Occorra la mia vita e lascila essere dedicata a voi, Signore (Take my life and let it be dedicated to you, Lord)

You know the flow/ the push the pull/ the tug of war/ the back & forth/ what's in my core/ flesh & bones/ this heart of stone/ whispers of love/ scream live for more/ hid it inside/ deep inside/ from you I can't hide/ am I livin' to die?/ how can I lie, when I'm this/ close to the Truth, what I ask is/ give me the grace/ keep runnin' the race/ not be too proud to fall on my face/ choose your claim/ live it out loud/ not be ashamed to/ let Love loose/ Creator, my Savior/ the Giver, the Taker/ the Author, my Father/ Improbable Lover/ a seed/ planted to bleed/ take all of my being/ and let it all be/ Chorus: Take my life and let it be/ consecrated Lord to Thee/ Take my moments and my days/ let them flow in ceaseless praise/ Take my hands and let them move/ at the impulse of Thy love/ Take my feet and let them be/ swift and beautiful for Thee/ Take my life, my heart, my soul, my mind, my will, my all, it's yours/ Lift you, raise you, bring you praise to/ set me free, to let love loose/ Take my voice and let me sing/ always only for my King/ Take my lips and let them be/ filled with messages from Thee/ Take my will and make it Thine/ it shall be no longer mine/ Take myself and I will be/ ever only all for Thee/ Take it all for Him/ this hymn is heard, observe/ to live out the word, prove faith a verb/ how will they know if they are not told/ unless it be hands of love they hold/ and how lovely the feet/ that move to the beat/ that bring to the people the truth in the streets/ who let it be known/ proclaim shalom/ who point us lead us back home/ yes indeed, stand with me/ you're not alone, now take me/ to the Valley of Shadows/ fight the good battle/ awake, awake, awake these dry bones/ Chorus (Take my life, my heart, my soul, my mind, my will, my all, Go!/ Lift you, raise you, bring you praise to/ hear You, feel You/ let love loose/)

Verse 1 – It’s time to declare / what is important/ all are welcome here/ nobody’s orphaned raise your voices/ it is time to be heard/ and if necessary/ then use words/ Chorus Stand up, get up/ make some noise/You just stand up, get up/make some noise/ stand up, get up/ make some noise/ now holla - Make Some Noise (3x) Verse 2 Reportin’ live/ testify keep me on-the-record/ the vibe is alive notify/ did you expect it?/ the streets need a beat/ the sheep need a Shepherd/ and when the kick drops, c’mon (what!)/ yo, I hope you feel the pressure/ I see a quiet storm break the dawn/ hear it rumble/ I see it coming on (strong)/ Lion of the Jungle ugh!/ poised with the voice to make noise/ that is us/ guerilla tactics not-so-subtle/ make way for the bum rush/ picture my people now on freedom march/ bet chya’ wanna ride with the tribe/ cuz this is where it really starts/ Spirit move me/ and I can’t help it/ you wanna mix it up baby/ just get to it!/ Chorus Stand up, get up/ make some noise/You just stand up, get up/make some noise/ stand up, get up/ make some noise/ now holla - Make Some Noise (3x)

Verse 1 – Life is like a highway/ the brakes, the gas/ the memories, the years/ as the time flies past/ down the open road/ with an open soul/ the wind, the sky, sometimes I’m lost just feelin’ like/ a white shadow/ but remember, no matter how alone you feel though/ I gotta name you can call yo/ for when you’re on the ropes, and you feel like hope just jumped out the window/ Into the night/ this rhyme gonna shine on/ I bring the Word spoken/ and I believe that!/ I see the Invisible’s autograph all around/ He got it signed on….so do you see that?/ take a look, life is short/ the sands of time remind me to run/ so we like full-court/ pressed to the test, I hope to come through/ You feelin’ me? And if I do/ you know it’s all because I’m feelin’ you// Chorus My life is passin’ me by/ And my eyes they have no tears/ And my heart is bleedin’ dry/ But my soul it has no fears…/ because of You// Verse 2 You know you got me/ tossin’ and turnin’ and I can’t stop/ thoughts about you keep me up past 2 o’clock/ it’s non-stop/ when I wake up/ you’re there/ I take up/ to read your love letters/ to let me know how much you care/ and they keep comin’/ sweet like perfume/ next time we meet/ you know it’s not too soon/ so let the world know, we’re close/ you’re my heart’s massage/ that’s you’re promise/ I know you ain’t goin’ anywhere/ take hold of my hand/ cuz I need yours/ touch my face/ so I can feel yours/ you make the work light/ and all the wrongs right/ you are my sunrise comin’ at the end of a long night/ trust this, your love’s good like justice, I see only me getting’ in between us, thus/ I hope every lie I ever told you comes true for you, before I die/ forgive me// Chorus Verse 3 Soundman let it play/ so many times I played You, but not today/ see I used to love to live, now I live to love/ I wait for You, don’t want to pass you in the fast lane/ with you around I never solo it/ punches come you gotta roll, (just gotta roll with it)/ so I write with my life just for You/ so I could tell plain what no song could ever contain// (amen)

