Lecrae - Anomaly Album Lyrics

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Outsiders

[Hook:]
I won't stay here another night
If I gotta sacrifice
Who I am on the inside
I'd rather be an outsider
And you can stay if you'd like
I'll see you on the other side
I wanna live the free life
I'd rather be an outsider [x5]

[Verse 1 - Lecrae:]
Yeah
Outsiders
I really can't tell if I'm over-dressed or I'm under-dressed
If I'm under-paid, or just over-stressed
If I'm cynical, or just over this
Cause I'm tired of trying to get over them
Man its over then, parties over
You probably couldn't tell that we over here, because you hardly sober
Double shots in that ego
They laughing at us, yeah we know
Maybe at the bottom, but we not forgotten
The directors plotting that sequel
Till' then we live on the outside
And it might storm and we might die
But, I'd rather go where my fist high
Standing outside of your inside
I tried my best to fit in
Looking for a suit to fit in
Standing outside of your prison
Trying to find ways I could get in
Now I realize that I'm free
And I realize that I'm me
And I found out that I'm not alone cause' theirs plenty people like me
That's right theirs plenty people like me
All love me, despite me
And all unashamed and all unafraid to speak out for what we might see
I said theirs plenty people like me
All outsiders like me
And all unashamed and all unafraid to live out what they supposed to be

[Hook]

[Verse 2 - Lecrae:]
Uh
I know what they asking for, I know what they asking for
But, how you gonna come and charge me, my life is sold, and then turn around and ask for more
Time to go, plus the line is long
I'ma color the outside, but lines a drone
If you wanna exclude me, for being the true me
It's Gucci, I already found my home
Homesick
Homeless, if I'm on this
Cause' my home is somewhere I ain't never been before
I'ma own this here gift, even if it doesn't fit in the box that'll bleed these folks
Some of ya'll don't need these quotes
I ain't tryna' eat, I'm tryna' feed these folks
Martin Man Delegate, we need these folks
We believe these folks
We can be these folks
Yeah
But, they want me to take an L
Tired of taking losses, so they can call me a failure
I failed at being you, but I'm winning at being me
I'm winning at being free, ain't no competition but me
See I realize that I'm free
And I realize that I'm me
And I found out that I'm not alone, and theirs plenty of people like me
I said theirs plenty of people like me
All outsiders like me
All unashamed and all unafraid to live out what they supposed to be
Outsiders!

[Outro:]
You spend your time
So many lives
Turn on the lights
Open your eye
We'll be running through the night
Its brighter on the other side
Somethings bigger than You and I
Brighter on the other side [x5]

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Welcome To America

[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon from the flight deck.
We're cruising at 37,000 feet, and we just passed over the coast.
We'll be beginning our descent in about 30 minutes.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to America

[Verse 1]
I was made in America
Land of the free
Home of the brave
And right up under your nose
You might see a sex slave being traded
And we'll do anything for the money
Boy, a mama might sell her babies
Sell porn, sell pills
Anything to pay the bills
Anything to bring that paper
Gotta scratch that itch
Gotta scratch them ticks
Ain't rich, but I might be
And I'mma shoot these flicks
I'mma turn these tricks
Anything for a slight fee
Yeah, made in America
Mamma told me that I belong here
Had to earn our stripes
Had to learn all rights
Had to fight for a home here
But I wouldn't know a thing about that
All I know is drugs and rap
I probably could have been some kinda doctor
Instead of holding guns and crack
I was born in the mainland
Great-grandpa from a strange land
He was stripped away and given bricks to lay
I guess you could say he was a slave here
But I was made in America
So I don't know a thing about that
All I know is Uncle Sam looking for me working on his corner so I know I gotta pay tax
Gettin paid in America
I was raised in America
And this is all I ever known
If I'm wrong then you better come save me America

[Hook]
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa
Welcome to America (x5)

