Shai Linne - Random Thoughts 2019 lyrics

Ayo I'm back
But nobody was asking where I'd been
'Cause when idols get confronted
They say you cannot win
But I'm comforted by knowing through Christ
 I'm God's friend and by His grace
I will never change directions like topspin
I'm locked in
A God-centered verse in your face
He'll satisfy your thirst when you
Taste His mercy and grace
We live in a time of analysts
Trying to find the catalyst
For all kinds of savageness -stats, crimes
And averages but never mind the blasphemous
Lines of an activist
Strategist who maligns the Divine Protagonist
Who you think it's all about
The star of the show?
It's Jesus Christ, the czar that you owe
You already know it's not wise to defy Him
He'll slice through your pride
And life's suicide without Christ crucified
(yeah)
He's the Lion and the Lamb at the same time
Trying to fight Him? You can't
Be of a sane mind
So since we know Him, let's adore Him
He deserves it
At one time our culture had reverence for Him
But over time I guess
They quit being impressed
Maybe because they saw Him as
A hippie in a dress but read Revelation 1
You'll get a different picture he's risen
Listen to His description in the scriptures
Golden sash around His chest
High claim Messiah
Feet like burnished bronze
Eyes flame of fire
Voice louder than Niagara Falls
Face brighter than the sun
John staggers and falls
At His feet as though dead
To see Him's to know dread
And Jesus so bled so we can go spread
The fame of the King is the name that we sing
He tamed death's sting and
He claims everything
Like the Abraham Kuyper quote, saved
His fam, thank Him, man
He ignites our hope, praise the Lamb
Christ is dope
It amazes me to this day that God uses me
Especially when I reflect on who I used to be
Hip hop idolator, moralistic legalist
New age agnostic, Afrocentric hedonist
I was all about the sex, tryna flex
Das EFX, Malcolm X, countin' checks
I hated the God of the Bible
Wouldn't stand to listen
I saw Christianity as the
White man's religion
Used to oppressed to abuse and distress
Keep 'em glued to the pews
And refused to progress
I didn't know the Bible showed
True faith in Africa
You can't blame Jesus for
Crusades and massacres jesus is beautiful
He reigns and he's sovereign
Regardless of the actions of those
Who claim to follow him
I focused on fake believers but not on myself
I was breathing God's air but
Leaving God on the shelf
When it came to saving myself
This kid was missing tons
My reality check bounced, insufficient funds
God brought me to a point
Where I came to realize
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
That's where the real lies
The only antidote to fight Satan's real lies
The scales were removed
Now I see with real eyes (Uhh)
One thing I've seen that's not so pristine
Since the presidential election of 2016
A focus on politics controls
The whole populace
Exposed so much rottenness
Trolls so anonymous
But this is my hypothesis
I can say it with confidence:
In light of the apocalypse
Politics is a pile of bricks
So why are we seeing biblical truth
Is sacrificed on the altar
Of political groups?
The Lord Jesus Christ is not
A Democrat or Republican
He is the King of Kings and Lord of
Lords who shed his blood for sin
Not only that, he died to make us one (One)
In union with the Church, Spirit
Father and the Son
Therefore, we have been united over grace
(Grace)
So how the Church gonna be divided over race?
Something's amiss as we twist in this abyss
Amidst the drift and shift
I've witnessed this
White Christians not resisting viciousness
Black Christians who persist to lift the fist
So let's address the elephant
With biblical intelligence
When it comes to indwelling sin
Melanin is irrelevant
Christ wasn't European, that's a proper fact
But to quote
"Why does it matter whether God was black?"
His blood was red, blood that he shed for men
And if you don't accept the King
You'll be dead in sin forever
That's the bottom line
We running out of time
For the persecuted church
Every day is Columbine
What happened to the urgency
The human emergency?
Have we lost our fervency
Failing to look vertically?
Only God in heaven can
Stop this downward spiral
Our only hope for survival is revival
To spurn being tribal
Discern who's our rival
Learn from the Bible and turn from our idols
Lord, we look to thee, our God and our Savior
Cause thou hath a way like Donny and Lalah
Put the nonsense to rest, my God's the best
And he can save anybody, even Kanye West
God rescues foul men, I'll testify then
I know it's true because he saved
A wretch like Shai Linne
Ye's giving God praise
Some won't lift their voice with him
But, if the angels rejoice
Then I'ma rejoice with 'em
But, if it's true that a
Secular rapper's leavin' his sin
Will that make Christian rappers
Start talking Jesus again? (What?)
I better stop there before it
Get too hot here so let me make this the
Last thing that I share
We represent the Lord Jesus Christ
No apology stay tuned for LT 3: Sociology