Can the say Amen? (Amen reverend) We gon' do one offerin right now We gon' do another one in minutes And we gon' do one mo', right after Yes, women you lookin so beautiful here today of you with the same thang on from the club last night(oh) The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh Please Lord Jesus I wish taketh away Sister Mary's wig Oh you disrespectin the of God with that thing on It don't even real; aww, it's testimony time Oh who is that? Young Bridges Boy I'm glad you finally grew them ears Go on and
Lord, forgive me for the mistakes I've made And thanks for keepin my momma safe when she my Escalade See I could replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my I'm sorry for the beefs, we sorry for the drama But you gotta understand us rappers never had nothin And one's loss is another's gain so we gotta grab Lord, got so many questions I the answers to And sorry for the thangs I put my baby's mama I feel that women are really the strongest beings but why do you make 'em so emotional, and other things I guess it's your way of sayin we gotta 'em and gotta praise 'em cause without 'em we'd be nothin, plus our they gotta raise 'em while we, out and about and seein what life has to But if you offer a new life then what we need is better Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm too dense I'm 28 old, it just now started makin sense And been...
[Chorus Searchin so looooong, I was lost in the I'm stay strooooong, and make you prouuuuud It me some tiiiiime, but now I see That Heeeee resiiiiides, in me yeah
Lord, forgive me for a fan said I was bein rude I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of But thanks for givin the gift of rap to write my feelings And sorry for cursin sometimes but feelings make me 'em out Forgive the that wanna blame everything on rap music If they didn't live it can't relate or even adapt to it those who don't think I'm great and wanna see me go Forgive for editin most my comments off her show Don't get me wrong, I know some got a image to hold But those who criticize the youth might just be too old We still travellin through life, findin what's right or I some folks may not agree or even like this song But I'm just speakin MY truth, cause I it sets you free And my conversation's God, even though he speaks through me I'm smarter of my daughter, and I'm NOT too dense I'm 28 years old, it just now started makin And been...
[Chorus
[Ludacris - Chorus One] been searchin so long I admit that I've been lost in them I'm just tryna stay baby You know make you proud I know is full of contradictions I'm become a better man Prayin for redemption, and every day
(Hallelujah, as the sings)
[Chorus Two: sung by Searchin so (so long) lost in the clouuuuuds (in the clouds) Tryin to stay strooooong, and make you - make you proud! Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I (oh now I see) resiiiides, in me (yeah)
(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the house Came with words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long)
[Chorus Two - repeat 2X, ad libs]
[Outro: Bishop Lee Long] you just heard is real life It's real life for you, it's real life for It's about you been, yet at the same time you Ay, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and Yes I'm talkin to you, in the midst of and turmoil Cause you HEY - it's, time to change right now And in the of that I wanna say this The Bible says that I was a child, I spoke as a child I as a child, I fought as a child Hey, but I became a man I put away those, childish Did you not know that your has shaped you? you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the upper downtown, it was The people around you, the things you cause you to do strange things because, you seeking to learn But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the God you a prophet When you open up your mouth, everything of God out And it commands attention, it change I'm talking about the power, that's of you And in the when you're, starting to understand I caught the wrong message, and now it's time I'm hearing from God, what amazing experience, as you from God He said, "Is there any man be in Christ, he is a new creation" Old things are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and Everything becomes new, and when everything new in you It's to stop the killing I said it's to stop the stealing It's time to stop our women It's time for us to come and raise our children It's time for us, to really our communities It's time for us, not to get up in religion But to get up in relationship, with God And the amazing thing it is you find yourself right now, you can confess and you can God "I'm sorry; I had the wrong cue, I was the wrong thing I was going after that I thought were right, but it wasn't right And now I'm getting it right, I'm asking you to forgive me And I may have done the things, that said I did But I'm not, who say I am; I am who you made me to be and I'm in that, and it takes a few moments But every I fall down, I'll get right back up And every time I make a wrong turn, get myself back in line Because I recognize, I have been called, for a time as this!" You can't the change And you're not condemned by yesterday If you can hold of your now, and move in your destiny Move, change, and be, now!
Three: sung by choir] Searchin so looooong, lost in the Tryin to stay strooooong, and you prouuuuud - make you proud! Took me some tiiiiime (took me some time) now I resiiiides (Heeee resiiiides) in me (in me yeahhhhh)