LECRAE – Gimme A Second

Gimme a second, gimme a second yeah
Gimme a second, listen what I’m sayin to you
Uh huh, listen, gimme a second
All I need is a second yeah
Gimme a second, uh yeah

Hey listen Cole talk that college talk
Wayne talks gangs
Jay-z’s talkin’ money mayne and (Kan) ye talk fame
And people say I talk about the same ole thang
Reason that I sound the same cause the truth don’t change
Look, people get it twisted like a lemon in the spirit
If I ain’t talking killin’ I must be talking bout healin’
And I ain’t talking bout how Jesus gonna make me a million
With my hands to the ceiling I got that spiritual feelin’
Head bowed down, knees to the floor
You a Christian and you rap? That must be the way you flow – No
I talk reality like mama on her death bed
The birth of a child, the soldier losing his left leg
Who gon write songs to give him hope in his chair
Addicted to pain killers, wife left last year
Your favorite rapper was probably tryin’ to make his next hit
Talking looking what I got, who I shot and who I tip
Couldn’t be more common if them boys made sense
Couldn’t be more common if Serena was they chick
And this is not a diss, this how reality sound
Let it off my mind, this how my mentality sound

[Hook:]
Everything I do, I do for you
I don’t wanna single a thing, I don’t wanna sing a thing
Ain’t got no kind of angle
I ain’t tryin play you, ain’t gotta know my name,
You ain’t gotta know my name
But in my short time on this Earth
I done died, been rebirthed
And I know this sounds strange to you
So give me a little time, let me spit a couple lines
And I promise it might just change you too

I sound like the mad rapper ’cause I’m crazy
The radio be like “we love you”, but they never play me
I be doin’ shows like “you ain’t even gotta pay me”
I just wanna spread the same message that done saved me
You see I probably grew up just like you
Tellin’ my heroes “Man I wanna be just like you”
I got in trouble went to court
Judge showed me couple inmates and he told me man
They started off just like you
I never rolled around strapped
I was busy chasing girls and money
I play ball and smoke weed thought the world was funny
I went to church a few times with my head on a swivel
And I was lookin’ for the bad ones that sat in the middle
I couldn’t remember a sermon, I never caught the spirit
And if Christians was tryin’ to rap then I’m not tryin’ to hear it
I never would’ve imagined that I would be rhymin’
About the same God that I couldn’t confide in
Never planned to get married, raise a family, help kids grow up
Visit people in prison, I was busy tryin’ to blow up
But see, now I’m unimpressed with the way these folks dress
Or the engine in the truck, all I want is soul rest
And I’m so blessed, look at what He did to me
How could I keep this to myself? Somebody bled for me
Nah, you just gon’ have to hate this
‘Cause God’s the only reason I’m able to say this

[Hook:]
Everything I do, I do for you
I don’t wanna single a thing, I don’t wanna sing a thing
Ain’t got no kind of angle
I ain’t tryin play you, ain’t gotta know my name,
You ain’t gotta know my name
But in my short time on this Earth
I done died, been rebirthed
And I know this sounds strange to you
So give me a little time, let me spit a couple lines
And I promise it might just change you too

LECRAE feat. KB - Fuego

I’m all in preach Jesus til I’m short winded
Come gossip pouring up living water and lyrics
This ain’t rap this bartending
And I’m back in the back snap back to the back
With a pack full of cats that’ll strap with the fact
Christ when he ask to revive in the tracks
Turn they’re life into maps with the gospel we pack
Look I’m of one life but for Him I spend every cent though
I know this life it comes with pain
But it’s through our pain we win though
Could be made like Him so treat these streets like flint bro
Cause our God can spark up the dark
In the hearts of the hardest departed let’s go

Treat every night like it’s the last night
Like it’s the last time you get no other chances
Get your torches high let’s set ablaze the sky
Passion’s a fire bright and we’ll be burning forever
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire

