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Praise the Potter
03:05
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I’m so glad
That you made me
Through the good and the bad
I can praise thee
And I’m so glad
That you saved me
From the path that I ran
That would take me
To eternal death
But through faith
I have eternal breath
That’s through grace
I ain’t earn none of that
His reign
I operate under that
Everyday til the day
He’s coming back
Til then
I’m a follow His feet
We praise His name
Cause hallowed it be
If you been regenerated
Then you got it like me
If you want to break bread
Then holla at me
We the people of the robe
Here to be the salt
And the light to the globe
The means as we walk
In the light we show
The way the Potter work
In our hearts and we grow
Doesn’t matter if you’re
White, yellow, brown, negro
Christ went down
To the ground
And He rose
All the way up
And He put us in His robe
Bless the Lord
Oh my soul
The devil can’t touch
What my God hand holds
That goes for us
Let the truth be told
We were broken
No hope
But He’s making whole
All the people that He chose
Praise the Potter we the people of the robe
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Salutations
How you doing
I’m T
And I’ll be speaking
About the world
But in light of the Word
And what I’m seeing
As the devil roam and travel the earth
Consuming people
Who’re wicked from the time of their birth
Pursuing evil
And your feelings are bound to get hurt
If you’re illegal
Breaking laws that come from the Lord
Let me proceed to
Do the work that you’ll find in the verse
Up in Ephesians
That’s expose
And bring light to the work
Of the deceiver
A soldier in His army
His sword I’m a keep swinging
Because the enemy is busy
I’m sure he will keep scheming
As if he has a chance at winning
He sweet dreaming
There’s no victory for him
His demons and these heathens
But blessed be ones redeemed
And receive Him
By His grace they were given the faith
To believe Him
Cause He died for our sakes
Eternally we’re breathing
So make no mistake
In turn I’m a be preaching
For the people
Of the robe
Known for shining our lights
Where we go
So we can glorify Christ
Like so
Cause He’s the Lord of our life
The Maestro
One time for the Father
Two times for the Son
Three times for the Spirit
One God to get it done
And He did it for the people
Let’s take a walk through the valley of death
Follow the Shepherd
Repent and believe
This is not a suggestion
There is no pleasing the Lord
All in the flesh
The living Word is both bread and sword
Swallow the weapon
Let it penetrate the heart in your chest
And give you breath
And may the flesh
That got you all in your mess
Be put to death
And fall in line
With the God of all time
And get to steppin
We the bride and
And in God we abide
We steady rep Him
And He never
Step away from our side
Not for a second
If we tried
There’s no where
We could hide
He’s ever present
With His word that be giving us life
It’s effervescent
And His promises are never a lie
No second guessing
On that cross God suffered a lot
For our blessing
And took away our raggedy cloth
And now we’re dressed in
His robe
Now we’re no longer broke
We’re put together
And we’re set up
To dwell with the Lord
That’s for forever
For the people
Of the robe
Known for shining our lights
Where we go
So we can glorify Christ
Like so
Cause He’s the Lord of our life
The Maestro
One time for the Father
Two times for the Son
Three times for the Spirit
One God to get it done
And He did it for the people
He did it for the people of the robe
So we can preach Christ
Speak life, bring hope
For the people of the robe
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My People
03:09
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I thank God
For the people that He gave me
Starting with my parents
As the people who had raised me
But still took village
For the building of their baby
And they produced a man
Who can stand
When it’s crazy
Shout out to my brother and my sister
Even though the truth be told
That you’re from another mister
You’re my siblings as whole
Please don’t ever get it twisted
We let nothing get betwixt us
If you think we’re bout that drama
On my mama you can miss us
True life
And shout out to my wife
I promise God got us
And always do us right
We’re blessed to have our children
Three are black and two are white
When I say that I do it for you
Then that means I’m do or die
As I try to be like Christ, man
So much love in my fam
Don’t see too much fighting
I promise that I’m here for you
And that is true for my friends
