Freedom Of Preach (feat. Bishop Eddie Lee Long)

[00:01.06] Can the church say amen? Amen Reverend
[00:02.95] We gon' do another off in right now
[00:03.96] We gon' do another one in fifteen minutes
[00:06.02] And we gon' do one mo', right after that
[00:08.16] Yes, women you lookin' so very beautiful here today
[00:12.13] Some of you with the same thang on from the club last night
[00:14.12] The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
[00:16.24] Oh, Lord Jesus, I wish you'd taketh away Sister Mary's wig
[00:20.20] Oh, you disrespectin' the house of god with that thing
[00:23.10] It don't even look real
[00:24.21] Ohh, it's testimony time, oh, who is that? Young Chris s
[00:27.22] Boy, I'm glad you finally grew into them ears, go on and testify
[00:31.33] Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes I've made
[00:34.49] And thanks for keepin' my momma safe
[00:36.48] When she wrecked my escalade
[00:38.47] See, I could replace a Cadillac, but I can't replace my momma
[00:41.55] I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the drama
[00:44.50] But you gotta understand, us rappers ain't never had nothin'
[00:48.63] And one's loss is another's gain so we gotta grab somethin'
[00:52.64] Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to
[00:55.66] And sorry for the thangs, I put my baby's mama through
[00:59.69] I feel that women are really the strongest human beings
[01:02.78] But why do you make 'em so emotional, and other minor things?
[01:05.81] I guess it's your way of sayin' we gotta love 'em
[01:08.89] And gotta praise 'em
[01:09.97] 'Cause without 'em we'd be nothin'
[01:13.04] Plus our kids they gotta raise 'em
[01:14.09] While we, out and about and seein' what life has to offer
[01:18.09] But if you offer a new life, then what we need is better fathers
[01:20.04] Either I'm smarter 'cause of my daughter, or I'm just too dense
[01:23.10] I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin' sense, and I've been
[01:27.26] Searchin' so long, I was lost in the clouds
[01:33.39] I'm tryna stay strong, and make you proud
[01:40.47] It took me some time, but now I see
[01:47.49] That He resides, in me yeah, yeah
[01:55.54] Lord, forgive me, for anytime a fan said I was bein' rude
[01:59.60] I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of moods
[02:02.61] But thanks for givin' the gift of rap to write my feelings down
[02:06.69] And sorry for cursin' sometimes
[02:09.01] But feelings make me shout 'em out
[02:09.92] Forgive the people that wanna blame everythin' on rap music
[02:13.00] If they didn't live it they can't relate or even adapt to it
[02:16.03] Forgive those who don't think I'm great, and wanna see me go
[02:20.15] Forgive Oprah for editin' most my comments off her show
[02:23.11] Don't get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold
[02:27.22] But those who criticize the youth might just be gettin' too old
[02:30.32] We still travellin' through life, findin' what's right or wrong
[02:34.45] I know some folks may not agree, or even like this song
[02:38.42] But I'm just speakin' my truth, 'cause I heard it sets you free
[02:44.56] And my conversation's with God
[02:45.50] Even though he speaks through me
[02:46.69] I'm smarter 'cause of my daughter, and I'm not too dense
[02:47.65] I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin' sense, and I've been
[02:51.88] Searchin' so long, I was lost in the clouds
[02:58.89] I'm tryna stay strong, and make you proud
[03:05.85] It took me some time, but now I see
[03:12.94] That He resides, in me yeah, yeah
[03:18.04] Hallelujah, as the choir sings
[03:19.94] Searchin' so long, lost in the clouds
[03:26.04] Tryna stay strong, and make you proud
[03:30.98] Took me some time, now I see
[03:40.14] He resides, in me yeah, yeah
[03:46.11] Ladies and gentlemen
[03:47.27] We have a special guest in the house tonight
[03:48.22] Came with some words of encouragement
[03:52.12] Bishop Eddie Long
[03:53.24] What you just heard is real life
[03:54.26] It's real life for you, it's real life for many
[03:56.27] It's about where you've been, yet at the same time you
[03:57.29] Ay, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil
[04:00.38] Yes, I'm talkin' to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil
[04:04.42] 'Cause you realize, hey, it's time to change right now
[04:08.42] And in the middle of that I wanna say this
[04:10.48] The Bible says, that when I was a child, I spoke as a child
[04:15.58] I understood as a child, I fought as a child
[04:20.50] Hey, but when I became a man, I put away those, childish things
[04:26.50] Did you not know that your environment has shaped you?
[04:29.66] Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghettos
[04:33.53] In the upper downtown, wherever it was
[04:34.56] People around you, the things around you
[04:37.53] Calls you to do strange things
[04:38.65] Because you were seeking to learn
[04:40.65] But what you learned was on the streets and not in the book
[04:43.68] God called you a prophet when you open up your mouth
[04:47.77] Everything of god comes out, and it commands attention
[04:50.87] It commands change, I'm talking about the power
[04:54.97] That's inside of you, and in the midst when you're
[04:58.06] Starting to understand, that I caught the wrong message
[04:59.92] And now it's time, I'm hearing from God
[05:03.01] What amazing experience, as you hear from God
[05:06.25] He said, "Is there forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation
[05:11.24] Old things are passed away"
[05:13.28] Somebody needs to hear that and behold
[05:16.36] Everything becomes new
[05:18.50] And when everything becomes new in you
[05:20.53] It's time to stop the killing, I said it's time to stop the stealing
[05:22.69] It's time to stop disrespectin' our women
[05:28.63] It's time for us to come home and raise our children
[05:31.78] It's time for us, to really mold our communities
[05:33.85] It's time for us, not to get hooked up in religion
[05:35.93] But to get hooked up in relationship, with God
[05:39.97] And the amazing thing about it
[05:44.07] Is wherever you find yourself right now, you can confess
[05:47.15] And you can tell God, "I'm sorry, I had the wrong cue
[05:49.06] I was doing the wrong thing
[05:51.06] I was going after things that I thought were right, but it wasn't right
[05:55.05] And now that I'm gettin' it right, I'm asking you to forgive me
[05:58.06] And I may have done the things, that they said I did
[06:01.92] But I'm not, who they say I am, I am who you made me to be
[06:04.09] And I'm changing in that, and it takes a few moments
[06:10.13] But every time I fall down, I'll get right back up
[06:13.25] And every time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in line
[06:17.44] Because I recognize, I have been called for such a time as this"
[06:22.38] You can't resist the change
[06:25.33] And you're not condemned by your yesterday
[06:28.42] If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your destiny
[06:33.34] Move, change, and be, now
[06:37.50] Searchin' so long, lost in the clouds
[06:45.48] Tryna stay strong, and make you proud
[06:50.47] Took me some time, now I see
[06:57.42] He resides, in me yeah
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