Hook: These are the liberties y’all, some may call it the “gray area”/ but to me it’s pretty plain, we go the way of love/ in light of the life and incarnation of Christ/ it’s not a thing for me to die to my rights// I like to call this the statutes of liberty/ it’s avoided by those who lack in maturity/ they’re fightin’ for freedom but God’s the opposition/ the liberties got the soldiers droppin’ the mission// but, will you keep denyin’ the call/ or keep fightin’ wit’ God, who’s side are you on/ ‘cause in light of the cross, if we desire the lost/ to see Christ in us all, we need to die to our wants//
Steve: (It’s liberatin’ indeed) bein’ a saint that’s redeemed/ seein’ His traits when I read, leadin’ to changes in me/ (with open eye’s I behold) that the most high became low/ slowly He died for his foes, the Holy Messiah exposed// (bleedin’ He hanged on a tree) in three he raised and was seen/ defeatin’ the grave in his sleep, it’s freedom for they who believe/ (and now that we got it, we grow) and lay it aside when we’re told/ forsakin’ our pride for the code, displayin’ our God in the culture// let me explain what I meant, emancipation begins/ when we were saved from our sin, because our Savior was pinned/ that’s when he died on the cross, crucifyin’ the law/ so you and I could be called/ to identify in his loss// (When your representin’ His name) you ain’t exempt from the pain/ but we benefit in his gain, because in the end we gon’ reign/ (and we got some liberties now) it’s not a sin to be stylish/ cop some timbs for your child or drive a Benz or an Audi// (and that ain’t all of it bro) we ain’t gotta follow the culture/ obey the god’s of or our old ways or be locked in a mold/ (Unless it’s the image of Christ) who’s message has given us life/ we wrestle to get in His light, and let him rebuild and ignite us// so if he says let it go, will you severe to ropes/ or think your head will explode, or be rebellious and hold/ or if he takes it away, will you thank him your saved/ and give praise to his name, or just behave like a baby//
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Steve: (I know it’s easier said) but I believe what I read/ and I wouldn’t keep it from heads, in light of their need to be dead/ (I reference the flesh, it’s a beast) and you’ll never catch it asleep/ or get it’s respect or retreat, there’s never a breath of relief// (and so when it gets to the junk) when the scriptures isn’t as blunt/ we tend to defend what we want, and give our opinions the trump/ (but it’s not as vague as you think) and you gotta pray when you read/ and honestly say that you need for God to reshape your belief// and teach you to follow his steps, we got a problem with that/ I know it’s hard to accept, that’s why I’m callin’ it death/ but the pain is the proof, of the chains that we choose/ and the way to get loose, is obeyin’ the truth// (and I know I got me some listeners) who forgot what the mission is/ ‘cause you thought that a Christian is in a box when he’s limited/ (but the freedom is seen) in love when your thinkin’s redeemed/ and nothin’ will keep you from leadin’ others to meet with the King// (or keepin’ your brothers from stumblin’) we’d give up for the love of men/ eatin’ stuff when amongst them, it’s seen as ugly or gluttonous/ (But it’s not just the food) and doesn’t stop with music/ or what you watch at the movies or what the closet includes// so let me conclude it with this, you can prove with the scripts/ that you can do what you wish, but what’s the fruit of it kid/ I know some people are mad, and won’t receive it in fact/ they hold and squeeze what they have, but there’s no freedom in that//
