Bang

this musics up in my speakers been poppin off at the mic since he was young, wild, and skemmin
got these dudes out there dreamin,
maybe if I could get a slice of that fame then maybe i'd be steezin
just keep trustin in the temporary to try to keep breathing
but one day you're heart will stop beating, and your breath will decrease 
but I more than flesh and bones, received the spirit of the lord and now my life won't cease
was dead in my flesh til I met jesus; he gave me peace
separated from the lord now I'm cryin ABBA Father cuz he justified me


and I know I don't deserve it, but he saw it fit to change me
He gave me new life when he came and washed my feet, and then named me
his adopted son, now i'm treading on my high places, 
cuz Lord's is my strength and I really don't care what you think
I ain't here to impress y'all, but to boast in the one who saves 
he's the living water so i'm never thirsty, cuz I always drink
think'n them dunks or girls will give you life or joy,  you aint never satisfied, boy what you think?
life aint no game or about your fame, its about livin for the king of kings 
so lose your life and find it and live for eternal things 


Chorus


V2
man I used to be so foolish thinkin I could climb my way to the top
working for something I could never reach, cuz Christ already got dibs on that spot
So why you out there runnin and usin your breath for yourself, take a second ask yourself the inevitable, 
it's just you and no one else
why you bang, why you grind'n for dat chain, wylin out and mackin on dem honeys , don't you know thats a dead end
say you come up on dat guap and you makin them crowds pop, get all the attention that you want, 
 homeboy at some point it's  gonna stop, 


and once it ends, what are you really gonna have to show,
some empty pockets, a forgotten name, cuz its from dust to dust we go
our lifes a vapor, and we have no control


I'd rather be trusting in a sovereign king who never lets me go
He sent his son to die in my place, robed me in righteousness through faith,
now I finally found my place its in the fold of God, he had mercy on me in accordance to His grace
so with endurance, I run the race, not for a perishable crown but the upward call to see Jesus face


Tell Em All (Remix)

V1
frustrated, self-infatuated, who will deliver me from this body of death,prideful and arrogant, silly kid thinking this world about me,
like I'm at the center of the universe, then I realize that you're beyond the universe and
you don't fit inside some theological box I try to cram you into 
It's hard for me to understand glory and perfection, when everything around me is a distorted image
but this da picture, you paint a perfect image, you open up my eyelids and give a different vision
Some times I see this world as a mirage, but then I look at the truth in your word, and I can see that its all a disguise
most of us like to think we're better than we are, play the fool and look for the approval of others and our stuff 
so what kinda love is this that you'd take the wrath pinned upon me
a guilty man freed from his sinful sentence and self absorbed existence


V2
My rhetoric isn't heretical, my aim is communicating sound doctrine, and growing in the knowledge of the Lord
See yea he put his glory on display, when he took the pine for me, he called me to follow him, so now I carry my cross on me
and Im tryna kill my flesh all the time , you can say I'm suicidal, but he made me his beloved son, now that's my title. 
now the saints and the church is my clique, and we bringing he truth into your city, better believe me when I say, we ain't stopping until it's finished. Now we livin for the glory of the lord, not livin for the fame or your applause, you can try to stop us, pop us, bring them choppas, but nothing will separate us from the love and providence of Jesus Christ,
For if our God is for us, than who can be against us, shout out to all
My brothers and sisters, enduring extreme persecution, but ain't quittin, and they finding their joy in his grace and his salvation only,
You're an encouragement and we strive to run with you, our beloved's


You Know it

i got da spirit of the truth up in my veins
He blow like da wind,  they say your boy gone insane
some be like he crazy, ain't tryna hear what he saying
cuz the truth in my lyrics,  I make it so plain 
yea i rep the christ, so they be judging my style
unashamed, on my eternal, so yea i got a while
say you looking fresh but you really rotting flesh, 

keep turning down the volume, so you can't hear like the rest 

this aint just literary or poetical, its literal, keep on being critical
maybe see the truth, cuz I ain't rapping for the temporary
i'm on that forever ever, that he promised me, when i drank his blood, ate his flesh
just like subway i ate fresh, feasts of feasts with the king of kings,
now I'm sittin at his table, i'm among them saints
now I twist on the track, ain't for myself, for da glory of da lord 
the one who died on a cross and raised on the third, gave me new life, 
recessitated cuz I was dead in my strife
flagin like da rest, but He showed me the way, 
The Son rose, now I'm on my new day
Go ahead talk, say what you'll say, I ain't da same as I was, done killed my flesh
cross over like kimba walker
Walked in my flesh used to be a scoffer, now a truth stalker, heaven gates knocker, 
Gospel talker, commissioned to the nations, to make  disciples
show them love and tell them the truth, to repent and believe cause the kingdom is at hand
so open up your eyes open up your ears, taste and see that the lord is good


Poppin' Off

V1.

