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I know you keep a journal and every page is rippled
From the tears that you cry, ain′t no meanin′ to your scribble
Cause words can′t describe what you′ve been feelin′ inside
It′s like thousand foot walls, and they′re still on the rise
But look up to a beautiful sound
And see for yourself you′re not that far down
And know this, I cannot love a little
My promise to you is unconditional

And I′ll keep the light on, baby
Just keep the course, you can weather the storm
I′ll keep the light on, baby
You′ve come this far, don′t you ever lose heart, now

Just turn around and I′ll be there
I′m moving into your atmosphere
Just turn around and I′ll be there
I′m moving into your atmosphere

I know you′re all alone in a crowd full of friends
I can see it in your eyes that your fadin′ again
Checking out, moving into your hole
Where the light can′t touch any part of your soul
But hold up and let the river rush in
You can turn around and start livin′ again
Cause your life is a beautiful bloom
In the image of the one that created you

I′ll be there

Said I′ll be there, said I′ll be there
Said I′ll be there always, forever

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I′m a brand new man, I′m a conscious man
I′m a man who′s burnin′ for you
The mistakes I′ve made have been chased away to the bottom of the ocean blue
I′m a brand new man in a foreign land, I′m a man who′s feelin′ that fire
And it′s all so clear when I′m standing here at the peak of my desire

So won′t you move me like you used to
I want the world to know I burn for you

I feel revived again, I am alive again
(Burnin′ for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up
I feel revived again, I′m energized again
(Burnin′ for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up

Woke up in a sweat, those ghosts in my head
Had a grip, but I slipped on by
It′s a whole new day as the darkness fades
And the sun′s climbing in the sky
I concede, my love, that I need your love
I′m before you, a broken man
And it′s only you, no substitutes who can renew this soul again

You got me higher than Kilimanjaro
Got me believin′ I can "save the day"
I′m up and running like their ain′t no tomorrow
I′d rather burn for you than fade away
I′d rather burn for you than go my way

I′m a whole new guy with a whole new vibe
Changed inside - more flame in the fire
Can′t stop, won′t stop praying for desire
Like the bunny on the screen feel so energized
Old shell gone without a trace, new face
No more shortness of breath, new pace
Live life now without the taste of fear
TOBYMAC, Double Dutch now let the smoke clear

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They call us Diverse City, we′re colorful good
It′s like a freak show in your neighborhood
So, if you wanna praise you can come on down
Cause this freak show′s leaving the ground

Up, up and away, baby we don′t play, maybe you thought you was done for the day
He said, she said, I said this, that you can′t get away from your moment of bliss
Stirring, we′ll lure you in and we′ll make room for the shade of skin
Short ones, tall ones, skinny ones, bigger, love is the gun and we pullin′ that trigger
So you send me and I′ll send you hope in the form of a new tattoo
Mine is the shiny city on a hill and yours, of course, is the colors that fill it
We′ll take you high, we′ll take you higher

Now come to the city where you can praise
If you′re black, if you′re white, if you′re yellow or grey
In the morning, in the night, anytime of day
What′s that place - Diverse City
With curls in your hair and braids on the side
Straight shake′em loose, just come on and ride
We′re a body with parts, like you and me
Together we make diversity

Welcome to Diverse City, we′re colorful good
It′s like a freak show in your neighborhood
So, if you wanna praise you can come on down
Cause this freak show′s leaving the ground

Said we′re Diverse City, we′re colorful goods
It′s just a state of mind, we gonna shine the way that we should, baby
So, if you wanna praise you can come on down
Cause this freak show′s leaving the ground

You bring the heart, I′ll bring the soul
I′ll bring the flag, you bring the pole
We′ll fly it high so the whole world knows
The dream of a king ′bout to unfold

We ′bout to do this thing for real
Diverse City got mass appeal
So put your hand in the hand of mine
And we′ll spread this love like dandelions

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Do you know where you′re going to
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to
Do you know

This goes out to my man his name is True Blue
For all the nights that your Daddy spent away from you
For all the days that I told you "Maybe next time"
Laid up in the studio consumed with my next rhyme
What kind of lyric can I drop to make you think twice
About the trials that you′re gonna face in this life
I can lullaby even point you to the Most High
Prayin′ every little thing is gonna be all right
Someday my love isn′t gonna be fulfilling
Try as I may, human love it hits a ceiling
But I can sow the seeds, say a prayer, this I know
If faith can move a mountain
Surely God can make His spirit grow in you

[CHORUS]

