Freedom Of Preach Lyrics - Release Therapy - Ludacris

Can the church say Amen? (Amen reverend) 

We gon' do another off in right now 

We gon' do another one in fifteen minutes 

And we gon' do one mo', right after that 

Yes, women you looking so very beautiful here today 

Some of you with the same thing on from the club last night 

The Lord give'th and the Lord take'th away 

Oh Lord Jesus I wish you'd take'th away Sister Mary's wig 

Oh you disrespecting the House of God with that thing 

It don't even look real, aww, it's testimony time 

Oh who is that? Young Chris Bridges 

Boy I'm glad you finally grew into them ears 

Go on and testify 

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[Ludacris] 

Lord, please forgive me for the mistakes I've made 

And thanks for keeping my momma safe when she wrecked my Escalade 

See I could replace a Cadillac but I can't replace my momma 

I'm sorry for the hip-hop beefs, we sorry for the drama 

But you gotta understand us rappers ain't never had nothing 

And one's loss is another's gain so we gotta grab something 

Lord, got so many questions I need the answers to 

And sorry for the things I put my baby's mama through 

I feel that women are really the strongest human beings 

But why do you make 'em so emotional, and other minor things 

I guess it's your way of saying we gotta love 'em and gotta praise 'em 

Cause without 'em we'd be nothing, plus our kids they gotta raise 'em 

While we, out and about and seeing what life has to offer 

But if you offer a new life then what we need is better fathers 

Either I'm smarter cause of my daughter or I'm just too dense 

I'm 28 years old, it just now started making sense 

And I've been 

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[Chorus One] 

Searching so long, I was lost in the clouds 

I'm trying to stay strong, and make you proud 

It took me some time, but now I see 

That he resides, in me yeah yeah 

[Ludacris] 

Lord, forgive me for anytime a fan said I was bein rude 

I'm only human, I'm not always in the best of moods 

But thanks for giving the gift of rap to write my feelings down 

And sorry for cursing sometimes but feelings make me shout 'em out 

Forgive the people that wanna blame everything on rap music 

If they didn't live it they can't relate or even adapt to it 

Forgive those who don't think I'm great and wanna see me go 

Forgive Oprah for editing most my comments off her show 

Don't get me wrong, I know some people got a image to hold 

But those who criticize the youth might just be getting too old 

We still traveling through life, finding what's right or wrong 

I know some folks may not agree or even like this song 

But I'm just speaking MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free 

And my conversation's with God, even though he speaks through me 

I'm smarter cause of my daughter, and I'm not too dense 

I'm 28 years old, it just now started making sense 

And I've been 

[Chorus] 

[Ludacris] 

(I've been searchin so long) 

(I admit that I've been lost in them clouds) 

(I'm just tryna stay strong baby) 

(You know I'ma make you proud) 

(I know life is full of contradictions) 

(I'm tryna become a better man) 

(Prayin for redemption, each and every day) 

(Hallelujah, as the choir sings) 

[Chorus 2] 

Searching so long (so long) lost in the clouds (in the clouds) 

Trying to stay strong, and make you proud, make you proud! 

Took me some time (took me some time) now I see (oh now I see) 

He resides, in me (yeah) 

(Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest in the house tonight 

Came with some words of encouragement, Bishop Eddie Long) 

[Chorus 2] 

[Bishop Eddie Lee Long] 

What you just heard is real life 

It's real life for you, it's real life for many 

It's about where you been, yet at the same time you 

Hey, you find yourself, in the midst of conflict and turmoil 

Yes I'm talking to you, in the midst of conflict and turmoil 

Cause you realize hey, it's, time to change right now 

And in the middle of that I wanna say this 

The Bible says that when I was a child, I spoke as a child 

I understood as a child, I fought as a child 

Hey, but when I became a man 

I put away those, childish things 

Did you not know that your environment has shaped you? 

Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghetto's 

In the upper downtown, wherever it was 

The people around you, the things around you 

Cause you to do strange things because, you were seeking to learn 

But what you learned, was on the streets, and not in the book 

God called you a prophet 

When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out 

And it commands attention, it commands change 

I'm talking about the power, that's inside of you 

And in the midst when you're, starting to understand 

That I caught the wrong message, and now it's time 

I'm hearing from God, what amazing experience, as you hear from God 

He said, "Is there forth any man be in Christ, he is a new creation" 

Old things are passed away, somebody needs to hear that and behold 

Everything becomes new, and when everything becomes new in you 

It's time to stop the killing 

I said it's time to stop the stealing 

It's time to stop disrespecting our women 

It's time for us to come home and raise our children 

It's time for us, to really mold our communities 

It's time for us, not to get hooked up in religion 

But to get hooked up in relationship, with God 

And the amazing thing about it 

Is wherever you find yourself right now, you can confess 

And you can tell God "I'm sorry; 

I had the wrong cue, I was doing the wrong thing 

I was going after things that I thought were right, but it wasn't right 

And now that I'm getting it right, I'm asking you to forgive me 

And I may have done the things, that they said I did 

But I'm not, who they say I am; I am who you made me to be 

And I'm changing in that, and it takes a few moments 

But every time I fall down, I'll get right back up 

And every time I make a wrong turn, I'll get myself back in line 

Because I recognize, I have been called, for such a time as this!" 

You can't resist the change 

And you're not condemned by your yesterday 

If you can grab hold of your now, and move in your destiny 

Move, change, and be, now! 

Searching so long, lost in the clouds 

Trying to stay strong, and make you proud, make you proud! 

Took me some time (took me some time) now I see 

He resides (He resides) in me (in me yeah)