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Transform

by Keasha Beard

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Let Me Show You Intro SUCH A LOST GIRL IN THIS LOST WORLD CLAMMED UP AND JAMMED UP LIKE A LOST PEARL YOU FOUND ME NEVER THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT BUT I MADE IT NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT THE LIFE YOU CREATED YOUR LOVE FOR ME EXCEEDED ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS ITS LIKE IM FLOATING ON CLOUDS, IN CONSTANT STATE OF VACATION DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE HEAVY TO BE FILLED WITH SO MUCH PAIN AND YET BE SO EMPTY A CHASER, A CHASER AINT IT CRAZY TO THINK I WAS CHASING THESE WOMEN WHILE I WAS CHASING THESE DRINKS I WAS CHASING THE PAVEMENT I WAS CHASING SOME TIME I WAS CHASIN FOR LOVE BUT I WAS CHASIN IT BLIND THEY SAY THAT ITS IMPOSSIBLE BUT I KNOW IM THE PROOF THAT FRUIT CAN GROW ON WEEDS AS LONG AS ITS GOT YOUR ROOT AS LONG AS IT HAS YOUR WATER AS LONG AS IT HAS YOUR SHINE AS LONG AS IT HAS YOUR SEED AS LONG AS IT HAS YOUR MIND IM JUST TRYING TO FIND EVERY REASON TO GRIND EVERY REASON TO BOW, EVERY REASON TO BIND I JUST WANT YOUR APPROVAL I JUST WANNA BE LOUD I JUST WANNA BE FREE I WANT YOU TO BE SO PROUD DO YOU SEE ME DO YOU SEE ME CANT YOU SEE WHAT HE’S DONE CAN’T YOU SEE THAT HE SAVED ME CANT YOU SEE WE ARE ONE I RELATE TO SAMSON NOT BECAUSE I WAS THERE I WAS WEAK FOR THESE WOMEN AND THEN I CUT OFF MY HAIR I RELATE TO NOAH SIPPIN WINE, THEN INCLINED TO GET NAKED NOT MY BODY, NOT MY BODY BUT MY MIND WE ALL KNOW I WAS PAUL LACKIN FAITH, LACKIN TRUST THEN HE CAUGHT ME IN DAMASCUS GAVE ME SIGHT AND EMPTIED LUST SO WHAT AM I REALLY SAYIN WHAT DOES THIS REALLY PROVE? IF HE CAN DO IT FOR US THEN HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU IF HE CAN DO IT FOR US THEN HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU WALK WITH ME, TALK WITH ME LET ME SHOW YOU SOME TRUTH IF HE CAN DO IT FOR US THEN HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU WALK WITH ME, TALK WITH ME LET ME SHOW YOU SOME TRUTH
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I Made It 04:12
I MADE IT CHORUS: YOU TRIED TO HURT ME, YEAH, YOU TRIED TO TEAR ME DOWN YOU TRIED TO BEAT ME UP AND HOLD ME TO THE GROUND YOU CALLED ME NAMES AND THEN YOU LOVED TO SEE ME FROWN BUT I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT YOU TRIED TO KILL ME, YEAH, YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME DROWN YOU TIED ME UP AND THEN YOU TOOK AWAY MY CROWN YOU TOLD ME LIES AND THOSE LIES, THEY KEPT ME BOUND BUT I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I MADE IT VERSE 1: I CANT FRONT, I CANT FRONT YOU HAD ME I WAS BEAT UP, BROKEN DOWN ON A CROOKED PATH TO BE HAPPY I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT FEELING LOW, FEELING NASTY BUT THEN HE PICKED ME UP, CLEANED ME UP, LOVED IT WHEN HE GRABBED ME LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME RUNNING VICTORY LAPS I GOT MY CHIN UP HIGH TO THE SKY WITH MY GOD AS MY MAP SEE, YOU CANT TELL ME NOTHING CAUSE I KNOW WHO I SERVE WHO I SERVE WHO PICKED ME UP WHEN I WAS DOWN ON THOSE CURBS SOMETIMES YOU GO TO WAR AND THEN YOU GO TO THE FIGHT AND SOMETIMES YOU WALK THROUGH DARKNESS JUST TO FIND OUT YOU’RE LIGHT AND SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA GO THERE JUST TO FIND OUT HOW BRIGHT AND SOMETIMES YOU WALK IN WEAKNESS JUST TO FIND OUT YOUR MIGHT HE HIT ME, HE HIT ME, HE HIT ME LIKE MILE AFTER MILE BUT I REJOICE NOW, I GUESS I WAS STEADFAST IN MY TRIAL IT WASN’T EASY FOR ME, SEE I CRIED AND CRIED BUT I MADE IT, YEAH I MADE IT BECAUSE THE LORDS ON MY SIDE CHORUS VERSE 2: IM ON THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST HIGH OF MY LIFE MAN LIVING THE DREAM NO LONGER SLEEPING ON CHRIST MAN IM SOARING AND SOARING LIKE IM SOME KIND OF KITE MAN SLAYING IN SPIRIT AND ROASTING ALL OF THESE MICS FAM YOU TRIED TO GET HER YEA, YOU TRIED TO GET HER YOU HIT HER AND HIT HER BELOW THE BELT LIKE SOME KIND OF ZIPPER BUT I RISE, I RISE I FLY, I FLY TO THE SKIES I RIDE I GLIDE, I GLIDE SEE, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE AS LONG AS GOD IS ON MY SIDE I WENT FROM SUICIDAL DOUBTING AND CURSIN BIBLES TO HEAVY WEIGHT REVIVALS BUT SEE GOD, HE GETS THE TITLE THERE’S NO WAY I COULD DO IT THERE’S NO WAY I GOT THROUGH IT I JUST GOT TIRED OF LOSING I GAVE UP & WATCHED HIS MOVEMENT ITS NOT AS HARD AS WE MAKE IT I SWEAR, I PROMISE WE JUST GOTTA SURRENDER ALL THE SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS IF YOU WANT HIM, YOU CAN HAVE HIM SO C’MON GO HEAD AND GRAB HIM THEN SIT BACK AND MARVEL AT THE FACT IT REALLY HAPPENS CHORUS
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Tellin Me No 03:14
