Flame Give Us The Truth Pt. 2 Lyrics

INTRO
Give us the truth...part 2 (part 2, part 2, part2)
Give us the truth
For every email, for every phone call
For everybody that came up to me at a show, Here's part 2...listen yo

VERSE 1
After the Platinum Souls tour I did with cross movement
I said my goodbyes 'cause I had to fly back to St. Louis
I left the tour early for my first semester in school
I was exposed to so much truth that I had to choose
between what I had learned and what I was taught to do
at my church on my zone I was so confused
the first sunday morning back it was like culture shock
watching the sheppard and sheep explode like a soda pop
their head was shaking, they shaking over these chintzy sermons
people spitting and shouting but nobody's discerning
I left the building
my feeling were crushed I felt forsaken
the one place I was supposed to come for restoration.
and worship of a Holy God and exalt Him in praises
spent the whole prayer time rubuking the satan
spent the whole sermon time just talking 'bout money
while I was dying inside and spiritually hungry.

CHORUS
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we're gon' properly teach
If we gon' seek and we gon' properly reach.
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we gon' carry our cross
and if we gon' affectively disciple the lost
Give us the truth
That's what we need if we gon' walk up in holiness and boldness and meek in loneliness.
Give us the truth
That's what we need in this race we running
proper lessons as we wait for His second coming (for real)
Give us the truth

VERSE 2
I left tha crib
moved into the dorms
so depressed that I ventured in p___ (it was a crazy thing)
I felt disconnect from Jesus' arms
so I ceased to write these rhythms and poems to disobey the King
I told my teachers that I was living in sin
and my bible I'll never read it again and threw it in the closet
and anything that had to do with God
Marcus T. he was doing the opposite as a lifestyle
I called Phanatic at time to go to the cell
and said for ministry I would go to jail 'cause I was in no position
to minister to anybody at all
cause I wasnt sure if I was a christian at that moment dog
I started skipping classes
hanging with the masses
and my days were back and grey like cigarette ashes
all I know is that I wanted to die
but suicide meant meeting the God
that that thought just shook me.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 3
But it was obvious
God in His providence
put me with people to guide me and got me outta this
during a chapel service
a cat named Paul Washer
preached the gospel and drove me up to the Lord's altar
and I confessed my sin
and He pressed reset again
I started over and felt like a soldier for Jehovah
I called my old pastor and apologized for how I behaved
but as of that day we agreed to go our separate ways.
I met this girl named Beth who told me about a church home
first I visit, became a member, and then it was on
then the pastor gave me a stack of books
now I'm back with raps and hooks
took a summer and spent three hundred dollars on tapes and books and learned from these biblical scholars
now I'm back and I walk in the light
living my life
Glorifying Jesus Christ

CHORUS

[updated by daolwin@hotmail.com - 17.01.2008]