1. |
Time For Change
03:30
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Verse 1:
Yo
It’s time to be real, I hope you can feel
What I’m gonna deal at ya
Coming at ya
wit something so hardcore
that leaves me torn
within my heart mind and soul
Thank God, I’ve been reborn
but I gotta say this and more
for where envy and selfish ambition exist
there is, disorder and every foul practice
after I hear this verse
it makes sense, and I confess
all I see is selfishness
it seems like we only care for self
greedy for wealth
anyone else
wanna chime in, oh wait
I’m the one rhyming
truth is what we’re hiding
truth is, we live a lie
truth is, we gonna die
we’re getting worse
like a virus in a system
needing redemption
Hook:
In this world all around
I see blame passed around
No one quick to come down wit a touchdown
or a pick six
what do I mean
I’ll explain this
No one says I did it
nor does anyone forgive it
maybe we don’t know how
but i see how
our hearts blame everything
but hearts are the problem yo,
it’s time for change
Verse 2:
I’m so shook, let's take a look
gangs playing phone tag
wit guns man
drugs are a source of peace
and a source of decease
divorce, is now of course
relationships so fickle
just in it for a tickle
of pleasure
and the measure of feeling to care
dont compare
sex aint sacred here
til death do us part now is
til the feelings run out
not taking a stand
creates problems my man
and what more
kids lost and confused been abused and ignored
plus, whats worse
the church
got the lost on a search for whats a prayer away
the hope they always hoped would come their way
that’s here today
if ya give ya life up to the Way
Hook:
In this world all around
I see blame passed around
No one quick to come down wit a touchdown
or a pick six
what do I mean
I’ll explain this
No one says I did it
nor does anyone forgive it
maybe we don’t know how
but i see how
our hearts blame everything
but hearts are the problem yo,
it’s time for change
Verse 3:
Yeah it’s time, it’s more than a rhyme
every single line, I pray
will inspire change
and a want to exchange
right for wrong
but the want for wrong is very strong
it killed Martin Luther King Junior
it also hung Peter
upside down to a tree
don’t ya see what I mean
Ya gotta be willing to sacrifice your life
for whats right and true
but whats true, whats false
this thought does cross
every mind every time
we think seriously so seriously
if we want change to occur
it must occur from within
but man that’s the hardest thing
actually on our own impossible
but it’s possible with the God who is able
Hook:
In this world all around
I see blame passed around
No one quick to come down wit a touchdown
or a pick six
what do I mean
I’ll explain this
No one says I did it
nor does anyone forgive it
maybe we don’t know how
but i see how
our hearts blame everything
but hearts are the problem yo,
it’s time for change
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2. |
Wake Up
04:29
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Verse 1:
Yo, this was the old me honestly
whom people would consider good, yeah Krispy Kreme
Yeah, I had a filling
No jelly but my belly craving for sin
Which indwells from the start in the heart of all mankind
So as I rhyme
Here’s snippets of the old me
From my scrapbook I will call my testimony
Yeah, I use to be that guy saying I love God in my words
So absurd
Loving God through my actions never occurred
Cause no fruit to bear
Proved the Holy Spirit ain’t there
Proving I never did abide in Him
But in sin, man!
I wish someone would’ve told me back then
But
I may have never gotten it then
Wrapped up in lust, envy, pride
If I told ya Jesus was my God, I would’ve lied
Cause
Hook:
I was dead, in my sin
But now I’m alive, alive in Him
If Christ ain’t ya Lord and Savior
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Life is only found in Christ so
Wake Up, Get Up
And live for Him
Or you’ll miss out on everything
To be enslaved to sin
Verse 2:
Lord,
This verse is from me to You
To show this relationship we have is really true
Jesus You found me, I couldn’t find You
I never asked for You
Or for this relationship
I was chillin in my sin like Mcdonalds, yeah I’m lovin’ it
I was a slave to the pride, the lust, the greed
And sin was just breeding
Yes it took a toll
I was sick of being sick in my soul
But truth be told
I built my own prison, locked myself in
Like the Creed song, Satan didn’t do a thing
it was my choice man
They don’t understand
The depth of my sin
I raped Your mercy and grace
Whored myself away to sin for even just a taste
I cheated on You in front of Your face
Declaring war, claiming You able to be replaced
Who again keeps me breathing in this place?