Never been here before left foot tell the right foot to go
See the whole world coming through the door
Footloose don’t nobody care no more
Come on go hard til the end don’t quit it
Sky to close now go’n head get it
World’s the same it’s all a game
Look at a stranger go’n change a thang
Get up the sky go’n burn tonight
Ye know ya’ll going to learn tonight
Feed the hungry and touch the sick
We go’n help the homeless and love the kids
We go’n move to a place where it’s hard to live
And folks die young and they learn to kill
Light the sky up change your bio
Live for something more than things you buy up
Serve and save learn and change
Trust in the king who can turn this thang
Yeah they ain’t every seen a shine like this
Look up they never see the sky like this
I’m on and this little light I got
Imma let it shine til the day I drop
Heart quit pumping only way I stop
Til then I’m a light post on your block

Treat every night like it’s the last night
Like it’s the last time you get no other chances
Get your torches high let’s set ablaze the sky
Passion’s a fire bright and we’ll be burning forever
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire

See I don’t want no regrets no turning back Imma go and impress
Even if I lead the whole world in press
That ain’t going to put my soul to rest
Keep the name keep the fame world to cold so I keep the flame
Ever seen a child ain’t eat for days
Promise you ain’t ever go’n leave the same
Hands and feet cause these the meek
The world is a mess go’n sweep the streets
Cure for cancer cure for AIDs
Make a brother wanna stay on tour for days
When I get home and things are wrong
There’s two shot dead right around my zone
Ya I pray but faith is dead if I don’t get up and go work my legs
Torches high light the sky 116 no shame tonight
Ya they ain’t ever seen a shine like this
Look up ain’t ever see the sky like this
I’m on and this little light I got
Imma let it shine til the day I drop
Heart quit pumping only way I stop
Til then I’m a light post on your block

Treat every night like it’s the last night
Like it’s the last time you get no other chances
Get your torches high let’s set ablaze the sky
Passion’s a fire bright and we’ll be burning forever

Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire
Set the world on fire let’s set the world on fire

LECRAE feat. Mathai – Free From It All

[Hook (Mathai):]
But should I fall
I’m still free from it all

[Verse 1 (Lecrae):]
Round of applause, I pause to take a photo op
None of it’s real; it’s just Photoshopped
Crop out my flaws then my failures, my aches and all my ailments
Now I’m picture perfect, take all my dirt and conceal it
Really, I no better than any
But they pay me a pretty penny to sit and look pretty
Not to big, not skinny, be whatever these fans demand of me
‘Cause otherwise they probably wouldn’t love me
The show goes on even after the curtains close
I smile and pose, put my signature on they clothes
They lift me up so high that I’m surely about to fall
The higher that I go the more unforgivin’ they are
No grace and no exceptions, all they want is perfection
The man in the mirror can’t even see his reflection
You live for their acceptance, you die from their rejection
But even if I fall, I fell in the right direction

[Hook (Mathai):]
Cameras flash, the curtains call, the credits roll down the screen
Critics laugh, they hate us all as they applaud
But should I fall
I’m still free from it all

[Verse 2 (Lecrae):]
Life is a cage, a prison of everyone’s approval
Fight for acceptance and struggle so you don’t ever lose it
But livin’ for their acceptance has got us stressing
Insecure people obsessed with leaving impressions
Ladies spending time on their faces painting pretty lines
To you and me its make-up, but to her, it’s a disguise
You look her in her eyes and see her soul cry
‘Cause living for other people’s got her living a lie
Hadn’t slept in day, close his eyes and he pray
Someone would miss him if he fell like a star out of space
But I’m sure they’ll replace him, just a name and a face
They say they love you, but it’s easy to fall from their graces
Live for everyone else gotcha losin’ yourself
Why be slave when made to be free from the guilt?
To be free from the shame, you are more than a name
If you go down you got the freedom to get up again

[Hook]

[Bridge (Lecrae):]
Every moment is passing; just let ‘em go
In fifty years, man, who cares? We’ll be super old
Many winners will lose, many heroes will fall
And if that’s me I’m still (free from it all)

[Hook]

LECRAE feat. Swoope and Trip Lee – Fallin’ Down

It’s goin’ down
[repeat]