[Verse 2]
Man I'd die for America
I served my time for America
Got shot shot back went to war
Got back and ain't nobody give a jack in America
I could lost my life boy I lost my wife
I can't even get right in my home land
Cold sweats, whole ticks, paranoia
Looking out for a threat in own land
I was trained in America
How they get up in the planes in America
Flew them right into the buildings
Taking out civilians
People getting killed in America
And I'm still in America
Though America ain't feeling me
I went to war for this country
Turn around came home and you rid of me
When y'all free here saying you don't wanna be here
Well you probably couldn't breathe here if I didn't load a couple magazines here
Y'all just complain in America
I'm jumping out of military planes from America
Aye I was made in America
Thats why I'm out here saving America
I got a brother in the cemetery now
Cause he wanted y'all safe
And everybody want the freedom but nobody want to hear about faiths
We bled for America
To keep y'all fed in America
But whats the point of talking a lot of y'all don't really even care America

[Hook]
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa ta na na na
Ta na na na muchawa muchawa ta na na na
Welcome to America (x5)
Ta na na na muchawa
Ta na na na muchawa
Ta na na na muchawa ta na na na na

[Verse 3]
Uh
I wish I lived in America
Wanna raise my kids in america
Heard everybody rich all I gotta do is run jump kick
I'm a hit in your area
So please pick me America
I know you probably never loved me
You never hear about me on the news
And you've probably never been to my country
I hear you selling education and got clothes that you throw away
Got plenty food in your nation
I can tell cause a lot of y'all are over weight
I already work for y'all
I'm at a sweatshops making these shirts for y'all
Naw I ain't gettin money
Go to bed hungry but I make some exports for y'all
Y'all don't know a thing about that
You was made in America
I'm trying to find me a ticket
Where the sky is the limit catch a plane to America
It should be plain to America
Y'all blessed people got it made
Heard y'all don't play no more
Y'all ain't saved no more
Y'all looking for another way
Well I hope it ain't true
But I'm packing my suit
Farewell to my mother land
Said bye to my loved ones
Fate here I come I'm gone to another land
I done made it to America
I'm amazed at America
But I couldn't get approval to stay so they sent me away from America

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Say I Won't

Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we live it)
Say I won't [x2] (and I bet I will)
I might do it just to show you [x3]
We be like la, la, la, la

From the same city as the B-I-G
Wanna serve these bars, gotta see ID
Now I'm on their radar, where B-Dot be?
Was a slave for the cars, then we got free
Used to only wanna pull up in a black sport
Just a white man excelling in a black sport
Now I'm really doin' pull ups
Got a honeymoon for the summer tryna get a six-pack for it
Say I won't catch 'Crae slippin' in the studio at like 3 AM
Autograph that forehead with a Sharpie pen and then Instagram
Might swag out a fanny pack
I might bring Velour back
Nobody wanna change the game, man y'all just want more trap
Okay, say I won't rap over bagpipes
Say I won't talk about that price
To know Christ and live life like every night my last night
'Bout to switch up the program
I rock name-brand, I rock no brand
My whole life GoPro cam, got rap like I had no fans, nope
They say, I know I say, "veto"
Danny the vido, en el pachino, those are my people
Also I'm rockin' the speedo
This that casino, you bet your revenue
Thinking you'll stop me, no never not letting you
You must be high on that medical thinking I won't
But I know better, know that I bet I do (kill 'em, ooh)

Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we live it)
Say I won't [x2] (and I bet I will)
I might do it just to show you [x3]
We be like la, la, la, la

Say I won't sell my shoes and take my kids to Chuck E Cheese with the money
Say I won't bring my own bottle of Pellegrino to the movies with me
Say I won't
Look, I'm from an era of fast living and mass terror
Boys cover them cover girls like mascara
I don't need to keep a gun and a mask ever
I still make 'em put their hands up, ask Derek
My role manager damage all of you amateurs
Sneaking up on a tour bus with a demo to hand to us
When I was younger, I just wanted a chain
Now a chain of events has afforded a change
See, I been a rebel since back in the day, I don't follow the people
I follow the leader through valleys and shadows of death and I fearin' no evil
So say I won't do it, say I won't turn the music up and get to it
Won't come down H-Town all the way to their town
In the old school, drop top Buick
And I'm getting, maybe 8 or 9 miles to the gallon
Still feeling like a stallion
I got Andy ridin' shotgun with 30 gold chains on, talking about he Italian
Say I won't go drop a double album, and rap double time on all dub-step
Got no producers, just me rockin' over beatboxin' by Dougie Fresh
Say I won't

Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we live it)
Say I won't [x2] (and I bet I will)
I might do it just to show you [x3]
We be like la, la, la, la

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Nuthin'

Gawvi, get 'em!