Whilst I ever cease in seeking answers to the questions  of my heart
the answer not lies in the quest to enlightenment, but from the end being the start

The truth and light exists whether or not I journey in search of it or decide to see

its by irresistible grace that we comprehend, what is now and what will be

the end is inevitiable as the sun and the moon rise and fall, we have no part in that causation who are we to feel we have control

tis my pride that blinds my eyes, a humble and contrite heart are what you require

your light shines into darkness, so its my desire to be refined by your fire, 

never a painless endeavor, It's like being asleep in the dark, and someone hits the lights, 

And I awake blurry eyed waiting for the day my faith will become my sight, 

when you call us home,  to your heavenly places

, so i'm seeking to lay my treasures in your kingdom, nothing on earth is mine to keep anyway. 

Im Still in this body of flesh, groaning in awaiting for the revealing of our inheritance,  when we get to stand with you and be face to face in your presence

 but until then I await patiently, seeking the promises you've given us, not being choked by this world that we see fading in front of us



V2.

sinful and depraved, wicked man that I was, Heart, its tricky, deceitful above all things



emotions seem to get the best of me, sometimes they supersede your truth

opposed to your being, I had nothing good in me, 

A child of wrath, alienated from your commonwealth, opposed to your will and loving people,

focused on my flesh, a prideful man was i, ignorant and stupid,

If I'm changed, then why do I do the things, i don't wanna,

Lord you know, all my longing is to please you and do your will, but instead sometimes I choose the opposite and how I feel

This my struggle, fighting flesh daily, 

sinking in my thoughts, choked by this world, feeling defeated 

I know this ain't the glorious light that you called me to, somehow I'm still wearing this crown that you gave to me though

I received your love and truth, even though I don't deserve it, because I ain't done nothing, it was by your grace and mercy



when the son came down, he lived a perfect life, he always did your will,  didn't abolish the law, he fulfilled it, 

He died on that cross, dead, he went into a grave, then he rose, in three days,  worthy, he receives all praise



now he sits at the right hand, he controls all things,He is the preeminence, and all things are his,  

all things were created through him and for him all things were created, and he holds it all together, whether rulers or dominions.


Remember the Rain

V1.
I got these dreams, hopes and aspirations, pressure keep getting harder and and sometimes it seems its difficult to hold it all togetheraye i'm just being honest, life is really hard and I ain't got it all figured out,  Imma seek his Glory above all, aye i'mma scream and shout bout it,
traded in my broken crown for a new one, old dirty rags for some righteous ones, discipleship is costly, but if I'm still living for myself, than I've missed it.
cuz whats faith without a cross and whats a crown without a king. if I gain the world and lose my soul, then I really didn't gain a thing.
This Bass up and my mic on, full court press, it's coming strong. I ain't talkin with lofty speech, I chose to know nothing but christ and him crucified, merk my flesh, on the day to day. we liven for his glory and go out to rep his name, praying to live my life with all boldness, cuz to live is christ and to die is gaaiinnn! 

V2.
I was a crooked, cold, hearted, man, hollow words, I traded em in, now I rep the truth, tryna give the full counsel, no I don't labor in vain. cuz, I gotta give em that gospel, showing dis world what they missin and what they made for. gotta give it out, chop it up, break it down, live it out, whatcha thinking we here for. We were made for his worship, not to live for our own glory. 
Oh you think you swag gin, got them girls, you be brag gin, check these tags i'm poppin, when I come up out the club, I'm stagerin, after this she gonna come over, we smashing. 


Take Me Alive

The End (Sample)

24 and learning daily, by God's grace, to live in light of a Gospel (good news) that's outside of and contrary to what I see around me in the world. These are my thoughts, struggles, restating truths, I encounter on a daily basis, trying to follow Jesus Christ. Writing has become a way of establishing a stronger foundation of theology and way to communicate God's redemptive plan and love, in the face of Jesus Christ. Hope this encourages brothers and sisters, alike and challenges all to think about who God has revealed himself to be in scripture. 

Grace & Peace to you all,
Seth Sharp