Monday, September 20, 2010
let's be real with Christ
If you don’t the knowledge you have will be shrinking
I speak the truth and will leave you all thinking
He is Jesus Christ ones on the cross and was dying
Looked and the cross when he died and total misery
It was a cold day in the great world of Christianity
The great thing he’s awake and the cross is history
He is free so I don’t get why we bow down to history
The cross was used to administer capital punishment
That was how it was done by the roman government
I wonder why in churches we still have crosses on the wall
We have some hanging on our necks, we are limiting Christ
He is free so don’t have the crosses everywhere we go
What if he was shot with a bullet from a gun?
Would we have them small golden guns hanging as chains?
What if he was hanged on a tree as a way of death?
Does it mean we will have trees being bow downed to?
What if the Roman government used and electric chair?
Does it mean we will still have him trapped on the chair?
Why can’t we accept and celebrate that Christ loved us
So that we can stop having idols on crosses we bow for
Jesus is in heaven and up there I know he is not on a cross
That was history and from it there is a beginning in life
He came to save and set us free so please lets set him free,
We cant be free for we still think of Christ on the cross
Think of him after the cross and he lives to keep us safe
For that’s what’s up for sure... Emigee’s speaks it...
I wish (Nick Were Odoyo)
[Intro]
Yo…
Nick…
Been sitting here thinking about the old days, man
Running these streets… laughing… dreaming…
Never thought I’d have to write something like this for you
Real ones never die though…
[Hook ]
I wish time could fall back
So I could change all that
You were never supposed to leave me alone like that
Now I’m staring at the memories we had
I wish I could see you again
Ride through the city again
I know you looking down saying, “bro, just hold on”
But every day you gone still feels so wrong
[Verse 1]
Nick, we really came from nothing together
Young kings in the rain, trying to survive any weather
From the block to the dreams, always down for whatever
Now I’m looking at your pictures trying to hold it together
Remember rolling through the city hand in hand?
Talking ‘bout the future like we already had plans
You told me, “One day we gon’ make it, my man”
Now I’m tripping ‘cause you never got the chance
Same jokes, same hunger, same old laughs
Now I sit alone thinking ‘bout the past
For the years we had, that bond ain’t average
Real brotherhood, not the type you practice
You never put nobody over loyalty
That’s why your name still means royalty
And every time I think about the day you left
Feels like God took a piece of me with Him
[Hook]
I wish time could fall back
So I could change all that
You were never supposed to leave me alone like that
Now I’m staring at the memories we had
I wish I could see you again
Ride through the city again
I know you looking down saying, “bro, just hold on”
But every day you gone still feels so wrong
[Verse 2 ]
You were supposed to grow older with me
Hit the stage and take over with me
Talk dreams while we cruising the streets
Now I pour pain in these beats for relief
Man, we had plans bigger than the hood life
Late nights talking ‘bout kids and good wives
Grey beards watching our sons outside
Now I’m asking God why you had to die
My son gon’ grow and only know your face through photos
That thought alone got my heart moving solo
You would’ve been the uncle making birthdays special
Now I’m fighting tears every time I remember
We prayed together, cried together
Sat in church asking why life got pressure
Hit the pub, laughed loud through the struggle
Real brotherhood… survived every trouble
People say, “Gee, just live on”
But they don’t know I die every second you gone
Still I stand, still I write these songs
Hoping somewhere you can sing along
[Bridge ]
Ayo Nick…
I hope heaven got space for real ones
‘Cause if loyalty meant wings…
You probably running the place already
Till we meet again, my brother…
[Final Hook ]
I wish time could fall back
So I could change all that
You were never supposed to leave me alone like that
Now I’m holding on to the memories we had
I wish I could hear your laugh again
Talk crazy on the block again
I know you looking down saying, “bro, stay strong”
So I carry your name every time I make songs
[Outro]
Yeah…
This one forever for Nick
Real brothers don’t fade away
They live through us…