I kept You at distance
Never coming to repentance
But, You came for me, rescued me
And did what they could never do
You freed my soul and I’m brand new
So I say
Hook:
I was dead, in my sin
But now I’m alive, alive in Him
If Christ ain’t ya Lord and Savior
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Life is only found in Christ so
Wake Up, Get Up
And live for Him
Or you’ll miss out on everything
To be enslaved to sin
Verse 3:
Yo, homie I’m brand new
I know this is taboo
I be talking about the gospel
God came as a man, Isaiah 53 man
Jesus bore our sicknesses and carried our pains fam
We regarded Him stricken
Struck down by God afflicted
He was pierced because of our transgressions
Crushed because of our iniquities, punishment for our peace was on Him
And we are healed by His wounds, Psalms 22 fam
This is how it’s going down
Everybody all around
even me’s gonna have to give an account
For God is gonna bring up everything to judgment
Both good and evil
Yes it’s simple
But, call upon Jesus for salvation
And read the declaration
John 3:18, John 14:6, John 14:15
Yeah, Jesus first loved us
And now He’s calling us
Calling you
This is an alter call calling for you
Life change to what is true
God’s for ya joy, not ya sin dude
Tell the presses Nietzsche the madman is dead
But Jesus is alive telling you
Hook:
I was dead, in my sin
But now I’m alive, alive in Him
If Christ ain’t ya Lord and Savior
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
I’ll tell ya what He told me
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Wake Up, Get Up
Life is only found in Christ so
Wake Up, Get Up
And live for Him
Or you’ll miss out on everything
To be enslaved to sin
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3. |
Nothing Compares
05:21
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Verse 1:
I reached out, no more doubt
I’ll tell ya what I’m talking about
I’m talking about, His hand, man
I grabbed it, never let it go again
When I say His, I say Jesus
He’s my everything ‘til the end
He’s my friend
He rose from the dead
Three days to be exact my man
He’s all I want, none compare
Me is what He’s got, held me dear
When He looked at me, He agreed to die
For helpless me, at appointed time
Why?
He loved me beyond what I
could imagine, this be why I’m stressing to mention
Nothing is equal, Jesus has my soul
Keeps me in total control
Nothing compares y’all
I boast in Him y’all
I love Him to death, yet back then
Lucifer use to come my way
Getting me chasing them other things
But now I say, everyday
Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids
Hook:
Ya wanna hook
I wanna hook ya
Reel ya in to listen
So ya know, nothing compares to Jesus
The guy or gal ya dating
The money ya making
The fame ya craving
Anything ya find amazing
Don’t compare, don’t come close
To Jesus
Go ahead keep it all
All of it, it ain’t equal
Money, girls, fame, or whatever
I’ll pass on it man, forever
I don’t want it, I don’t need it
I got something way better
I can’t truly explain to ya
Through these words
Just take my word, He is the Word
He’s beyond words
So much greater
All I can say is, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah
Verse 2:
Nothing compares
Yeah I said it and know it
No sex can ever match this
No matter what person says no to this
Cause I won’t play a game called gratify me by
Using somebody as just a toy
And act like a boy
She ain’t a toy
She’s the apple of God’s eye
I’m not gonna nibble or bite like the first guy
I mean Adam who Satan tricked and deceived
By a woman named Eve
And every atom in Adam’s anatomy
Caused calamity all over humanity
Now we can’t wait
Now we can’t wait
In the wake of high divorce rates
Maybe if we’d wait on sex
We could see what is really best
Sex is the best wit only that one somebody
Not when you willingly give ya soul away to nobody, nobody
Hook:
Ya wanna hook
I wanna hook ya
Reel ya in to listen
So ya know, nothing compares to Jesus
The guy or gal ya dating
The money ya making
The fame ya craving
Anything ya find amazing
Don’t compare, don’t come close
To Jesus
Go ahead keep it all
All of it, it ain’t equal
Money, girls, fame, or whatever
I’ll pass on it man, forever
I don’t want it, I don’t need it
I got something way better
I can’t truly explain to ya
Through these words
Just take my word, He is the Word
He’s beyond words
So much greater
All I can say is, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah
Verse 3:
I’ve been looking
For that something
To satisfy
Didn’t know gratify ain’t satisfy
Wanted more and more
More of what?
I don’t know, Idk
Cause honestly I now say
I want something to satisfy
Not gratify, why?