TELLIN ME NO VERSE 1: PASS ME THAT MIC, I SAID PASS ME THAT MIC CAUSE IF THIS IS A MATCHSTICK THEN I AM THE FLAME CAUSE GOD IS THE LIGHT BUT THEY DON’T WANNA HEAR IT, THEY DON’T WANNA HEAR IT CAUSE IM FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IVE COME TO EXPOSE WITH JESUS IN MY LYRICS TRYNA KNOCK MY EXPOSURE WITH CLOSURE CAUSE THEY FEAR IT YOU’RE SCARED, YEAH YOU ARE YEAH, YOU’RE SCARED, YEAH YOU ARE CAUSE IM NICE WITH THE MIC AND IVE COME TO SHED LIGHT ON THE LIES IN THE DARK BURN IT UP, BURN IT UP THEY GON’ HEAR THIS BEAT TURN IT UP, TURN IT UP CREATED A MONSTER NOW IM ON UP YA, THERE’S BEEF IN THE POT STIR IT UP, STIR IT UP CHORUS: SO TELLING ME NO’S LIKE TELLIN ME GO TELLIN ME NO, TELLIN ME NO’S LIKE TELLIN ME GO VERSE 2: AND GOD SAID HE GOT ME I SAID GOD SAID HE GOT ME I KNOW YOU GON TRY IT BUT DON’T CAUSE YOU CANT YOU CANNOT STOP ME IVE BEEN SENT ON THIS MISSION SO WHETHER YOU LIKE IT YOU GON HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION IN A SEA OF DEPRESSION, IM OUT HERE FISHIN YEAH IM OUT HERE FISHING ND BAITS THE AMBITION CHORUS VERSE 3: SO YOU GON’ HAVE TO WATCH ME I SAID YOU GON’ HAVE TO WATCH ME CAUSE IM FLYING PASS THE SKIES WITH GOD ON MY SIDE AND CANT NOBODY ROB ME AND YES THEY CONTACT BUT I DON’T NEED YOUR YES IM BLESSED GODS BEHIND THESE BARS LIKE IM LIQUOR I CONFESS IM LOCKED UP AND CUFFED IM UNDER HIS ARREST SO GO HEAD AND TRY ME GO HEAD DENY ME BUT YOU WILL RESPECT ME AND YOU CANNOT BUY ME IF I HAD A COIN, FOR EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY PASS THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP TRYIN CALLED ME AN AMMETUER THEY DON’T LIKE MY RHYMES CAUSE IM NOT PLAYIN DUMB OR PAYIN THEM THESE FINES A HUNNID FOR A SHOW, 500 FOR PROMO OH NO, GETTING RICH ON MY FLOW THAT’S DEFINITELY A NO GO CHORUS VERSE 4: SO YOU WANT ME TO PAY YOU SAY, YOU WANT ME TO PAY BUT IF ITS ON THE RADIO AND THE PEOPLE WANT THE SHOW YOU GON’ PLAY IT ANYWAY SO GUESS WHAT IMA DO I SAID GUESS WHAT IMA DO IMA WRITE TIL IM BRIGHT ON THE MIC LIKE A LIGHT AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO CHORUS
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BETTER THAN THAT VERSE 1 DEAR BLACK MAN, DEAR BLACK MAN YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL THEY TRY TO TEAR YOU DOWN AND WEAR YOU DOWN TO MISUSE YOU THEY BUILD THIS COUNTRY ON YOUR BACK AND THEN THEY ACT- LIKE YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BE HERE CAUSE THEY FEAR YOU’RE GREATNESS YOU WERE KISSED BY THE SUN IM STUNNED BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO SAMPLE OR SAVOR BUT DO ME A FAVOR DIMISS THE HATRED I KNOW ITS HARD TO TAKE WE HATE WHAT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND, SO WE TRY TO FADE IT EVERY SHADE OF YOUR COCOA MAKES ME LOCO BUT IM SAYIN YOURE AMAZING EVERY KIND OF SHADE MAN I ADMIRE YOUR RESILLENCE YOU WERE MADE APPEALING DON’T LET THIS WORLD DESTROY YOU YOU’RE BRILLIANT I AM SUCH A FAN OF YOURS GODS GOT PLANS FOR YALL THAT’S WHY THEY TRY TO DISMANTL YALL YOU ARE KINGS AND YOU’RE CONQUERORS THEY WORLD THEY ARE ON TO YA TRUST, THAT’S WHY THEY HOLD YOU DOWN THIS MUCH CHORUS: I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS GET DISCOURAGED CAUSE YOU DON’T REALLY GET YOUR CHANCE TO FLOURISH THEY TRY TO HOLD YOU BACK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT- YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT, YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT, YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT DOWN THEY TRY TO HOLD YOU DOWN BUT YOU’RE ROYALTY DON’T LET ‘EM TAKE YOUR CROWN YOU’RE BETTER THAN, YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT, YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT VERSE 2: YOU BEAUTIFUL BLACK QUEEN OF FLY HOW DARE THEY TRY TO STEAL YOUR IDENTITY AND THEN HIDE YA IM IN AWE OF YOU ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU GOD MADE NO MISTAKE WHEN HE MADE EVERY SHADE OF YOU YOU TAKE THE EVER LASTIN BASHIN- FOR YOUR MEN AND THEN YOU WEAR THE PASSION HOW DARE THEY SELL OPPRESSION LIKE ITS MADE FOR FASHION THEY CAN SWIPE MAN THEY CAN’T PUT A PRICE TAG ON YOUR STRIPES YOU’VE OVERCOME SO MUCH IN THIS LIFE SPAN FROM SINGLE MOTHERS RAISING SINGLE BROTHERS PRAISIN WHO PRAY FOR OTHERS YEAH, THEY JUDGE US, BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT COLORS THEY ARE GREEN FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT THEY THROW AT YOU YOU STILL MANAGE TO GROW AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL ITS BEAUTIFUL YOU GOT THE HAIR OF MANY TEXTURES CURVES OF MANY MEASURES GODLY CENTERED YOU ARE A PRICELESS TREASURE THE WORLD WANTS A PIECE OF YOU THEY EAT AT YOU BUT DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL YOU’RE CHOCOLATE, I WOULD EAT IT TOO CHORUS.
