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The Refinery
02:03
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Welcome to the place I no longer call a home,
I can never feel safe; stay alert or get stoned,
I’m a lethal weapon, no Mel Gibson, I’m getting honed
For the passion of the Christ in His plan for me alone,
Where I’m headed, some can’t go with me, this is a test,
Your mind won’t comprehend like it’s a trauma to the head,
Such a calling on my life with a purpose for the best,
Moved me up on Luci’s hit list coz he see me as a threat!
Gotta die to my flesh, what it wants to do and say,
Being taught to forgive but in such a hard way,
Wanna get mad and lose it, maybe punch em in the face,
Iron fists flying faster than he ran the 10K,
But He want that discipline and character that reflect
So that He can see His face when the glory’s evident,
Die to self, my own agendas, my emotions, reputation,
I’m taking the step of faith to trust Him with the operation,
Have to go through the fire, can’t expect I won’t burn,
But the product quality will be a greater return,
All the impurities burned, there ain’t no glory I’ve earned,
My imperfections falling off, and I won’t hide that it hurts,
But still I hold on, coz this is His design,
It wasn’t made for no one else to walk, this path is mine,
He knew that no one else could handle it, the shoe wouldn’t fit,
So I walk with blind faith and shun the option to quit!
He’ll take me higher, He hired me, higher calling for higher me,
Devil try and retire me, tried to fry and rewire me,
I ain’t writing no diary but each day is more tiring,
His fire purifying me,
Welcome to the refinery...
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Tell me what you'd do
If you could feel the pain I'm going through,
I'm praying, "Lord, help me,
Give me the strength I need,"
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run,
But I'm trying
I ain't slept for days, like, everything's been swept away,
They tell me "help is coming", how long do I have left to wait?
I'm running out of time,
There's more and more people dying that ain't been fed today,
Like, where did all my friends go? It feels they were here just yesterday,
Been trying to find my sanity, trying to find my peace,
But it's so so overwhelming, tell me when it's gonna cease,
I'm feeling deceased, I'm feeling defeated,
Despite my own song, don't be defeated,
Hiding behind being conceited,
Where is the help when you really need it?
I've got to make it some day, believing it'll be alright,
So why don't you tell me, uh
So why don't you tell me, uh
Tell me what you'd do
If you could feel the pain I'm going through,
I'm praying, "Lord, help me,
Give me the strength I need,"
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run,
But I'm trying
Trying to cope with issues, uh
Trying to cope with disorder,
Think about it physically when you're mentally pushed beyond your borders,
Breathe, wanna take a minute, take a break, take a breath,
While relying on a strength, hoping for a miracle that'd help delay your death,
What is it? I'm not gonna lie, I've been getting sick of it,
Preacher tells me don't even question God, so would I think He would hear it?
Trying to stay strong, holding onto the faith that I've still got,
Guess I need to keep fighting whether I like it or not,
Trying to stay strong, holding onto the faith that I've still got,
Guess I need to keep fighting whether I like it or not
We keep fighting,
We keep fighting to stay alive
We keep fighting,
We keep fighting to stay alive
Tell me what you'd do
If you could feel the pain I'm going through,
I'm praying, "Lord, help me,
Give me the strength I need,"
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run,
But I'm trying
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Higher Up
03:44
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I got angels watching on me
Just in case I’m giving up,
It’s no secret that it’s harder
Every time you level up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up,
I got Jesus on redial,
But feels like He don’t pick up,
Gotta walk through all the fire
And believe I won’t burn up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up
This process, I protest, but this is a pro’s test,
I hate this, no patience, but God knows it’s for best,
I said “hope I get better”, but it wasn’t I had in mind,
Gotta remember that God knows better, so it’s better His plan than mine,
Uh, feel I keep hitting the ground
And though I keep crying out, I still cannot hear a sound,
I got angels flying all around,
I gotta humble myself because the way up is down,
You say…
(God) You really want me the best,
(Then) gotta trust You with rest,
(Lord) Hold me down, anchor my heart,
(Faith) I got that ink on my chest,
I hear my enemies tell me it’s over though,
Saying “Don’t wait upon God coz He’s super slow”,
Rushing me to move out Your path like vámonos,
Still I remember my cabin in Manolo
I got angels watching on me
Just in case I’m giving up,
It’s no secret that it’s harder
Every time you level up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up,
I got Jesus on redial,
But feels like He don’t pick up,
Gotta walk through all the fire
And believe I won’t burn up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up
That’s what’s up when hell knows you’re moving up,
They try boost up on their ammo, thinking that would be enough,
But nah, can’t Nebuchadnezzar me, I ain’t bowing down,
Bring the fire, but He promised I ain’t burning to the ground,
So you see me, I’m weakened,
They treat me like a heathen,
But if I seek their acceptance, I’ll hurt more from their rejection,
I ain’t flexing, but strengthened,
Tried, tested, bested but blessed,
You catch me stressing, that’s bless, coz you know my enemy's threatened, aye,
Getting up every Domingo,
Watch what you say, coz I don’t like your lingo,
Though I am weak, there’s an army that’s backing me,
Lucifer, I got your number like bingo,
Uh, I can’t back down,
This is the purpose and plan,
No pain, no gain,
Wanna gain the Great I Am
You know only I can take this,
No one else can rise up to the call,
You believe that I can make this,
Can only rise up when I fall...
I got angels watching on me
Just in case I’m giving up,
It’s no secret that it’s harder
Every time you level up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up,
I got Jesus on redial,
But feels like He don’t pick up,
Gotta walk through all the fire
And believe I won’t burn up,
Higher up,
Level up,
Higher up,
That’s what’s up
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Who’s that moving in the shadows?