And I don’t have that many cause
My friends become just like fam
They’re part of who I am
God blessed me
Immensely
With people standing with me
And since my God is for me
Doesn’t matter who against me
For every hater I discover
There’s at least ten or twenty
People I know love me
Through the thick
And through the skinny
And not just with me
When I’m winning
And usually I’m losing
This is for my people
Growing with me through the movement
That’s DC
Jaycee
GT
Jay Reed
CC
J Kriese
Read B
KCK3
Hopeton
And Izzy
Alfonso on the mix
Getting busy
Shout out to Dawain and V. Dub
Christi and Christina
Jesus Lil Brother
And Ryan Martinez
Jus B, Roger That
Andre Right and
I can’t forget my DJ
DJ Flyness
Word to Genesis
Word to HOPE Music
Word to MYK
I’m loving what Y’all doing
Queen Teel
Hummingbird
Jocelyn
And Jazmyn
Regenerit
Swinn
And Stract be going in
Christcentric chose to put me on a track
Once again
As we put the gospel back in Christian rap
For the win
This is for my people in Reformed Bars
And my ninjas in the inbox
Stay away from porn stars
Laughing at them tick-tocks
For the gospel going hard
Solid never flip flop
Crusading Christian
Curators of Hip Hop
Creators of dope art
We make it and don’t chart
Still speaking to your heart
Crafted in His image
We’re a people unified
And I’m blessed to have
These moments with you here throughout my life
There’s so many I could name
If I didn’t name yours
Please don’t charge it to the game
And understand the truth that
I love you just the same
And I’m just going off the brain
And saying
There’s no reason you should ever feel alone
Cause my God is throne
And we’re His people of the Robe
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I praise the Lord cause I was prodigal
He found me
Even though I was comfortable
In my surroundings
Lounging
With a stony heart
He took it out me
Thinking on His goodness night and day
Like I’m Al B
Surely Christ rules everything around me
Scream
From the top of my lungs about the pounding
He
Took them nails in His body
Thinking bout me
He set aside His crown
And laid it down
It wasn’t robbery
Barely was a murder
Gave His life
As an offering
Died and then He rose to be the first
Of many offspring
Washed in the blood
God had took the crud off me
Amazingly they’re painting
My Lord as a softy
The scripture got Him right
Get in the word
And keep it salty
Holy Spirit helping me remember
What He taught me
Man I get joy contemplating
How He brought me
Out of my bondage
I didn’t seek Him
Y’all He sought me
Woke me from slumber
Like fresh cup of coffee
If I’d have overslept at His coming
It’d have cost me
More than I can ever dream of paying
It is costly
What kind of love
Would make my God come off the throne
Paying off my debt
Like it was something that He owed
And He was so efficient
With the mission and it shows
When the Spirt gives the sinner
Ears to listen and we go
From the children of perdition
To the people of the robe
Oh yeah
We the people of the robe
Oh yeah
To the people of the robe
Oh yeah
And all around the globe
Be the people that He mold
And the people that chose
Be the people of the robe
I don’t have to wonder
How I kept from going under
My God has kept me from the
Penalty of my blunder
Forever with Me
Father never leaves to November
The devil thought he had me
And I did too
Until the Father came and grabbed me
And brought me to
The throne of grace
Where He erased
My sin and made me new
And now I’m one for never looking like what I’ve been through
Regenerated no mistaking
Why I sing these tunes
I’ve been renewed
By the scripture
When I peep these truths
That was given by the Spirit
That’s the way He moves
Like the wind
You never know where He’s gone go next
But everyone He selects
You’ll see those effects, kid
Walk around looking like resurrected
No longer dead in sin and living like wretched
But rather now living like His precious blessed
Bride for whom He died
Whom the Father elected
Without the Holy Spirit
People stay rejecting
God’s salvation and the Gospel message
Doctrine, straight from the text
Respect it
By repenting of your sins
And stepping in His blessing
What kind of love
Would make my God come off the throne
Paying off my debt
Like it was something that He owed
And He was so efficient
With the mission and it shows
When the Spirt gives the sinner
Ears to listen and we go
From the children of perdition
To the people of the robe
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Oh
They called me bad to the bone
But really they don’t know
It went to the depths of my soul
I was rotten to the core
