Snippet
Incongruent living is exhausting.
(Brene Brown Gifts of Imperfection preface Hazelden 2010 Pg
28)
Scripture
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them,
so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely.
Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your
hearers. 1 Timothy 4:15,16 NIV
Song
Ms. Holy Roller Will Smith
INTRO]
Mic check 1, 2, 1, 2.. this is dedicated to an old friend of
mine, Michelle
She a holy roller now
Now everything old gon' burn
[CHORUS]
Ms. Holy Roller, new angel, got ya Bible out shoutin' and
you're ringing a bell
mid-life, reborn, can't wait to tell, if I don't believe
what you believe,
I'm going to hell...
I've been down with Jesus since Sunday school & Easter
speeches
The Bible was survival, that's what my grandma would teach
us
Since I was 5, I've been dying and trying to read it When I
did I did, it redefined it
Now you was 34 when you found Jesus after your life fell to
pieces
Wife two times, with two guys, now enlightened in speeches
Seemed to flow out your mouth with the hype of a preacher
Took your whole life to reach you, now I'm a trifling
creature
[CHORUS]
Come on, if I die right this second, I reckon that God would
simply check
into my life & times, dissecting my rhymes, he'll see
how I've been leading his troops
You can't do dirt your whole life then say "oops'!
[BRIDGE]
Now where was Jesus, when you life then you was cheatin',
when you was deceiving me?
Where was Jesus when you greedy, your lawyers was bleeding
me?
Where was Jesus when every weekend, a new man living with
you?
Oh, wait he was with me, trying to keep me from killing you!
Now, where was Jesus when you was lying & you was
betraying me?
When I was trying to make it, you was hatin' delayin' me,
huh?
Where was Jesus when the ice was thrilling you,
Oh, he was he with me trying to keep me from killing you!
If I ain't know Jesus, ain't no telling where I would be
It's been nights I felt like feces; I needed to fight to
release it
I'm in the limelight, it's hot & the heat is ceaseless,
Holding my tongue while little bums cut me to pieces
The only reason's cause I studied the life of Jesus &
Venting with my pen, intending to write & release it
But when an ex-friend would slight me or slam me with venom
I hate it, I can't stand it, damned, I really resent it
I always strive to be righteous, my version of God
The reason why I never write verses with curses inside
The reason I never purposely hurt persons,
I've applied many teaching of God,
Searching the reaches of God
Pondered the mysteries of why you be dissing me,
I adore you all I hope for you is freedom from misery
You made mistakes & blunders, you breaking from under
But yo, If I'm going to hell, it's making me wonder.
[BRIDGE]
The greatest atrocities ever committed on this planet have
been in the
name of God
This country was founded by Puritans, for the expressed
purpose of
oppression-free worship
Your attitude is the same arrogant, fearful fundamentalism
that fueled the
hatred of the Crusades
& the attacks on 9/11.
If we are not allowed to worship God as groups &
individuals free from
persecution, in respectful
Tolerance, there's only one outcome...
[CHORUS]
Sentence Prayer
Father;
May I first take hold of my own hypocrisy
Before I ever shake a finger at others.
Jesus,
Help me to visualize the thief on the cross
And know many a day that has been I
Holy Spirit,
Transform this sinful heart
So what people see in my life is Jesus.
Amen
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