Going everywhere that I go?
Knowing all the things that I know?
I will never make it easy for you
Ooh, shadows,
You just waiting for a slip up,
Hoping that you get a come up,
I won’t open up a window for you,
Shadows...
No I don’t even think you got the memo,
Your stones are just pebbles, you think you won because you saw me tremble,
But you ain’t seen the full potential yet, I’m like a demo,
The pain is dragging longer and it keeps getting lengthened,
And I bet that you enjoy it, seeing me under the pressure,
So whenever you think you’re getting the better, don’t bet on it ever,
I’m forever guaranteed a victory, remember,
It is written,
So keep on hitting, I may be bruised and broken,
I gotta keep my heart behind the Words that God has spoken,
I can hear you calling, but I know who you are,
We burning up the Light to shine it to your dark
Who’s that moving in the shadows?
Going everywhere that I go?
Knowing all the things that I know?
I will never make it easy for you
Ooh, shadows,
You just waiting for a slip up,
Hoping that you get a come up,
I won’t open up a window for you,
Shadows...
...Like darker camo,
Piling more weight on to feel like I can’t handle,
Like if I’m sinking, you push my head lower to drown me,
Threatened, you got eye on man, I got a vision, Robert Downey,
Shadows spike me on my sonic art,
Every lyric written, every beat and note is from the heart,
Every small and large attack from darkness, every poison dart
Goes into the music, like an instrument, it plays a part,
It starts
With the refinement, losing my mind to guidance,
Losing my life to find it, to find Him through all the trials,
And learn that He is good, He don’t fail,
He’s proven faithful as well,
I know that time will tell
And I will say it is well
Who’s that moving in the shadows?
Going everywhere that I go?
Knowing all the things that I know?
I will never make it easy for you
Ooh, shadows,
You just waiting for a slip up,
Hoping that you get a come up,
I won’t open up a window for you,
Shadows...
No one likes being caught up in a mix, halo-halo,
This ain’t even my battle,
Just need to stay faithful and grateful and humble and trust He sees it all, panorama
Picture this, current situations, I may be sick of this,
But in due time, God knows I will be fit for this,
Hoping to look back at this like it’s dust on my shoes,
Press on easily and wipe it off in one little move,
And improve, keep on progressing
In faith to stop the guessing
I pray for the protection
Against all the oppression,
And uh, know He’s overcome you and your pesters,
My God, He is the bestest, He’s just making me the blessedest...
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Fired Up
03:18
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Looking back into times in my past how I fell down,
Came to the Father, you can ask how I feel now,
Fully loaded with the lyrics, I been rolling with the Spirit
So you know I feel to hit them with the real rounds,
On the fire and I’m never gonna chill out,
Unashamed is the motto, that is why I’m really loud,
Run and pray to the Father every time I feel doubt,
Starting fresh like a lemon and I peel out,
You can try and catch me in a filled crowd,
Hands up, there’s a dance in His presence,
I’d do anything just to get a glance at the heavens,
Knowing life on this planet wouldn’t last for a second,
And I’m after repentance, glad that He meant it,
When He said that it is finished, and the past was forgiven,
Made my past the beginning of a brand endeavour,
I’m a sinner living in a Man that’s lasting forever,
Had to surrender after I felt His unconditional love and I was wrapped in His splendour,
My reaction was simply committing to His love,
A gift from above, and His passion
It severed every chain of the enemy, I’m a better me,
Ready for incredible, the same, I could never be,
Yes I might fall, but my sinning is irrelevant,
In Him I never fail again, I really gotta tell a friend,
Like I can’t keep a secret, any time I get a chance to tell it, I’ma speak it,
Got that ants in my pants, this evangelism
Has granted me with some ability to smash division,
The Master’s gripping anybody whose hands are slipping,
I’m past the limit, Satan come and the Master get em,
My passion’s giving the masses a blast of vision
With rap diligently giving them a path to heaven, you get it,
Oh, you see me,
They thought I dried up,
But it’s got me fired up
Yeah, He’s got me fired up,
I said, oh, you feel me,
He’s the Refiner,
And He’s got me fired up,
Yeah, He’s got me fired up, uh
Let me grab at every syllable, I’m eligible
For the miracle power that’s incredible,
Never knew it would be hard, it’s impossible,
But only by His grace and His Word, Bread, edible,
He’s teaching me to lean on it, not a breeze, honestly,
Though I feed on it, all the pruning, I ain’t keen on it,
Flesh, but He breathe on it, so I gotta keep on it,
Pressing on like it’s wrong trousers, cheese Gromit,
Yeah I know that I’m hardly the perfect the candidate
But God demanded greatness, He caused the picture to animate
By the Word He spoke, come together like it should,
Little messy, but still in His eyes, He sees that it was good,
Always been a thing I never fully understood,
But that’s the goodness of His grace, and He knew it would
Be overwhelming to comprehend so instead I’ll bask in His love over my head like a hood,
Covered me behind the wings of mercy,
Courtesy of the Cross, no more curses hurt me,
Now I’m on the journey to be shining like the Son,
Father don’t stop until they witness your resurrection, done
Oh, you see me,
They thought I dried up,
But it’s got me fired up
Yeah, He’s got me fired up,
I said, oh, you feel me,
He’s the Refiner,
And He’s got me fired up,
Yeah, He’s got me fired up, uh
Far from the end, or at least I hope, for the purpose in Him,
This is a beginning when another journey ending,
Gotta be prepared for all the storm and the wind, so,
Hocus pocus, won’t be gone a minute,
Hold the phone, it won’t be long before I flow
You know I’m on a roll, it isn’t over,
Hope you’ll be ready for the second instalment,
That’s the refocus...
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