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Optimistic 04:02
OPTIMISTIC THIS IS A SHOT OUT TO THAT LIFE THAT DIDN’T PAN OUT THAT’S SITTING ON THE CORNER WITH A CORONA AND THEIR HAND OUT THEY THROWING DOLLARS AND CENTS AND THE FOOD JUST KEEPS ON COMIN BUT YOU ARE HUNGRY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPER THAN YOUR STOMACH SEE, LIFE HAPPENED TO GRAB YOU AND IT HAPPENED TO GET THE BEST OF YOU THE WORLD JUST CALLS YOU LAZY BUT MY SPIRIT SEES THE BEST IN YOU YOU HAD DREAMS YOU HAD SCHEMES AND A BUNDLE FULL OF WISHES BUT YOU GOT KNOCKED DOWN AND NOW YOU’RE SLEEPING UNDER LOSTS OF BRIDGES Chorus: AND THEY DON’T KNOW YOUR WEARS AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH AND THEY DON’T KNOW THAT YOU’RE SCARED THEY DON’T THINK THAT YOU PRAY AND THEY THINK THAT ITS TOO LATE CAUSE THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN CHANGE BUT I KNOW ITS NEVER TOO LATE I GUESS THAT IM JUST OPTIMISITIC I GUESS, I GUESS, I GUESS, I GUESS THAT YOU CAN SAY IM JUST OPTIMISTIC I GUESS, I GUESS, I GUESS, I GUESS THAT YOU CAN SAY IM JUST OPTIMISTIC SEE, THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN CHANGE, THEY JUST BELIEVE IN MONEY BUT I BELIEVE IN GOD, I BELIEVE IN HOPE I BELIEVE IN YOU VERSE 2: THIS IS A SHOTOUT TO THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE SINGLE THAT WORK THEIR FINGERS TO THE BONE AND DON’T GET A CHANGE TO MINGLE THEY WORK, THEY WORK, AND THEN THEY GET TO SLEEP TO PUT NOODLES IN YOUR CUPBOARDS AND PUT SHOES UPON YOUR FEET YOU MAKE A LITTLE TO DO A LOT AND YOU DON’T EVEN GET YOUR PROPS THROW NUMBERS IN YOUR FACE AND THEN PLACE YOU INSIDE THIS BOX HOW DARE THEY TELL YOU HOW TO DEAL YOUR CARDS YOU GET PAID LESS, YES, BUT YOU WORK TWICE AS HARD YOU WERENT BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON OR A LIFE OF OPPORTUNE BUT YOU DON’T COMPLATE, YOU DO NOT BLAME, OR SING A SAD TUNE YOU LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST AND THOUGH THEY CALL YOU FOOLISH YOU KEEP TRYING AND YA TRYING BECAUE YOU KNOW THAT YOULL GET THROUGH THIS BUT ITLL GET BETTER AND BETTER WHETHER THEY AGREE OR NOT BECAUSE IN THE END OF TIME SERVANTS, THEY GET PAID A LOT SO WHILE THEY TRY TO- CLASSIFY YOU- DEMEAN AND DEFY YOU I KNOW WHY YOU- THINK YOU CAN’T BUT LET HOPE SUPPLY YOU CHORUS SPEAKING: IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE 15, 25, OR 50 YEARS OLD NO MATTER WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT YOU’VE SEEN ITS NEVER TOO LATE FOR GOD TO COME IN AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL ALL THINGS POSSIBLE CHORUS
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Ridin 04:16
RIDIN’ CHORUS: IM JUST RIDING IN MY CAR SPEAKERS ON TEN PRAISE IN THE AIR ALL MY CARES IN THE WIND PEACE IN MY MIND SOLITUDE AS MY FRIEND IM JUST RIDIN, RIDIN, RIDIN, RIDING (X2) VERSE 1: MAN I LOVE THESE DAYS, MAN I LOVE THESE DAYS NO DRAMA, NO BEEF, NO TEARS NO FEARS JUST A LOT OF PEACE THESE DAYS ITS CRAZY THE SUNS OUT WHEN ITS RAINY NO SHADOWS HERE WHEN ITS SHADY I SEE RAYS IN MY SHADES ON THE DAILY I PUT PEACE OF MIND IN MY PIECE OF MIND SLOWED MY PACE AND PUT THE TREES ASIDE I FREED MY MIND, I FREED MY SIGHT SAT IN STILLNESS AND THEN I SEEN THE LIGHT NOW I UNDERSTAND… SOLITUDE IS A LUXERY A SPACE FOR GRACE AND DISCOVERY SEE, I CASHED IN ON RECOVERY AND RECOVERED ME NOW I RIDE SLOW YEA, YEA I JUST RIDE SLOW WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AND MY MIND BLOWN THEN I TAKE IT IN AS THE TIME GOES WE THINK THAT BEING ALONE IS SUCH A BURDEN BUT LAY YOUR LADENS AND BATHE IN THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S PERSON CAUSE IF YOU’RE ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY THESE DISTRACTIONS ACTIN LIKE YOU’RE FULFILLED YOULL NEVER FEEL SATISFACTION ABSORB THE QUIET AND SWALLOW THE