[Hook: Dimitri McDowell & Lecrae]
Here we go again in circles
I think I heard it all
We been here before
But we need something more
Something more
Something more
What you say
I can't hear cause you
Ain't talking 'bout nuthin (ain't talking 'bout nuthin) [x4]
What you talking 'bout
They be talking 'bout the same old thing
I'm a have to call a foul in the game
What you talking 'bout
A little money now you all OG
Talking 'bout it's all eyes on me
They ain't talking 'bout nuthin

[Verse 1: Lecrae]
Let me guess you counting money to the ceiling
Difference 'tween us like at least a couple million
It's foreign cars, pretty girls everywhere you go
Yeah I heard it 30 times on the radio
Lou Vuitton ain't gon' pay you for that bragging
And Donatella prolly never heard your album
Yeah they probably 'bout to label me a hater
But I know these people greater than the songs they created
It's little homies in the hood regurgitating
And everybody watching thinking that you made it
The truth is for a few designer labels and a little bit of paper now you 12 years slaving
Hey but you ain't Lupita
So why you beat up and pushing people to lean on the devil
Copping a seizure
It sound like you put your feet up
You still a slave and money can't buy you freedom partna'

[Hook: Dimitri McDowell & Lecrae]

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
Tell me why the song's on in my car (hear the radio)
Why the song on in my gym (what they saying now)
And the song's stuck in my head (I can't take no more)
I still don't know what y'all saying
Lemme lemme lemme do this
I'm a be a straight shooter
And we was made in his image
Why we so Judas
Talking bread like we at the last supper
Throwing money at these women make it rain in the summer
I ain't advertising brands on the radio
They expensive and I know they ain't gon' pay me for
Telling kids to go in debt, for the 'vette that they'll prolly never get
But I talk about it every song
And every song talking 'bout they selling work on every corner
Don't talk about the laws, taking kids away from mommas
Don't talk about your homie in the trauma cause he shot up
Or what about your young boy messing up the product
They don't talk about the bond money that they ain't have
And everybody snitch on everybody in the jam
They don't talk about the pain, they don't talk about the struggle
How they turn to the Lord when they ran into trouble
I'm a talk about it
I don't care if the world try to swallow me
I turn my back to 'em, tell 'em all follow me
I know you gon' label me a hater
But inside you are greater than the songs you creating man

[Hook]

[Outro:]
Hey man, the way I see it
I think we were made for more
Than just, ya know, the simple things that we aspire toward
We were made for more than just telling stories about
How much money we can get by selling poison to people
It's time to talk about who we are and who we can be
And we need to build each other up and not put each other down
I feel like we not talking about nothing right now

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Fear

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for you are with me
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

I honestly grow insecure as I get older
Cuz' even when you hot there comes a day when you get colder
Comes a day when you slower, time is taking its toll
45 on the back of the jersey upon your soul
I'm scared of letting go, I don't know what the future holds

My nightmares are having nightmares
I'm quite scared of what's right and fair
How I fear an eternity
Will I hear well done when he turn to me?
Will I hear you care too much about
All this stuff that really don't matter?
You chase the wind and you don't want it
Got to the top of a 2 foot ladder
What's after I can capture all this mess my heart was after?
Will I end up empty-handed when I stand before my master?
Did I master the mathematics of a passive disaster?
Add in my selfish ambition
All the while, subtracting what matters
I don't know

At late nights, I can't sleep
Will I fall? Will I peek?
Through the curtains, all I see, fingers pointed at me
And they watching, and they watching
And they watching, and they watching
And I'm wondering what they thinking, thinking bout'
At late nights, I can't sleep
Counting cash, counting sheep
Through the curtains, all I see fingers pointed right at me
And I'm watching, and I'm watching
And I'm wondering what they thinking, thinking bout' it all

In high school, we tried to act all tough
I remember a couple times, I couldn't back that up
Like when I ran from them vatos, scuffing up my zapatos
Scared of losing my high, I was so embarrased inside
If I could go back in time, I would stand and say something like
I ain't never scared, never scared, never scared
I'm lying, I'm scared of these thoughts in my head
I'm scared of possibly pushing people right over the ledge
When I say I pledge allegiance to the struggle
Then, I turn around and buckle
Under stress and under pressure
Bible on my dresser that can teach my pain a lesson
But I rather not address it
Address that's in depression
I'm scared if I confess it
That you goin' look at me like I'm something less
And I'm such a mess