I was born that way
But I’m that way no more
Hey
No more with the romance
With my sin
I don’t even want to hold hands
Cause she wicked
Trying to pull me to a slow dance
To my death
Cause my breath
To her means squat
Gotta quit her
But I’m feeling
Like I can’t stop
On the real
It’s like I wanna keep the game hot
In the minute love the feeling
But I think not
I’m benefiting
Yeah
Sin has got my head spinning
If you feel it
Put your hands in the air with me
You a witness
And that means that you fell with me
Just the same by His name
We can go high
With the wings of an eagle
Yeah we gone rise
Above everything illegal
There’s no life
If we continue with the fast living
Demise
Will be the end
Not a friend
Can be found in sin
But on the flip
There’s a wonderful friend in Him
Who be the gift
That I’m living and trusting in
He never quits being
Who and what He is
I must be His
Paid in blood
When they hanged Him up
Done running with sin
So we’re breaking up
Oh
They called me bad to the bone
But really they don’t know
It went to the depths of my soul
I was rotten to the core
I was born that way
But I’m that way no more
Hey
No more with the courtship
With my sin
Cause I’d rather sit and worship
The Creator
Cause He’s greater and He’s worth it
No cap
On His word He never goes back
A solid rock for my footing
And I will stand
By His power
Every second of the hour
I need Him
Cause sin is crouching at my door
Prowling and creeping
Trying to keep me from the Lord
Trying to keep me weakened
Trying to keep me from His word
And keep me from speaking
Anything holy
Sin’ll rather see me tweaking
Bout peeking at some twerking
Trying to keep a man flirting
With the death
As I wreck myself
Looking to the scripture
As I check myself
I’m saved because He’s risen
Couldn’t help myself
I’ve been talking bout my sin
Like it ain’t myself
Making wrong decisions
Like I aimed for hell
You can tell by consequences
That it ain’t go well
Man I hate myself
And I mean this flesh
By His grace and mercy
I’m redeemed and just
Sin will only hurt me
And bring me stress
I’m putting everything she owns
In a box to the left
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6. |
The MakeUp
02:33
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I got a stalker
Trying to kill me named sin
We got a lot of history
So where do I begin
I was attracted to the mystery
And sin became my friend
Yet the cause of my misery
That friendship had to end
But I had the proclivity
To let her back in
Due to all of my stupidity
From way back when
Back then I was poor lost case
Looking for love
In a very off place
So when I felt lonely
It was sin I’d chase
Pride like gravity
Pulling me down
Along side my depravity
Spinning around
Head swimming in the clouds
As I sink in the ground
Living in a dead state
Couldn’t get my head straight
A fallen lump of clay
Formed in iniquity
Born with a wicked gene
Foreign to the Spirit
Reborn so that means I’m
Reformed
No longer be blowing
Green
Nor seek porn
By His strength
I keep going
Sometimes I look back
But the Shepherd pushes
Me forward
Cause He’s leading
Me toward
Everlasting glory
End of story
I can’t wait for it
Rooted like a tree
Beside the waters
I’m here to stay for it
I’ve been changed
When you see me
Watch me act brand new
Awfully strange
If you feel me
What my God can prove
I’m relaying
That He’s really
Bout that life and truth
Bring exposure to the dark
Like only light can do
I was fallen
I was broken
Humpty Dumpty looking boy
The King’s men couldn’t fix it
So the King in all His glory
Stepped down from His throne
And took my broken
Heart of stone
And restored it into flesh
Just to pierce it with His Word
So that He could call me blessed
If you knew me
Please observe
There’s something different bout me Yes
I’m regenerated
By the One I’m venerating
Yes I’m far from perfect
But the Holy Spirit’s penetrating
The depths of my core
Convicting me of all the sinful ways
That saturate
My day to day
Sometimes I run away to pray
I pray He takes the weight away
And then I read the text
And see He took it on that fateful day
Carrying the cross
Cause I was lost
So He became the way
I was void of all hope and
Blind and I was broke
I was void of all hope and
Blind and I was broke
I was void of all hope and
Blind and I was broke
Until the Potter stepped in
And made me whole
The Make-Up
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If on me salvation depended
I never could have made it
And I never would have did it
His holiness was hated
I’d have never been acquitted
Of all of my sin
