Lecrae

lying down; having a tendency (to); often used in combination

I was master of my fate, lost control, and then I sank

So I don't want to take the lead, 'cause I'm prone to make mistakes

All these folks who follow me, gon' end up in the wrong place

conduct; (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

I'm nice with the flow (nice with the)

Just like the demeanor (like the demeanor)

I'm feeding my fam (feed up my fam)

legal summons; serve or summon with a subpoena

I bring the fire, but you never seen her

I testify, don't need a subpoena

They want my soul, better go to Korea

bond; a restraint that confines or restricts freedom

Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance

I just wanna praise ya

positive thinker; a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

I can only hope in God with confidence

Opposite of optimist, you and I are consonants

Broken all the vowels, deservin' of every consequence

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

Right after Adam every atom in our anatomy's

Had to make adamant after what Adonai is against

Let me take you back to the tree in Eden

cut; set or keep apart

It's time to cut the cord

Sever the ties from the life before

From here on out I'm yours

distrustful; believing the worst of human nature and motives

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

dividing; dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Choppin' out to church, he ain't really fake

He divisive, he don't rep the King, he just want the fame

Aw man, now they actin' like I'm suddenly political

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

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

emphasize; give extra weight to (a communication)

When her girl call and tell her that she saw you off Peachtree

Meeting pretty underscore nice features

Had a couple drinks and had yourself a little piece and

arrogant; intended to attract notice and impress others

Got me feeling like a beast

A sickness and God is my witness but the foreign car making my pockets pretentious, Lord

Somebody help me

usually unauthorized markings (as of words, symbols, or images) on a public surface (such as a building, bridge, train car, etc.)

Loud colored tennies

Body marked up like graffiti

I don't push a Maserati, Beamer, Benz or Bentley

nonsense; unintelligible talking

They sayin' get with this, just like a membership

They talkin' slick like this is it, but it's just gibberish

I say I'm interested, they say you different

sway; move without being stable, as if threatening to fall

Readin' passages while judgin' others, givin' dirty looks

We teeter-totter on the line of sinner and misunderstood (misunderstood)

No one's perfect, we're exposed

construct; put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

I deserve death along with these liars and hypocrites

Fake tough rappers who fabricate they predicaments

Fake-deep guru pushin' voodoo on the people

active at night; belonging to or active during the night

Lawyers hittin' my phone over big cases

Gave my life to the dark, I was nocturnal

Mama said, "Change," I was not turnin'

storm; a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Now I'm comin' in, hammer time number two

What you gon' do when the tidal wave pull up with a typhoon? (What you gon' do?)

I say a prayer on the floor like it's War Room

pulpit; a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Was smoking Nics at night while they was watching Nickelodeon

Now I'm giving sermons on stages without the podium

This gospel rapping took me from China to Ethiopia

lower oneself; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

So hollow be my name

You're so immense but condescend to dwell inside my frame

And You restrain the waves

hold back; keep under control; keep in check

You're so immense but condescend to dwell inside my frame

And You restrain the waves

And tame fierce lions

having or showing lowered moral character or standards

My job oppressive, I strive for my blessin's

The pastor so corrupt it's hard to ride with his message

Riches destroy the owners, the government think they own us

corruption; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Or we gospel rappin' or preaching people out of they shoes

It's cool, I'll be that dude. We glued to our depravity,

Until somebody free us from this gravity. Fly!

wrong idea; an incorrect conception

Question, did you think you too messy for the Messiah? (Messy)

Misconception is that your mess could disqualify ya (true)

Do not follow me, we follow the one who part the seas

hide; lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

People pushin' your buttons and gettin' jerked around

I used to lurk around town tryin' to work around

Workin' so that I could hit the ground with the perfect sound

disaster; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

And I just gotta know that even though I'm a misfit

I'm still worth more than calamity's French kiss

Yes I'm loved, and I'm pursued

harmful; (sometimes followed by `to’) causing harm or injury

In the truck feelin' presidential

With my girl lookin' detrimental

Killin' anything tryna to be a side piece out my mental

captivate; attract strongly, as if with a magnet

And the, taste so appealing's got a grip upon my soul

These, honey dip lies mesmerize me

Pride's got its crooked fingers twisted all inside in me

swivel; turn on a pivot

It's too hot, I can't play with no cop

I can't get off of my pivot

It's been a minute, strugglin' but I been deliverin' (yeah)

drive away; force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

And lately they twist my words up to bait me

And I try to dispel the rumors

But all that's drivin' me crazy

swearing; blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

And yo' words will be eaten, folks'll be readin' yo' vomit

The recipe for disaster asks for blasphemy

And as for me, ask for me, I give you gravity

satisfy; make happy or satisfied

Now don't start

See dawg I live by the Spirit so I don't gratify

All them old sinful desires that never satisfy

pride; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Used to think I was the man 'til I met Him

