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Gonna change my way of thinking |
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Make myself a different set of rules |
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Gonna change my way of thinking |
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Make myself a different set of rules |
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Gonna put my good foot forward |
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And stop being influenced by fools. |
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So much oppression |
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Can't keep track of it no more |
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So much oppression |
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Can't keep track of it no more |
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Sons becoming husbands to their mothers |
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And old men turning young daughters into whores. |
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Stripes on your shoulders |
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Stripes on your back and on your hands |
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Stripes on your shoulders |
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Stripes on your back and on your hands |
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Swords piercing your side |
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Blood and water flowing through the land. |
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Well don't know which one is worse |
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Doing your own thing or just being cool |
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Well don't know which one is worse |
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Doing your own thing or just being cool |
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You remember only about the brass ring |
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You forget all about the golden rule. |
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You can mislead a man |
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You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes |
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You can mislead a man |
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You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes |
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But there's only one authority |
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And that's the authority on high. |
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I got a God-fearing woman |
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One I can easily afford |
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I got a God-fearing woman |
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One I can easily afford |
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She can do the Georgia crawl |
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She can walk in the spirit of the Lord. |
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Jesus said, "Be ready |
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For you know not the hour in which I come" |
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Jesus said, "Be ready |
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For you know not the hour in which I come" |
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He said, "He who is not for Me is against Me" |
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Just so you know where He's coming from. |
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There's a kingdom called Heaven |
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A place where there is no pain of birth |
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There's a kingdom called Heaven |
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A place where there is no pain of birth |
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Well the Lord created it, mister |
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About the same time He made the earth. |