PILL OF CHILL DON’T WALLOW, TAKE TIME TO BUILD I PROMISE YOU’LL BE FULFILLED CHORUS VERSE 2: MAN I LOVE THIS TIME MAN I LOVE THIS TIME COOL BREEZE, NICE VIEWS, CHILL THOUGHTS, AS I DRIVE AND TRY TO RETRACE MY MIND IM LIKE BUMBLE BEES SO DRIVES TO THE COUNTRY THEY HUMBLE ME THEY LEVEL ME SETTLE ME AS I DRIVE BY ALL THESE TUMBLE WEEDS IM SURFING SILENCE IM IN THE OASIS IM CHASIN- THIS PEACE AND THANKIN GOD AS I RIDE I, I EMBRACE IT THERES FREEDOM IN NOT NEEDING ANYTHING BUT SOME PATIENCE SO I SIT AND FORGET THE TIME GET LOST IN MY REVELATIONS THEN I STOP AND LOOK TO THE HILLS FROM WENCE COMES MY HELP MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD DON’T NEED NOBODY ELSE WE THINK THAT BEING ALONE IS SUCH A BURDEN BUT LAY YOUR LADENS AND BATHE IN THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S PERSON CAUSE IF YOU’RE ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY THESE DISTRACTIONS ACTIN LIKE YOU’RE FULFILLED YOULL NEVER FEEL SATISFACTION ABSORB THE QUIET AND SWALLOW THE PILL OF CHILL DON’T WALLOW, TAKE TIME TO BUILD I PROMISE YOU’LL BE FULFILLED CHORUS
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RUNNING Verse 1: DEARLY BELOVED WHERE YOU RUNNING SEE YOU BOLTIN YOU SEEM LOST WITH NO CONTROL AND WHAT YOU CHASING? WHERE YOU GOING? YOU STAY WITH RUNNING SHOES ALWAYS ONTO SOMETHING NEW I WONDER WHAT IS FUN FOR YOU THE CHASE OR SOMEONE CHASING YOU COMMITMENT ISSUES WITH ANYTHING THAT’S OFFICIAL BUT YET YOU STILL CONTINUE PLAYING ROULLETTE WITH YOUR PISTOLS SOME FEAR THE SPEED BUT YOU NEED THE WIND UP IN YOUR FACE YOU NEED AN OPEN ROAD THE ONLY ROAD THAT GIVES YOU SPACE SO THEN YOU WALK ALONE BUT HATE IT, THERE’S NO ONE TO RACE IT’S A CYCLE YOU RECYCLE FIND, BIND, THEN REPLACE CAUSE SLOWING DOWN HOLDS YOU DOWN OR SO YOU THINK CAUSE YOU’RE AFRAID TO STOP, AFRAID TO DROP AFRAID TO SINK BUT KEEP ON RUNNIN YOU WILL RUN INTO SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT PULLS YOU IN SOMETHING YOU CANNOT RUN FROM YOU CANNOT FIX THIS, NO YOU CANNOT RID THIS, NO YOU NEED HIS BLOOD YOU NEED HIS CROSS TO BE YOUR RIDDEX THOUGH CHORUS: NAKEYA’S POETRY VERSE 2: DEARLY BELOVED WHERE YOU RUNNIN WHERE YOU HEADED COOL YOUR JETS BEFORE YOU TAKE OFF & YOU CRASH THEN YOU REGRET IT YOU’RE CHASING SKIES CHASING CLOUDS & CHASING HIGHS THROUGH THESE NEEDLES THROUGH THESE LIGHTERS, THROUGH THE SMOKE, AND THROUGH THESE PIPES IT ALL STARTED IN YOUR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT WHEN YOUR FRIEND GAVE YOU SOME POWDER FOR YOUR NOSE TO BE THE TARGET YOU SNIFFED IT THEN INHALED IT LOVED IT WHEN YOU FELT IT BUT IT DIED AND NOW YOU TRY TO QUIT BUT YOURE ADDICTED AND CANT HELP IT THEY BLAME AND CURSE YOU CAUSE THEY TRIED TO NURSE YOU BUT YOU STOLE THEIR JOY, YOU STOLE THEIR HOPE, AND MONEY OUR THEIR PURSES YOURE BURNING BRIDGES WHILE YOURE TRYNA MEND YOUR STITCHES BUT YOU CANNOT DO IT SO JUST QUIT IT GIVE IT TO JESUS, HE’LL RIP IT JUST CALL HIS NAME OUT, YEAH JUST CALL HIS NAME OUT, YEAH HE’LL TAKE THE PAIN, HE’LL TAKE THE PAIN THE SHAME AND THE DOUBT YOU CANNOT FIX THIS, NO YOU CANNOT RID THIS, NO YOU NEED HIS BLOOD YOU NEED CROSS TO BE YOUR RIDDEX THOUGH Nakeyas poetry Verse 3: DEARLY BELOVED WHERE YOU RUNNING WHERE YOU FLYING YOU’VE BEEN IN THIS DANCE FOR TOO LONG GRINDING WITH TOO MANY GUYS WHO YA THINK YOUR FOOLIN USING SEX FOR ALL YOUR TOOLS TYING SOULS WITH NO CONTROL YOU ROCK AND ROLL IN ALL YOUR RUIN IT STARTED AT THE AGE OF 7 WHEN YOUR OLDER COUSIN DEVON CAME INTO YOUR ROOM AND USED HIS TOOL- AS A WEAPON SO NOW YOU’RE IN THESE STREETS SELLING GOODIES TO THESE WOODIES BUT YOU HATE IT WANNA LEAVE IT BUT DEBATE IT SO YOU STAY IN ITS HARD TO FACE THE TRUTH EMBRACE YOUR ROOTS LETS FACE IT, YOU’RE A MESS THAT’S LOOSE AND NO ONE HIRES NOONE HIRES PROSTITUTES BUT YOU ARE WRONG HONEY YEAH, YOURE WRONG HONEY I KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN ERASE ALL OF THAT WRONG HONEY CAUSE IF YOU CHASE HIM HE’LL REPLACE THEM WITH HIS GRACE AND THEN HE’LL LOVE YOU WITH HIS PATIENCE IM JUST SAYIN, GOD’S AMAZING YOU CANNOT FIX THIS, NO YOU CANNOT RID THIS, NO YOU NEED HIS BLOOD YOU NEED CROSS TO BE YOUR RIDDEX THOUGH BRIDGE: ALL WE WANNA DO IS TAKE CHAINS OFF ALL WE WANA DO IS BE FREE (2X) CHORUS NAKEYA’S POETRY
