DMX - Ready To Meet Him lyrics
rate me[talking]<br>Please give me the strength I need to live...<br>Bear with me<br>Amen<br><br>We each walk the path, that we've chosen<br><br>[chorus]<br>I'm ready to meet him,<br>We're I'm living ain't right<br>Black hate white<br>White hate black<br>It's right back<br>To the same fight<br>They got us suspecting a war<br>But the real war is to follow the law of the lord<br><br>Lord, you left me stranded<br>And I don't know why<br>Told me to live my life,<br>Now I'm ready to die<br>Ready to fly<br>I cry, but I shed no tears<br>You told me you would dead those fears, it's been years<br>Snakes still coming at me<br>Just missing<br>Sometimes I think all you doing me is just listen<br>I thought that I was special<br>Thats what you told me<br>Hold me<br>Stop acting like you don't know me<br>What'd I do so bad that it sent you away from me<br>Not only sent you away, but made you stay away from me<br>(my child I'm here, as I've always been, it was you who went away,<br>And now are back again, what did I say? )<br>Follow your word, and be true<br>(what did you do? )<br>Well…what I wanted to do...<br>(what have you seen? )<br>Darkness and hell at a glance<br>(what do you want? )<br>All I want is another chance<br><br>Chorus<br><br>(just because you went away, my doors are not locked, wanna come back home,<br>All you gotta do is knock)<br>Ya see, I left home a boy, I returned as a man<br>Full grown, and I'm still not able to stand<br>(I gave you a hand)<br>Well...but I was looking the wrong way<br>Figured out the plan, then I started to pray<br>And that prayer, took me from here to over there<br>Back to over here,<br>Now they got me like where? <br>Do I belong? <br>Do I fit in? <br>Things on my mind, where do I begin? <br>It's easier to sin, but it hurts my heart<br>I'm really tryin' to win, so where do we start? <br>(thou shall not steal)<br>But, what if he stole from me? <br>(thou shall not kill)<br>But what if he's tryin' to kill me? <br>(thou shall not, take my, name in vain, no matter how hard it rains,<br>Withstand the pain)<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Our father, who art in heaven<br>I'm not ashamed to ask for guidance, at 27<br>No longer afraid to knock on your door<br>Not scared anymore to lose my life in the war<br>After what I just saw, I'm ridin' with the lord<br>Cause I really can't afford to lose my head by the sword<br>And now that I've seen, what I need to see<br>Please take me, where I need to be<br>(what have you learned? )<br>It's better to tell the truth than to lie<br>(what have you learned? )<br>To love my life until I die<br>(what have you learned? )<br>Violence isn't always the key<br>(what have you learned? )<br>You can't always believe what you see<br>(what have you learned? )<br>It's better to forgive and forget<br>(what have you learned? )<br>Give as you expect to get<br>(what have you learned? )<br>That I can't go on without you<br>(what have you learned? )<br>I musta been a fool to ever doubt you<br><br>Chorus<br><br>I'm ready to meet him
