Lecrae

[fox69]

"King Intro"

"King Intro"



Let's establish that He' Israel' King
So in Matthew 1 and 1 and on the 1: 17,
We see His lineage and trace way back into time
That legally He was fine in the Davidic line
And genealogically He' still King of the Jews
Cause the Book of Luke exposes genetical clues
See a true King
Though He didn't do it in the physical,
He brought a new covenant to free 'I'm in the spiritual
And after sometime,
Wise men from the east came looking for the new born king in the streets
I know some of you dudes may cruise a foreRunner
But Christ had the dude He used as a forerunner
And no promoter gunna cut it like the John the Baptist
You need publicity stunts so you datin' an actress
A real King has somebody bringin' the news
That his kingdoms ahead and they ain't fit to lace up his shoes
So tell me who's the one anointing all these so called kings?
They all self proclaimed and man, that's a dangerous thing

 

[fox69]

"Let It Whip"
(feat. Paul Wall)

"Let It Whip"
(feat. Paul Wall)



[Verse 1: Lecrae]
Yo, aye look
5th wheel straight hangin
Grip the grain, I'm swangin
It's Texas all on my roots boy
Ain't no point in me changing
On 45, trunk bangin
From fair park to south acres
I hit big T's then I hit kings
In the same day no playin
I'm whippin, I'm dippin though the great state of Texas
I used to rock the gold, tall t's with a necklace
My car wasn't mean but I kept that thing clean
Paint chip, couple dents
Ain't a break, shoot to scream
Oh well, I feel gotta let that trunk knock
Hear me beatin down yo block
And my car just stopped again
Mayne, my gas gauge don't work
I can't tell how much gas I got man

[Hook: Lecrae & Paul Wall]
Let it whip
I let it whip
See? I let it whip
Hold up
Let it whip
Paul Wall baby
All ready

[Verse 2: Paul Wall]
I pull up, trunk bumpin like a bad shage
Speakers blastin next july with the trunk raised
Vogue tires lookin fresher than a pair of J's
Seven cars right behind me in a slab parade
I'm a pro, I work the wood like a carpenter
Everybody tippin down, no bartender
Candy paint, make em take my picture oftener
Money on my phone like a telemarketer
I weave the Llac through traffic like Malaysian hair
My fifth wheel bow down like it's time for prayer
All speakers in the trunk, roll no spare
Paint job, 10 racks for 10 thousand stares

[Verse 3: Lecrae]
Yea sir
Hey look yo car might be rusty
Your ride might be old
But that thing get you from A to B
So go and put the thing on the road
Mane you ain't gotta be stuntin
Got a good job, a little money
Aye you don't need no car note
You debt free and then frontin
They struggling
You prayful, you ain't sittin on the bustin
Got 4 wheels, I got low bills and that's so weird, it's 100
That's factory, don't play that
That's Japanese, we gon say that
Don't let the crack in yo roof with scratch
Well I'm cool with that so don't lay back
Don't need a Benz and no Maybach
No CD player, got 8-track
You old school, that yo cool
Don't let nobody say jack
Just ride, don't let them kill yo vibe
Yo air don't work? Go and let them windows down
And let that thing whip

 

[fox69]

"Like That"

"Like That"



Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

I heard he drive you crazy, but come on girl let's face it
He got your heart deceived, and you ain't thinkin' straight well...
God love you lady, you'll always be his baby
But you using your body, to go out and disgrace Him
You need to leave him shawty, and you should leave him shortly
After this message, I'm guessing you think you need him shawty
No but you need God, your heart it please God
It be his satisfaction, and live to please God

He'll never lie to you, you know His perfect love
You know He died for you, He's got the perfect love
So let him go go go go
To sleep with him is a no no no no

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

Hey, you know Satan like to play you girl
Bitin' at that achilles, tryin' to shake you girl
He's so pragmatic, he's always back at it
That's why you gotta flee temptation, tell him "you can have it"
He's a trickster, loves to tell you that you need sin
Make you think you still a slave when you a free man
Always see men, but don't be ignorant
And fall pray to the liar in the lion's den
If you wait 'til you're alone on a date night
To figure out what's wrong in the late night
It's too late, right? You got caught up again
And now you back in sin feel like you can't ever win
But that's a lie again, you gotta raise up
Knowing God is the only one who can save us
Satan played us, it shouldn't amaze us
Crafty, taking advantage of the way we crave lust