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HUSBAND MATERIAL VERSE 1: IS IT WRONG TO WANT A MAN WITH BRASS THAT WHEN HE COMES TO ASK ME FOR MY STATS HE COMES WITH CLASS IM NOT LOOKING FOR A BRAGGER THIS IS ONLY CHASING AFTER MONEY TREES AND SEX BUT REFLECTS SOME KIND OF SWAGGAR IM WAITING ON SOMETHING THAT IS REAL SOMETHING THAT I CAN BUILD DON’T WANT ANY DRAMA, NO COMMENTS ON NEXTFLIX N CHILL I WANT A GODLY MAN AND ODDLY MAN I WANT SOMEONE THAT HASN’T TOUCHED EVERY LOOKS DEEPER THAN THESE BODIES MAN I NEED SOMEONE TO LEAD ME I NEED SOMEONE THAT SEES ME I NEED SOMEONE THAT GREETS ME AND KNOWS THAT HE NEEDS TO KEEP ME SOMEONE THAT READS THE BIBLE NOT SOMEONE THAT JUST QUOTES IT WHO LIVES IT, DOESN’T BOAST IT HE WALKS IT BUT HE DOESN’T GLOAT IT ITS SO HARD BEING A WOMAN THAT DOESN’T SETTLE FOR LOWER LEVELS IN NEED OF SOMETHING SPIRITUAL AND SOMETHING SPECIAL THERES NO GAME PLAYING BUT ITS GAME CHANGING I DIDN’T SWITCH LANES TO CRASH AND BE FAST IM JUST SAYING CHRORUS: WOMEN INTERVIEWED VERSE 2: IS IT CRAZY TO WAIT OR THINK THAT MAYBE THERE’S A MAN OUT THERE THAT LOVES ME AND WILL TREAT ME LIKE A LADY LIFTS ME INSTEAD OF CAGES ME BEING BOXED IN ENGRAGES ME I DON’T NEED ANYTHING THAT’S UNHEALTHY BUT EMBRACES ME IM TRYNA KEEP IT SIMPLE UNTIL ITS GOD OFFICIAL I DON’T MIND THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT PLEASE DON’T CRASH THE RENTAL YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN SOMEONE THAT COOKS AND CLEANS THAT DOESN’T BUG ON LIL THINGS THAT PRAYS FOR THINGS AND SLAYS HER DREAMS LOOK, CAUSE HERE I AM YEA, YEAH HERE I AM IM NOT INTO CHILDISH THINGS IM WAITING ON A MAN SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO COURT ME SOMEONE THAT WILL SUPPORT ME SOMEONE THAT TAKES MY HAND, HAS A PLAN, AND OPEN DOORS SEE- IVE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK I KNOW THOSE EMPTY SPACES IVE WORN SOME DIFFERENT SHOES IN DIFFERENT BEDS WITH DIFFERENT FACES I GOTTA PAST, A PAST OF SO MANY STAGES WITH NO CONTROL, AN EMPTY SOUL A CHAPTER BOOK WITH PAGES
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WHY ME(INTERLUDE) LET ME TAKE YOU BACK LET ME TAKE YOU BACK LET’S TRAVEL THROUGH TIME LITTLE BIG HEADED GIRL PIG TAILS WANNA SING, WANNA WRITE, WANNA DANCE, WANNA RHYME ALWAYS KNEW I WAS DESTINED FOR THE BETTER BUT THE ROAD GOT SEVERED CAUSE I TOOK ME A WRONG TURN LIFE HAPPENED THEN I LOST MY VISION LOST AMIBITION CROSSED BRIDGES BUT THEY GOT BURNED I WAS DRINKIN I WAS PARTYIN UP AND DOWN CRUSHIN HARD, BROKEN HEART AGAIN CLUBBIN HARD LIKE HOOLIGANS IN CARDIGANS TEMPORARY FIX TIL I ATE THEN I’D STARVE AGAIN THANK GOD, THANK GOD THAT YOU SAVED ME NOW I WAKE UP, UNASHAMED OF THE SAME ME NOW I GOT PURPOSE FOCUSED ON THE SERVICE NEW LIFE, NEW MIND AND I DON’T DESERVE IT I KEEP THINKIN IM DREAMIN IM SURFIN THE SCENE PINCHIN ME LIKE ITS MARCH 17TH MAN MAN, LIFE IS SWEET CANDY CANE LANE LOOK AT US NOW WE’LL NEVER BE THE SAME MAYNE I DON’T KNOW THE FUTURE BUT I KNOW ITS GREAT I KNOW IM HERE NOW AND IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT SEE, I DON’T DESERVE THIS LIFE THAT YOU’VE GIVEN ME BUT YOU HAVE FORGIVEN ME MAN, YOU HAVE FORGIVEN ME SINGING: AND I DON’T DESERVE IT I DON’T DERSERVE THIS I DON’T DESERVE I DON’T DESERVE I DON’T DESERVE THIS (X4) WHY ME
