Ready To Meet Him-DMX

[ti:Ready To Meet Him] [ar:DMX] [al:Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ready To Meet Him - DMX [00:00.09]Written by：Swizz Beatz/DMX [00:00.19]Let us pray [00:00.61] [00:03.15]I thank you Lord for my birth and everything that's followed [00:06.58] [00:08.60]I thank you Lord for today and I will pray for tomorrow [00:13.06] [00:15.32]I thank you Lord for the love of my life and a friend [00:17.76] [00:19.80]I made a promise and I'm lovin' my wife til the end [00:23.13] [00:25.28]I thank you Lord for your guidance cause it's all that counts [00:27.90] [00:29.61]And right here right now Lord this is your house [00:33.68] [00:35.45]I thank you Lord for a dream that came true to light [00:37.94] [00:39.92]And I ask you to bless everybody in this room tonight [00:42.26] [00:44.63]I don't always do the right thing and I ask you to forgive me [00:48.18] [00:49.51]Cause I need you here wit me [00:50.65] [00:51.51]Without you in my life it's empty [00:52.79] [00:54.15]I think back how some people did me like violence was the remedy [00:57.27] [00:58.85]And because I think of that now I pray for my enemy [01:02.54] [01:04.36]Not because of what I'll do but because they don't know [01:07.41] [01:08.81]There's somethin' better after here and everybody won't go [01:12.62] [01:14.50]So I ask you to forgive them and we'll hope they see [01:17.70] [01:19.79]And I thank you for the love that they've given to me [01:22.49] [01:24.77]I will not abuse it nor will I lead them astray [01:27.24] [01:28.84]You see I love 'em like children that I see everyday [01:31.39] [01:33.31]And I pray no we pray together [01:35.96] [01:37.84]To get us through the bad weather and we love you forever [01:40.86] [01:42.50]Let your thought and my heart go hand in hand [01:45.75] [01:47.51]I first thought but to start but I stand a man [01:51.41] [01:53.15]And for as long as I can as long as you permit me [01:56.89] [01:59.00]Please give me the strength I need to live [02:01.29] [02:02.11]Bear with me amen [02:04.00] [02:11.12]We each walk the path that you've chosen [02:13.29] [02:14.46]Yes [02:14.61] [02:15.66]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [02:18.02]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [02:21.88]They got us suspectin' a war [02:23.51]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [02:25.94] [02:26.67]Lord you left me stranded and I don't know why [02:28.96] [02:29.54]Told me to live my life now I'm ready to die [02:31.98]Ready to fly I cry but I shed no tears [02:34.18] [02:34.77]You told me you would dead those fears it's been years [02:37.54]Snakes still comin' at me just missin' [02:40.15]Sometimes I think all you do with me is just listen [02:42.25] [02:42.80]I thought that I was special that's what you told me [02:45.55]Homey stop actin' like you don't know me [02:48.20]What'd I do so bad that it sent you away from me [02:50.65]Not only sent you away but made you stay away from me [02:53.39]My child I'm here as I've always been [02:55.79]It is you who went away and now are back again [02:57.82] [02:58.38]What did I say follow your word and be true [03:01.04]What did you do well what I wanted to do [03:03.72]What have you seen darkness and hell at a glance [03:06.32]What do you want all I want is another chance [03:08.93]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [03:10.83]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [03:14.74]They got us suspectin' a war [03:16.26]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [03:18.90]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [03:21.42]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [03:25.24]They got us suspectin' a war [03:26.88]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [03:29.07] [03:29.95]Just because you went away my doors are not locked [03:32.87]Wanna come back home all you gotta do is knock [03:35.46]You see I left home a boy but returned as a man [03:37.97]Full grown and I'm still not able to stand [03:40.62]I gave you a hand [03:41.66]Well but I was lookin' the wrong way [03:43.07] [03:43.67]Figured out the plan then I started to pray [03:45.90]And that prayer took me from here over there [03:48.88]Back to over here now it got me like where [03:51.52]Do I belong do I fit in [03:53.62] [03:54.21]Things on my mind where do I begin [03:56.10] [03:56.71]It's easier to sin but it hurts my heart [03:58.75] [03:59.26]I'm really tryin' to win so where do we start [04:01.75]Thou shalt not steal [04:02.72]But what if he stole from me [04:04.32]Thou shalt not kill [04:05.37]But what if he's tryin' to kill me [04:07.15]Thou shalt not take my name in vain [04:09.72]No matter how hard it rains withstand the pain [04:12.08]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [04:14.24]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [04:17.58] [04:18.09]They got us suspectin' a war [04:19.19] [04:19.76]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [04:22.41]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [04:24.88]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [04:28.60]They got us suspectin' a war [04:30.34]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [04:33.07]I'm ready to meet him our father who art in heaven [04:36.23]I'm not ashamed to ask for guidance at twenty seven [04:39.11]No longer afraid to knock on your door [04:41.36]Not scared anymore to lose my life in the war [04:44.08]After what I just saw I'm ridin' with the Lord [04:46.81]Cause I really can't afford to lose my head by the sword [04:49.50]And now that I've seen what I need to see [04:51.89]Please take me where I need to be [04:54.58]What have you learned [04:55.48]It's better to tell the truth than to lie [04:57.27]What have you learned [04:58.19]To love my life until I die [04:59.90]What have you learned [05:00.70]Violence isn't always the key [05:02.44]What have you learned [05:03.27]You can't always believe what you see [05:05.16]What have you learned [05:06.11]It's better to forgive and forget [05:07.67]What have you learned [05:08.65]Give as you expect to get [05:10.32]What have you learned [05:11.31]That I can't go on without you [05:12.98]What have you learned [05:13.92]I musta been a fool to ever doubt you [05:15.68]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [05:17.70]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [05:20.90] [05:21.41]They got us suspectin' a war [05:22.52] [05:23.05]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [05:25.66]I'm ready to meet him cause where I'm livin' ain't right [05:28.10]Black hate white white hate black it's right back to the same fight [05:32.00]They got us suspectin' a war [05:33.13] [05:33.65]But the real war is to follow the law of the Lord [05:36.34]I'm ready to meet him [05:37.37] [05:38.86]I'm ready to meet him [05:39.81] [05:41.34]I'm ready to meet him 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