Well, it leads to chains
Look at ammendment thirteen
It abolished slavery
Yet look at these chains just holding me
I tried it all
Sex, friends, sports, alcohol
And oh so much more
Nothing would fill my soul
But dig a hole
Deep inside my soul
But then, Jesus stepped in
Got me to get up again and again
It took some time friend
Before I could stand without questioning
Questioning what my life is for
It’s for You Jesus, my Lord
Who I was made for
And was missing inside my core
Now witness
All I wanted was this
Peace of mind
Joy even in struggling times
Truth I’d looked for my whole life
Love from above not this world, not this place
God’s amazing grace
You can see when ya looking at my face
Hook:
Ya wanna hook
I wanna hook ya
Reel ya in to listen
So ya know, nothing compares to Jesus
The guy or gal ya dating
The money ya making
The fame ya craving
Anything ya find amazing
Don’t compare, don’t come close
To Jesus
Go ahead keep it all
All of it, it ain’t equal
Money, girls, fame, or whatever
I’ll pass on it man, forever
I don’t want it, I don’t need it
I got something way better
I can’t truly explain to ya
Through these words
Just take my word, He is the Word
He’s beyond words
So much greater
All I can say is, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah
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4. |
Transparent
05:08
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Yo, I want you to know when I say I ain’t perfect
I do truly mean it
And when I say it’s all God
It’s the truest thing I can say
Other than the Gospel of Christ, mayne
People like hearing all glory be to God
But do we know what that means? Come on
I’ve read in the good book
That good things come from the master cook,
The Lord
Yes I do believe it, cause I’ve seen it
I’ve lived it, and I’m breathing it,
I’m the most vile and wicked man
This may catch some guard
But they don’t know my heart
God, help me show the dark secrets in me
That I’ve tried to bury and throw away
To show how You do clean filthy sinners like me
I’ve laid with Miss Lust
way too much
Do you know how twisted it be
If you play wit sexual immorality
In anyway
If it ain’t one man and one woman, in holy matrimony
We messed it up, jacked it up
How God made intimacy and sex to glorify He
To be the best it could ever be
To show how He is in the Holy Trinity
And to show how much He loves you and me
But I
Choose differently
I choose to use sex to glorify me
And I
Worshipped sex everyday in anyway
Whether masturbation, fornication,
porn watching or lusting
In my mind and heart
It’s in the heart
where the wickedness starts
In my heart
I was the king of my life
My heart was booked wit sin so no room for the Christ
Yet I said I loved Him, but I kept Him away
From being my love and desire, one word to describe me
Liar, or hypocrite I’ll be honest
You could see the lies as my eyes
Stared at the thighs and behinds of ladies as I fantasized
What I could do wit them from night to sun rise
You could say I had good intentions
But my true intention was solely pleasure
I wasn’t good at this game, but this crap I’ll bring
Into my marriage mayne
as baggage mayne
for my dame
What a lame husband I’ll be to begin wit
and I’m the one to blame
And you wanna know what’s more lame?
Sex and women were my idols, yet I prayed to God to help me get ‘em
I prayed to God, the source of love and joy, for a cheap imitation of Him
Plus,
I poisoned my own body by sinning in this way
Check first Corinthians six eighteen through twenty
I couldn’t obey
because I was born God’s enemy
But,
this is only part of the start
See i’m not here to prove how wicked I am
Cause me and God both know my sin committed before Him
But I’m here to show that He’s made me His by the blood of the Lamb
Never again will I be the same
Never again will I be the same
Never again will I be the same
Sometimes I just don’t understand mayne
God!
How could You ever love me?
You know all things, You know the dirt within me
and You still want me?
You wanna use me?
For Your glory?
But… why?!
All I am is dirt and sin
All I do is sin
For I do not understand what I’m doing
Cause I do not practice what I want to do
But I do what I hate
For I know nothing good lives in me
Cause evil is within me
I was your enemy
Born into iniquity, I accepted willingly
Prideful, lustful, selfish, lazy
Breaking all Your commands honestly
What a wretched man, I am
Me to You is like a maggot to me
Living in dead flesh, yet none the less
You became what I am
To show who You are, I am who am
Yahweh, You came our way
and took the three on the tree
That was meant for me
Thank You Jesus for saving me
You alone did it, You broke the prison I put myself in
And freed me from my bondage to sin
You called me, won me, yes!
