Ludacris Feat. Bishop Eddie Lee Long - Freedom Of Preach lyrics
rate meCan the church say 'Amen'? Amen, Reverend<br />
We gon' do another off in right now<br />
We gon' do another one in fifteen minutes<br />
And we gon' do one mo' right after that<br />
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Yes, women, you lookin' so very beautiful here today<br />
Some of you with the same thang on from the club last night<br />
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away<br />
Oh, Lord, Jesus, I wish You'd taketh away Sister Mary's wig<br />
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Oh, you disrespectin' the House of God with that thing<br />
It don't even look real, aww, it's testimony time<br />
Oh, who is that? Young Chris Bridges<br />
Boy, I'm glad you finally grew into them ears, go on and testify<br />
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Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes I've made<br />
And thanks for keepin' my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade<br />
See, I could replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my momma<br />
I'm sorry for the hip hop beefs, we sorry for the drama<br />
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But You gotta understand, us rappers ain't never had nothin'<br />
And one's loss is another's gain, so we gotta grab somethin'<br />
Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to<br />
And sorry for the thangs I put my baby's mama through<br />
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I feel that women are really the strongest human beings<br />
But why do You make 'em so emotional and other minor things<br />
I guess it's Your way of sayin' we gotta love 'em and gotta praise 'em<br />
'Cause without 'em we'd be nothin', plus our kids, they gotta raise 'em<br />
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While we out and about and seein' what life has to offer<br />
But if you offer a new life, then what we need is better fathers<br />
Either I'm smarter 'cause of my daughter or I'm just too dense<br />
I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin' sense<br />
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And I've been searchin' so long, I was lost in the clouds<br />
I'm tryna stay strong and make You proud<br />
It took me some time but now I see<br />
That He resides in me<br />
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Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein' rude<br />
I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of moods<br />
But thanks for givin' the gift of rap to write my feelings down<br />
And sorry for cursin' sometimes but feelings make me shout 'em out<br />
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Forgive the people that wanna blame everything on rap music<br />
If they didn't live it, they can't relate or even adapt to it<br />
Forgive those who don't think I'm great and wanna see me go<br />
Forgive Oprah for editin' most my comments off her show<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold<br />
But those who criticize the youth might just be gettin' too old<br />
We still travellin' through life, findin' what's right or wrong<br />
I know some folks may not agree or even like this song<br />
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But I'm just speakin' my truth 'cause I heard it sets you free<br />
And my conversation's with God, even though He speaks through me<br />
I'm smarter 'cause of my daughter and I'm not too dense<br />
I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin' sense<br />
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And I've been searchin' so long, I was lost in the clouds<br />
I'm tryna stay strong and make You proud<br />
It took me some time, but now I see<br />
That He resides in me<br />
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Hallelujah, as the choir sings<br />
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Searchin' so long, lost in the clouds<br />
Tryin' to stay strong and make You proud<br />
Took me some time, now I see<br />
He resides in me<br />
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Ladies and gentlemen<br />
We have a special guest in the house tonight<br />
Came with some words of encouragement<br />
Bishop Eddie Long<br />
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What you just heard is real life<br />
It's real life for you, it's real life for many<br />
It's about where you been, yet at the same time<br />
You, ay, you find yourself in the midst of conflict and turmoil<br />
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Yes, I'm talkin' to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil<br />
Because you realize, hey, it's time to change right now<br />
And in the middle of that I wanna say this<br />
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The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child<br />
I understood as a child, I fought as a child<br />
Ay, but when I became a man<br />
I put away those childish things<br />
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Did you not know that your environment has shaped you?<br />
Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghettos<br />
In the upper downtown, wherever it was<br />
The people around you, the things around you<br />
Cause you to do strange things because you were seeking to learn<br />
But what you learned was on the streets and not in the Book<br />
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God called you a prophet<br />
When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out<br />
And it commands attention, it commands change<br />
I'm talking about the power that's inside of you<br />
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And in the midst when you're starting to understand<br />
That I caught the wrong message and now it's time<br />
I'm hearing from God, what amazing experience<br />
As you hear from God<br />
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He said, "Is there forth any man be in Christ, He is a new creation"<br />
Old things are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold<br />
Everything becomes new and when everything becomes new in you<br />
It's time to stop the killing<br />
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I said, it's time to stop the stealing<br />
It's time to stop disrespecting our women<br />
It's time for us to come home and raise our children<br />
It's time for us to really mold our communities<br />
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It's time for us not to get hooked up in religion<br />
But to get hooked up in relationship with God<br />
And the amazing thing about it<br />
Is wherever you find yourself right now, you can confess<br />
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And you can tell God, "I'm sorry<br />
I had the wrong cue, I was doing the wrong thing<br />
I was going after things that I thought were right<br />
But it wasn't right"<br />
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"And now that I'm getting it right, I'm asking You to forgive me<br />
And I may have done the things that they said I did<br />
But I'm not who they say I am, I am who You made me to be<br />
And I'm changing in that and it takes a few momentsâ€<br />
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“But every time I fall down, I'll get right back up<br />
And every time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in line<br />
Because I recognize, I have been called for such a time as this"<br />
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You can't resist the change<br />
And you're not condemned by your yesterday<br />
If you can grab hold of your now and move in your destiny<br />
Move, change and be, now<br />
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Searchin' so long, lost in the clouds<br />
Tryin' to stay strong and make You proud<br />
Took me some time, now I see<br />
He resides in me