Hey, I know you think you the one, homie
But can’t nobody escape Gravity

[Verse 1 (Trip Lee):]
Yes sir, it’s about to go down
It’s spiralin’ to the ground, but I don’t think it’s gon’ slow down
This fallen world is fallin’, this building’s ‘bout to blow down
We just goin’ in circles, we don’t get another go ‘round
(It’s goin’ down) What happens when your life is leveled, bro?
A storm is comin’, can’t nobody’s levies hold,
It’s heavy, bro, but I gotta let you know
It’ll help you look beyond this world like a telescope
(It’d be easy) Yeah, stack your money in the air
‘Til it’s rainin’ hund’eds all around your atmosphere
(It’d be easy) You can build a mansion sky high
‘Til can’t nobody see the roof when they drive by
But death’ll hit you like a drive by
And to that stuff you acquired you gotta say “Bye, bye”
I ain’t gon’ lie, you might go down in history
But everything will go down eventually
Everything is falling (down)

[Hook:]
Everything is falling down, down, down.
It’s goin’ down
It’s goin’ down
I see the sky fallin’
It’s goin’ down
And ain’t no way to solve it
It’s goin’ down
I hear the Lord calling

[Verse 2 (Swoope):]
It’s goin’ down, rather comin’ down wit’ it
Cold world, condition is sin, here is the illness
It’s sickenin’, affliction so erotic, sickness so hypnotic
Desirin’ this virus even though we know it’s toxic
Godless, hallowin’ the gods that is counterfeit
We live from ‘de party o’ ‘de dearly departed
The darkness is flowing from my nostrils
We’re so psychotic, we still partyin’ like we not sick
YOLO, homie, so pour another glass
Roll another one up, let’s put on another mask
Another bundle o’ cash, another shorty to bag,
Same thing e’eryday, groundhog under grass
Man, turn the music up cuz I don’t wanna hear the truth
‘Bout the things I’m living fo is dead and I’m the living proof
Shoot, the sky’s fallin’, ain’t no need to panic
Unless we party ‘til it cracks, seeing Jesus standin’
Coming down

[Hook]

You scared, I’m not
There’s a time for everything,
A time to be born and a time to die
There’s a time when the world as we know it will end
When that is, I don’t know
But it is goin’ down

[Verse 3 (Lecrae):]
Listen, it’s goin’ down, down, down holla’ “Mayday!”
Them fiends looking for candy and them dealers got that pay day
I seen them child soldiers; they was loading up some AK’s
Ain’t playin’ Modern Warfare. Don’t you know ain’t a war fair?
Scales are never even, but they be triple beamin’
They keep them fiends fienin’, the Devil stay scheming
And dreamers steady dreamin’, but ain’t no hope here
Ain’t no satisfaction in money, women, and clothes here
Oh yeah! Them Christians in Christian Audigier
Hey, can’t some young men say the stuff we gotta say
‘Cause everything is fallen, it could happen any day
Your world come tumbling down and ain’t no way to get away
You ain’t never gon’ say you ain’t hear it from Lecrae
If I die before I wake I pray to the Lord your soul He’ll take
All these drunken nights are empty like the bottles that we break
And you can’t get high enough to escape
It’s going down!

[Hook]

LECRAE feat. Thi’sl – Fakin’

[Verse 1 (Lecrae):]
I’m riding round and I’m getting’ it; they riding round pretendin’
I been had it, I been done, I promise that it’s all empty
They say they ridin’ Bugatti’s, man, put some babies through college
Quit tryna’ act like the trap is cool, ‘cause we tired hearin’ that garbage
Hey, bags of white, pints of lean, I been on dope boys since a teen
But this ain’t what we meant to be, and y’all don’t make no sense to me
You pump fakin’, ain’t shootin’, ain’t killin, ain’t doin’
Half them thangs you say you doin’, but 116 we stay true an’
Ain’t dope dealin’, ain’t Po pimpin’, talkin’ ‘bout my own folk killin’
We on that Jesus soul healin’, so serious, gorillas
Wild ain’t we, can’t tame us, been changed, can’t change us
1:16 — You can’t shame us. Live that truth; you can’t blame us

[Hook:]
I heard him say he bought the block
(Fakin!)
In his song he say he gansta’ but he not
(Fakin!)
Say he makin’ money, cashin’ big checks
(Fakin!)
While his chain leavin’ green on his neck
(Fakin!)
I’m not impressed

So I guess that make you, yes that make you
That make you a faker!