Cause my good couldn’t fix it
Cause my good really isn’t
What it should be in theory
A Sunday school pupil
But I couldn’t see clearly
Claiming I was Christian
But my living wasn’t really
Lining up with scripture
Yet He loved me so dearly
That He gave His Son
And the Son He hung
For the sin I’ve done
He took my sin on Him
Now His robe I don
I abide in Him
And He leads me on
He’s precious
We’re a product of His call and election
Cause He knew that we would fall in the flesh and
Be rebellious and ignore and reject Him
We were dead but He brought resurrection
He’s our intercessor
True story
I give Him all the glory
I’ve been declared just
Because He live and died for me
I should have been cursed
For not heeding His warning
I’m totally deserving
Of some weeping and mourning
But God
Came in clutch
Like a stick drive
Looking down on us as He sits high
The righteous judge who declares us right
I owe so much to my King
He paid it all
So glad He justified me
Gave me His robe
We be
J-U-
S-T
I-F
I-E-D
I used to rumble in the mud
Til He cleaned me
Did the scrubbing with His blood
And He freed me
From doing all the work
What a relief
Cause the product of my work
Is a deep sleep
I was a pervert of a jerk
Before my pre-teens
Before they hung Him there to hurt
He could see me
That’s why He came down to earth
To redeem me
Now I wait for His return
Not a repeat
Because the first time He came
As a meek sheep
His return he’ll be coming
As a King Beast
I got a mean peace in Him
And a big feast with him
He prepared a big dinner
For a measly sinner
See the King He sitting
Where the interceding hitting
For the sin He be forgiving
Gave me a new robe
As he sees me in it
And I can dwell with Him forever
With the brethren together
Yeah that means infinite
Word up my faith is a gift from Him
Cause He paid my debt
When He hung His head
And died now He’s risen
To His throne on high
On the Father’s right side
In life we reign with Him
As He pull us from our evil
We’re peculiar as a people
A new heart and it starts with Him
Justified set apart from sin
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I was a depraved wretch
An enslaved mess
And the sin I was in
Came straight from the chest
I pleased my flesh
As I willed
I wasn't really good at much
But sin was my skill
I was perverted
Oh so dirty
Very early in my life
And without worry
I would hurry
Like a birdy I would fly
To sin again
And if get
Caught up I would lie
And I grew up in the church
So I knew it wasn't right
See my heart was so deceitful
Full of evil
Should have died
Except for Jesus
Called the Christ
He gave His life
Instead of mine
He came down from the sky
And He dwelled
To free me from my love of sin and my unrighteous self
I went from dead in sin
To having life Himself
That's why I'll never feel the wrath
Like He felt
Since I'm purchased by the blood
He is my everything
My debt is paid in full
I've been redeemed
The Father came and made me whole
I was broken and I’d sank so low
Swimming in iniquity
How is it he would stick with me
And save me expeditiously
Whoa-oh-Oh!
He dressed me in His favored robe
When He hung and when He saved my soul
I was lost without a hope
I had no heaven in my scope
So much leaven in throat
Like Whoa-oh-Oh!
Praise the Potter that He made me whole
Holy and Omnipotent
Immutable, benevolent
Worthy of all reverence
You’re the God of it all
Omniscient and You’re sovereign
High but yet You call me friend
Freed me, I was bound in sin
I was saved by Your call
Graciously You’re merciful
Worker of all miracles
In the spiritual and physical
In charge of it all
You’re everywhere, not never there
Your Holy Spirit makes it clear
By giving us the ears to hear
He came for the lost
So glad He found me
He’s in me and surrounds me
When I start to drift
He use His grip
To grab and ground me
He holds me and He molds me
He lifted me from sinking sand
Now where I stand is stony
Transforms me to His image
While killing off the old me
I’m a product of the Potter
He slaughtered my flesh
The Father
He bothered to bless
This sloppy and slovenly mess
He got me so covered I rest
In God and His promises
Yes
He’s just
And the best of the best
The message of hesed
Is nothing less
Than the death of the death
I live by His blessing and breath
And live as His blessed elect
Could’ve left me a wretched reject
Instead in His presence I dwell
By His hand and His will
And He will
Complete what He started
No doubt about it
I’m the work of the Artist
It’s me, oh Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
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