I am all Your’s forever
You put me in awe
with all that You are
And all that You do
I’m not worthy of You
I let You down many times
Yet You use these rhymes of mine
To speak life
To show I’ve never let You down
Cause You’re the One always holding me up
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5. |
Crazy
04:31
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Verse 1:
Yo, I’m lyrically incline to talk about God anytime
Cause He’s given me my mind to shine as I rhyme
So wit this time, I’m gonna grind on a topic I find
Awesome
The true definition of it
The Infinite came down to the finite
To rewrite a new destination
for every human
If they so choose
All their sin and dues
Will be erased
Thrown away as far as the east is from the west
Blessed
The Maker of the universe
Aka Jesus
God in the flesh
Came to connect us wit the Father
To make us better
Cause
God saw humanity set firm
In their direction to burn
But in His love for us
In order to save us
He said no
The Creator of time invaded our time
Which He planned the whole time
Became one of us
To gain all the lost
By making a way outta no way
Yes Yahweh came our way as a mayne
When no human told Him to do such a thang
Yet He came for You and me
His love is one that’s truly seen
He left it all to get me
The dark wasn’t too dark for Thee
He cut the night wit the light
To illuminate the path to take to be free, ah!
Hook:
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
That God came for me
Came for me
Came for me
Verse 2:
So,
He came as a kid
Lived as man
Came here to give
All that He had
Came here to serve
Even to those kicked to the curb
Just an hors d'oeuvre He served throwing us a curve
Spinning the pitch of repent and believe
To strike out sin and relieve
A world broken since adam and eve
But the wages of sin is death
And bloodshed is the only check
That can cover the debt
He took down our case
Taking our place on the cross
Not flossing like a boss
In fact
He humbled Himself to this place and time
While everyone else left Him behind
Arrested, afflicted, and tried
Then sentenced to be crucified
He took up the pine
After thirty nine lashes hit ‘em everywhere
Did we really care?
Nah, we hung Him like a chandelier
And He took on the ridicule
The most pinnacle
Moment for mankind for our crimes
That’s why He came to die
Willingly
Finally
the perfect sacrifice
Cause forgiveness comes at a price
His love, our hate
Put the winning run to the plate
And the greatest words ever told rolled
From the mouth of the Word who became flesh
It Is Finished
Hook:
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
That God died for me
Died for me
Died for me
Verse 3:
Yes
I think it’s crazy, uh
I think it’s loco, uh
He died for me
But He rose though
After three days of being in the grave
Death cave and gave in
Now Christians rave in
His saving salvation
For everybody and everybody needs to know
So we need to go
Go tell ‘em about the gospel
This ain’t a game or a one day thang
It’s an everyday thang
Just ask Mineo, uh
A fellow paisano
Started wylin out when I did C-light
No doubt I took the route to follow Christ
Now I’m a turnt up anomaly call me Crae
But you can’t take this from me
Been reconciled by El Shaddai
Who came to die for you and I
So we could come alive
so rise
Cause mercy’s still alive
He rose so those in sinful clothes
Can wear righteous robes
The Truth is wrapped up in my rhyme
So open it up you’ll find
Something having you say oh my
You never tasted anything so divine
The fact He came for me,
died for me, rose for me
Is trill and is crazy…
If you feel me
Here’s ya opportunity to go crazy
Hook:
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
I think I think I think
It’s crazy
That God rose for me
Rose for me
Rose for me
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6. |
Do We Care
04:16
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Verse 1:
Lord,
Lately I’ve been feeling really bitter
and it ain’t getting better
Just need to leak this out to You
So I don’t explode, I know I can trust You
You command me to come to You
Especially when the stress
Punches me in the chest
Why is it that
the people made in Your image
Cause so much damage
Should’ve caught on
That a sinner will sin eventually
Even against me
Since humanity literally nailed You to a tree
What should I expect them to do to me?
I don’t know, maybe do me wrong at times
but this rhyme ain’t about me
I’m sick of people hurting people
Even more I hate when a Christian causes pain
Making Christ name look vain
And if in ya heart and mind you’re pointing fingers mayne
A quick reminder
pointing blame leaves three pointing back at you
While Christ kept silent never blaming you
in fact
Jesus took on all the blame all for you
All for you
Hook:
Do we care?
There’s people crying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people dying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people with no hope in life
Do we really care?
There’s people who don’t know Christ
Do we really care?
