Shai Linne - Memoirs lyrics

Welcome to my memoirs of joys
Pains and scars
From deep hurts with each verse
Less than ten bars
So many tomorrows transformed into yesterdays
My biggest fear is sorrow over
More left to say
To share some of the things that
I've learned is a must
'Cause in just a little while
I'll return to the dust
And the top concern to me is
To reach you with a lesson
As I watch eternity bleed into the present

I sit back and reflect on
The days of my youth
How doing things my way kept
Me away from the truth
If the Lord didn't choose me
I'd still be out straying yet Mom
I thank God you never stopped praying
Ain't Christ amazing? Our sorrows He carried
Remember when we danced on that
Day you got married?
That's how it's gonna be with
The Lamb and His Bride
You can go first- I'll worship
And stand to the side

Is the pain of a son neglected
Connected to the aim of a gun directed
At a face the same as the one reflected
In his mirror? That's something
To wonder about but Dad
I never heard "I love you"
Come from your mouth
So if you wanna know why I
Didn't choose to share your name
Part of it's because you refused
To bear the blame
For what you didn't do- listen
To dis you is not the issue
I miss you and I'm praying the
Lord would help me forgive you

It's like a bad dream
Crack fiends blaspheme while cats
Scheme to have cream
Killing each other over scraps from the table
Betrayed by the slave who raps for the label
He's trapped in a cradle
Surrounded by serpents
Thinking they're toys
He makes noise for the merchants
The poison is purchased by kids at the mall
Looks like Bill Cosby was right after all

This thing is drastic- my sadness
I can't mask it it's tragic how wombs have
Turned into caskets
Genocide on the unborn- have you seen this?
Babies sacrificed on the altar of convenience
At least two lives are shredded-
Impossible not to regret it
As hard as she tries, she won't forget it
A personal war that hurts to the core
Yet there's hope with a merciful Lord

How long will the poor be marginalized?
How long will leaders deceive
Us with fraudulent lies?
Vileness exalted amongst the children of man
Ill with the plans
Skilled with the scams with
Guilt on his hands
There's filth in the land- the world says
"Blessed are the wicked"
But God hears the cries of
The oppressed and afflicted
The strife of their songs
The night's very long
But Christ's coming back strong
To right every wrong

I don't wanna spread pain- I'll
Probably stay in Philly
When people say they have no regrets
I say "Really?"
If you only saw my chronicles
Man, I've done so many wrong things that
I lost track a long time ago
The Lord is my witness
To anybody that I ever hurt
I ask for your forgiveness
I truly don't know why Christ
Would take my place
But the worst of all sinners
Has been saved by grace

Jesus Christ is God- it's plain to see
Sinners He came to free and
Though He lived blamelessly
He died shamefully and painfully
His resurrection proved that He was
Who He claimed to be and God
It's bugged- I'm amazed You came to visit us
And how the Judge could take
The place of the prisoners the faith of the
Listeners: righteousness credited
Priceless inheritance through what
Christ has merited

Grace and peace to the Ambassador
Grace and peace to my
Brothers Redeemed Thought
Grace and peace to my man Lee Jerkins
Grace and peace to everybody blood bought

Because cats abuse it
Many think that it's stupid
Yet the Master chooses to use rap music
So the hood could see His worth
That He's good in His works
Yet we're mocked by the world
Misunderstood by the church
Still, let's take care to guide the youth
And share not hide the truth
And in this way we'll bear abiding fruit
And if I may quote, "Hold your ground
Keep repping what you believe and soon
You'll receive your golden crown"