LYRIC SHEET

“THE PRODIGAL SON”

TALKING

THE PRODIGAL SON, THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON, BUT IT’S NOT ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT. IT’S ABOUT MY LIFE AS THE PRODIGAL SON, AND THE STORY GOES…

VERSE 1

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE EVEN BEFORE I WAS CONCEIVED

THAT GOD ALREADY HAD A PLAN FOR ME TO SUCCEED

HE HAD PUT A CALLING ON MY LIFE TO BRING MEN TO CHRIST

SO THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE

OF LIVING IN SIN, BUT I NEEDED THE INFORMATION

SO HE BLESSED ME WITH A HOLY MOTHER FOR MY FOUNDATION

AND INSPIRATION TO SEEK GOD AND HIS SALVATION

AND HIS DEDICATION IN MY LIFE FOR OUR RELATION

SHE INSTILLED IN ME TO NOT WORSHIP WHAT WAS SECULAR

AND SHE MADE SURE I WENT TO CHURCH ON THE REGUALR

TO ALWAYS PRAY AND KEEP GOD’S COMANDMENTS

I’D ASK HER QUESTIONS CAUSE I KNEW THAT SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND IT

AS A CHILD I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

A FEELING I JUST CAN’T EXPLAIN WITH ANY LYRIC

AND I HEAR IT STILL, SOMETHING MAMA USED TO SAY

GOD TOLD HER, I’D BE A MINISTER ONE DAY

BUT I WOULD LAUGH CAUSE I DIDN’T THINK THE SHOE FIT

CAUSE I COULDN’T IMAGINE ME BEHIND THE PULPIT

BUT I WAS A FOOL CAUSE BACK THEN I NEVER KNEW

NOT ONLY BY PREACHING, BUT MUSIC CAN BE A TOOL

IN SCHOOL, GOD HAD BLESSED ME WITH THE MIRACLE

OF MOST OF MY FRIENDS THAT I HAD WERE JUST AS SPIRITUAL

SO WE COULD LEAD, DIRECT, AND GUIDE EACH OTHER

AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE’D BE THERE TO CONFIDE EACH OTHER

AS I GOT OLDER THOUGH TIME HAD BROUGHT SOME CHANGES

WITH MANY DANGERS, REPLACED FRIENDS WITH OTHER STRANGERS

AND THEN NOT GOING TO CHURCH THE WAY I USED TO

I’D CHOOSE TO WORK EVERY SUNDAY, NEVER REFUSED TO

STARTED LISTENING TO SIN’S INFLUENCE

FROM SECULAR FRIENDS IN MY LIFE AND SATAN’S PURSUANCE

SOON AFTER THAT, IT WAS REGULAR I WAS SINNIN’

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNIN’ OF MY PRODIGAL LIVIN’

CHORUS

THE LORD ASKED ME WOULD I DO HIS WILL

I SAID NO DEAL BECAUSE I’M KEEPIN’ IT REAL

THE MORE YOU PROLONG HE SAID YOU’RE KEEPIN’ IT WRONG

JUST COME BACK HOME CAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOU BELONG

THEN AGAIN HE ASKED ME WOULD I DO HIS WILL

I SAID NO DEAL BECAUSE I’M KEEPIN’ IT REAL

THE MORE YOU PROLONG HE SAID YOU’RE KEEPIN’ IT WRONG

JUST COME BACK HOME CAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOU BELONG

VERSE 2

LORD WHATEVER, I AIN’T TRYIN’ TO HEAR YOU ALTHOUGH I FEAR YOU

BUT I’VE APPEARED TO GONE ASTRAY AND DON’T FEEL NEAR YOU

CAUSE NOW MY THEORY IS LIFE’S NOT AS SERIOUS

AND IF YOU’RE CURIOUS, JUST INDULGE IN LIFE’S EXPERIENCE

I WAS CONVERTED BUT NOW I’M INTRAVERTED

TO GOD, MY RELIGIOUS BASE I WOULD DESERT IT

BY LIVING PERVERTED INTO THINGS THAT WERE UNHOLY

AND SLOWLY FORGETTING THE LIFE THAT GOD HAD SHOWED ME

THEN HE TOLD ME, WHY DO YOU PRETEND

THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT MY LOVE IN A LIFE OF SIN