[Verse 2 (Thi’sl):]
He was all juiced up, thought he was Tupac
‘Til ‘dem boys caught him, hit him with them two shots
Now, he in the station singin’ like he T-Pain
The bullets made him lean, now I guess he’s 2 Chains
He bought that big-league cannon, wrapped it ‘round a 300
Now matter how you put it, boy, that’s still a 300
Stop that fakin’ and the flatchin’ cut it off
Frontin’ like your paper longer than the Power Ball
He think he Scarface, guess he ain’t seen the movie
Keep on fakin’ ‘til you face down in a Jacuzzi
With some killas in you room with some real guns
That don’t make noise and ain’t plastic but they real guns

[Hook]

[Verse 3 (Lecrae):]
Real recognize real; introduce ya’ self
Careful with that cannon boy; you might just shoot ya’ self
Somebody wake em’, tell em’ to stop fakin’
Before they end up lyin’ in the woods buck naked
These killas fulla’ them demons, while you pretendin’ you Scarface
You ain’t really no ghetto boy, why you fakin’ that hard face?
That just made him furious; somebody call Fishburne
Tell these boys in the hood 40 cal hits burn
And hell burns hotter, I turn to the Father
I prayin’, “Lord forgive em’ ‘cause they lyin’ like Mufasa
They got these eight’ graders with they eyes on a choppa
I pray the Lord save ‘em ‘fo He drop ‘em and make ‘em stop it

[Hook]

LECRAE feat. Cam & Dwayne Tryumf – Don’t Waste Your Life

[Hook: Cam]
Don’t wanna waste my life

[Verse 1: LeCrae]
I know a lot of people out there scared they’re gone die
A couple of them thinking they’ll be livin’ in the sky
But while I’m here livin’ man I gotta ask why, what am here fo’ I gotta figure out
Waste my life
No I gotta make it count
If Christ is real then what am I gonna do about
Everything in Luke 12: 15 down to 21
You’ve really gotta go and check it out
Paul said if Christ ain’t resurrected we’ve wasted our lives
Well that implies that our life’s built around Jesus being alive
Everyday I’m living tryin’ to show the world why
Christ is more than everything you’ll ever try
Better than pretty women and sinning and living to get a minute of any women and men that you admire
It ain’t no lie

We’re created for Him
Outta the dust he made us for Him
Elects us and he saves us for Him
Jesus comes and he raises for Him
Magnify the Father why bother with something lesser
He made us so we could bless Him
To the world we confess Him
Resurrects Him
So I know I got life
Matter fact better man I know I got Christ
If you don’t see His ways in my days and nights
You can hit my brakes you can stop my life
Then I lost my rights
I lost my life
Forget the money cars and toss that ice
The cost is Christ
And they could never offer me anything on the planet that would cost that price.

[Verse 2: Dwayne Tryumph]
Armed and dangerous
So the devil just can’t hang with us
Christian youth them will stand with us
Living and driven
Given a vision
Fullfillin’ the commission he handed us
London to Los Angeles
The rap evangelist
My daddy wouldn’t abandon us
I gotta backpack full of tracts and I keep it on the Johnny mac
So are you ready to jam with us
So let’s go, give me the word an let’s go
Persecution let’s go
Tribulation let’s go
Across the nation let’s go
Procrastination let’s go
Hung on the cross in the cold
Died for the young and the old
Can’t say you never know
Heaven knows how many souls are going to hell or to heaven so we gotta go in to get them

[Verse 3: LeCrae]
Suffer?
Yeah, do it for Christ!
You’re trying to figure what to do with your life
If you make a lot of money hope you’re doing it right
Because the money is God’s you better steward it right
And stay focused
You ain’t got no ride
Your life ain’t wrapped up in what you drive
The clothes you wear, the job you work
The color your skin naw you’re a Christian first
People get to living for a job
Make a little money start living for a car
Get ‘em a wife a house kids and a dog
Then they retire they’re living high on the hog
But guess what they didn’t ever really live at all
To live is Christ and that’s Paul I recall
To die is gain so for Christ we give it all
He’s the treasure you’ll never find in a mall
Your money your singleness marriage talent your time
They were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine
That’s why it’s Christ in my rhymes
That’s why it’s Christ all the time
See my whole world is built around Him He’s the life in my lines
I refused to waste my life
He’s too true to chase that ice
Here’s my gifts and time
‘Cause I’m constantly trying to be used to praise the Christ
If he’s truly raised to life
Then this news should change your life
And by his grace you can put your faith in place that rules your days and nights.

