Mic check one two, this place is like a zoo /These people looking at me like man what you gon' do?/You can't spit fire when you're standing on a wire/Luckily I never tire man, I'm feeling brand new/I'm feelin' so fly I might as well be in the sky/And until the day I die I'll keep on playin' both sides/Some days I like folk more than rap, I won't lie/Or at the very least I guess I'd label it a tie/But then I hear a beat and I feel it in my bones/And when I start to rhyme it feels like I'm coming home/I'm always running out of time but when I get in my zone/I start tryin' to be the best that the world has ever known/I ain't out here on my own, I'm living in the spirit/I'm following the still small voice, can you hear it?/In the middle of the storm I will stay near it/So whenever death comes I will not fear it/Only thing I fear is the King/And the shame that will reign if I don't bring/My heart so that it can start changing/Cuz I ain't in the game for the fame thing/A lotta cats flow better/Doesn't mean they'll outlast me/I used to wanna be a trend setter/’Til everyone done passed me/Y'all are strivin' to be number one/But you're driving in the wrong lane/This ain't all about speed, son/I'm out here to play the long game/Cuz eternity's coming and where else you gonna run/When you're covering your eyes cuz you're staring at the Son/And He's pulled into the light everything you've ever done/Do you think you're gonna bribe Him by pulling out your ones?/Or pulling out your guns so that you can be a threat?/He already beat death so what did you expect?/His love has set me like a fetter you better believe/It's written in a letter for you and for me/And nobody's getting the better of He/So forget about your cheddar He's setting us free

Verse 1: I'm kneeling here, beside my bed/So many fears are running through my head/These wasted years are filling me with dread/I've shed so many tears for what's been left unsaid/Jesus in your word You said you won’t allow/Us to bear more than we can handle so would you tell me how/You could let a little kid suffer the pain I did/Hunted down like prey and beaten up no matter where I hid/God if you made me with purpose have you just been delayed?/Because I feel worthless, not lovingly made/Since the seventh grade I've had issues with lust/Likely stemming from this inability to trust/I know You offer life, but I keep courting death/So many failed tries, wish I could just reset/It's the same old line, guess I should save my breath/I've asked a thousand times but I don't feel forgiven yet/ Chorus: God what happens when I'm not okay/When I don't know what I'm supposed to say/When I just can't feel you there/I hope you care enough to hear me through my broken prayers/ Verse 2: I’m kneeling here on all my shattered dreams/The life I wanted is tearing at the seams/The only thing that ever feels routine/Is being overcome by my anxieties/For all my piety, I still don't feel whole/I'm just a waste unless I'm conquering another goal/It brings a heavy toll, always needing to win/It's like machinery is all that's underneath my skin/I've lost so many friends, I just won't let them in/So I start to pray cuz you're the only one still listening/God I want to believe that I'm doing this for You/I say I don't care about the money but is that really true?/I'm making moves like every other man/Hunger and poverty aren't part of the plan/But everything I need is there in Your hand/So I know I shouldn't doubt but there are giants in my promised land

Chorus 1: Silent Night/Holy Night/All is calm/All is bright/Round yon virgin/Mother and child/Holy infant so tender and mild/Sleep in heavenly peace/Sleep in heavenly peace/ Verse 1: The bombs have stopped for now/And the guns have finally gone quiet/Nothing hiding in the clouds/But I could be wrong, I’m no pilot/Merry Christmas/You get to watch your friends as their dying/Make your wishes/As your family sits at home crying/Trying to celebrate Jesus birth/While I’m sitting here covered in blood/Where is the peace on earth?/Whatever happened to hope and love?/As I lie on my back wondering/If tonight is the night I freeze/I start to hear the sound of singing/Carried forward on the breeze/This has got to be a dream/But I slowly start to rise/I poke my head out of the trench/And I can’t believe my eyes/With Christmas trees behind them/And only candles in their hands/There’s a group of German soldiers/Crossing No-Man’s-Land singing/ Chorus 2: Stille Nacht/Heil'ge Nacht/Alles schläft/Einsam wacht/Nur das traute hoch heilige Paar/Holder Knab' im lockigen Haar/Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh/Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh/ Verse 2: Time has all but stopped/And my hands will not quit shaking/This might be my last walk/Wide open for the taking/I shout Merry Christmas, English/Can we find some good will?/Our only wish it/That tonight no one would kill/For to us a child was born/And to us a son was given/Because of him the veil was torn/That we may know the peace of heaven/Not sure what to expect/I advance a few more paces/They haven’t shot me yet/And now I’m starting to see faces/They’re coming out to meet us/And they’ve started singing along/Songs about the love of Jesus/Come to make right every wrong/In the middle of a war/But the Prince of Peace is here/As enemies trade gifts/And share some Christmas cheer