[Spoken French*]
C'est lui qui a peur d'admettre ses craintes
et c'est lui qui ne pourra pas les surmonter
On trouve la liberté dans la confession
et la liberté dans la reconnaissance

(*Translation:
A man who is too afraid to admit his fears
is a man who won't overcome them.
There is liberty in confession
and freedom in acknowledgment)

And it just so happen, I'm wrestling with my status
I'm trying to see me like He do, not focusing on this madness
They count on me, count me out on a count of they fear and doubts
Keep account of my wrongs, trying to keep me inside they house
Some just keep me around, gotta wonder what that's about

Yeah! They wanna be politically correct, I suppose
But, I'm comfortable in my skin
While they just pretending they clothes
I'm scared of falling and failing
In front of all of my foes
And I feel some friends are unfaithful
So, I keep my small circle closed
I don't want no handouts or favors, no functional saviors
Imma tell that truth till it kill me
I'm chilling with my Creator
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus to all of my haters
For the ones that think I forgot him
And the ones who won't let me say it
I ain't scared no mo'

At late nights, I can't sleep
Will I fall? Will I peek?
Through the curtains, all I see, fingers pointed at me
And they watching, and they watching
And I'm wondering what they thinking, thinking bout'
Late nights, I can't sleep
Counting cash, counting sheep
Through the curtains, all I see fingers pointed right at me
And I'm watching, and I'm watching
And I'm wondering what they thinking, thinking about it all

Everybody always
They gone have something to say whether you like it or not
Everybody always
They goin' have something to say
Baby, don't take it to heart
Something to say

[Spoken Japanese*]
kyofu wo ukeireru koto wo osoreru mono ha
sore ni uchikatsu koto ha dekinai daro
subete wo ukeireta sono saki ni
jiyu ha sonzai shi
kyofu ha tokihanatareru

(*Translation:
Ones who are afraid to accept fear
cannot overcome it.
Once you accept everything, freedom appears.
Then fear will be released.)

(Don't you worry)

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Anomaly

I never said he was an outcast
In grade school, I was blastin' my Outkast
And now pass on running' to catch a route pass
Give me a pen and a pad I'll try to outlast
All of my idols, America into foreign arts
Before I heard all of these boring bars
Money, money, money, sex, drugs, and some 4NRs
All this killin' but where the bodies at?
All this money but where the Bugattis at?
But dig a little deeper and you'll find another insecure man sittin' in a two seater
The same little boy that got beat up
With plenty pains in his past you can bring up
Nobody ever told him he could be more than he is, but inside he's a leader
I didn't know who was inside me either
Striving to be a captain, hoping I can date a cheerleader
Trying to get a throne on my own so I can put my feet up
Thank God my kingdom was overthrown by The Redeemer

Yeah, anomaly
Deviation From The Common Rule
Somethin' or somebody that's abnormal,
and dosen't fit in
I say that's exactly what we are.
We are the odd,
The outcast,
The peculiar,
The Strangers.
And they say you don't fit in
But I say,God exactly God created us to be anomalies
The system didn't plan for this.

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Timepiece

[Hook x2:]
Lights off
Ain't nobody watching me
I heard about the man in the sky
But he probably fell asleep
Yeah, and you say Audemars, Audemars, Audemars
But still don't know the time that sun comes down from the stars

[Verse 1:]
Yeah, they say that time waits for no man
Nah, hey probably lyin'
Cause time wait on me like a servant all of the time
But I know some people who actually serving time
Committed to this grind, or just committed some crime
Sometimes I wish some more time to think
And all the time in the world is all the time I need
And I know eternity's calling but my mind too busy racing to pay any mind
Spend a whole lot of money on a watch
Ironic cause I got it but I hardly sit and watch the time tick by
I spend time trying to buy it to own time
Never thought that I was only wasting my own time
Who holds time?
They say he'll be coming in no time
Pray I pay attention, cause I'm giving him no time
When the lights off, is anybody watching me?
Heard the man above never slumber, never sleep

[Hook]

