ŌHE
USED TO SAYĶ
DO YOU REMEMBER?
CAUSE I REMEMBER
REMEMBER WHAT? I REMEMBER THE TIME
WHEN HE USED TO SAY TO ME, HE USED
TO SAY TO ME
SUNDAY MORNINGS, AS A CHILD, I
WONÕT FORGET IT
WAKING UP EARLY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL,
SOMETIMES IÕD DREAD IT
BUT MY MOTHER WOULD CONTINUE TO
CALL MY NAME
AND SAY GET UP AND GET READY FOR
CHURCH, STOP YOUR PLAYING
AS I WOULD GET UP IÕM ABLE TO
STILL ENVISION
MY BROTHER PLAYING GOSPEL MUSIC,
AS WE WOULD LISTEN
I WOULD GET READY, GET DRESSED AND
WELL GROOMED
AND EAT A BOWL OF CEREAL WHILE I
WATCHED CARTOONS
WHEN MOMMA WAR READY, SHE WOULD
SAY GET IN THE CAR
AS WE DROVE TO CHURCH, I USE TO
THINK IT WAS FAR
BUT WHEN WE WOULD GET THERE, IÕD
START TO FEEL THE EXCITEMENT
AND THINK WITH MY SUNDAY SCHOOL
FRIENDS HOW FAST TIME WENT
MY MOM WOULD GIVE ME MONEY TO PUT
IN THE OFFERING
NOT REALIZING THEN, IN THE FUTURE
WHAT THIS WOULD BRING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD I HAVE
THIS VERY DAY
EVEN AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER WHEN
HE WOULD SAY
I REMEMBER WHEN THE LORD WOULD SAY
RECEIVE ME THIS DAY AND DONÕT EVER
GO AWAY
AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE LORD WOULD
SAY
IF YOU LOSE YOUR WAY, IÕLL STILL
BE RIGHT HERE TO STAY
VERSE 2
MOST OF MY TEENAGE YEARS LIFE WAS
STILL THE SAME
LIVING FOR CHRIST, EAGER TO PLEASE
HIM, THAT WAS MY AIM
CONTINUED TO PUT HIM FIRST AND GO
TO CHURCH
THE MORE THAT I SEARCHED, THE MORE
HIS LOVE WAS WORTH
EVEN IN SCHOOL, NOT SCARED OF MY
BACKGROUND
IF ASKED ABOUT MY FAITH, I NEVER
WOULD BACK DOWN
THOUGH I WAS A CHRISTIAN, I STILL
WAS POPULAR
NEVER LOST FRIENDS JUST FROM THIS
LIFE THAT I PREFERRED
I REMEMBER BEING ON THE BASKETBALL
TEAM AND SUCH
SOME WOULD CUSS, BUT I CHOSE TO
READ MY BIBLE ON THE BUS
A SEED WAS PLANTED, BECAUSE SOME
WOULD ASK WHAT I WAS DOING
A LOVE FOR CHRIST, SOME OF THEM
STARTED PURSUING
BUT I HAD ANOTHER LOVE THAT SOUGHT
MY ATTENTION
A DECISION I MADE THAT STARTED TO
BLUR MY VISION
A FORM OF MUSIC IN MY LIFE, DIDNÕT
KNOW IT WOULD STAY
IT TOOK CONTROL, BUT I STILL
REMEMBER GOD WOULD SAY
VERSE 3
A FORM OF MUSIC CALLED HIP HOP
WOULD THEN STOP
MY GROWTH WITH CHRIST, BUT IT
DIDNÕT HAVE TO FLIP FLOP
THE REASON IT DID, CAUSE I CHOSE
SECULAR
THESE LYRICS WOULD CORRUPT MY MIND
ON THE REGULAR
I EVEN STARTED TO WRITE MY OWN
LYRICS
NOT A LOT OF CURSING, BUT STILL
WASNÕT HIS SPIRIT
CONVICTION STARTED TO SET IN LIKE
DEPRESSION
YEARS OF LISTENING TO THE WRONG
THING CAUSED AGRESSION
IN AREAS OF MY LIFE, MY SPIRIT
CHANGED
I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT WOULD
SIN, BUT I TOOK THE BLAME
NOBODY DIDNÕT FORCE ME TO DO WHAT
I DIDNÕT WANT
BUT GOD DIDNÕT STOP HIS SPIRITUAL
MANHUNT
HE DIDNÕT GIVE UP ON ME, THIS IÕM
GLAD OF
NO MATTER MY SIN, HE KEPT SHOWING
ME MAD LOVE
NEVERTHELESS,WHEN IÕD COME BACK,
HE KNEW THE DAY
WHEN I WAS AWAY, I RECALL WHAT HE
USED TO SAY
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