FOR ALL MEN, I’M THE ALPHA AND OMEGA

YOUR WORLDLY FRIENDS WILL LEAVE YOU, BUT I’LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU

I SAID I’LL TAKE THAT RISK, BUT TELL ME GOD

IF YOUR LOVE DOES EXIST, THEN WHY IS MY LIFE SO HARD

YOU’LL NEVER FOSAKE ME, WELL I CAN’T AGREE

MY FRIENDS BRING ME LOVE I CAN TRULY SEE

SO I CONTINUED TO LIE, CHEAT, AND CURSE

ENGAGIN’ IN THINGS JUST TO QUENCH MY WORLDY THIRST

I IMMERSED MYSELF IN SIN, BUT WHAT WAS WORSE

WAS THAT IN MY LIFE JESUS WAS NO LONGER FIRST

I DISPERSED MYSELF FROM CHRIST JUST FROM MY SINNIN’

PRETENDING I’M LIVIN’ A HAPPY LIFE BUT WHEN IN FACT

I REALLY NEED TO BE MAKIN’ A DECISION

OF GOING BACK TO CHRIST FROM THIS PRODIGAL LIVIN’

CHORUS 2

THE LORD ASKED ME WOULD I DO HIS WILL

I SAID LORD STILL YOUR WILL IS NOT WHAT I FEEL

HE SAID BUT HOW LONG WILL YOU PROCEED TO LIVE WRONG

JUST COME BACK HOME CAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOU BELONG

THEN AGAIN HE ASKED ME WOULD I DO HIS WILL

I SAID BUT LORD STILL YOUR WILL IS NOT WHAT I FEEL

HE SAID BUT HOW LONG WILL YOU PROCEED TO LIVE WRONG

JUST COME BACK HOME CAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOU BELONG

VERSE 3

IN SIN I BECAME CONTENT, NO LONGER INNOCENT

OR INTIMATE WITH JESUS THE MAGNIFICENT

WHO WAS SENT FOR ONE INTENT WHICH WAS MEANT

TO CHANGE A SINNER LIKE ME AND LEAD ME TO REPENT

I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME LOOKIN’ THROUGH SATAN’S OPTICALS

TO TRY TO STOP IT THOUGH, GOD HAD PUT SOME OBSTACLES

IN MY LIFE WITH MISERY, PAIN, AND STRIFE

NOT FOR SPITE BUT TO TRY TO KEEP ME FROM SATAN’S ENTICE

THEN HE SAID, YOU THINK YOU STILL CAN LIVE WITHOUT MY MERCY

IT HURTS ME TO SEE YOU DESERT ME AND ALMOST CURSE ME

I SAID, BUT LORD, THAT’S NOT SOMETHING I WANNA DO

HE SAID IF THAT’S TRUE, FOLLOW ME AND I’LL MAKE YOU KNEW

IT’S FUNNY HOW GOD CAN BRING YOU BACK WHEN HE NEEDS TO

SOMETIMES THROUGH PAIN, SOMETIMES HE WORKS THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE

AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED IN MY KIFE

SOMEONE WHO LOVED CHRIST AND ONEDAY WOULD BE MY WIFE

IT WAS THROUGH HER THAT ONE DAY I WOULD INCUR

A LOVE FOR CHRIST AGAIN THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE BLUR

FROM MY EYES, FOR THEN I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE

AND RECOGNIZE WHAT I TRIED TO FIND WAS HEAVEN’S KEY

IN THE WRONG PLACE, BITTERNESS I HAD TO TASTE

BUT GOD’S GRACE KEPT ME ALIVE SO I COULD FACE

ANOTHER DAY, GIVING GOD PRAISE AND SAY

THANK YOU LORD FOR BRINGIN’ ME BACK FROM GOING ASTRAY

I SAID, I DON’T KNOW IF I’M WORTHY TO SERVE THEE

BUT WHEN HE HEARD ME, HE SHOWED MERCY BUT FIRST HE

GAVE ME A ROBE, RING, AND PUT SANDALS ON MY FEET

AND KILLED THE FATTED CALF ON MY BEHALF TO EAT

I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE

THE WRONG THAT I DID THAT MY FATHER COULD HAVE COMPASSION

HE WELCOMED ME BACK HOME DESPITE ALL OF MY SINNIN’

THAT DAY MARKED THE ENDIN’ OF MY PRODIGAL LIVIN’

CHORUS 3

THE LORD ASKED ME WOULD I DO HIS WILL

I SAID YES LORD, HE SAID WELL GET DOWN AND KNEEL

AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR EVERY SIN

AND AFTER I DID THAT HE ASKED ME AGAIN

MY PRODIGAL SON, NOW WILL YOU DO MY WILL

I SAID YES LORD BECAUSE YOUR LOVE FOR ME IS REAL

YOU WELCOMED ME BACK EVEN THOUGH I LIVED WRONG

BUT NOW I’M BACK HOME CAUSE HOME IS WHERE I BELONG