[Verse 2:]
On the corners, in the alleys
I see coners and cowards
Scared to question their existence like ain't no final hour
Can we blame the sins of a reverend for all our irreverence?
Does my time spent on earth qualify me for heaven?
Did we tick him off by wasting all these ticks on this clock?
Or is he graciously giving me time to give him my heart?
I'm sure it's the latter, sure that it matters
And I believe I've been given all this time so I could try to redeem it
Or make the most of this stopwatch that I'm racing
You stop the watch you ain't racing
You erasing your minutes, you can't replace 'em
And at the end of your days when eternity's in your face
You'll have one life to offer up and it's service to lay to waste
So my Rollie's telling me to roll out
Make investments with my time while I'm tryna hold out
And fame, money, success be competing for my investments
But I can't take 'em with me when it's time for me to exit

[Hook]

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Dirty Water

Hold up, Hold up, Hold up
Ya'll gon get me bowed up
When that beat hit it's like three kicks
And your knees up to your nose, huh
You knows us
Unashamed, Uno Uno Seis, whoa
Tatted on my skin, all up in your face, whoa
If I ain't bout that live, then I ain't really livin
But if you can't see my light then maybe I ain't in it
Champagne, champagne, celebratin my campaign
I just dug a well in West Africa
But how many of my friends is African, huh?
No habla español, just show me tu baño
Ain't trynna get to know you, I'm too busy readin Daniel
Most segregated time of day is Sunday service
Now what you think that say about the God you worship?
First of all, I know it ain't a song that's gon change the world
There's no way
It's not a guilt trip, it's a field trip that's gon last more than one day
What you thought, huh?
Faith ain't bout no soft stuff
I heard you just went overseas, now come back home and boss up

[Hook:]
Buy a bottle for a fee, dirty water
Bodies floatin' in the sea, dirty water
Blood flowin' from the ground, dirty water, dirty water
Buy a bottle for a fee, dirty water
Bodies floatin' in the sea, dirty water
Blood flowin' from the ground, dirty water
Ain't no filters in this town, dirty water

Worthless, worthless, 400 years we done heard that
My family came here on slave ships
Some herd cattle, some herd blacks
Know some of ya'll done heard that
My kin was treated less than men
That's why we raised to hate each other, cause we hate our skin
Lies you told about yourself that you don't realize
I must be a thief, she locked the doors when I was walking by
They must be whores cuz the master rapes them and leaves
The child
So dead beat daddy was taught to me way before my time
Now we extreme, buying fancy things like gold chains
Just pretty shackles, we still enslaved
Put 'em round your neck, cuz we still hangin'
Hood preacher told 'em they should live as kings
You call him devil, he fightin for self esteem
It's hard to dream when your water ain't clean
Now look at Lucifer's scheme as how to be in a team
Blood in the ocean to these African streams
This dirty water ain't nothin we haven't seen

[Hook]

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Wish

[Verse 1:]
Yeah
I wish I never held back
Wish nobody had to sell crack
Then I may have seen my dad a little more
Maybe I can dream a little more
But I still wishing on stars in the sky
Wish a lot of people (was a lie?)
And I probably passed on a whole lot of truth
But I know about a whole lot of lies
Man I wish I had me a time machine
I would tell Martin it was all a dream
And I wish like Ray Jay back in 06
Guess it worked ‘cause I got my chick
And I wish like [?] did
If I could change the clock
Man I’d change a lot
And I probably wouldn’t be so selfish
I woulda gave a lot
Man I’m ashamed of that
I wish I coulda told [?] thank you
Before it got way too late
I wish I woulda worked on my jump shot
But time just fades away
I probably wish too much
I know I play less than I should
I know I did too much
I take it all back if I could

[Hook:]
Wish I had another chance
Maybe I’ll do better [x3]
Every time I think about all of my mistakes
I just wanna turn it around
Be like oh oh oh ooh oh
Oh oh oh ooh oh
If I never went there, I would never know
Oh oh oh ooh oh
Oh oh oh ooh oh
Maybe I can turn it around

