Rise

[Chorus] 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 [Chorus] [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 [Chorus] [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 [Chorus]