DMX - Ready To Meet Him(2014)

[00:02.83] Let us pray
[00:03.40] I thank you Lord for my birth, and everything that's followed
[00:07.16] I thank you Lord for today, and I will pray for tomorrow
[00:13.89] I thank you Lord for the love of my life, and a friend
[00:18.47] I made a promise and I'm loving my wife to the end
[00:23.89] I thank you Lord for your guidance, 'cause it's all that counts
[00:28.54] And right here, right now, Lord, this is your house
[00:34.30] I thank you Lord for a dream that came true to light
[00:38.71] And I ask you to bless everybody, in this room tonight
[00:43.39] I don't always do the right thing, and I ask you to forgive me
[00:48.61] 'Cause I need you here with me, without You in my life it's empty
[00:53.32] I think back how some people did me like, violence was the remedy
[00:57.60] And because I think of that now, I pray for my enemy
[01:03.03] Not because of what I'll do, but because they don't know
[01:07.95] There's something better after here, but everybody, won't go
[01:13.30] So I ask you to forgive them, and we'll hope they see
[01:18.83] And I thank you for the love that, they've given to me
[01:23.42] I will not abuse it, nor will I lead them astray
[01:28.15] You see I love them like children, that I see everyday
[01:32.22] And I pray, no we pray, together
[01:36.56] Get us through the bad weather, and we'll love you forever
[01:41.70] Let your thought and my heart, go hand in hand
[01:46.59] I first thought, but to start, but I stand a man
[01:51.95] And for as long as I can, as long as you permit me
[01:57.28] Please give me, the strength I need to live, bear with me
[02:03.09] Amen
[02:11.15] We each walk the path, that we've chosen
[02:15.34] I'm ready to meet him
[02:16.44] We're I'm living ain't right
[02:17.84] Black hate white
[02:18.84] White hate black
[02:19.78] It's right back
[02:20.54] To the same fight
[02:21.61] They got us suspecting a war
[02:23.27] But the real war is to follow the law of the lord
[02:25.82] Lord, you left me stranded
[02:27.92] And I don't know why
[02:29.04] Told me to live my life
[02:30.56] Now I'm ready to die
[02:31.77] Ready to fly
[02:32.70] I cry, but I shed no tears
[02:34.58] You told me you would dead those fears, it's been years
[02:37.22] Snakes still coming at me
[02:38.63] Just missing
[02:39.78] Sometimes I think all you doing me is just listen
[02:42.49] I thought that I was special
[02:43.80] That's what you told me
[02:45.00] Hold me
[02:46.06] Stop acting like you don't know me
[02:47.83] What I do so bad that it sent you away from me
[02:50.26] Not only sent you away, but made you stay away from me
[02:53.02] (My child I'm here, as I've always been, it was you who went away
[02:57.15] And now are back again, what did I say)
[02:58.85] Follow your word, and be true
[03:00.68] (What did you do)
[03:01.67] Well, what I wanted to do
[03:03.36] (What have you seen)
[03:04.17] Darkness and hell at a glance
[03:05.86] (What do you want)
[03:06.82] All I want is another chance
[03:08.61] I'm ready to meet him
[03:09.35] We're I'm living ain't right
[03:10.74] Black hate white
[03:11.58] White hate black
[03:12.45] It's right back
[03:13.29] To the same fight
[03:14.62] They got us suspecting a war
[03:15.98] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[03:18.13] I'm ready to meet him
[03:19.68] We're I'm living ain't right
[03:21.35] Black hate white
[03:22.03] White hate black
[03:22.87] It's right back
[03:23.77] To the same fight
[03:25.05] They got us suspecting a war
[03:26.46] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[03:29.26] (Just because you went away, my doors are not locked, wanna come back home
[03:33.75] All you gotta do is knock)
[03:34.86] Ya see, I left home a boy, I returned as a man
[03:37.52] Full grown, and I'm still not able to stand
[03:40.19] (I gave you a hand)
[03:41.23] Well, but I was looking the wrong way
[03:42.95] Figured out the plan, then I started to pray
[03:45.54] And that prayer, took me from here to over there
[03:48.48] Back to over here
[03:49.53] Now they got me like where?
[03:50.72] Do I belong?
[03:52.24] Do I fit in?
[03:53.50] Things on my mind, where do I begin?
[03:56.18] It's easier to sin, but it hurts my heart
[03:58.77] I'm really tryin' to win, so where do we start?
[04:01.02] (Thou shall not steal)
[04:02.53] But, what if he stole from me?
[04:03.92] (Thou shall not kill)
[04:04.91] But what if he's tryin' to kill me?
[04:06.79] (Thou shall not, take my, name in vain, no matter how hard it rains
[04:10.41] Withstand the pain)
[04:11.83] I'm ready to meet him
[04:12.47] We're I'm living ain't right
[04:13.65] Black hate white
[04:14.72] White hate black
[04:15.62] It's right back
[04:16.58] To the same fight
[04:17.79] They got us suspecting a war
[04:19.20] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[04:21.93] I'm ready to meet him
[04:23.16] We're I'm living ain't right
[04:24.66] Black hate white
[04:25.49] White hate black
[04:26.33] It's right back
[04:27.28] To the same fight
[04:28.59] They got us suspecting a war
[04:29.86] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[04:32.93] Our father, who art in heaven
[04:35.93] I'm not ashamed to ask for guidance at 27
[04:38.74] No longer afraid to knock on your door
[04:40.98] Not scared anymore to lose my life in the war
[04:43.75] After what I just saw, I'm ridin' with the Lord
[04:46.49] 'Cause I really can't afford to lose my head by the sword
[04:49.08] And now that I've seen, what I need to see
[04:51.43] Please take me, where I need to be
[04:54.06] (What have you learned)
[04:55.10] It's better to tell the truth than to lie
[04:56.87] (What have you learned)
[04:57.78] To love my life until I die
[04:59.31] (What have you learned)
[05:00.38] Violence isn't always the key
[05:01.91] (What have you learned)
[05:02.85] You can't always believe what you see
[05:04.64] (What have you learned)
[05:05.65] It's better to forgive and forget
[05:07.27] (What have you learned)
[05:08.18] Give as you expect to get
[05:09.94] (What have you learned)
[05:10.88] That I can't go on without you
[05:12.38] (What have you learned)
[05:13.48] I must've been a fool to ever doubt you
[05:15.23] I'm ready to meet him
[05:15.93] We're I'm living ain't right
[05:17.18] Black hate white
[05:18.16] White hate black
[05:19.02] It's right back
[05:19.98] To the same fight
[05:21.22] They got us suspecting a war
[05:22.66] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[05:25.50] I'm ready to meet him
[05:26.57] We're I'm living ain't right
[05:27.83] Black hate white
[05:28.76] White hate black
[05:29.56] It's right back
[05:30.41] To the same fight
[05:31.89] They got us suspecting a war
[05:33.13] But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord
[05:36.12] I'm ready to meet him
[05:38.57] I'm ready to meet him
[05:41.22] I'm ready to meet him
[05:43.93] I'm ready to meet him
[05:47.04] I'm ready to meet him
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