[Verse 2:]
I wish I didn’t do it but I did it
Man it happened last night
Man I wish I would try to act like you ain’t never lost your sight
And I don’t even do it for the money
Except when I do it for the money
Trying to find yourself and you find yourself doing things in the dark kinda funny
I wish I had ten more wishes
I swear I got ten more visions
And life is a game that I can’t stop playing
Baby gimme like ten more minutes
I’m almost finished
I wish I had a little more time
I gotta whole lot of goals I wish I could achieve, I believe Imma lose my mind
Before I get to those
Yeah I miss the goals
But my shot was off
Can't tell what I lost until I count the cost
But I probably missed my calling
Wish I was a little bit taller
Wish I was a baller
Then again every time I get a little money
I be looking at the next man like he smaller
I can’t call it
And I wish I didn’t go and get high on the one first date
I was all zoned out, paranoid like “did you hear that noise"
And I know she probably thinking I’m cray (crae)
No pun intended
I wish I repented
A little bit quicker
Then again I didn’t pull the trigger
I know I said I have no regrets but I sure do wish every chance I get go figure

[Hook]

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Runners

[Intro:]
Hey, fellas. Where are the treadmills?
Oh, they right there in the back
Ooooweee! She bad! Oh, that's why I love this gym that's I love this gym!
Woo! Man forget the bench press today it is a cardio day for your boy, my goodness she bad!
Holla at yo boy!

[Verse 1:]
Uh, I can't lie, I admire beauty like the next man. (It's True)
I still remember when I used to get my check cashed
Get my hair cut, I hit the streets with my hair gassed
Lookin' out for little mommas with a fat faaasssss
That's what my auntie used to tell me
Girl in my rear view tryna tell me (Uh oh)
Cause she knew wasn't nothing you could tell me
Always on a trail of another female
Well, well they say my papa was a player
Somebody's honesty is honest in me baby
Somehow in college greek letters made me cuter
All the time online I still couldn't compute it
Uh, I pledge girls then it's on to the next girl
My next girl eventually be my ex girl
But its' funny how it all unfolds
I done finally found a woman I ain't never letting go whoa

[Hook:]
Ooh she looking bad (Don't do it)
I wonder if she got a man (Don't do it)
I don't see no wedding band (Don't do it)
I promise you don't wanna go through it (Take it from me)
You don't want no problems (You don't want no problems)
You don't want no problems (You don't want no problems)
You don't want no problems (You don't want no problems)
Find yourself in the obituary [?]

[Verse 2:]
It ain't nothing like a good woman
If you got you one of those, be good to 'em
Keep it a honey love, everybody want it
But the lies and the lust keep lying next to us, but
I got past, and I'm known to pass it
Up from my passion and I ain't here blastin'
Born a sinner just like any man standing
Couldn't keep standing so God sent a stand-in
If you creepin' when you feel desire creepin'
I know another way to win that don't involve cheating
Don't involve another heart broken into pieces
When a girl call you tell you she saw you on Peach St
Meet pretty underscore nice features
Had a couple drinks and have yourself a little peace and
Now you feel like the man in the streets pull 'em to the crib
I see your pants in the street, man

[Hook]

[Interlude:]
Baby, why are all my clothes in the street?
Oh, you don't know why your pants is in the street?
Hah, yeah, Shiquita told me she seen you on Peach St
Uh huh, all up in the girl's face - you gotta go!
You see, that's my cousin, that was my sister, like my friend
No, I don't wanna hear it
Shut up!
Get your stuff and go! Bye!

[Hook]

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All I Need Is You

(All I need is you)
By my side, thick and thin
Highs and lows, don't let go
We gone ride, we gone win
Don't know how, all I know
(All I need is you)

Keep me in my timezone when my mind's gone
When I'm flyin' home
And I'm stressed out and I'm tempted to get that styrofoam
And go pour it up, but you know what's up
And you know that ain't gone solve nothin'
I mean Lord forbid I might fall or somethin'
And I'm all or nothin' cause (all I need is you)
To hold me down like bed straps to the psych ward
It's killing me but you still with me when I fight hard
And (all I need is you)
You digging me when I'm igging you
Get with me when my cars pulled
Coulda dealt with me but you fell for me 'for I fell for you
To keep me on that right path and the right math
Cause you plus nothin' is everything
You my everything, saying
(All I need is)
You, ain't gotta question my allegiance
Cause the way you love me I could never leave ya, I need ya

(All I need is you)
By my side, thick and thin
Highs and lows, don't let go
We gone ride, we gone win
Don't know how, all I know
(All I need is you)

