Datin, Da’ T.R.U.T.H. - Alive and Well lyrics

My mom and dad threw gardens
And would invite lots of friends
And they would dance to the records
That my pops would spin and from her womb
I could feel my head pop within
Before birth
A love for music's what I got from them
Then as a toddler
Dad would put a mic in my hand
In front of my fam
I would sing like Michael and dance
The King of Pop, I wanted to be just like him
But my dreams and aspirations were
Changed on that night when
Searching for cartoons on a tube I stopped
On video music box, so amused, I watched
A choice is yours, a black sheep, man
It was a fat beat
It was the first rap to attract me
And then the play "Scenario"
Q Tip and Bust' going back-to back


My mind was blown
My life ain't been the same after that
'Cause from then on
I was a full fledged Hip-Hopper
The lyrics kept me in a
Trance like a witch doctor
I would listen to the grimiest dudes
But the violence they spewed shaped
My mind and my views
They bragged about what a life
Of crime can produce
The money, the cars, the clothes
The diamonds and jewels i was poor
So I thought I'd try on they shoes
There lifestyle is something that
I would pursue but what they did was leave
Me in the darkness
I became like them and lost
Me in the process, man

Man clears throat yeah, so, yeah, so-
When we first started rapping, right
There was no industry for it
It was no money, no award shows
It was just pure
We saw it as an untapped mission field
You know like a place where we could
Take the gift of rap
And provide not just an alternative
But an antidote for people that were
Being poisoned by the bad (The bad)

So, I took my life and made a mess of it
Yes, I possessed a gift, but I invested it
Into trying to flex and drip
I set my mind on getting rich
And buying diamond necklaces
Tryna drive them Lexus' then I got the bag
But still felt the side effects of this
Spiritual type of deficit
That's when my depression hit
I was feeling down till my
Friend Lionel stepped in
With the Good News in his car
He played them type of records that
Convicted me with truth from the
Bible etched in it
Truth-craved fanatic, did I mention Swift
They said the Christ did
Not require my prerequisites
And eternal life with the
Messiah Christ is effortless i thought
"How could I deny this precious gift?"
I was in sin but said
"It's time that I repent from this"
And then, I had climbed the highest precipice
And dived inside the depths of His love
Goodbye to wretchedness
You probably asking why am I addressing
This CHH topic
Why do I deny the death of it?
It's 'cause I've seen the Most
High provide His message with this art form
He saved and revitalizes reckless kids
I've tasted the fruit of the truth it conveys
It's message can point the youth to Yeshua
It saves it's an alternative to what we
Hear in music today
As long as we do what we do in His name
This CHH ain't dead

Nah, nah, nah- Christian Hip-Hop is-
It's just like a child star you know
Like a child star growing up under the
Microscope with the whole world watching?
One of the most painful things is to watch
Children go through puberty
You know those years
The voice is changing, the face is bumpy
It's that awkward stage of development
You don't quite know who you are
But you think you got all the answers
Just tryna figure it all out
I think that's all that's been
Over the past, you know, seven years or so
We've been going through that weird stage
An identity crisis
You know what I mean? We gon' be alright
Though
'Cause everyone at some point transitions
From adolescence to adulthood
So we gon' be good
CHH is not dead, we just been in transition
And God's hand is on it, so, let's rock on