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TRANSFORM Verse 1: OUR THIRST FOR LOVE HAS GOT US CAUGHT UP AND STRANGLED ENTANGLED IN ROPES OF LUST CAUSE WE DON’T TRUST WE’RE IN DANGER YEAH, WE’RE CHASING NOUNS PEOPLES, THINGS, AND TOWNS ROLLERCOASTER RIDING WHILE FIGHTING THESE UPS AND DOWNS ITS SO HARD TO FACE IT PATHETIC ATTEMPTS TO FAKE IT SINCE WE CANNOT FIND HIS LOVE WE TRY TO CREATE AND MAKE IT ITS HARD TO UNDERSTAND IT TO HATE AND THEN TAKE FOR GRANTED- THE CREATOR BUT CHASE AND EMBRACE THE ONE WHO’S LIKE A BANDIT STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY WE FILL AND AVOID TRYNA FIND LOVE INSIDE BUT NEVER FILL UP THAT VOID YEAH, WE’RE SEEKING FREEDOM BUT DON’T ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAINS WE’RE BOUNDED BY ALL OUR THINKING AND CLINGING TO WHO’S THE BLAME DON’T YOU SEE IT’S A CAGE CAN’T YOU SEE IT’S A PRISON MARRIED TO CARNAL OBJECTS WILL INFLUENCE DECISIONS HATE TO SEE THIS CONFUSION AND TRAPS THAT LEAD TO DENIAL BUT WE NEVER ANSWER THE CALL AND WE NEVER CHOOSE TO DIAL CHORUS: DON’T CONFORM TO THIS WORLD BUT TRANSFORM YOUR MIND SO THAT YOU KNOW THE WILL OF GOD WHICH IS PERFECT EVERYTIME VERSE 2: THE LOVE OF MONEY HAS GOT US HUNGRY AND STARVIN- FOR DARKNESS BUT WE CANT SEE IT CAUSE ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE HARDENED YEAH, WE RIDE THE BENCH QUENCHIN’ THE TASTE OF FAME WE FAIL TO PRACTICE OR FASTEN BUT WANNA PLAY IN THE GAME MAN, THE HEART IS FICKLE WE WAIVER WITH FACTION & FICTION WE ARGUE HEAVEN AND EARTH WITH NO INTENTION TO LISTEN MAN, WE’RE SO AMBITIOUS STRAY AWAY WITH OUR PLANNING EXPECTING TO WIN THIS WAR WITH LACK OF HIS UNDERSTANDING MAN, IT SEEMS SO EASY IF ONLY IT WERE THAT SIMPLE TO LIVE IN THIS LIFE OF GOD BUT STILL LIVE IT UP SO SINFUL YEAH LOOK AT YOUR BRANCHES IS IT FRUITFUL OR IS IT FRUITLESS THE TREE OF LIFE IS KNOWN BY THE FRUIT IT PRODUCES YOU WANNA CHANGE YA LIFE YOU GOTTA CHANGE YA MIND CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL CHANGE HOW YA SPEND YA TIME YOU GOTTA WALK WITH LIGHT YOU CANNOT TOE THE LINE YOU CANT HOLD THE DEVILS HAND AND THEN EXPECT TO CLIMB CHORUS BRIDGE: CREATE A CLEAN HEART RENEW THE SPIRIT IN ME CAST AWAY THE DARKNESS DON’T LET EM, COME N GET ME RAP: SINCE YOU’RE THE CHILD OF CHRIST THEN YOU’RE A NEW CREATURE OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY BEHOLD YOUR NEW FEATURES (X2)
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Im Good 03:40
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ARE YOU RIDING? VERSE 1 IM OUT HERE DOING DRIVE-BY’S ON THESE PEOPLE SHOOTING PRAYERS IN THE AIR PRAYING THAT THEY GET TO SEE YOU SEE, I BELIEVE IN- PRAYING WITHOUT CEASIN’ SO I DRIVE AND AS I RIDE IM LOCKED AND LOADED WITH THIS BEACON IM FEELIN LIKE A DEACON LAYING HANDS REBUKING DEMONS I GOT INVITES TO THIS FIGHT AND FREE FLIGHTS TO THE KINGDOM IM IN THE VALLEY ON THESE CORNERS AND THESE ALLEYS AND IM PRAYING & IM SLAYING IN THIS HEAT LIKE ITS CALI I GOT MY SWORD READY JUST IN CASE THEY WANNA GET ME CANT NOBODY TOUCH ME UNLESS GOD LET IT I FEAR NO EVIL SO IM FEARING NO PEOPLE TRANSPARENT WITH MY STORY LIKE MY SKIN AND SIN IS SEE-THROUGH THIS IS HOW I LIVE IT IF I GOT IT THEN I GIVE IT I DON’T CARE ABOUT THESE DIGITS MY APPEARANCE OR THESE MINUTES SEE, IM A PROBLEM YEAH IM STRAIGHT MOBBIN WITH GOD AND CAN’T NOBODY CAN’T NOBODY SOLVE IT COME ON BELIEVERS COME & HIT THE STREETS WITH US BE WITH US SEE WITH US SHARE THE FRUIT UPON YOUR TREE WITH US SO IS YOU RIDIN IS YOU ROLLIN ARE YOU DOWN TO PUT THE STROLL IN IF COMIN THEN LETS GO & HIT THIS ROAD THEN CHORUS(X2) ARE YOU RIDING… THEN LETS GO THEN(X3) ARE YOU RIDING… ARE YOU RIDING OR WHAT? VERSE 2: IM OUT HERE DOING DRIVE-BY’S ON THESE PEOPLE SHOOTING PRAYERS IN THE AIR PRAYING THAT THEY GET TO SEE YOU SEE, THERE’S A HOMELESS MAN THAT NEEDS SOMEONE TO HOLD HIS HAND AND PRAY FOR HIM OR PAY FOR HIM TO GET SOME CHIPS OR SOME HAM SEE, THERE’S A FICKLE