Pre-Chorus 1: If you like discolouration/Welcome to show and tell/Looking for an explanation?/Come step inside my hell Chorus: My skin is a canvas painted/With strokes of black and blue/And the piece is dedicated/To the fear inside of you/It’s a mural born of hatred/Chipped teeth and broken bones/Can you tell me who created/The art of sticks and stones Verse 1: Shhh, I'm hidden/Don't give me away/'Cuz someone's looking for a victim/They can put on display/In the middle of the field/Like it’s a gallery/You’d better not cross them/Or else you'll end up like me/With scars as deep as carvings/Into stone or wood/I’ve got more markings/Than any child should/For some reason I’ve been chosen/As their masterpiece/A living portrait of this torture/Til I’m gone and deceased/Shhh, here they come, now get out of the way/Unless you want to be the one who’s on the easel today/We’ve gotta make a break for it in spite of the fear/And get a better spot while the coast is clear/Remember if they see us then they’re gonna pursue/But just keep looking ahead, like I told you to do/And even if I stop just keep running through/If they always get me, at least they'll never get you Pre-Chorus 2: The image of the weight I carry/Is just like a tattoo/People say it's temporary/But if they only knew Verse 2: Children can be cruel/I know that better than most/None of them killed me/But it felt like a few came close/But did no one think to ask/If this behaviour was learned?/And if they did then could you tell me/Why nobody's concerned?/Second generation bullies/Aren't as rare as you'd hope/But no one knows that trading blows/Is how they've chosen to cope/The bruises left on me/Are simply their imitation/Of the ones that they bore/As someone else's creation/Sorry dad, we didn't mean it, just got carried away/I had some people over and they wanted to play/I'll fix whatever's broken, I promise I'll pay/Just let me hear you say that you won't hit me today/Some kids get beaten at school, some get beaten at home/But every victim of abuse often feels alone/So if you want to change the world, start by showing you care/Next time you come across a painting hanging there Pre-Chorus 3: Even once the colour’s faded/It still flows through our veins/Now we're forever tainted/Our hearts are cracked like window panes

We met back in grade 8, remember Mrs. Boyd?/It was so long ago I’ve probably got a polaroid/Here it is! You already had my back back then/Barely met and already best friends/ I was an angry kid, a lot of hate in my heart/A friend was what I needed that would never depart/ From the start set apart, just Stan and me/Wasn’t long ’til we were close as family/ The Phillips family, they saved my life you see/Brucey and wife Arlene took in this wretched teen/They paid for everything, it was life altering/With Jordan and Meggie, extended siblings/ We did everything together, even brought you to youth/Who would ever have thought we’d end up in a booth?/It’s the truth, we always used to talk a big game/Writing lyrics in the back of class, dreaming of fame/ Yeah preaching His name/ Over rhythm and tempo/ Let’s take them back to the day I said let’s go/With me to reach those lost in the game/It was the first time I heard the Lord call my name/Do you remember the day?/ Man, how could I forget?/I didn’t want to say it but it scared me to death/I hadn’t heard the call but I owed you a debt/And I knew if I didn’t go I would be filled with regret/ It was shortly after this when we started to rhyme/For the lost in the streets, man I saw it all the time/Just rapping on the porch with a dream to get out/From slanging crack on the corner and running the route/You weren’t there, but I get it, it wasn’t for you/Pushing Bibles in the shack, but you stayed in the booth/ Man Stan, I didn’t even know all of that/The Westbrook was the closest that I came to the trap/But I remember thinking, yo we must’ve been phat/Cuz we even had gangstas bouncing to Christian rap/ I think I was spending too much time in the trap/With the gangsta’s death threats I thought my life was a wrap/That’s when I met Fresh, remember when I got the call?/ I was chilling’ at Uni, having a ball/Nearly dropped the call, jaw on the floor/ Fresh invited us on tour, Jesus opened the door/In the end you couldn’t come, we discussed our next move/You told me, “You need to go”, I agreed it was true/I thought we would lose our chance to advance/In this industry of ministry I left to enhance/Our role in the scene moving up from bar shows/ Hit the studio today, kill the stage tomorrow/Drop an album in a month? Yeah, we’ll give it some thought/Sixteen tracks? Sure, we’ll give it a shot/January 7th, 2012/Joy Over Sorrow landed on shelves/ This was just the beginning, even though theBRIDGE split/ Collect all six albums, every one is a hit