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

How did I fall in this?
No condition that get a mention but you offered this
Unconditional love, I swear I sell it all for this
I'm tryna keep it together, forgive my awkwardness
But umm, often this issue in me often is
Valley of shadows and I know they trying to pick me off in this
But all I need is you
It's funny just how off I get when I ain't ridin' with you
No adjectives for you awesomeness
They burning one for that burn out
This life in God, I'm all turnt out
Took time out to put time in so I turn to you when I'm worn out
All I need is you
You slow me down cause you know me now with my phony smile
And I'm acting like it's all copacetic
It's so pathetic, so juvenile
Know what you do
You keep me cool in the summer
When they be dressin' less and I be wantin' to show off and stunt
There ain't nothin' to want, you give me all that I need
All I need is you to keep that fire burnin' for me
All I need is you

(All I need is you)
By my side, thick and thin
Highs and lows, don't let go
We gone ride, we gone win
Don't know how, all I know
(All I need is you)

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

Ain't nobody gone get in the way
Put that on my money in the bank
Cause you do what them others can't
And I love that, yea
We gone ride till the rims fall off
Above it all, we can never fall, yea
Hold my hand, we can have it all
Hold my hand, we can have it all

(All I need is you)
By my side, thick and thin
Highs and lows, don't let go
We gone ride, we gone win
Don't know how, all I know
(All I need is you)

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

You, you're all I ever needed
You're all I ever needed

You always pick me up when I'm feelin' down
You always make it better for me some how
All I need is you, cause all I need is you
(All I need is you)

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Give In

(feat. Crystal Nicole)

[Hook - Crystal Nicole:]
I’m giving it all away
No more hiding
No more stallin'
I hear you calling' me
And I’m coming
See me running
I give in (uh oh oh, uh oh oh)
You win (uh oh oh, uh oh oh)
I give in (uh oh oh, uh oh oh)
You win (uh oh oh, uh oh oh)

[Verse 1 - Lecrae:]
I try but I just can’t keep this thing to myself
Look tire low, and I know ain't nobody else
But I’m focused now and I know it’s all about you
You always see me through that what you do
Tell me
Tell me where would I go, where would I be?
Love is hard to find but you blind and loosing your way
And now ain’t nobody else for me, it’s just you
You got my time, all the time, anytime, my mind’s on you

[Hook - Crystal Nicole]

[Verse 2 - Lecrae:]
They laugh at me and say I’m going too far
But it’s satisfying my soul to give you my all
They don’t understand what I got it’s so real
They can talk about me, they can kick me out, but can’t take away what you give
People telling me that I’m probably too far gone
But they don’t understand where I been and they walk the roads that I’ve walked on
Tell me who I’m gon call on
Whose solid ground can I fall on
You everything that I never dreamed you’d give to me and its all on you
You know you got me deep off in this thing I’m all in
I swear ain’t no love like this love that I’ve been given
I can’t resist it’s just too much your love is endless
And I don’t care what they say no more no way I give in you

[Bridge - Crystal Nicole:]
It’s time to cut the cord
Sever the ties from the life before
From here on out I’m yours
I can’t run no more
Cause you’re pulling me in
Like a tornado wind
And I can’t pretend
I try leaving
But your love so strong
And it won’t let go
You’re holding on to me

[Hook - Crystal Nicole]

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Good, Bad, Ugly

[Hook:]
Come on everybody sit down
People wanna act like they are in and out
Well I'm here to wipe off your smile
And tell you what's the word around town
I know you don't wanna hear the truth
I know you hate the fact that I actually have the proof
But I just need you to believe
I'm talking the good, the bad, the ugly

[Verse 1:]
Remember back in '02
When I was in school and actin' a fool
My soul got saved, my debt had been paid
But still I kept running off on my crew
Sex on my brain, and death in my veins
Had a main thing, we stayed up 'til 2 (Smoke!)
Waking and thinking we naked, my body was loving it
Soul was hating it, man
Time and time after time, our bodies were close
The girl was so fine
Heard a heart beat that wasn't hers or mine
The miracle of life had started inside
Ignored the warning signs
Supressed that truth I felt inside
I was just having fun with this, I'm too young for this
I'm thinking me, myself, and I
Should I sacrifice this life to keep my vanity and live nice?
And she love and trust me so much that whatever I say, she'd probably oblige
But I was too selfish with my time
Scared my dreams were not gonna serve
So I dropped her off at that clinic
That day, a part of us died

