23] It don＇t even look real; aww, it＇s testimony time

[00:00:25] Oh who is that? Young Chris Bridges

[00:00:27] Boy I＇m glad you finally grew into them ears

[00:00:30] Go on and testify

[00:00:31] (Ludacris)

[00:00:32] Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes I＇ve made

[00:00:34] And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade

[00:00:38] See I could replace a Cadillac but I can＇t replace my momma

[00:00:42] I＇m sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the drama

[00:00:45] But you gotta understand us rappers ain＇t never had nothin

[00:00:49] And one＇s loss is another＇s gain so we gotta grab somethin

[00:00:52] Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to

[00:00:56] And sorry for the thangs I put my baby＇s mama through

[00:00:59] I feel that women are really the strongest human beings

[00:01:02] But why do you make ＇em so emotional, and other minor things

[00:01:06] I guess it＇s your way of sayin we gotta love ＇em and gotta praise ＇em

[00:01:09] Cause without ＇em we＇d be nothin, plus our kids they gotta raise ＇em

[00:01:13] While we, out and about and seein what life has to offer

[00:01:16] But if you offer a new life then what we need is better fathers

[00:01:20] Either I＇m smarter cause of my daughter or I＇m just too dense

[00:01:23] I＇m 28 years old, it just now started makin sense

[00:01:26] And I＇ve been...

[00:01:27] (Chorus One)

[00:01:28] Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the clouds

[00:01:33] I＇m tryna stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud

[00:01:40] It took me some tiiiiime, but now I see

[00:01:46] That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeahhhhh yeah

[00:01:52] (Ludacris)

[00:01:53] Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein rude

[00:01:59] I＇m only human, I＇m not always in the best of moods

[00:02:02] But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings down

[00:02:06] And sorry for cursin sometimes but feelings make me shout ＇em out

[00:02:09] Forgive the people that wanna blame everything on rap music

[00:02:13] If they didn＇t live it they can＇t relate or even adapt to it

[00:02:16] Forgive those who don＇t think I＇m great and wanna see me go

[00:02:20] Forgive Oprah for editin most my comments off her show

[00:02:23] Don＇t get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold

[00:02:27] But those who criticize the youth might just be gettin too old

[00:02:30] We still travellin through life, findin what＇s right or wrong

[00:02:34] I know some folks may not agree or even like this song

[00:02:37] But I＇m just speakin MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free

[00:02:41] And my conversation＇s with God, even though he speaks through me

[00:02:44] I＇m smarter cause of my daughter, and I＇m NOT too dense

[00:02:47] I＇m 28 years old, it just now started makin sense

[00:02:51] And I＇ve been...

[00:02:51] (Chorus One)

[00:02:53] (Ludacris - over Chorus One)

[00:02:54] I＇ve been searchin so long

[00:02:55] I admit that I＇ve been lost in them clouds

[00:02:59] I＇m just tryna stay strong baby

[00:03:02] You know I＇ma make you proud

[00:03:05] I know life is full of contradictions

[00:03:09] I＇m tryna become a better man

[00:03:13] Prayin for redemption, each and every day

[00:03:19] (Hallelujah, as the choir sings)

[00:03:20] (Chorus Two: sung by choir)

[00:03:21] Searchin so looooong (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds)

[00:03:26] Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - make you proud!

[00:03:33] Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee (oh now I see)

[00:03:39] Heeeee resiiiides, in me (yeah)

[00:03:42] (Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the house tonight

[00:03:44] Came with some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)

[00:03:48] (Chorus Two - repeat 2X, minus ad libs)

[00:03:50] (Outro: Bishop Eddie Lee Long)

[00:03:50] What you just heard is real life

[00:03:52] It＇s real life for you, it＇s real life for many

[00:03:53] It＇s about where you been, yet at the same time you

[00:03:56] Ay, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil

[00:04:00] Yes I＇m talkin to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil

[00:04:03] Cause you realize HEY - it＇s, time to change right now

[00:04:08] And in the middle of that I wanna say this

[00:04:10] The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child

[00:04:14] I understood as a child, I fought as a child

[00:04:19] Hey, but when I became a man

[00:04:22] I put away those, childish things

[00:04:25] Did you not know that your environment has shaped you?

[00:04:28] Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes

[00:04:31] In the upper downtown, wherever it was

[00:04:33] The people around you, the things around you

[00:04:36] Cause you to do strange things because, you were seeking to learn

[00:04:40] But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the book

[00:04:43] God called you a prophet

[00:04:44] When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out

[00:04:48] And it commands attention, it commands change

[00:04:52] I＇m talking about the power, that＇s inside of you

[00:04:55] And in the midst when you＇re, starting to understand

[00:04:58] That I caught the wrong message, and now it＇s time

[00:05:00] I＇m hearing from God, what amazing experience, as you hear from God

[00:05:05] He said, ＂Is there forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation＂

[00:05:09] Old things are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold

[00:05:15] Everything becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you

[00:05:18] It＇s time to stop the killing

[00:05:21] I said it＇s time to stop the stealing

[00:05:23] It＇s time to stop disrespecting our women

[00:05:26] It＇s time for us to come home and raise our children

[00:05:29] It＇s time for us, to really mold our communities

[00:05:33] It＇s time for us, not to get hooked up in religion

[00:05:36] But to get hooked up in relationship, with God

[00:05:39] And the amazing thing about it

[00:05:41] Is wherever you find yourself right now, you can confess

[00:05:44] And you can tell God ＂I＇m sorry;

[00:05:46] I had the wrong cue, I was doing the wrong thing

[00:05:49] I was going after things that I thought were right, but it wasn＇t right

[00:05:53] And now that I＇m getting it right, I＇m asking you to forgive me

[00:05:56] And I may have done the things, that they said I did

[00:06:00] But I＇m not, who they say I am; I am who you made me to be

[00:06:05] And I＇m changing in that, and it takes a few moments

[00:06:08] But every time I fall down, I＇ll get right back up

[00:06:12] And every time I make a wrong turn, I＇ll get myself back in line

[00:06:15] Because I recognize, I have been called, for such a time as this!＂

[00:06:21] You can＇t resist the change

[00:06:23] And you＇re not condemned by your yesterday

[00:06:26] If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your destiny

[00:06:31] Move, change, and be, now!

[00:06:35] (Chorus Three: sung by choir)

[00:06:36] Searchin so looooong, lost in the clouuuuuds

[00:06:41] Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud - make you proud!

[00:06:49] Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I seeeee

[00:06:55] Heeeee resiiiides (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)