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

Ladies, if Song of Solomon had never been written
And you never saw how men were supposed to cherish their women
And look at Ephesians 5 where they nourish their wives
Is he really that type of guy or are you rationalizing?
Our God deserves glory, greatest of love stories
He's more than movies and TV, believe me He knows that
We be provided His only Son when we ain't deserve it
He loves you on your worst days, you know He perfect
So hold on, and be content, you got the greatest, you single?
Don't give it away 'cause your life was made for the maker

What you got is a gift, don't waste it
Temptation be lookin' good, don't taste it
I told you back in '05 you should've waited, waited, waited
Haha, you remember wait? Hey, if you lookin' for love, you need to find God.

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

Why you let him get you like that? (like that)
Why you let him treat you like that? (like that)
Why you let him stone cold play you?
He's a stone cold player
That's a no no no no

 

[fox69]

"Live Free"
(feat. Sho Baraka & Jai)

"Live Free"
(feat. Sho Baraka & Jai)



[Hook: Jai]
I'm free from sin
I win! I win!
I'm free! I'm free!
And no more chains are holding me!
I'm free from death,
Got power now,
Me kill the flesh
I'm free! I'm free!
(tell the world) I'm gone... I'm gone!

[Verse 1: LeCrae]
I know when you hear this beat it sound like something to step with
But morals and music you want them separate
Like garnish on the side something ya'll don't mess with
That Christo-centric rap electric
You might like rap that's wild and wreckless
A soap box for lots young and restless
They got ya head bobbin til ya lose ya necklace
Or betta yet bobbin til it leaves you neck less
You know where death is, where no more breath is and 3rd graders learn how to leave you chestless
Where God is dissed, dismissed and distant and far from their hearts cause they hard and wicked
Sin hates God for real
That's he's rarely talked about and he don't get the mass appeal
You might see sin sharin' a meal that it eats while it cheats on the spouse out seeking a thrill

[Verse 2: LeCrae]
They walk in the church dressed flyer than sea birds, she came to see him he hopin' to see her
They motives ain't right and they heart ain't either
And over God they choose to feed they fever
See he don't understand that It's Christ who bled for
Every second glance every turn of his head yo
And she don't really get that
Jesus did that
For every time she fantasize about his six pack
They sure like Al B
To connect like his brows be
And with they bodies spit in God's face so foully
Sin so
Bad it's a liar
It's says we on the throne tells God to retire
It's says He ain't enough
And it says we want more
Is says He ain't Just and it says He ain't Lord
Sin is the laugh at his power
Rape of his mercy
Mock of his patience
It say He ain't worthy

[Verse 3: Sho Baraka]
I been duped and been schemed
Like the Lord was cool with my sinning
Mocking the cross living unrepented
My sinful life kept us so
Distant
I know Lord and been king
Let him run your life like a
Simmons
Then you'll start loving his righteousness and we start
Looking just like his kids

[Bridge: Sho Baraka]
Live free by His mercy and grace
Live free by His mercy and grace and tell the world I'm gone
Live free by His patience and peace
Live free by His patience and peace and tell the flesh I'm gone
Live free by His joy and love
Live free by His joy and love and tell the lust I'm gone
Live free by His truth and just
Live free by His truth and just and tell the hate I'm gone

 

[fox69]

"Long Time Coming"
(feat. Swoope)

"Long Time Coming"
(feat. Swoope)



I've been treating this part of life like a dance floor
Side stepping all the things I've made plans for
And I ain't acting when I'm taking on the man's roles
Chance to enhance the fam can be a handfull
I rather have my hands full than be empty-handed
Travel all around the planets till I have it planted
Grow roots like great grand pap, married 65 years, 20 kids, same family
Strong as an ox and I'm from the same stock
So I'll won't be hanging out 'till I see the sun o'clocks
It's been a long time coming but I'm coming at a decent hour
Everything I've have is ours start the wedding shower
Teeball games in the summer ballet in the winter
And I ain't scrolling through my twitter while we having dinner
Time to grow up, done drank until I throw up
Neglected little man for my plans, try'n to blow up
Some people are so focused on the road to success
They don't see their whole family laying dead on the tracks.
I rather seize to have my lyrics spread over tracks
And put some family photos on the walls instead of plaques.