All that arrogance and pride, I dead 'em and fo'get 'em

I'm a saint

suspension; an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

They be fishin' for attention but don't know how to bait us

Keep that hate on hiatus, big ups to my creator

No big bang just a banger, so tell that DJ to bang it, yeah

soothe; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

But never see me in the streets in 3D (uh-uh), B please

We ain't come here to appease (no)

We came to spit these spiritual soliloquies (yeah)

theory; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

I'm tryna find a big homie for Slim Jesus

Thesis of a new hope

More hardcore than Star Wars part four rated R

replace; take the place or move into the position of

Believe us

Because of the bible that supersedes us (uh-huh)

Not to the intellectual thesis (yeah)

similar; able to be compared or worthy of comparison

Swallowed all that bitterness, pain and affliction

Ain't a soul in Hell with pain comparable to this one

Brought me to repentance, homie I'm blood-purchased

threatening; threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

We need leaders and believers to help carry it on

But who would minister in a sinister part of town

I pray if Jesus is calling you, you would be found

comparison; a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds

Oh wait, hold up, this where I'm supposed to do something

Lyrical miracle metaphor simile onomatopoeia on a period

You's a peon, period, I dominate rap

apparent contradiction; (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

But I can't keep taking holidays

It's a paradox seekin' paradise

Thought I'd try my luck and roll it up like a pair of dice

unorthodoxy; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

We gotta tell 'em they can get rich quickly

Now this is heresy, false, it's not true

2nd Corinthians chapter 8 and verse 2

adapt; be similar, be in line with

They say since everybody's doing it it's normal

But Jesus said be transformed and don't let them conform you

You ain't thin enough you need a new diet

inclusive or general; presenting a summary or general view of a whole

We in the -burbs and the hoods that's hostile

We share a common view like synoptic Gospels

And you know we keep a couple young dudes around us

worldly; someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Our God is holy, you should repent and die slowly

See, there's this thing called secular humanism that says man is the source of all meaning and all purpose

You know what I'm saying? We're just the result of a big cosmic explosion

lessen; become smaller or lose substance

We have the faith to start a riot; how can we deny it?

Fire inside us that you kindle when it starts to dwindle

And simply put I'm sinful so your love is essential

excite; catch fire

We have the faith to start a riot; how can we deny it?

Fire inside us that you kindle when it starts to dwindle

And simply put I'm sinful so your love is essential

relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites

My existence was just a figment of my feeble mind

So depressing, living for nothing but your carnal urges

Intellectuals answer questions, but it still disturbed me

enough; having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

I know my sins are numberless, iniquities are great

But you are adequate [pronounced adakwate], I mean you adequate

To cleanse me from my nonsense, from it I repent

waste; be silly or tease one another

If they lied on Jesus, why you think they ain't gon' cap?

Yeah, I was outside 'bout to burn with the chaff

In the cut, I run with the pack

illogical; not consistent with or using reason

Peep Ephesians 4 where Paul gets practical

First Timothy and Titus if you thinkin' I'm irrational

Oh men it's the church

practical; concerned with practical matters

Bitin' at that Achilles, tryin' to shake you girl (girl)

He's so pragmatic, (yeah) he's always back at it (damn)

That's why you gotta flee temptation, tell him, "You can have it" (you can have it)

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

Truth and the fruit, who really wanna juice

Move with a humble few these dudes who befuddle you

Derek Jeter boy, we cool being number 2

the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life

Wait a minute ya'll

Let me take it down a river while they rolling down the hedonism boulevard

Anything that got em' feeling, maybe money or the Lamborghini in the magazine about the sports car

praise; praise, glorify, or honor

I see 'em in my backyard. Dudes act hard, but I know they really lack God. Man, dump that

They don't know that God is holy. He oppose the proud, but exalt the lowly

That's why I'm rollin' wit' Him. My soul is wit' him

a state of great suffering of body or mind

A part-time lover took the full-time pay

God please show her mercy, her affliction's here to stay

She just found out she pregnant and