This goes out to my little man t Mac
For all the junk you′ve been carrying on your back
My burden′s easy and My yoke is a featherweight
And this you know yet you′re still a man of little faith
What can I do to spring your knowledge into how you roll
Don′t you have the Spirit and the letters that My people wrote
My love stretches farther than your mind can conceive
I′ve got a hand full of grace, a heart full of mercy
Someday My son, your gonna find My love fulfilling
Hope as I may, you′ve got to turn in when you′re willing
I′ll take you as you are and just to add a human touch
I gave to you a son so you can understand the Father′s love for you

[CHORUS]

God will light your path if you want Him to
Just emphasize His lead and your dreams will come true
From the Father to the Son to the multitudes
He′s the lover of you soul, spiritual, baby do you know

[CHORUS]

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Do you remember
The southern breakfast treat
Referred to as grits
But it looks like cream of wheat

[chorus:]
Don′t bring me down
Please, please
Don′t bring me down
[repeat chorus]

Check this
Yo, I know a secret
Too hard not to tell
(Don′t bring me down)
If grits was locked up
Gotee would post bail

[repeat chorus x2]

Are you familiar
With the southern breakfast treat
(Don′t bring me down)
Referred to as breads
But to me it looks like
Spooky cream of wheat

[repeat chorus x3]

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We′re livin′ in extreme days

Comin′ at ya like a whirlwind
A hundred miles an hour′s where we′ll begin
I spy the eye of apprehension
Show me risk and you′ll get my attention

Come on, can ya take it
Bang to the bip I make ya wanna flip
Take my trip and you can bust your lip

I never fear ′cause I live fearless
Don′t even think for a second you can get with this

Come on, I never fake it, come on
These are extreme, extreme days
We′re livin′ in extreme days
These are extreme, extreme days
We′re livin′ in extreme days

I′m a freak from the burbs of the chocolate city
Luther Jackson was my middle
Pine Ridge my elementary
School of hip hop 1979
And Sugar Hill had the skills that taught me to rhyme

Got hip to Kiss and I tripped on Zeppelin
So Mr. Therapist, "Why did I go this direction?"
God had a plan to end all my schemes
I had a dream He said to be ... extreme

[CHORUS]

Just the other day I saw a kid
Who flipped his hat to the back and he called it a lid
You know what else he did?
He stacked books from the floor to ceiling
Said somethin′ bout trying to get to heaven
And he was only eleven
So he climbed to the top with outstretched arms
And he screamed at the top of his lungs

Move out my way
Give up the mic
"X" to me is extremely Christ
Livin up in me
Like it or not
Put an "X" on my chest
′Cause X marks the spot

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It’s been a long time coming
Since I saw your face
Since we held it down
Since we were in the chase
It was the road less traveled
The path less formed
A skinny trail
It was barely worn
But we kept on walkin’ and slippin’ and talkin’ and runnin’ and fallin’ and cryin’ and crawlin’
We were in the trenches
On top of the world
Young refugees but we were momma’s pearls
Where you been dog? Where you been?

I thought you fell off the face of the earth …

It’s been way too long and we’ve come to far
For you drop out my life like a falling star
Right off my radar
Not a sign or a trace
You know I had love for you that’s bigger than mistakes
Now Hope road is calling
Let’s pack you up and move
‘Cause real friends are willing to intrude
So I’m gonna push in cause I wanna love you well
Let the ghosts of your past rest

Open up the door
This is the first day of the rest of your life
What are you waiting for?
This is the first day of the rest of your life

Open up the door
To life …

Behold I stand at the door and knock
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door
I will come in …

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Yo, its me, Tobymac and I dont meanto trouble you
Im feelin fresher than a night at the W
You probably sayin you be hearin quite enough of you
With God and your rhymes and that freaky Jesus stuff you do
Like always pushin for that racial diversity
Leave us alone were at home in our fantasies
I know a guy who knows a guy who has brown skin
What in his wallet it so happens Im around him
Well never be that shinin city on a hill yall
Until we show and prove to the people what is real yall
Its like were stale dirty water in the tub of life
Gimme a fire that inspires all the world tonight
Gimme a fire that inspires all the world tonight

@ TobyMac

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Everybody everybody in the place to be
Open up your mind and let your soul be free
I can feel the Most High shining on me, so ...
Let′s get this party started

Everybody everybody in the place to be
Open up your mind and let your soul be free
I can feel the Most High smiling on we, so ...
Let′s get this party started

Blind-sided by the blitz
Come on baby it′s on
I couldn′t wait to get on this
You ain′t no quiet storm
I′m gonna tell it like it is
There ain′t no stopping us now
Somebody shut me up so I can live out loud

[CHORUS]

Them people thought I was gone
It′s been a long time comin′
But straight out the box
We got the dark side runnin′
So Father, Most High won′t You show Yourself
And shine on this record like nobody else

@ TobyMac