Verse 1 Guitars and kicks make this/ I wanna lift/ the soul of my city so my people won’t miss/ speak the gift/ I wanna tell, like Denzel/ cuz I’m a man on fire,yell/ Gimme the mic get hyped, I’m intense/ knowin’ the voodoo/ men do, I intend/ to send a search and rescue on the Truth/ doctors recommended rhymz, nine out of ten/ I chop down drama like a Husqavarna/ the seeds for the dealer and the stealer and the farmer/ come with the mental state to attack/ we don’t look back/ keep you movin’ like windmills and applejaxx/ I know we’re up against Svengali’s/ so we put fire to the track like hot tamales/ walk the line where trials find/ no let up/ like Poppy says/ yo, you keep lookin' up// Chorus To my brothers out there/ keep holdin' it down/ to my sisters out there/ keep pressin' on/ when the trouble comes/ sing a new song/ we go/ 1 to the 2 to the 3 to the 4/ Wash over me, I'm covered in your blood/ You have rescued me from the flood/ Can't silence me about this mystery/ So will sing this song until we're gone// Verse 2 As poets we compose the prose like Poe/ as we flow, we let it go for those who know/ that it’s not 'What', it’s 'Who' you know/ so quote the raven, ‘Nevermore’/ but as for me, ‘Yeah, for sho’/ Ringin’ the alarm, for the whom the bell tolls/ from here to Saigon, we travel like shoe soles/ lost in a crowd plantin’ seeds to sow/ reap beats to flow/ on every street corner, country road/ a revolution for the average everyday Joe/ blood, sweat, tears, to tell you 'bout the rainbow/ me and Z kick it, world-wide barrio/ down by the schoolyard like it was me and Julio/ Designed not by man, it’s simple like Simon/ you’ll find Graceland up in the rhymz we be rhymin’/ microscopes look for fingerprints of hope/ the Prince of my passion for passin’ notes!// Verse 3 Gone is like/ flash before the light/ gone is like/ man before the night/ gone is like/ the past before the new life/ gone is what we are/ so now sing along/ we're gone/ Gone is like/ a flash before the light/ gone is like/ man before the night/ gone is like/ the past before the new life/ gone is more than pause/ so we’re movin’ on/ we're gone/

Verse 1 – I’ll try to bottle the battle cuz life would rather let it rattle around/ I take a deep breath and calm down/ you told me on the phone/ my innocence was blown/ like dust in a whirlwind/ I’m tryin’ to let my faith settle// You’re all colors in a prism/ life’s beautiful prison/ sentenced under life’s condition, the vision/ for the lonely daughters and the wayward sons/ this was meant for you to sing, Momma/ when you can only hum// Hope is on the run/ the setting sun/ it’s dusk but I know that you’re not done/ for when the next day’s not a given/ listen for the Songbirds of Dawn, the Morning Star, Hope has arisen// Into a new day, a new beginning/ where your faith is vision and hope becomes possession/ and even the cancer can't take His love away/ when we're just birds here livin', on this side of Heaven// Chorus Let go of the sorrow/ there's hope for tomorrow/ as sure as the sun will rise/ Lift your head up to the sky/ spread your wings cuz your gonna fly/ you've been set free to live this life/ Like a bird out of a cage Verse 2 Surrounded by bars I’m left alone to dance/ holdin’ hands with the Messiah-of-My-Circumstance/ I’ll trust and not be afraid, but fear is so near/ if you laugh with every smile, I know you weep with every tear// Lord, it’s a clear night and all ain’t well/ I’m just lettin’ you know now how I really feel/ Have you forgotten me?/ so sings my soul to Thee/ tell me all is well/ I need you to be real with me// And though today I was thinkin’ of her, I watched a leaf fall/ and in the moment saw it all/ I saw season’s change/ remember, when winter comes there’s another chapter written with her name upon another page// And now forever doesn't seem so far away/ forever's coming yet I don't want her to fly away/ I’m tired of looking back, unsure of tomorrow / I'm sure everything I have is only borrowed// But I can't let go, and what I try to hold isn't mine anyways, so let us go to where/ every tear is wiped away, and nailed scarred hands await, these birds in a cage// Bridge Hold on, hold on for tomorrow/ you don’t have to be afraid/ It’s time to let go, of all your worries/ take His hand and fly away//