LECRAE feat. No Malice – Darkest Hour

[Verse 1: No Malice]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son
From what I once was, to what I have become
Forgive me for my past and the noses left numb
As I’m led down this path to the beat of a different drum
Fee-fi-fo-fum I’m conquering my giants
And all by my lonesome I’m conquering Goliath
I cut it on the buyers, now I trade in the triple beams
I’m Tebow to the game and I done traded teams
The slate is clean and ever since I’ve been delivered
My flow got em guessing like rock paper scissors
Before the feds came we were already prisoners
32 years made us all reconsider
The holy ghost in us, so whoever got a gripe
Prove the devil’s alive and well, Tyler got it right
How long can you live with your hands up in the white?
Jesus or the Judge? They both offer you life

[Hook x2: Lecrae]
I fall on my knees when I rise
Thank him for my breath, opening my eyes
When I leave my home, if I meet my demise
Even the darkest day will see the sun rise

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
Come as you are is what they told me, so I paid attention
And I ain’t wore a suit to church since Jordan was a Wizard
Father forgive em they betrayed us with a kiss (mwah)
Hate what they can’t understand, I’m so ambiguous
I spazzed on the pharaoh, the pathway is narrow
Eye of the bull on my back, looking for an arrow
Lying like I wasn’t tempted by that double barrel
If gangstas don’t dance, why you tappin’ with the devil?
My two left feet won’t let me dance to his beat
Sick of livin’ in Hell and I’m allergic to the heat (it’s cold)
And imperative you listen to my narrative
They sellin’ false hope like a sedative
I don’t think the world is aware of it
Maybe they don’t care a bit
They think we all fam but it’s relative
Try to think my flow is irrelevant but they don’t know a thing
Crucify me next to thieves, I’m still gon’ rise a king (Crae)

[Hook x2: Lecrae]

LECRAE – Co-Sign

[Lecrae:] Hey yo Canon man
[Canon:] What’s up homie?
[Lecrae:] You know, what I kinda realized is that: everybody wanna put me in a box
[Canon:] Nah
[Lecrae:] They trying to figure out what category I belong in man
[Canon:] There ain’t no category for this
[Lecrae:] So I figure, let me help them out a little bit
[Canon:] I think it’s about that time

[Intro: Lecrae]
I am so authentic, I am so off in it
They try to figure me out, but this is not a gimmick
Hi Hip Hop. Don’t act like you don’t know me
We got the same momma. Don’t you try to disown me

I am so authentic, I am so off in it
They try to figure me out, but this is not a gimmick
Hi Hip Hop. Don’t act like you don’t know me
We got the same momma. Don’t you try to disown me

[Verse 1: Lecrae]
I’m just a mixed breed, call me a day walker
Cause I walk in the sun but at night I’m a stalker
If you’re looking for blood, come run in my lane
The vein never runs dry, there is plenty of it mayne
I speak an ancient language, they don’t understand me
It’s called the truth, I break it down, they try to reprimand me
As long as she spoke it, they try to revoke her
They drove her crazy like Morgan Freeman did to Miss Daisy
I am not insane, product of the culture
I’m what happens when Outkast meets the writings of Moses
The views are opposing, but they correlate
And me and Christ don’t match, but we coordinate
If Wu-Tang can spit five percent gems
I can talk about Him who died for my sins
I’m not a gospel rapper, not a holy roller
I’m just a product of grace, spreading hope to the hopeless

[Interlude: Canon]
See, they trying to put me in the box my whole life. But you know, I stand tall. And it seems like that box is a little too small for me. Church clothes

