[Intro] Can the church say Amen? Amen reverend We gon do another off in right now We gon do another one in fifteen minutes And we gon do one mo, right after that Yes, women you lookin so very beautiful here today Some of you with the same thang on from the club last night The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away Oh Lord Jesus I wish youd taketh away Sister Marys wig Oh you disrespectin the House of God with that thing It dont even look real aww, its testimony time Oh who is that? Young Chris Bridges Boy Im glad you finally grew into them ears Go on and testify [Ludacris] Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes Ive made And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade See I could replace a Cadillac but I cant replace my momma Im sorry for the hiphop beefs, we sorry for the drama But you gotta understand us rappers aint never had nothin And ones loss is anothers gain so we gotta grab somethin Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my babys mama through I feel that women are really the strongest human beings But why do you make em so emotional, and other minor things I guess its your way of sayin we gotta love em and gotta praise em Cause without em wed be nothin, plus our kids they gotta raise em While we, out and about and seein what life has to offer But if you offer a new life then what we need is better fathers Either Im smarter cause of my daughter or Im just too dense Im 28 years old, it just now started makin sense And Ive been... [Hook One] Searchin so long, I was lost in the clouds Im tryna stay strong, and make you proud It took me some time, but now I see That He resides, in me yeah, yeah [Ludacris] Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein rude Im only human, Im not always in the best of moods But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings down And sorry for cursin sometimes but feelings make me shout em out Forgive the people that wanna blame everything on rap music If they didnt live it they cant relate or even adapt to it Forgive those who dont think Im great and wanna see me go Forgive Oprah for editin most my comments off her show Dont get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold But those who criticize the youth might just be gettin too old We still travellin through life, findin whats right or wrong I know some folks may not agree or even like this song But Im just speakin MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free And my conversations with God, even though he speaks through me Im smarter cause of my daughter, and Im NOT too dense Im 28 years old, it just now started makin sense And Ive been... [Hook One] [Ludacris over Hook One] Ive been searchin so long I admit that Ive been lost in them clouds Im just tryna stay strong baby You know Imma make you proud I know life is full of contradictions Im tryna become a better man Prayin for redemption, each and every day Hallelujah, as the choir sings [Hook Two sung by choir] Searchin so long so long lost in the clouds in the clouds Tryin to stay strong, and make you proud make you proud! Took me some time took me some time now I see oh now I see He resides, in me yeah Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the house tonight, came with some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long [Hook Two] repeat 2X, minus ad libs [Outro Bishop Eddie Lee Long] What you just heard is real life Its real life for you, its real life for many Its about where you been, yet at the same time you Ay, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Yes Im talkin to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil Cause you realize HEY its, time to change right now And in the middle of that I wanna say this The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child I understood as a child, I fought as a child Hey, but when I became a man I put away those, childish things Did you not know that your environment has shaped you? Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the upper downtown, wherever it was The people around you, the things around you Cause you to do strange things because, you were seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the book God called you a prophet When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out And it commands attention, it commands change Im talking about the power, thats inside of you And in the midst when youre, starting to understand That I caught the wrong message, and now its time Im hearing from God, what amazing experience, as you hear from God He said, Is there forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation Old things are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold Everything becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you Its time to stop the killing I said its time to stop the stealing Its time to stop disrespecting our women Its time for us to come home and raise our children Its time for us, to really mould our communities Its time for us, not to get hooked up in religion But to get hooked up in relationship, with God And the amazing thing about it Is wherever you find yourself right now, you can confess And you can tell God Im sorry I had the wrong cue, I was doing the wrong thing I was going after things that I thought were right, but it wasnt right And now that Im getting it right, Im asking you to forgive me And I may have done the things, that they said I did But Im not, who they say I am I am who you made me to be And Im changing in that, and it takes a few moments But every time I fall down, Ill get right back up And every time I make a wrong turn, Ill get myself back in line Because I recognize, I have been called, for such a time as this! You cant resist the change And youre not condemned by your yesterday If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your destiny Move, change, and be, now! [Hook Three sung by choir] Searchin so long, lost in the clouds Tryin to stay strong, and make you proud make you proud! Took me some time took me some time now I see He resides He resides in me in me yeah
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