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First Verse:
Oh you religious? / idolize your traditions and treat it like superstition/ that’s kinda, contradicting/ I get it, that’s how you live it/ stone cold critic// just listen don’t be offended/ and don’t reject that calling we ‘spose to answer/ you missed it so quick to cancel/ wherever you standing, put your hands up/ raised like manna, that’s sour dough for you scholars/ all that lip service and still ain’t selling the product/ Christ is risen////yea, long live Him/ like a run-on sentence the Word of Gods never ending/ put apostle in prison it still fails to contain the message sent to deliver/ setting captives free, that’s sounding like blasphemy but listen closely you notice the Holy Spirit was in him/ Lord forgive us, our ism’s got us conflicted we can’t be all that different/ we just church hurt
Chorus:
Is it me? Is it you? Is it us?
What you do? Why you live? Who you judge?
It goes on and on and on and on (and on)
It goes on and on and on and on...
Second Verse:
Y’all got me started/ hearing your discussions just leaving me so broken hearted/ I fought it off for the longest/ the hardest was keeping quiet/ sabbatical on a island/ for 7 weeks I was silent/ praying to my father with wifey sitting beside me/ I had no idea that my marriage would be the trigger for all you trolls and your problems/ who tend to come out of hiding/ trying to somebody/ ironically always find it/ predictable, persecute prophets who people listen to/ justify it with scripture just jealous that person isn’t you/ evident it wouldn’t be relevant if it wasn’t true/ Jesus made it simple you pharisees oh so difficult// barely see the Works of our living God in the physical/ teachers of the Law but your school of thought lacking principle/ send you all the detention/ you ever mention my kids/ then take the fall and repent for penning songs that’s offending you/ church hurt
Third Verse:
My final act// gather all His children religion tried to attack/ ostracizing the sheep the church supposed to protect/ but instead they just weaponize it and stab them right in the back/ where they ‘spose to go when we send them off on their own?/ 40 days and nights and they wander further from home// tempted in the wild/ ain’t been to church in a while/ so Satan feeding them lies while their faith is just bleeding out/ coming undisguised/ Kingdom on the rise/ it should come as no surprise when the two of them collide/ causing mass hysteria manifested in burials, concerts, and terrorists/ self righteous & arrogant/ sinner none-the-less concealed deep up in they chests/ they coming for the best and so they better come correct/ if I hold the church accountable, don’t mean I love it less/ I’m just doing what I’m born to do, let’s see what happens next/ is the church hurt?
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HOLY SPIRIT
04:15
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First Verse:
We’re taking flights
To reach some superficial heights
Searching for some answers
That don’t lead you straight to Christ
Questioned all our life
is it wrong or is it right?
It’s like a song without a mic
Reciting poems that we ain’t write
But here’s a revelation
The King is growing impatient
This world is dying
You’re Either praying or growing anxious
My gifts too big to wrap (RAP)
Feel the whole genre is dated
and I think we call it trap
Cause the sum of it summons satan
808s & some hats
Have made a way to the back
Of the minds of millions of kids
Who do everything to distract them
From absent fathers whose bids
Left them destitute and detached
So self medicate just to cope
For all the things that they lack
Meanwhile schools are teaching like genders
A social science experiment
Social Media Era
Got people feeling embarrassed to
Follow Jesus in public
And so they claim they just spiritual
Crystals, sage, and a mat
We rely on idols for miracles
Worship people you watch
On computers but they ain’t hearing you
Turn the same ones to rivals
Start trolling all of they interviews
Criticizing their lives
Just to justify how you’re feeling
You need to open a bible
And see how the Holy Spirit moves
Chorus:
Have faith you gotta believe (x4)
Through pressure (gotta believe)
Depression (gotta believe)
Temptation (gotta believe)
Be Patient (gotta believe)
Through Trouble (gotta believe)
Be humble (gotta believe)
[I was tried through fire and heat then grew out the darkness like seeds]
Verse 2:
I got this plot
That I received from the top
A vision so clear you’d think it came out a box
Like a picture uncompressed
And posted without a crop
You know you feeling this ahk
Devils want it to stop
But I’m getting even for all the believers
Who couldn’t see it
Inner demons corroded their spirit’s
And killed their peace
Brothers I used to know
So opposed to coming to Jesus
Despite all of the reasons like
Falling the way the leaves do in
Autumn, all ‘em
Gon need Him
I’m charging all of you people
Who stalling, calling for leaders
Like Paul to follow a Kingdom
I’m all in, sparring with demons
Then raised the bar on you heathens
I came too far to retreat
And my angels all undefeated
So watch me soar on their wings
While I’m hearing
Roars from the bleachers
And more, applause from the ether
The Lord for sure is my teacher
Who poured His oil on my feet
Now I’m sliding all on this beat
I was tried through fire
and heat, then grew out of
darkest of seasons
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Searching for your love
Will it open up?