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
Feels like I’m {bacbacbac ratatatat}, letting off that truth in here
That caged, untamed, strange man. Let it loose in here
You may attain your a sane man, put your brain in your main frame
But if you can’t hang man, you can lose it here
And let’s be clear, I don’t want your approval
And I don’t thirst for the worthless, my verses will prove it
All these empty executives, a lame pursuit
And you can tell they are just a shell from their vain pursuits
They say they love my music, boy they telling tales
They want me sign on a dotted line, but I’m not for sale
They want that Jay (I know), they want that Yeezy
They want that Lupe, they ain’t hearing what you say
I beg they differ, I think they do
They’re listening, cause it’s different, and some of them are confused
So I’m leaving clues. I give directions
I hope they stop at the light before the intersection

[Outro: Canon]
The anticipation is over, here it is. Changing lives one by one. Another classic for you all to ride to. I go by Don Cannon, The One Man Army, back to back with the homie Lecrae

LECRAE – Confe$$ions

[Verse 1:]
I know some people with mo’ money than we’ll ever see
Ever see someone buy a private island they never see?
Ever see every sea on yo’ own personal yacht?
Take jog around yo’ block that you bought from selling your stock?
Not.
In this lifetime, some of them my potna’s
They don’t believe in karma, but they believe in commas
And they believe they dollas’ for a peace o’ mind
Put a price upon they head and they’d be fine with that fine
Cause you find when you can buy the park, you can hate the rides
They was fun in the beginning, now it seems they not as thrillin’
And you out make a killin’, but it never feels fulfillin’
So, they call me tell me “Crae, this how I’m feelin’.”

[Hook:]
Confessions of a millionaire, lifestyles of the famous
There’s nothing I can’t I have, you say it looks so amazing
Well, I would trade it all away for my sanity

[Verse 2:]
Look, I ain’t finna pretend that car and my crib
Give me worth and meaning ‘cuz I know they never did
Them numbers in my bank account are no reason for livin’
And sleepin’ with bad women really doesn’t keep me driven
I’m sure this man sittin’ beside me is beside himself
Tryna’ find himself
Yeah, he flyin’ first class thinkin’ everyone behind him is a peon
Goin’ home to a model chick he prolly gon’ cheat on
He’ll be empty for eons; you know what I be on
Money don’t solve it all, man, look what happen to Dion
I bought my dream house, but only made me wake up
It all falls down even if you got ya’ cake up

[Hook]

[Verse 3:]
I’ve flown first class, flown private jets
Rode in the foreign cars; still so unimpressed
‘Cause after she spent all that money on her chest
She thought it make her life better, but she finds she still depressed
Ain’t nothing wrong with havin’ it. Matter fact, go and get it
But if you find identity in it then go ‘n forget it
You gain the whole world but lost the only thing ya’ own
‘Cause everything else is just a temporary loan

LECRAE feat. Tasha Catour – Cold World

We live in a cold, cold world [x4]

These folks is killing for less money than they can borrow
Create and you will sorrow for families left feeling hollow
Then the son of a gun victim fleshing out his anger
Coloring cartoons of strangers who getting strangled
And the daughter let a stranger, the school call him a counselor
Do some dirty things, but he promise that he would counsel her
Baby momma can’t identify the man that killed him
It’s the same low down dealer that she always get her pills from
And the son is getting older, streets is making him colder
But his momma’s out cold, cause she ain’t never quite sober
His sister’s 15, but you probably think that she grown up
‘Cause she was with some men, acting way too grown up
And don’t nobody care though, the schools ain’t teaching
McDonalds selling poison, got people working for cheap an
The military, drug’s, or prison only way to eat, man
It’s cold in the streets, let the track bring the heat in

We live in a cold, cold world [x4]

This world’s cold like no clothes and snow blown
Like when the devil take the breath out of a baby’s nose
And the people won’t hear more metaphors and word-play
My sister’s sick of stripping, she need hope up in my words, man
She pull up to the mall where she valet her little Mercedes
Wishing she had some romance, healthy family, couple babies
And the gentleman she love, he already got a wife
So she’s accepting her plight, she’s a lady of the night.
And she saw ‘em in the park with his daughter, they holding hands
Arm around his woman’s shoulder, he ain’t give her not a glance
She accepts her sad reality, she doesn’t stand a chance,
One woman gets the man, the other woman gets the dance.