[Hook]

[Verse 2:]
I remember back in the day
I was barely in the first grade
Got teeth missing, watching Tom & Jerry
Tryna go outside so I could play
I was told to watch out for strangers
Keep my eyes out for danger
Folks workin' late, I had a babysitter
I ain't 'bout to sit here and name her
I was almost 8, when she came in late
Woke me up with a game to play
Did a few things that's hard to say
Told me to keep that secret safe
How a young boy supposed to deal
I'm tryna act like it ain't real
Had my innocence just stripped from me
I still don't know how to feel
And I'm wondering how to address it
Can't tell my family, too messy
So I just embrace it, it's hard to face it
I'm too ashamed to confess it
So I kept it in and ain't speak
Can't think, it hit me so deep
So into it, I got promiscuous
And only God can help me get free
But I've been forgiven, my Savior risen
I'm out the prison, I know that
I got the power to say to no to all of my struggles
God will control that
Every time we slip and we fall
Gotta get back up and fight on
We are not defined by our past
The future look bright, I see the light on

[Hook]

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Broken

(feat. Kari Jobe)

[Verse 1 - Lecrae:]
I’m just a broken instrument in the hands of the Greatest
So if the notes are off it’s ‘cause I ain’t nothin’ to play with
And you can fault me, but ain’t we all off key
Majorin' in the minors like there ain’t no errors behind us
Somehow we still mix these melodies with my felonies
I ain’t buyin' nothin' they sellin' me what you tellin' me
Broken pieces actin' like we ain’t cracked
But we all messed up and cain’t no one escape that
We some broken people
Came from broken homes
Broken hearts inside of a broken soul
Alcoholics, the addicts
English, African, Arabs
Ain’t no riches to fix it
You still broke when you have it
If you ain’t breakin' bad and you still chasin' the habit
It ain’t no wonderland so we still chasing the rabbit
Ain’t a soul on the planet
That’s better than another
And we all need grace in the face of each other

[Hook - Kari Jobe:]
All the pieces on the ground
I shattered all the dreams
I thought I found
And you put me back together
I need your grace for my flaws
God I’m broken in this mess I’ve made
I need you to restore me

[Verse 2 - Lecrae:]
From Heaven we all small
Can't nobody buy tickets
You better have will call
That reaper he will call
They hurt just like me
Work just like me
Lust of the flesh that brought em life
They flirt just like me
Regardless of our money we all broke together
And if we don't swallow our bride we gon choke together
Tryna hold onto our lives with these clumsy hands
Fell off the wall of purity
Doing that Humpty dance
Forget the king's horses
Forget the king's men
The King is coming to put us back together again
I've been fighting since my daddy left
Fighting for approval
Think I don't know tryna get this world to love me is futile
We [?] being less
Than what we were made to be like being what they suggest
We are outsiders, outliers, out-criers loud and meek
Inherit the earth, [?]

[Hook - Kari Jobe]

[Bridge - Kari Jobe:]
Your presence in me
Is all the strength that I need
Your presence in me
Is all the strength that I need
And I'll always be home
And I'll always be home

[Hook - Kari Jobe]

You never left me
You never ran off
You never gave up
[x3]

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Messengers

[Hook: For King & Country]
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers

[Verse 1: Lecrae]
We've been given a call
Been forgiven, risen
We livin' to give him our all
Rise up from your past
That's holding you down
This moment is all that matters
The future is now
How will the people know if we don't tell 'em?
If we fail 'em
They're stumbling in the dark
But the lighters that we carryin'
Don't have to wonder your purpose
Or what you're here for
Reflect his image
And show the world what he cares for

[Bridge:]
And I know it's all right
And you know it's your life
And we know that time's running out
Can't wait around cause

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
I've been a lot of places where the scene ain't pretty
I've seen plenty of hate, death and destruction
Where ignorance kills many
The blind leading the blind
We turnin' a blind eye
That alone is a crime
We've got the power to life
I know that we make mistakes
Don't let 'em keep you away
Mercy, love, and His grace
The reason we movin' here
Speak out
Though we've never been qualified to do it
I ain't earned it
I was loved into it
I'm brand new

[Bridge]

[Hook]