It's been a long time coming, but we're here now

Look
I remember watching videos by Hype Will
Thinking I could do that if I had a nice deal
But the precedent is MC's dead believe
They take the same exit that Mason Betha did
Cause when you're talking steal then ya sound hard
But they let you out ya deal when you found God
Back to watching Hype Will, think about how I feel
Wishes spitting Christian wasn't God's will
It's been a long time running, long time wondering
Long time humming stupid songs that I hated
From a rapper that I felt was overrated
'Cause I knew that he was faking but he everybody's favorite
Coming with that same "ha" had an 808 hit
Bricks that weight lift, chicks that is naked
I'm in my house studyin' the scripts that is sacred
If this a success recipe I ain't gonna make it
So many reasons not to. I only graduated high school
I'm from a small little city that they fly through, but never fly to
Just a plain town tryin' to be fly too
A town rapper, we backed down never
So I'm bout to take my hood up like Trayvon
Fi'n to hold my hood down like your favorite mob
Ventilate some hood, now I'm with the favorite march.
Walk up with the king boy I'm about to Pharoah march.
Red Sea is my favorite part.
The Lord opened up a new avenue
In the street, got the dove award and we passin through.
Church clothes on the mic spitting what your pastor do
Looking at the world through our Master's view.
Offer you the optic codes, keep this glasses, too.
On vying for the king, but we're cold rappers, dude.

It's been a long time coming

 

[fox69]

"Lord Have Mercy"
(feat. Tedashii)

"Lord Have Mercy"
(feat. Tedashii)



[No Malice:]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son
From what I once was to what I have become
Lord have mercy [x2]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son

[Lecrae:]
Dark Past full of evil endeavors
Heart clean never black and ugly as ever
However I seen my family die from them rocks
Them beams on blocks including my own pops
Homie I seen two much to drink them two cups
Can’t lean on the lean already way too screwed up
Was way to gone I was way to cold
Fifty yard hail mary I was way to thrown
I was Tarzan raised by gorillas and the beasts
High on them trees when I gorilla’d the beast
Then that truth came hit me got me outta my grave
All my partners say I'm changed
How am I go’n stay the same huh?!

[No Malice:]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son
From what I once was to what I have become
[x2]
Lord have mercy [x4]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son

[Tedashii:]
Killer tryna murder it chasing ladies down for fun
Saying come with me hail mary but then kill the son
However I seen them boys mane take that bar and wait for God’s sake
Beastie boy he still took three the hard way
Toss me out heart away crucifix no jewelry
Just wooden beams he took from me
Took 'em up to Calvary while I was a DGK
Wiling out to UGK runnin from the HPD
Huffin puffin mary jane no grip chains mane
I was looking for a super freak
Nasty cameo candy super sweet
But now your boy turnt up free from all them chains
Ya volume on ten you can call it unashamed

[No Malice:]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son
From what I once was to what I have become
[x2]
Lord have mercy [x4]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son

[Lecrae]
Now I'm turnt up daily I'm on my one-eighty
They thought I'd water down I'm like boy y'all crazy
On my J.O. my Oj Mayo I'm on my Grizzly
Jesus turned me around me so fast that you would swear I was dizzy
Now they askin who is he now they wonderin my name
I run in my own lane screaming Jesus is King
Til my heart stop pumpin no more blood in my veins
Watch me turn up everyday homeboy I'm so unashamed

[Tedashii:]
Turnt up boy turnt up boy
Turnt up boy turnt up
[x3]

[No Malice:]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son
From what I once was to what I have become
[x2]
Lord have mercy [x4]
Lord have mercy and pity on your son

 

[fox69]

"Lost My Way"
(feat. King Mez & Daniel Daley)

"Lost My Way"
(feat. King Mez & Daniel Daley)