It’s a cold world, real cold world
Jermaine called that thing, man where is we going turn
A lot of people thinking I’m on an hopeless endeavor, nah
I know someone who can change the weather forever, ever

We live in a cold, cold world [x4]

LECRAE – Church Clothes

One time for H-town
One time for D-town
One time A-town, M-town
Yea
RIP to Medgar Evers,
RIP to Doctor King
I ain’t tryna hate on my own kind
But Al and Jesse don’t speak for me
I’m probably gon’ catch
Some flack man,
But Imma swallow this pill
Like pac man
Some of these folks wont tell the truth, Too busy tryna get them racks man
Church tryna rob my paycheck, choir members probably having gay sex
Pastor manipulatin, hurtin women,
I wonder what he’s gon’ say next
Bookstores pimpin them hope books, Like God don’t know how broke looks
They tellin me that I’m gon’ reap a meal
If I sew into these low crooks
Plus I know homegirl a freak
Now how she singing a solo?
I walk in the church with a snap back And they tellin me that that’s a no no?
That’s backwards and I lack words for these for these actors called pastors
All these folks is hypocrites,
And that’s why I ain’t at church
Truthfully I’m just doin me,
And I don’t wanna face no scrutiny
As long as the church keep whilin out, I can justify all my foolish deeds
Smokin weed, pourin up,
Keep that lean up in my cup
Maybe I can change the world,
But this porn on my laptop got me stuck
Yeah I know what’s right from wrong, But that there ain’t gon’ sell a song
I’d rather sell my soul than save it,
If that what make my money long
It better not be no real god,
Real hope, that heals hearts
It shows me that I ain’t livin up
To all these things he put me here for
It better not be no real church,
Real saints, who pray hard
And let me rock my snap back
With the 501’s and the J’s on
It better not be no real folk,
Who don’t think that they better than you
Straight or gay, drunk or high,
They walk through the cold
Weather with you
No we don’t wanna see that,
Cuz that might mean a life change
That might mean I’m worth more,
The money, cars, sex and pipe dreams
Better not be no real Jesus,
Real forgiveness, for hurt folks
If God gon take me as I am
I guess I already got on my
Church clothes

LECRAE – Buttons

For better or for worse
Make it work
I ain’t goin nowhere

[Verse 1:]
Yeah, I messed up, but you hurt me, Blew it like it’s yo’ birthday
And you love it baby on Wednesday, but I make you sick on Thursday
And I know I’m wrong and you shutin’ down, and I touch down like “What now?”
Why we going through all this? Why things gotta be rough now?
But, you had so many break-ups, you can’t believe
You go and break my heart that I forgive and I ain’t leave
Don’t define you by your faults, ain’t gon’ push your buttons either
Everyday we startin’ fresh, this is how it’s s’posed to be
Never try to take advantage, you respect me as a man
But every once ‘a while you get to poppin’ off and say stuff you shouldn’t be sayin’
But I’m witchu, I ain’t playin’, if it’s thick or if it’s thin
Both the times and your figure, girl, this is who I am
I love you baby, that’s real talk, and this life we live is a real walk
I ain’t goin’ nowhere, tell your girlfriends that it’s still on
I love you baby, that’s real talk, this life we live is a real walk
I ain’t goin’ nowhere, tell your friends that it’s on

[Hook:]
For better or for worse
Sometimes I make you sick, and you get on my nerves
Make it work
I ain’t goin’ nowhere, and I give you my word
I will be right here
So though push my buttons
I ain’t leavin’
You can keep on pushin’
I ain’t leavin’

[Verse 2:]
I be makin’ you mad, girl
But you said you’ll never leave me lonely
So I had to put a ring up on it, ‘cause our commitment ain’t no game
Yeah we laugh, but we ain’t playin’, I’mma always be yo’ mane
And I know sometimes I upset you, be pushin’ all o’ you buttons
We be fussin’, fighting over nothin’, you can try to leave, but I’m comin’
We gon’ work it out with no runnin’, pushin’ ,shovin’
I know sometimes that I’m selfish, but I jump in front of yo’ bullet
Cause you everything that prayed fo’, plus a little bit extra
Even when you getchu an attitude and you act a little bit extra
Listen, you make better, babe, you make better, babe
You got my heart and you can have it for forever, baby
And though we’ll never break up, I hate it when we mad
But love it when we get to make up, no lines that I could make up
To let you know how much I got you covered, girl
And I only be pushin’ yo’ buttons because I love you, girl