B Verse 1 – Where can I go from your Spirit, oh LORD/ Where can I flee from your presence/ I can’t no, no/ From the highest heavens/ To the depths of the sea/ I rise on the wings of the dawn/ and there you’ll be// Z Verse 1 – Superheroes have superpowers/ my superhero takes a weed like me and makes ‘em bloom into flowers/ the power I sense/ from your x-ray vision/ got me convinced/ from you I won’t be leaving/ I am believin’/ to be present in your presence/ omniscience/ defines the definition of your essence/ relentless and how precious are your thoughts that you have for me/ I could not count ‘em up/ oh my Beloved, how can this be? Chorus Everywhere I AM/ There you are (4x)// B Verse 2 – Before a word is on my tongue, you know what I’ll say/ Before I take a step of faith/ you know if I’ll cave/ You know when I rise/ you know when I pray/ You know if I curse or if I lie/ there’s no escape// (and wouldn’t want to) Z Verse 2 – You saw me in the dust/ blessed/ every moment, recorded, formed it/ before you led me into your hesed/ yes! ahhh my Kinsman-Redeemer/ The Indentation to my paragraph/ the punctuation on my last breath/ ahhh, Savior/ and everything in between let it be Jah/ as it is spoken, so shall it be written, selah/ so shall it be/ cuz everywhere I am/ there You are/ hallelujah Tag- You are the superstar/ that you really are/ the Most High/ the mighty Jah!/ Yes, you are/ Yeshua!

B - Verse Back again with an incredible blend/ now it’s the sista playin’ Twister for life/ this ain’t a trend/ I write this for them/ like Paul did for Tim/ so they would like us B?/ naw Z, so they would like Him/ love Him, no one above Him/ now ain’t it somethin’/ with a Love like this, it’s enough to keep your fist pumpin’/ pump it like that/ from the front to back/ we bring the Love to the club/ and make you bounce to that!/ that’s where it’s at, where it’s at is where I’m in/ within the system like Neo now I’m plugged in/ I got the keys for the ride of your life/ this ain’t a test drive, holla back, if you wanna take a spin/ raise the praise, a revolution/ ,this generation needs a demonstration of the Divine/ I’ll do the time, if love’s a crime/ in fact you better book me right now and sentence me to the maximum! Chorus You can’t stop the youth (4x)/ You won’t stop the truth (4x)/ Raise your praise if darker days are behind you/ we’re gonna raise the sky/ and praise El Shaddai/ tonight/ because this fate is mine/ Don’t hold back the fire deep inside you/ You don’t stop for breath/ we gotta lot of ways to praise/ that’s why we gonna rock to death/ Z - Verse Alright, Check it/ now when I rock, I wreck it/ no matter how we bring it/ the beat will make you break it/ so bring it on/ for the young and old/ so my story can be told/ how a brother like me, got out of death row/ if you need to know, then the rhymes will pantomime/ see I opened the door, and now the Lord, he be a friend of mine/ cut the word play, cuz the label fits/ see I’m free like OJ/ ya’ll say/ you can’t stop the youth/ you can’t stop the Truth/ breakin’ souls on ice/ twice on fire, heated to men from mice/ Grandads hit ‘em like Babes named Ruth/ take it to the white the brown/ like James, you gotta turn me loose/ cuz I be on it like a hornet/ I bring the honey live to the hive cuz this might be the last time/ I have to make you say you saw it/ before we break it off/ Christ is the bone, I’m a dog, you can’t shake me off!/