BROKEN DOWN- VE-HICKLE WITH A MOM THAT’S GOT 3 KIDS THAT’S IN A BIT OF A PICKLE SO DO YOU SEE THE ISSUE CAN YOU SEE THE DILEMMA IM ONLY ONE WOMAN BUT THEN I TRY TO REMEMBER ITS POSSIBLE, ITS POSSIBLE I CAN OVERCOME OBSTACLES AS LONG AS I GOT GOD WITH ME WELL THEN I AM UNSTOPPABLE JUST IMAGINE IF WE PUT THIS IN ACTION WE COULD SUBTRACT SOME PROBLEMS BY SOLVING ALL OF THESE FRACTIONS WE GOT SO MANY MOUTHS WE GOT SO MANY HANDS TOO MUCH TALK OF NOTHING TOO MUCH TALK OF PLANS AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PARK OPEN UP THAT BIBLE AND READ UP ON MARK WE NEED TO SERVE WE WERE CALLED TO SERVE YET WE SWERVE WHO’S WITH ME? WHO WANTS TO HIT UP THESE CURBS SEE, IM A PROBLEM YEAH IM STRAIGHT MOBBIN WITH GOD AND CAN’T NOBODY CAN’T NOBODY SOLVE IT COME ON BELIEVERS COME & HIT THE STREETS WITH US BE WITH US SEE WITH US SHARE THE FRUIT UPON YOUR TREE WITH US SO IS YOU RIDIN IS YOU ROLLIN ARE YOU DOWN TO PUT THE STROLL IN IF COMIN THEN LETS GO & HIT THIS ROAD THEN CHORUS IM OUT HERE DOING DRIVE-BY’S ON THESE PEOPLE SHOOTING PRAYERS IN THE AIR PRAYING THAT THEY GET TO SEE YOU(4X)
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G.O.A.T. 03:29
GOAT CHORUS HE’S THE GREATEST HE’S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME SON OF GOD THEN HE TURNED THE WATER INTO WIN HE’S THE GREATEST HE’S THE GREATEST OF ALL THE TIME HEAL THE SICK, RAISED THE DEAD, AND FREED THE BLIND VERSE 1: MVP, MVP A TEAM OF 3 THAT SET ME FREE, SET ME FREE YOU CAN’T COMPETE WITH A MAN THAT IMPORTANT A MAN THAT SCORED MORE THAN LEBRON, KOBE, AND JORDAN BEEN DUNKIN SOMETHING SPECIAL SINCE HE CAME AS A VESSEL HE’S THE BEST CLUTCH SHOOTER WHEN ATTACKED BY THE DEVIL WEAR THE CROSS LIKE A MEDAL WE AINT LOSS, NA, NEVER IM ROCKIN HIS LIGHT IN MY LIFE LIKE A FRECKLE BANDWAGON FANS IN THE STANDS WAVING HANDS HE’S THE BEST TO EVER DO IT SINCE THE CREATION OF MAN YALL TALK ABOUT THE GREATEST AND THE LASTEST THEN YOU GIVE EM PRAISE HE’S GOT THE BEST HANDLES LEFT EM SHOOT FOR 3 DAYS WHO YA KNOW THAT WALKS ON WATER WHO’S A SPIRIT AND A FATHER WHO’S A SON AND A POTTER TEAM DEEP, LIKE COLOSSAL I KNOW WHO WINS THE SHIP I KNOW WHO’S TEAM IM WITH HE SWEEPS THE FINALS LIKE THE BULLS DID IN 96 CHORUS VERSE 2: HALL OF FAMER HE’S A HALL OF FAMER A TRUE SAVIOR THROWING MORE ASSISTS THAN COMPLICATIONS NO COMPETITION RUNNING LAPS AROUND SATAN DROPPIN DIMES AND SAVING LIVES LIKE HE DID WITH OUR SALVATION HE’S THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL IM 6 MANNIN’ IT TRYNA BE ON THE TEAM THAT’S GETTING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP I KNOW MY ROLE, I JUST PASS TO THE GOAT WATCH EM SHAKE MY OPPONENT WATCH EM BURRY DOWN THE STROKE NO BACKBOARD, JUST SWISHES SEE, HE THROWS HIS DISHES LIKE PEOPLE THROW PENNIES IN PONDS TO MAKE WISHES WHEN ITS CLUTCH TIME ITS LUNCH TIME HE EATS UP ON D! BLOCKIN SHOTS TONS OF SWATS WHEN THEY COME IN HIS KEY I SIT BACK AND JUST LAUGH THIS MISMATCH – ITS FATE SEE, YOU CANT BEAT MY GOD CAUSE MY GOD IS GREAT YOU LOOK TO CURRY TO BURRY SHOTS BUT LEMME SAY THIS EVEN HE KNOWS JESUS IS GOD AND HE’S THE GREATEST CHORUS
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BEAUTIFUL THANG VERSE 1: I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU’VE FORGIVEN ME I LOOK AROUND AMAZED AT THIS LIFE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME YOU TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO FORGIVE WHAT THEY DID TO ME CAUSE IF I DIDN’T, THEN YOU COULDN’T, CAUSE IT’D BE A SIN IN ME I THOUGHT ABOUT IT HELL, I TRIED TO DOUBT IT THEN I PONDERED ON YOUR MERCY AND IMAGINED LIFE WITHOUT IT IT WASN’T EASY FORGIVING MEN THAT WOULD BEAT ME A MOTHER THAT STRAIGHT UP LEFT ME A FATHER THAT DIDN’T FEED ME SOME FRIENDS BETRAYED ME PRETENDING TO LOVE BUT HATE ME AINT IT CRAZY THE SAME ONES THAT HURT ME ARE THE ONES