LECRAE – Black Rose

In my garden in my garden
To keep and care it you’ve got to water it
To keep and care it you’ve got to water it

She ain’t never seen garden of Eden
Only seen garden of bleeding
And some are gonna lie and hate and make her feel like she’s a heathen
She ain’t never seen garden of Eden
Only seen garden of bleeding
And some are gonna lie and hate and make her feel like she’s a heathen

Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose

Their roots dirty but their petal stay pretty
Somebody tried to take the purity say they aren’t worthy
The black rose rose deep in the city streets
But them stems still peak up under the concrete yeah
Bleak is a rowd looking life but them never seen a flower
Grow under the moonlight
Mama had me readin solo nights
I was looking for identity they have stole mine twice

So I turn to the rude boy gangsters first but the bad man withers and returns to the earth
Now it’s ashes to ashes dirt to dirt a black rose without a chance to grasp her worth
She ain’t never seen garden of Eden
Only seen garden of bleeding
And some are gonna lie and hate her and make her feel like she’s a heathen
No Cry for me cry for me this is how it goes but Jah knows all though yuh was my black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Been to school since I was [?] and the government won’t tell us medicine they wanna kill us
There’s blood pan di side walk blood pan di doors
There’s blood up on them ceilings why there’s pan di floor
No one to keep and care us our fathers too embarrassed to show us he’s a player so mama’s a single parent
Them children grow without the fertilizer that they needed and the black rose rose in a garden full of weeds needles and evil
But God sent people who reflect the light of the sun they get it done
The rose grows cold wind blows through the streets and the ice on the leaves so heavy she gets weak
And there’s not a helping hand upon the scene to be seen
And when all seems lost the gardener in em’ G’s he handles her with care and he show her she a queen and them thorns are the defense mechanism she’ll never need
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose
Black rose black rose

LECRAE feat. Thi’sl – APB

Saint Louis my city dawg. West side was the block
While you was in the crib playing with legos I was out there trying to give blocks
Momma gone, daddy gone, it’s just me and my hood, dawg
Subuffing, beamed up, like I’m bout to go play baseball
Before you heard about Jesus, boy. I was already some trap or die
What it’s done? For all is cool. You can still see the pain in my eye
What you know about sitting in a jail cell, felonies, murder case,
Best friend, rolled on me, take the stand, turned state.

I am a fellon, I tell no lies, hand on the Bible, hand to the sky
I want to live, I ain’t wanna die when they roll upon me and let them bullets fly

They could have been the end, dawg
One way, hell’s gate but the Lord stepped in
Chose to, show grace. Could have been layed in the box, dawg
6 of my homeboys carry me, but I’m alive and the old me gone
‘Cause everyday, dawg I bury me.

I can’t hatch upon the claws, Hydro-plonic lungs
Limbo low tender, I can chop down timber
I was no pretender certified offender, never know surrender.
My amnesia’s circumstantial, there’re some things I can’t remember
Those who knew me be like “who he? “, they’re trippin off the new me
They like man where the old ‘Crae. You crazy, you can’t fool me.
I’m a party so hard that the law tryin’ to find me
I pray to God they ain’t find me. But then I hear a {whoo-whoo}
Lookin’ in the rear view when they are right behind me
Roll down my window, “Boy, what’s your name?”
‘Cause you was doing 85 in the passing lane with no traffic, man
Then I give them my ID, and guess what they say
“This boy here crazy, now that’s just Crae”
And I was psycho, wild as the hun is
I do like the Chi, doing whatever I wanted
Until I was confronted, heard about Jesus and I changed
They’re like man what you do, talk about you just ain’t the same.
I was dead. The old me was nothing but a sucker
Sucked the life out of my mother, just to get the stuff I wanted
Now I’m in good milk carton status and if you can’t explain it
Put the APB out on me, if they find me, that’s amazing.