[Hook: Daniel Daley]
Running, running 'til the fear is gone, don't know where I'm going
Don't know if I'll make it home, tell Mama I'm sorry
I know that I've made mistakes, tell her it ain't easy
I'll see her on judgment day, I lost my way
I lost my way, yeah, I lost my way, yeah [x4]

[Verse 1: Lecrae]
And tell the pastor to pray for me, I'm gone
Ay look, tell my mom and my partners who knew me since I was younger
I'm 'bout to sell out for fame and a couple dollars
Probably seen me on TV, standing with girls in bikinis
Bragging on money and things that I had to borrow
They knew it, I blew it, fame and fortune got to me
Keeping it real will keep you broke, I'm out here looking for glue
You wanted real hip-hop, I'm sorry
'Cause this VIP is free and all these girls want to party
So, super producer, pop singer, plus the yola
Now they got my record spinning, trying to sell you cola
Ah man, what happened? Started moving too fast
Traded the craft for the cash so now you do the math
Subtract the heart and the art you make for the people
You end up with a whole lot of zeros feeling like a zero
I use to be a hip-hop hero, now I'm just a victim of my ego
I lost my way, yeah, I lost my way
Mama, tell 'em I lost my way
Lord, I lost my way, yeah

[Interlude: King Mez]
Crazy can't nobody relate to nothing real no more
They want something fake, they want something fabricated, it's crazy
Can't nobody relate when I say, when I say

[Verse 2: King Mez]
When I say riding in the Hyundai, happy it's the weekend
'Cause I know Verizon won't disconnect my cell on a Sunday
They killed my Uncle [?] for nothing, I hate this gunplay
I can only talk to you from my soul, it'll pay off one day
[?] I got to be like an open book, we're spitting
It ain't the car you drove, it's the road you took to get it that defines you
Forget all that [?] and soda
Spending their life savings in front of a club promoter
Like they got it like that, man that's a kid on that car
Acting like he bought it like that, you only get me so far
You ain't no artist like that, art ain't loud, it's thought provoking
And often the biggest words come from those who are softer spoken
For the ice and the cream they be Baskin' and Robbin'
At gunpoint, they love it, I pray you ain't walking beside 'em
At one point, we fought together, made 'em stop all they lies
But now we lie to ourselves in that we don't realize
Lord, help us

[Hook]

 

[fox69]

"Lucky Ones"
(feat. Rudy Currence)

"Lucky Ones"
(feat. Rudy Currence)



[Hook (Rudy Currence):]
When it’s all said and done
You and I are the lucky ones
We fought many
And we’ll fight the night until we see the sun
We are the lucky ones
We are the lucky ones
We are here

[Verse 1 (Lecrae):]
Under the sun, I found we were left to drown
Evil abounds, weight is pullin’ us down
No sight or sound, impaired to His care
Chasing after the wind, running after the air
Deserving of desertion, servants of destruction
And everyday we taste of a grace that we’re unconcerned with
My sin I should be burned with, I'm guilty, filthy, and stained
But He became a curse, drank my cup and took my pain
And for that he reigns, through faith I'm changed
And I don't have a reason why he loosened up my chains

I don't believe in luck; I believe in Grace
But they say we’re lucky cause we seen His face
And we heard Him call us, and He heard our answer
And He gives us second chances when we throw our hands up
So weary and broken, hopin’ His arms will be open
Unconditional love has got us locked into His focus
(I guess we the luck ones, huh?)

[Hook]

[Verse 2 (Lecrae):]
You’re greater than my shame, guilt, my doubt, and my past
Fortunate to trust in you cause I've doubted your plans
I’ve questioned your ways, every question I raised
Is foolishness compared to mountains, the wind, and the waves
You’re so mindful of us, we rise from the dust
You love these cheating, beating hearts and these eyes full of lust
Gave us power to fight it, though we cower in quiet
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

I don't believe in luck, no, I believe in Grace
But they say we lucky cause we seen your face
Lord, we heard you call us, You heard our answer
And you give us second chances when we throw our hands up
I’m weary and broken, but your arms will be open
Unconditional love has got us locked into your focus

[Bridge (Rudy Currence):]
See, I’m not sayin’ I’m always right
And I ain’t sayin’ that I’m perfect
And I know I don’t deserve it
But I’m glad I got this life
I’m glad that I got it
And it makes me a lucky one

