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Absolute Reality

by Mike Pennino

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1.
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
2.
Wake Up 04:29
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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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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Transparent 05:08
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
5.
Crazy 04:31
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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Do We Care 04:16
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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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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I want to show through this mixtape that Jesus is not just a part of my life, but He is over every part of my life, my reality. Also, that Jesus is the absolute truth, not a relative truth. I hope that the listener recognizes that Jesus is the Absolute Reality, not just for me but for everybody (regardless if they trust in Him or not).

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released February 26, 2016

Lyrics by: Mike Pennino

Mixed and Mastered by: Rodney "Oak City Slums" Goodword

Cover Artwork by: Charity Tomes

Tracklist:

1.) Time For Change (Produced by Alcatraz)

2.) Wake Up (Produced by Royal Audio Tunes)

3.) Nothing Compares (Produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass)

4.) Transparent (Produced by The Unbeatables)

5.) Crazy (Produced by Evelution Beats)

6.) Do We Care (Produced by Eminem)

7.) Where Do I Go (Ft. Jazmyne Jones) (Produced by Rapitfly Beats)

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