116, Trip Lee - To Live is Christ (Philippians) lyrics

Brethren listen to this exposition
Paul wrote the Philippians some
Lessons for living (1: 1)
Written to them but it's real
Good text for Christians
Read it closely, hope we can catch the vision
Chapter 1 he tells them he's
Blessed to get them
Co laboring with him to serve
The best who's risen (1: 5, 7)
And that's he's confident the Lord
Will perfect in Christians
What He started and hearts will
Be corrected in them (1: 6)
Listen, he was in prison now
Maybe never getting out
But all he could think about
Was the gospel getting out (1: 12-14)
Some was even preaching Christ
For selfish motives coming at Paul but dawg
He shrugged his shoulders (1: 15-18)
His focus was Christ the Messiah man (1: 19)
And for Him "to live is Christ
And to die was gain" (1: 20, 21)
Yeah, he was hard pressed
But to remain in the flesh
Was more necessary so they
Faith would progress (1: 22-24)
He wanted them to strive
Together for the gospel
In one spirit, one mind
Listen to the apostle (1: 27)
Maintain the same love, uplift your brothers
Don't just look out for yourself
But for the interests of others (2: 2-4)
HOOK our life is nothing, but Christ is all
(1: 21) so conduct yourselves worthy of
His righteous call (1: 27)

Let's examine five through eleven
The blessed lamb who resided in the Heavens
(2: 6)
Said forget the wealth and emptied Himself
Came as a man and he died for the brethren
(2: 7, 8)
Ultimate obedience, he died on the cross and
(2: 8)
Through His humility Christ was exalted
(2: 9) glory to the Father
(2: 11) , now we should have
That same attitude Christ Jesus had (2: 5)
And on to verse twelve
Work out your salvation (2: 12)
The Father works in us in
This process of saving (2: 13)
Avoid dispute and prove yourself blameless
Children of God in a perverse generation
(2: 14, 15)
Cling to the bible, humility is vital
We see it in lives of Paul and his disciples
(2: 17-30) serving him like father
(2: 22) , some fellow soldiers (2: 25)
Let us rejoice, unite, and rep Jehovah

Rejoice in the Lord we serve (3: 1)
And forget about the flesh we
Nothing more than dirt (3: 3)
Man if anyone could brag bout
They status it was Paul
But to him it was trash it
And he counted it as loss
For the sake of Christ
'cause He gave us life (3: 4-7)
Not through anything we did but
Through faith in Christ (3: 9)
We righteous in the eyes of
The Lord's that's blessing
Conformed to His death and His resurrection
(3: 9-10) brethren, I don't claim to
Have attained perfection's
What he said but was reaching
To what lies ahead (3: 12-13)
And encouraged the Philippians to
Model what he said (3: 15)
And not to walk in the flesh
Cause that walk is dead (3: 17-19)
But we citizens of Heaven
Who eagerly wait for
The one that we rest in Jesus our Savior
(3: 20)
That's who the Lord is and He will surely
Transform our bodies in future glory (3: 21)
He closes encouraging with words
In unity and harmony for
Those within the church (4: 1-3)
Rejoice in the Lord
Bro our hopes in Him first (4: 4)
Let our thanks and our problems
Be known to Him first (4: 6)
Embrace the peace of God, you can bet on that
(4: 7) and whatever is good let your
Mind dwell on that (4: 8)
Then he thanked them again
For they gifts and concern (4: 10)
But no matter what to be
Content he had learned (4: 11-12)
Plus he was sure that he could do all things
Through Him who gave strength and
Can do all things (4: 13)
And he told them they did
Well sharing through all pain (4: 14)
And made sure they knew he sure he
Wasn't trying to get more change (4: 15-18)
God will supply all they needs he
Hoped they might see this
According to his riches in
Glory in Christ Jesus (4: 19)
The truth of Philippians I hope it hit you
And may the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ be with you (4: 23)
I hope you like what you heard
With me rapping these verses
But don't get it twisted
We just scratching the surface
There's more to be learned than
This rap is saying so read it, live it
Learn it like the back of your hand