[Hook]

 

[fox69]

"Mayday"
(feat. Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones)

"Mayday"
(feat. Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones)



[Verse 1: Big K.R.I.T]
Awakened from my slumber by the thunder, lightning clappin'
Rainin' on my window pane and praying I make something happen
A preacher's prophecies never bothered me when I was younger
Sittin' on my grandma's lap, and she cried, I often wondered
"What was her tears for? Could it be for my grandfather?"
Or maybe she felt for me cause I'd see more of those cold tomorrows
Than she'd see. The world would up and turn on me
Cause the morals that she often spoke were meant for 1923
I fall asleep off in her arms, a psalm was spoken
"The Lord is surely my shepherd" and "lead me to the water"
A thought that often stuck with me, amongst the wolves that run the streets
Out here payin' dues then lose, I pray your ways would comfort me
A non-believer I never have and never could be
Lord, give me time to peep the signs I should see
Sippin' got me feelin' like a player
Ridin' clean, bendin' corners, hopin' I might find my savior
On the curb, I rarely go to church
False prophets rockin' Prada so I rarely feel the Word
Jezebel's lurkin' in the pews on the first
Preacher's weaker than the deacon cause it's hard to fight the urge
It's hard to live and serve when you on the Devil's turf
Sell your soul for the loan with no sense of what it's worth
Don't get it twisted, I ain't no saint, I ain't no pastor
But prayin' ain't just for cloudy days and natural disasters
Aware of what comes after, bet you ain't fo' sho'
I was warned that heaven ain't the only place to go
I'm doin' what I can cause there really ain't much time
I leave 'dis in the Lord' hands, I'm tired of cryin'

[Hook:]
Man down!
Hopin', prayin', sayin' I can't turn
Back now!
He will find you, this world'll blind you, don't you be another
Man down!
Hopin', prayin', sayin' you can't turn
Back now!
Help is just one prayer away
Don't be afraid to say,
"Mayday!"

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
Father forgive us for we know not what we do
In my bias, I've been pious with my nose up in the pews
Like Paul, I bear good news; they think I'm pall-bearin'
My message sounds like death to these hearers as they perish
Scary to think we on the brink of death
But no one stops look for answers on what happens next
Got a couple scriptures from our grandma, sayings from a preacher
But can't live out these standards that we heard it takes to reach 'em
But when I look at Jesus, He lived the life I couldn't
Suffered for my crimes so I wouldn't
I used to have to sneak into the movies 'cause I couldn't 'ford to pay
So 'splain to me how some one paid my way
When I hear Krit confessin' I respect him
'Cause most of us be lying like our lives don't need perfectin'
Nothin' that we muster, Nothin' that we can change
Admitting that we're imperfect, offendin' God with our games
Look, I'm just being honest so don't take for me for no lame
I seen it fo' myself; I'm a product of this thang
Now I found true religion, and it's not inside of denim
And them overpriced shades has never given us vision

[Hook]

 

[fox69]

"Messengers"
(feat. For King & Country)

"Messengers"
(feat. For King & Country)



[Hook - For King & Country:]
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Can you hear it?

[x4:]
Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey

[Verse 1 - Lecrae:]
Yeah, yeah
We've been given a call
Been forgiven, risen
We livin' to give him our all
Rise up from your past
It'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 stumbling in the dark
But the light is what we carry
Yea, don't have to wonder your purpose,
Or what you here for
Reflect his image
And show the world what he cares for

[Bridge:]
And I know it's al-right, right, right
And you know, and you know it's your life, life, life
And we know, and we know that time's running out
Can't wait around 'cause
The time is now
Yeah

[Hook]

[x4:]
Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey

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

[Bridge]

[Hook]

[x4:]
Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey

Can you hear it?

Ohh...

Can you hear it?

Ohh...

Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers

Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Can you hear it?

Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey
Oh, oh
Hey

Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey

Oh, oh
Can you hear it?
Hey

[x4:]
Oh, oh
Ohh, oh
Hey
Oh, oh
Hey

Can you hear it?

Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Can you hear it?

Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Calling all the messengers
Can you hear it?