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There Is No God...
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holy are you
holy are you
there is no god
there is no god
there is no god
but you
praise be the lord
watched a mother put her daughter in the ground
her eyes produced tears that could only fit love's crown
saltine gems sparkling jewels set in gold
wrapped in linen in a casket like a straight jacket's hold
where were you? I couldn't feel your presence
they say you conquered death but she died in adolescence
a child takes her own life, living in despair
the pastor reads a text says we'll meet up in the air
what is that? does that help anyone at all?
and did you hear her cries when her nose was red and raw
was she ill was she sick was she lonely was she sad
could you have healed her heart and not broke her mom and dad’s?
I don't understand
you say you took on flesh and bear death marks inside your hands
but a serpent and a plant, explain your thwarted plan?
are you watching from afar like some fan up in the stands?
gotta be honest god sometimes it's hard to see
when looking for your face inside my hands upon my knees
you promised to be with me! but I'm feeling a bit deceived
are you with me now like when I first believed?
I made my bed in hell and you swore that you were there
did J-Qwess feel your love lying in that chemo chair?
the world's in disrepair, people living on the streets
children without fathers, religious teachers who mislead
did I misread? that you're working it for good?
have you decreed? is that right? have we understood?
bump that! we need your help right now
maybe if you showed up, every knee would bow
right here! (right now!) on earth like up in heaven
if you’re giving us some lessons why won’t you answer questions?
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to all the people strugglin to make ends meet
sacrificin for your kids to keep the family on its feet
to my brothers raising kids when your lady left the fam
the ladies standing strong when your man broke up the plan
to my boy growing sprouts with his baby mama
sun and water and some love, sparing all of the drama
this is for my friends who really screwed it up
but are trying make amends and get out of the rut
cause life ain’t so simple we ain’t always get it right
sometimes there’s a window if we looking for the light
to my friends on the street just tryin to survive
if concrete makes a bed then your prayers are prob’ly sighs
if I make my bed in hell, how will god find me there
if your life is a jail cell is there help for your prayer
I wantchu know that I care so I’m sending this out
quench the deserts of your life in the season of your drought
we got the faith, and we got the hope
we got the love and the beats are dope
to all the people strugglin to chart life’s course
sacrifice without despair and giving praise up to the Source
to the mom and dads who kept it all together for the kids
through the weathered storms and tethered forms and baby hissy fits
to my brother married young, and been faithful all these years
to the bride of his youth, and the fruit of their prayers
to the faithful sons and daughters who may never have married
but the life and times and burdens they so tirelessly carried
this is for my friends who were raised by gram and gramps
for every big sister who was actually an aunt
cause life is kinda scary, keep an eye out for the helpers
sometimes you find an angel on skid row by the shelter
to my friends spreading love to the shut-ins down the block
if concrete makes a path, then love could make you knock
if I make my bed in hell will I see the sun (son) rise
asked god to show his face, it seemed that he replied
“open up your eyes”
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Knowdaverbs:
Riggity
Real talkin
Jiminey sweet Christmas.
On a Jesse Owens dash,
With a Luke Cage resistance
I think I thought it was a child’s game hide and seek.
Missed to think, games locked
And being played for keeps.
Plus my mind was in box and the Will was weak.
With No David copper field techniques
I was Left With noooo way right way- to try to escape
Alcatraz in the bars, lt’s an attempt to explain.
Try to calculate his ways, some remain mystique
Like how He clearing criminals with a record delete?
then slip a ring onto their finger, and let them borrow His flow
I don’t own my own self how can I say no, you know?
Chunjay:
down with the king for years, lost count of em
Samson was a failure just tryin a make a man of em
these days so confused from the booze and the bruises
useless excuses got me questioning what truth is
got some thoughts and I got my commitments
brought up plots against god, got these resentments
who is the defendant and who is the accuser
say a prayer I’m repentant, still acting like a loser
woke up one day, you stopped making sense
now I’m praying for faith and I’m feeling verklempt
seems like all my friends gave you up for Lent
like catholic girls do chocolate still binge and get lit
nowhere else to go, so I guess I’m yours forever
eighty years to figure things seems like a ton of pressure
metaphysics, sex olympics, deal with hella gimmicks
ballistic with logistics now god has jealous critics
kj-52
ever since I started then went independent
irregardless of what your chart is Im a win the pendant
its the hardest as an artist when your getting vintage
the rest of yall the time has come to eat ya sentences
I’m a freaking menace because I seen the business
seen the snakes and fakes how they seek to kill us
from start to finish i seen the hardest sinners
been changed from all they ways when they came repentant
and I got no limits now watch me go and take a minute
shove a line into your mind until I’m driving with it
then take the rhyme and climb it higher till I’m diving in it
this industry is enough to make you wanna be committed
and Im still here standing w/ my brain intact
aint a thing i fear nothing ever changed w/ that
still the same its Jesus name just when i state the fact
and you can exit out the rear right unless you claiming that
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Christos Anesti
01:38
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little kids playing out in the open field
Bright spring day brings life from common ills
of such is the kingdom, of such is the Christ
of such is the way to abundant life
life isn’t simple, life is complex
life isn’t captured in a single mic check
but it’s seen in the blooms that grow on the trees
and it’s seen in the blossoms that fall with the leaves
the tree is left empty, barren and still
tree becomes wood that is used to kill,
third day comes and he opens our eyes
what was once dead becomes resurrected life
everybody put your hands together
put your hands together put your hands together
look up from the ground to the sky
Jesus Christ spread his arms and died
some of this a bit more of that
water of life makes a man relax
weight of the world I find on my back
then I find a light yoke has been attached
hurt my true love and I hurt my mom
hurt my dad and friends but the love’s not gone
hurt a lot of people and truth be told
we have empty hands but God gave gold
now I’m tryin a hold onto flickers of light
the candle of the Presence signifies my flight
so I walk by faith and not by sight
I been set free from from Egypt and enslaved plight
everybody put your hands together
put your hands together put your hands together
look up from the ground to the sky
Jesus Christ spread his arms and died
once upon a time I had some broken hearts
and once upon a time god gave a new start
“speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed”
Christ spoke the word and promise fulfilled
there’s a lot of things that I’d like to see
a unified church where Christ reigns supreme
I’d like to see the roadside where my father died
I’d like to understand the anguish when my mother cried
I’d like to know the joy of a baby on my lap
I’d like to make some money from this kingdom of rap
I’d like to put a ring on a finger that’ll stay
and I’d like to know Christ at the last day flower
come on, yeah
everybody put your hands
everybody put your hands together
put your hands together put your hands together
look up from the ground to the sky
Jesus Christ spread his arms and died
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Royal Ruckus Bakersfield
Royal Ruckus is fresh to death. Originally from Bakersfield, California, Flatline and Chunjay are now representing Austin, Texas and South Florida, respectively.
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