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We all wanna rise
We surely wanna fly
Y`all know we wanna try to live it up until we die
You know we gon` expire
But before it is ya time
You got a clue about what you gon` do with this part of ya life
[Verse One]
Father forgive me I`m a sinner
And I need you at the center of my heart
Cause that`s where it all starts and I remember
When I entered your presence
You opened arms and loved me tender
Told me to observe your word so I could learn surrender
Without surrender it`s the cold shoulder like it`s winter
Cause your Son was stabbed, dragged, beaten, battered and injured
Before we were believers He was striped like a zebra
So we could rise like a fever
Instead of die in a heater
So for Him I get deeper
Cause life is grim like the reaper
The sin price will not get cheaper
And death he strikes like a cheetah
So you better believe a brother that tells you it`s either
Light with the sinner seeker or night with them dimmer creatures
It`s time
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[Verse Two]
Misses and Misters this Life will trick ya
It`ll pretzel twist ya
Have you thinkin` that you are when you`re not
I bring the Scriptures
What better way to get you focused in on the picture
Than to contrast and ask which life you think is the richer?
There`s a dude who`s about his paper
Some straight, some out of capers
Stay out his way cause he`s tryin` to get back to Jamaica
When asked about his dirty dealings he called me hater
I said, Look brother I hate the game, son I don`t hate the playa
He said, I don`t bother nobody, so me and god we just probably need to have a chat
How can he beef? I like to party
Another example of one who`s had ample shine
But only has samples of life in his mind It`s time
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[Verse Three]
There`s another dude
This brother is never rude
His jokes are never shrewd
His comments never lewd
And this dude grinds on a 3 to 11 sometimes 7 days a week
And speaks of how it`s gon` be up in heaven
He`s not a goody two shoes
A bible based truth dude
Lives to be a light
Who do you think this dude is glued to?
No sex before marriage - no kiss, no baby, no carriage
No if, no maybe, won`t happen
One day his lady gets carats
He understands the way relationship is supposed to happen
So I ask him, Why not chase the silver, gold or platinum?
Maybe back then but now it`s new reaction
New walk, new talk, new mind and you`ll find new time
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