There’s people suffering for the Name above names
Do we really care beyond our own gains?
Do we care?
Verse 2:
Do we truly love Him like we say?
Honestly it’s kinda hard to tell mayne
After reading Richard Wurmbrand’s story,
got me really thinking is Jesus suffice for me?
While I dance around these bars to glorify Jesus
He was thrown behind bars obeying Jesus
Ah!
Fourteen years in prison, mayne
Cause he wouldn’t stop talking about the gospel, mayne
Stripped of everything
Tortured off the chain
Yet joy couldn’t be retrained
As him and others sang
about the glorious grace of our God
Oh God
It seems like they truly understood Your love
But what about me?
Am I willing enough
to lay my life down so others can see?
Cause it’s hard to see the Son
when the temples of ourselves cast shadows down on everyone
Hook:
Do we care?
There’s people crying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people dying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people with no hope in life
Do we really care?
There’s people who don’t know Christ
Do we really care?
There’s people suffering for the Name above names
Do we really care beyond our own gains?
Do we care?
Verse 3:
So, are we gonna let ‘em die and fry as we walk by
or are we gonna love ‘em like the Most High?
I pray we obey what God say
honestly
I need this the most
Cause I got a message that can free the lost
But I’m
nervous, scared, outta my mind
How can I make a difference
in a world that doesn’t feel this?
Well, God brought change to buy us mayne
Christians have the sense to the worth they possess to bless
a broken place by the means of grace
cause our riches have no limit in the Holy Spirit
So lets get it, lets get it done
Wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Lets drop our apathy
And use our ability uniquely
To feed the hungry
And clothe the naked
And rake in the taken
And let ‘em know the ain’t a mistake and
God loves them
Regardless of who they are and where they are at
They’re never too far to come back
to the One who gave it all
And made a way for the sinner who falls
Hook:
Do we care?
There’s people crying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people dying out there
Do we really care?
There’s people with no hope in life
Do we really care?
There’s people who don’t know Christ
Do we really care?
There’s people suffering for the Name above names
Do we really care beyond our own gains?
Do we care?
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7. |
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Hook:
Take off the veil and I’ll show every scar
It’s fear and worry tearing at my heart
How do I do this?
Where do I go from here?
I need You Jesus to cast out the fear
Verse 1:
Last track in fact of this mixtape
fast track slow track hope you could relate
wit every single letter put together to convey
Yahweh made a way outta no way to make us forever free
call it the great escape wit a mission
to garner high rates to the One who is risen
but I gotta be real trill
at times I feel ill
literally physically stuck in a standstill
and the reason being worry, hurry
I hate being still
ah!
Overthinking can kill
worrying about tha future and what's to come
worrying is a danger in comes depression
worrying about everyone and their salvation
while broken by women and my sinning
how could I be winning
when I'm not even a half a man
trying to stand
in tha land
of the walking dead
wit no season end
feeling numb and cold
after the fall
where do I go...
Hook:
Take off the veil and I’ll show every scar
It’s fear and worry tearing at my heart
How do I do this?
Where do I go from here?
I need You Jesus to cast out the fear
Verse 2:
But I know the Individual
who can do it all
making sequels outta struggles like an author
so I wanna get deeper in the Living Water
this isn't whatever to be clever whenever however,
life can be colder than December
but then I remember
through any weather
whether better or for worse
that You coerced
my every storm wit da cross like Ai
why do I doubt You will suffice
when You handled my price
yet nevertheless You blessed me
wit tha gift to shift me
from death to life
so even in my darkest night
I can find the Christ in me
who split the Red Sea
unexpectedly
so this Christian won't bale
even when my Gotham is a living hell
or the enemy tries to riddle me from Elohim
by His grace I'll stand
I'm just clay in Your hands
my Messiah hold me
use this fire mold me
only if You please...
Hook:
Take off the veil and I’ll show every scar
It’s fear and worry tearing at my heart
How do I do this?
Where do I go from here?
I need You Jesus to cast out the fear
Outro:
He said it was finished
Dying on the cross
With Him I can do this
I counted the cost
He's the absolute reality
Humanity's been waiting for
No matter the calamity
Totality is found in the Lord
This ain't a religion I'm pitching
connection is what I'm striving for
To the One who made you, wants to save you
There ain't no box to this
So what's your response to this?...
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Mike Pennino North Carolina
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