THAT SAVED ME I HAD TO DO IT I WAS IN SUCH A PRISON SITTING INSIDE MY PAST AND TRAPPED BY ALL OF ITS CONDITIONS I CALL IT PETTY, MAN, I CALL IT PETTY TO HATE PEOPLE AND THEIR EVIL BUT SEE, GOD HE WOULDN’T LET ME HE SHOWED ME THEIR PAIN HE SHOWED ME THE SAME HE TAUGHT ME TO LOVE, HE SHOWED ME THE CHAINS IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THANG CHORUS: FORGIVENESS IS A BEAUTIFUL THANG FORGIVENESS IS A BEAUTIFUL THANG, BEAUTIFUL THANG(X2) VERSE: 2 HE FINALLY HEALED THE WOUNDS OF MY PAST FROM EXES TO FRIENDSHIPS THAT DIDN’T QUITE LAST NO MORE BITTERNESS IN ME OR WEARING GUILT LIKE A CAST SO IF YOU NEED ME, JUST HIT ME, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS ASK I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO TO BE A WOMAN AND A FRIEND AND TO BE UNSTOPPABLE WE TOOK THE GOOD WITH THE UGLY PLAYED LOVED, PLAYED RUGBY YOU WOULD HATE ME THEN YOU’D LOVE ME I WOULD CHASE YOU THEN YOUD SUB ME I LOOK BACK AND THEN I SEE THE STAGES WE WERE YOUNG AND WE WERE CRAZY WE WERE FRIENDS AND THAT’S AMAZING NOW, I CAN’T TAKE BACK ALL THAT WAS GIVEN BUT IT’S NICE TO KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOOD AND WE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN BUT I PRAY FOR YOU LIKE ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR YOU FOR PEACE, FOR JOY AND I HOPE THAT GOD NEVER STAYS AWAY FROM YOU I WANT ALL OF THAT AND MORE I LOVE YOU TO THE CORE BUT YOU KNOW THAT ITS JUST DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE CHORUS I FINALLY GOT A CLEAN SLATE NOW ATE MY PRIDE, NOW I RIDE WITH A CLEAN PLATE NOW (X2) CHORUS
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Save Me 04:34
SAVE ME FEEL LIKE IM GOING CRAZY, CRAZY IM TALKIN TO THE AIR & I KNOW THAT YOU CAN SAVE ME, SAVE ME I KNOW BECAUSE YOU’RE THERE IM GOING OUT OF MY MIND DANCING ON LIMBS, SHIFT IN THE WIND IM TRYING TO FIND SOME KIND OF FREEDOM THINGS TO BELIEVE IN WHY CANT YOU SEE THE MOUNTAINS IVE CLIMBED DROWNIN IN FLOODS, FLOODS I CREATE TRYNA ESCAPE THE RIVERS OF TIME AND I DON’T THINK I CAN TAKE IT, TAKE IT I NEED YOU TO COME & SAVE ME, SAVE ME SAVE ME FROM MYSELF I NEED YOU TO SAVE ME, SAVE ME SAVE ME FROM MYSELF MY SOUL IS SCREAMIN TIMBER, TIMBER ITS FALLEN TO ITS GRAVE CAN YOU CATCH ME WITH YOUR GRACE AND YOUR PATIENCE OR IS IT JUST TOO LATE IM TRYING NOT TO FALL SHORT LACK OF SUPPORT IM WALKIN ON EGG SHELLS TO MAKE IT TO YOU NO I DON’T KNOW WHERE I AM GOING BUT I KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE IT WITH YOU IF I DON’T CHOOSE NOW I WILL FALL DOWN AND I DON’T THINK I CAN TAKE IT, TAKE IT I NEED YOU TO COME & SAVE ME, SAVE ME SAVE ME FROM MYSELF IM LOSING MY TEMPO IM TRYNA KEEP UP, BUT ITS REALLY NOT SIMPLE A BRAIN FULL OF AMMO SHOT OR BE KILLED A GAMBLE ON LIFE A DEAL OR NO DEAL THESE THOUGHTS, THEY ARE VIVID ENCRYPTED WITH POISON THE SILENCE IS MADDENING ID KILL FOR SOME NOISE MAN I STARE IN THE MIRROR, NO REFLECTION OF SELF ITS HARD TO SEE ME WHEN I ACT LIKE IM ELSE ACT LIKE IM FREE, I ACT LIKE IM COOL ITS HARD TO BE ONE WHEN I STAND BEHIND 2 AND I JUST WANNA LIVE & BELIEVE THAT IM ALIVE BELIEVE THAT I HAVE PURPOSE, BELIEVE THAT I HAVE TRIED I NEED YOU TO COME & SAVE ME, SAVE ME SAVE ME FROM MYSELF I NEED YOU TO SAVE ME, SAVE ME SAVE ME FROM MYSELF PRAYER

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released September 30, 2016

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Keasha Beard Seattle, Washington

Keasha Beard is breathing optimism into the mic with her lyricism and witty delivery. Emerging from a past of addiction and darkness, she is heavily promoting the light through her music.

Her message is simple: Choose love, Choose life.

Keasha reigns from Seattle, Washington with a mission to impact the world!
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