Chorus I see you smilin’ at me/ I know you love me/ the way you lookin’ at me/ I know you care for me/ I know we’ll make it/ cuz we are a team/ we’re not 2, not 3, we are 1 working in harmony// Rap 1 Betchya’ paint a picture perfect like that/ make me wanna put chya’ name, wanna write that/ down on my notebook, lock the hook/ cuz one look, one smile, was all it took/ and I/ wanna tell you all the reasons why/ honestly I couldn’t even keep count that high/ so let me put in a poem/ that I’m holdin’ like a rose/ for you, you know for sure/ I bring those// Verse 1 – Love seein’ him take the bad and make it right/ we can seem so distant but through Him we’ll unite/ can’t explain the way my man makes me feel/ won’t take that for granted, our love, it’s for real/ it doesn’t matter who wins when we have a fight/ there’s no winners if you and I are not tight/ no better joy than serving my two best friends/ submit to this will not my own, we all win// Chorus Rap 2 Patiently I’m waitin’ anxiously, see/ waitin’ on love to come dance with me/ so let me hold the hand of a mystery/ take me to a place where there’s you and me/ where souls flow like musical notes/ cuz a cord of three strands ain’t easily broke/ teammates playin’ in harmony/ much respect for the Coach most definitely// Verse 2 Remember the day He took two and made us one/ livin’ example He gave to us through His Son/ standin’ together with you it’s not about me/ investing in us each day endlessly/ makes a love much stronger/ makes a love last longer/ followin’ the Master’s plan/ on the Rock our house will stand/ it’s all about sacrifice/ second best won’t suffice/ give to you cuz He gave to me/ a love so vast like the deep blue sea//

Chorus I don’t know/ whether I should stand, yell or raise my hands/ fall down, hug the ground, shout!/ but now you shut my mouth/ tears on the pages of a love letter rainin’ down/ I’d tell ya’/ but in your presence silence says it betta’ now!/ my strength’s when I’m weak/ so go ‘head and let that silence speak/ (my strength’s when I’m weak/ so go ‘head and let that silence speak/) I’d tell ya’/ but in your presence silence says it betta’ now/ my strength’s when I’m weak/ so go ‘head and let that silence speak// Verse 1 – I’m at a loss/ toss aside/ what you’re feeling deep inside/ Rhymz Suhreal/ come and feel what you know we can not hide/ and if I speak in other tongues/ with these drums, but not on Love/ I am nothing/ so let me speak about my Something Something/ the object of my worship/ is worth it/ so work it/ call me cool, call me fool/ however you wanna word it/ I don’t care/ cuz I found the Divine/ let the sound meditate on what I can’t define/ cuz you know that you blow my mind// Chorus Verse 2 – His way is in the whirlwind/ and the storm, clouds that form/ are dust/ on his feet/ like this beat/ so Lord speak your peace/ Lions roar/ eagles soar/ who is like you?/ I implore/ you care for every man like every grain of sand on the shore/ the mountains quake/ hills melt/ the earth trembles all is felt/ the Lord gives, the Lord takes/ you shake me like an earthquake// Chorus Doesn’t this /say it so well/ can’t you tell/ it’s like my secret code for yell/ in your presence I’ll be still/ Tag – He made the darkness/ He made the light/ He made you (He made me)/ He made tonight (alright)/ He made the mountains/ He made the sea/ He made everything in between/ so that we could believe/ Now I believe/ (I believe)/ I believe (I believe)/ I believe (I believe)/ I believe (like you mean it)//

Chorus I will be alright/ I will be alright/ With you by my side/ I'll be alright// Verse 1 When I don't know which way to go/ I look up for direction and down to my soul/ and into your word and out of your mouth/ comes the wisdom to turn this life around/ I'm singing, you turn this life around// Chorus When I have doubts that things will work out/ I get down on my knees and I lay it all out/ I remember your truth cuz it sets me free/ I can rest on your promise not to forsake me/ I'm singing, you won't ever forsake me// Chorus-2X I woke up gotta face today and now/ I'm seein' shadows in these shades of gray and I/ I wanna be with you and hear you say now/ hold your head we’re gonna be o.k. now/ your love still turns the tides/ and now we're gonna stay up and give thanks all night and now the/ clouds are gonna break here’s the light and yeah/ you and me we gonna be alright// Verse 3 (* tender- then build last two lines into chorus) When darkness closes all around/ This world starts to fade and I don't hear a sound/ I look into your eyes and return the smile/ I know I'll be better than alright for all times/ I'm praisin', I'll be with you for all time/ Chorus-4X Tag- Let ‘em know now nothing’s gonna hold you down/ Let ‘em know that nothing’s gonna hold you back/ Let it out, let it go, no more lookin’ back/ I’ll be alright, yeah!//