Blessings from above
Overfill my cup
Have faith you gotta believe...
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IDOLS
03:35
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First Verse:
Sometimes forgiveness
comes with bitter sweet goodbyes
men I called my friends
soon would cheer on my demise
anger felt inside
I couldn’t help but empathize
‘cause my blessing ain’t they blessing
and my God ain’t they god(s)
The Spirit kept me high
even when I was at my lowest—
heart was full of gold
even when I was at my poorest
though liquor would impede—
and the weed would supersede
all the wisdom that I carry
like a seed buried deep
ironically, the flesh is made of dirt
And the root of sin is hurt
fostered by a world
we would grow to know as Earth
that darkness overtook
the only light is in a book
that’s full of keys even pastors overlook languages can change—
but the truth will still remain
nothing left to gain
so they question if we’re sane
everything we need we receive
all you gotta do is seek in the kingdom
and a king known as Jesus
Bridge:
Burn your idols
Disregard your titles
Breakup with you ego
Kill your suicidal tendencies to make enemies
Of people who you tend to see as everything you want to be
and scream, "It's only one of me!"
Verse 2:
All my heroes disappointed me
just to reach a status ain’t no point in being auctioned off their souls to the highest bid
Adopted new religions just to follow trends
I moved to LA—
saw the deal and was like, ‘wait a minute’…
this can’t be right *adjust my glasses*
Let me look again.
you mean to tell me—
you don’t feel a little strange?
had to get away
cause like Medusa, get seduced by it—
or you just in the way
bought a ticket home
and spent like 2 more years alone
questioned my decision
couldn’t pay my student loans
couldn’t get a job cause my resume was blank
all I make is classics
unimpressive the banks
Appraised all my masters
Had to leave the question blank
Cause the praise ain’t what I’m after
All I wants a little “thanks”
For the music that I give
Full of stories that I live
Some keys I be dropping
I acquire through the years
hoping that my kids
Don’t go do the things I did
Protect them from their fears,
Disappointment, and their tears
Sins that they’ll commit
Just to keep up with their peers
Show them they’re forgiven—
Just as long as their sincere
Pray that they don’t stray
Compromising for the biz
And remind them that I love them
And so proud of all their gifts
This world will try to taint you
To make you everything you ain’t
But you ain’t…
Verse 3:
Tried to be a Muslim but that wasn’t my tribe
I studied with some Israelites but that just wasn’t a vibe
Grew up in the church where Jesus was the Messiah
But never told us bout His Kingdom
Cause religion is biased
Knew that I was different I grew better with time
But heading in the wrong direction I was losing
My mind
Wisdom I neglected I had set her aside
An inner light I kept from burning like it’s something to hide
Ain’t relate to rappers it was hard to accept
Felt like I was acting wasn’t being myself
Life that I was living had me headed to hell
I couldn’t tell if I was well or just ready to cry
One night I read this book about a King
On a throne who had ruled the universe
But didn’t want to rule alone
Visions of a world
With a culture just like Heaven
Little boys and girls born to rule it all together
Spirits full of God with a bond that never severs
Who were never meant to die and would live that way forever
Ran up on a snake who told them everything they ain’t and they ate
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Von Graves Atlanta, Georgia
Hip Hop Recording Artist, Songwriter, and Producer based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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