We chase what we can't see to have what we can't grasp. It's the tension between faith and fallacy. Perhaps the realest things have been in front of us the whole time. Let's invest in what will last.
lyrics
Times...times are in His hands
Time is in his plan, timing is His plan
See he created time, time was his idea
Light was the beginning, days turned into years
Jaw dropping when you think,
Think bout ink blotted man in a book,
Book of life make you shrink-
You can Drink from the fountain
Or you sink, sink drowning in a lake full of fire
You think power has a shape?
Power is a song? What you call strong? Benching 500?
I wonder what type of muscle it takes to bring up the sun before dawn,
And synchronize your yawn, just so you can flaunt
Ha, they be tryna make it small
Tryna call it fake I be tryna laugh it off...aw
Now I got abs, all creation talkin to you, you ain't gotta ask
I been thinking all this time something's holding me back,
Like something's in my way-
But I can't see you
I can't see you
I been wasting all this time,
But I know every breath is a gift
So what do I have, how long do I have it?
I'm tryna imagine...till it turns real
You ain't tryna see me on this mic
Nah bro really---really?
Man these Christian rappers kill me
We be thinking we SPITTIN- but that don't make a difference, quote a couple Bible verses they think you too religious
We cornering the market, we in the corner fighting over rapzilla shine,
And half our music garbage
I'm saying sober up- we might as well edify
Put your swag away, you only sold 2k
Its embarrassing, politics and bickering
Tryna breach mainstream crying for significance
Might as well build appeal
Spend your time writing lyrics, might as well make it real
Community and grace, even vice versa
Stead of fighting over scraps we can build the church up
Hope I find some takers,
We begin construction as soon as we can face it
I been thinkin all this time, something still holding me back
But I can't see it, I can't see you
But when something gets in my way, I know that you got my back
So all you have I can have it, feel I can grasp it
and its feeling so real, yeah its feeling so real
man its feeling so real, so real to me
credits
from The Straw Man,
released November 28, 2013
Prod. by DowntownBeats
Beauty and the Beast at the very beginning of the track, then a Christ-integrated message to top it all off. Nostalgic and Beautiful. To add more to the pie, the song and what it relates to is perfectly fitting for the theme of beauty in the midst of beastliness. It's just dope.
Thank God for this song. Donovan Lewis
This album was just filled with quality, with or without features. I honestly couldn't pick a favourite for this.... There was too much greatness here. Ashleigh [Tyler] Clark
