Long Time

Girl, Me and the Lords been friends for a mighty long time

(such a mighty long time, such a mighty long time)

And girl, the thought of leavin' you has never crossed my mind

(Well oh oh..)

Up in the street and misguided never payed attention

So I got my soul devine, player's soul decided

to let my soul confide with the lights of him

Who the father, my bread and my water

I never bought a cue and into this (?)

Down in my world are you going let you hypocrits

It'll take your life to be a Christian man

I hope you learn, everything else

Is in vein so you're bound to burn

Gonna break your bone

I'm in a war don't let this life game over-rule

Trying take control of you

That's all the devil do

God was in Jesus, God is in us

But God ain't in the barrel of that pistol that you bust

You can play this game wrong, you gotta take it how it goes,

Is there ever a feeling for living if the body's gone

I never understood why what can make a man cry,

It can make a man strong when nobody's on his side

Girl, (girl) Me and the Lords been friends for a mighty long time

(such a mighty long time, such a mighty long time)

And girl, the thought of leavin' you has never crossed my mind

(Never crossed my mind, never crossed my mind, oooh)

(Well oh oh..)

Back and forth, night and day, you repeat the same scene

Standing at the pool a bit, time to repent again

Mostly men have a gun just put that down on circle purpose

When the poo of the world, got me standin by the circle

Agitate you, yes it does, this is what you though was love

Only name, same to be lust, mixed emotions make you wanna bust

Mamma tryin, children cryin, dad outta work, welfare lying

Prejudice, always see, the bottom of the barrel

Falling down on my knees, heavenly father, here we go on knowing

That we get to heaven, there's gonna be some open arms,

Judgment was man-made, not a [..], and this I recorded,

But I didn't live the party, but I thank that my heart beat,

Gotta make me, oh sure Jesus I don't know if there's a hell,

But I know I've whitnessed hell here, all I do is dwell here

Trying not to trail here, saying too much will get you knocked off or locked up in jail here

Tell me do you smell fear, knowing that we so near,

Trying to take the voices of the truth, out the youth ear,

And if you late a time frame, you play all kind of mind games,

I ain't put my life on the line for a damn thing

Girl, Me and the Lords been friends for a mighty long time

(such a mighty long time, such a mighty long time)

And Girl, (I don't really wanna be without you) the thought of leavin' you has never crossed my mind

(Never crossed my mind)

(Well oh oh..)

I can never make it, I can never ever make it

Without you baby

Cause you've been my best friend

Girl,

When everybody turned their back on me,

You were there when I fell down on my knees

And I give you all, all of me,

And every part of me, oooowoooo,

Girl, me and the Lords been friends for a mighty long time

(For long time, such a mighty long time)

And girl, (I don't really wanna be without you) the thought of leavin you has never crossed my mind

(Never crossed my mind)

(Well oh oh..)

I'm a live, I will never leave o no no

When the people say, c'mon and go with me

'Cause I will never leave you, and you've been my best friend

nobody understand, but they can't look inside of me,

o yeah..

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