LYRIC SHEET

“FLOWER”

TALKING (DEREK AND DJ)

VERSE 1

I’VE BEEN TOLD THAT WHEN YOU PRAISE A FLOWER

THAT IT’LL GROW WELL ‘CAUSE IN YOUR WORDS THERE’S POWER

BUT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS WE MUST INCLUDE AS FOOD

AND PROPER NUTRITION AND RIGHT PLACE TO SET THE MOOD

IF CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE THEN WHY ARE WE FAILING THEM

BY RECOGNIZING WHAT THEY NEED BUT NOT TELLING THEM

YOU MIGHT SAY THEY’RE STILL YOUNG, IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE

BUT TEACH THEM ABOUT GOD WHETHER THEY’RE GROWN OR INFANTS

FOR WHAT YOU POSESS IS A FLOWER CHILD THAT’S RARE

IF YOU LET IT GO, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT’S CAUGHT IN A SNARE

LIKE ANY FLOWER, ITS SIMPLEST FORM IS THE SEED

YOU CAN’T TAKE FOR GRANTITE THE FACT IT WILL SUCCEED

BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY THERE ARE STRESSORS

THE SEED’S PLANTED IN THE WOMB, BUT THERE STILL ARE PRESSURES

THE MOST DELICATE STATE IN THE LIFE OF A FLOWER

FOR THE ENEMY’S BIRDS SEARCHES THE SOIL TO DEVOUR

CHORUS (SINGING)

IN THE BEGINNING GOD MADE A GARDEN

AND IN THE GARDEN HE GAVE US DOMINION

SO WHO ARE WE TO JUST IGNORE HIS CHILDREN

WATER THEM, NURTURE THEM, AND HELP THEM GROW

AND IN THE GARDEN THERE’S SO MUCH VARIETY

ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, COLORS SO UNIQUELY

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY HE HAS MADE

SOME FOR SUNLIGHT AND OTHERS FOR SHADE

VERSE 2

THE ENEMYS JOB IS TO MAKE THE FLOWER WITHER

SO IT’LL DIE AND NOT PRODUCE FRUIT AND LOSE ITS VIGOR

TO MAKE SURE IT’S PREPARED THE GARDENER’S DUTY IS

TO NURTURE AND PROTECT IT AND GIVE IT NUTRIENTS

BUT BE SURE NOT TO PLANT IT IN SOIL THAT HAS WEEDS

FOR THEY’LL TRY TO DESTROY THE PURPOSE OF ALL YOUR SEEDS

BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS RIGHT THERE TO FERTILIZE

AND FILTER OUT THE WEEDS SO YOU CAN DESERT THEIR LIES

THE GARDENER’S NOT ALWAYS THERE WHEN WEEDS TRY TO DENOUNCE

SO THE FLOWER MUST LEARN TO DWELL IN ITS SPIRITUAL GREENHOUSE

WE ALL KNOW EVERY FLOWER NEEDS WATER TO LIVE

OR IT WILL DRY OUT, BUT THE FATHER HAS WATER TO GIVE

HIS FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER HELPS THEIR ROOTS GROW

IT NEVER ENDS BUT INSTEAD IS A CONSTANT LOOSE FLOW

CONTINUOUS WITH NO STRINGS ATTATCHED, THANKS WE GIVE HIM

FOR WATERING OUR FLOWERS WITH SPIRITUAL BAPTISM

CHORUS

VERSE 3

AS THE FLOWER CONTINUES TO GROW

IT MATURES AS ITS FRUIT THEN BEGINS TO SHOW

FOR THIS FRUIT WASN’T MEANT TO BE KEPT FOR ITSELF

BUT WAS MEANT TO BE SHARED FOR SPIRITUAL WEALTH

BUT WATCH OUT CAUSE INSECTS ARE OUT TO STEAL ITS NECTAR

BUT TO RECTIFY THEY NEED INSECTICIDE AS A PROTECTOR

SO WHEN THE FUTURE DAY COMES THEY CAN NURTURE THEIR OWN

AND CULTIVATE OTHER FLOWERS UNTIL THEIR SEEDS ARE GROWN

BUT IT’S OBVIOUS THERE’S ONE THING THAT’S NEEDED

WITHOUT THE SUN’S INVOLVEMENT ALL OF OUR WORK IS DEFEATED

FOR THE SUN BRINGS LIGHT THAT IS SO ESSENTIAL

WITH THE SUN, THE FLOWER GROWS TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL

FOR THE FLOWER USES THE SUN TO PHOTOSYNTHESIZE

AND TRANSFERS ITS RAYS TO A FORM THAT’S RECOGNIZED

WITH ENOUGH SUN IN ITS LIFE, ITS STEM WILL NEVER BEND

FOR I DON’T MEAN THE SUN IN THE SKY, BUT THE S-O-N

CHORUS

OUTRO (SINGING)

EVERY SEED HAS A SEED AFTER ITS OWN KIND

YOU AND I FOR SURE WILL LEAVE A SEED BEHIND

GOTTA EDIFY THE BODY, SOUL, AND MIND

HOW DO WE DO IT, WE GOTTA TAKE SOME TIME

WITH GOD’S CHILDREN….TAKE SOME TIME WITH THE CHILDREN