Ready To Meet Him-DMX

[00:00.00] 作词 : DMX/Kasseem Dean [00:00.13] 作曲 : DMX/Kasseem Dean [00:00.27]Let us pray... [00:03.51]I thank you, Lord, for my birth and everything that's followed [00:07.51]I thank you, Lord, for today, and I will pray for tomorrow [00:13.93]I thank you, Lord, for the love of my life and a friend [00:18.50]I made a promise and I'm lovin' my wife 'til the end [00:24.59]I thank you, Lord, for your guidance, 'cause it's all that counts [00:28.80]And right here, right now... Lord, this is your house [00:35.45]I thank you, Lord, for a dream that came true to light [00:38.81]And I ask you to bless everybody in this room tonight [00:43.16]I don't always do the right thing and I ask you to forgive me [00:48.83]'Cause I need You here wit me, without You in my life it's empty [00:53.27]I think back how some people did me like, violence was the remedy [00:58.29]And because I think of that now, I pray for my enemy [01:03.65]Not because of what I'll do, but because they don't know [01:07.96]There's somethin' better after here, but everybody won't go [01:13.22]So I ask You to forgive them and we'll hope they see [01:18.08]And I thank You for the love that they've given to me [01:23.08]I will not abuse it nor will I lead them astray [01:27.48]You see I love 'em like children, that I see everyday [01:32.29]And I pray... no, we pray... together [01:37.62]Get us through the bad weather, and we love You forever [01:41.57]Let Your thought and my heart go hand in hand [01:46.58]I first thought but to start, but I stand a man [01:51.94]And for as long as I can, as long as You permit me [01:57.04]Please give me the strength I need to live, bear with me [02:04.04]Amen [02:04.55] [02:11.51]We each walk the path that we've chosen (Yes) [02:14.40]I'm ready to meet him [02:16.96]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [02:19.37]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [02:21.57]They got us suspectin' a war [02:23.16]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [02:25.74] [02:26.29]Lord, You left me stranded and I don't know why [02:28.90]Told me to live my life, now I'm ready to die [02:31.70]Ready to fly, I cry, but I shed no tears [02:34.55]You told me You would dead those fears, it's been years [02:36.91]Snakes still comin' at me, just missin' [02:40.27]Sometimes I think all You do with me is just listen [02:42.88]I thought that I was special, that's what You told me [02:45.28]Hold me, stop actin' like You don't know me [02:47.73]What I do so bad that it sent You away from me? [02:50.48]Not only sent You away, but made You stay away from me? [02:53.03]"My child I'm here as I've always been [02:55.79]It is you who went away and now are back again [02:57.84]What did I say?" Follow Your word and be true [03:00.55]"What did you do?" Well, what I wanted to do [03:03.30]"What have you seen?" Darkness and hell at a glance [03:06.21]"What do you want?" All I want is another chance [03:08.41] [03:09.12]I'm ready to meet him [03:10.02]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [03:12.44]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [03:14.65]They got us suspectin' a war [03:15.90]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [03:18.55]I'm ready to meet him [03:19.70]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [03:22.07]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [03:24.61]They got us suspectin' a war [03:26.12]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [03:28.43] [03:29.18]"Just because you went away, my doors are not locked [03:32.27]Wanna come back home? All you gotta do is knock" [03:34.78]You see, I left home a boy but returned as a man [03:37.34]Full grown and I'm still not able to stand [03:39.94]"I gave you a hand." Well but I was lookin' the wrong way [03:42.84]Figured out the plan, then I started to pray [03:45.44]And that prayer took me from here, over there [03:48.71]Back to over here, now it got me like where [03:51.37]Do I belong, do I fit in? [03:53.72]Things on my mind, where do I begin? [03:56.47]It's easier to sin, but it hurts my heart [03:58.96]I'm really tryna win, so where do we start? [04:01.67]"Thou shalt not steal." But what if he stole from me? [04:04.12]"Thou shalt not kill." But what if he's tryin' to kill me? [04:07.12]"Thou shalt not take my name in vain [04:09.42]No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain" [04:12.21] [04:12.41]I'm ready to meet him [04:12.82]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [04:15.22]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [04:17.71]They got us suspectin' a war [04:19.27]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [04:21.86]I'm ready to meet him [04:23.31]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [04:25.57]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [04:27.62]They got us suspectin' a war [04:29.87]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [04:32.46]I'm ready to meet him [04:33.52] [04:34.17]Our Father, who art in Heaven [04:35.96]I'm not ashamed to ask for guidance at 27 [04:38.67]No longer afraid to knock on Your door [04:40.87]Not scared anymore to lose my life in the war [04:43.41]After what I just saw, I'm ridin' with the Lord [04:46.41]'Cause I really can't afford to lose my head by the sword [04:48.87]And now that I've seen what I need to see [04:51.37]Please take me where I need to be [04:53.76]"What have you learned?" It's better to tell the truth than to lie [04:56.71]"What have you learned?" To love my life until I die [04:59.46]"What have you learned?" Violence isn't always the key [05:01.91]"What have you learned?" You can't always believe what you see [05:04.65]"What have you learned?" It's better to forgive and forget [05:07.35]"What have you learned?" Give as you expect to get [05:09.44]"What have you learned?" That I can't go on without You [05:12.29]"What have you learned?" I must've been a fool to ever doubt You [05:15.03] [05:15.39]I'm ready to meet him [05:16.19]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [05:18.25]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [05:20.75]They got us suspectin' a war [05:22.10]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [05:25.35]I'm ready to meet him [05:26.20]'Cause where I'm livin' ain't right, black hate white [05:28.65]White hate black, it's right back to the same fight [05:31.26]They got us suspectin' a war [05:32.90]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [05:36.56]I'm ready to meet him [05:39.26]I'm ready to meet him [05:41.86]I'm ready to meet him [05:43.97]I'm ready to meet him [05:46.01]I'm ready to meet him