Verse 1: Don't worry dear, he just likes you/He isn't pulling on your hair just to spite you/I know it doesn't seem fair, or right – true/But you're a good girl, so I know you'll learn to fight through/"Boys will be boys", that's what you say/To explain away behaviour that should never be okay/Now these boys grow up thinking harassment shows interest/These same boys learn to measure character in inches/We teach girls to set boundaries/That we teach boys to ignore/And even when she puts her foot down he’s/Been lead to believe what he wants matters more/For she owes you something at the end of the date/After all you bought dinner/And if she says no all you've gotta do to get away with rape/Is be a good swimmer/If a coworker gets fresh, let me give you some advice/If you want to get far you’d better learn to play nice/Is it really so wrong if it's your love that he's vying for?/By the way, you would be gorgeous if you would smile more/Brains? Ambition? Just leave that to the boys/Just be a pretty face, that’s how a woman gets employed/I’m just touchy-feely, it isn’t sexual/Well why don't you try to be touchy-feely and respectful?/See, there’s this thing called personal space/If she doesn’t want you in it then get out of her face/She can be whatever she wants, same as you/And she deserves to get paid just as much for it too/And I know we don't want to hurt our sons/But what are we telling our daughters/When we only care about women's rights/After we become fathers Chorus: God what are we doing?/We’re disgracing your image/We're still fighting battles/That should've long been finished/And to anyone hearing this song/If you need a little guidance/Treat all people as equals/And if you want to end the violence, break the silence Verse 2: Bros, how would you feel if everywhere you went/People would just start touching you without your consent/Or how would you react to some pretentious jerk/Who starts telling you this when you go looking for work/Nice to meet you miss so-and-so, we're glad you're here/You're applying for a job, so let me be clear/I'm curious how long you're intending to stay/I don't want to hire you just in time for maternity pay/And if they do have a child and then try to come back/People act like it's their job to keep on giving them flack/Wait, you want to work? Shouldn't you be staying home?/You have a kid and now You're just leaving them alone?/You've got a partner right? Let him provide/As they're sipping condescension with a hint of pride/Some dudes like to fancy that they're marrying a server/But if you can't care for yourself, you don't deserve her

Verse 1: Holy night/The stars are brightly shining/It is the night/Of our dear Saviour’s birth/Long lay the world/In sin and error pining/’Til He appeared/And the soul felt its worth/A thrill of hope/The weary world rejoices/For yonder breaks/A new and glorious morn Chorus: Fall on your knees/Oh hear the angel voices/Oh night divine/Oh night when Christ was born/Oh night divine/Oh night, oh night divine Verse 2: Just another peaceful night/The moon, the stars alight/Suddenly I had a dream/That pinned me to my sheets in fright/An angel stood before me/Now I'm surrounded by heavenly glory/And then what he told me/That Mary and I had a part in the story/Mary would carry a son/And he will be the promised one/The messiah was coming/The battle with sin was about to be won/But I wish I had known/We'd soon be leaving our home/My wife on a donkey/About to bear the child of the One on the throne/Back in my forefathers town/I head to the inn - not a room can be found/All we were able to find was a stable/A barn where mud and hay cover the ground/Surely this isn't Your chosen place/The Christ born here in disgrace/But then I see his face/And all of my fears give way to faith Verse 3: God the Creator, God the Destroyer, God the Redeemer of entire worlds/God the egg growing inside an average teenage girl/Who’s hunched over the toilet with swears, sweat and prayers ready to hurl/And as the waters swirl our salvation starts to unfurl/Kinda crazy, I know, but that’s the way the old story goes/Right from the beginning we’ve got a God of the living who grows/Relates and shows a love for what He creates and knows/The earth and us to which it gives birth, a God who joins us in the dirt/In the dung of a stable everyone joins round the table/There’s a baby in the cradle and I don’t think I’ll ever be able/To fully describe that first cry amidst genocide on that starry night/They were terrified but love puts fear to flight; it’s gonna be alright

Chorus: When you're on your grind/But making minimum wage/It gets kinda hard/For you to act your age/So when the bills stack up/You know you better stay woke/Because if you don’t/You're gonna end up broke Verse 1: Forty-five hundred deep/For the fourth year in a row/I see y'all trying to peep/You can sense that I'm ready to blow/But when you've got no dough/You can start to get lost/I knew about the benefits of a degree/Nobody ever mentioned the cost/Yo my wallet's so empty/It might as well be decoration/But hey, I've lost weight!/And all it took was a little starvation/I wear the same clothes every day/I know it ain't my best look/But if I get anymore hungry/I'm gonna eat this textbook Verse 2: Thirty hours a week/Eleven dollars an hour/Remember when things used to be cheap?/Yeah, I really don't either/Paying rent is hard/When your cheques are this bogus/I've got a ten dollar Tim's card/It was my Christmas bonus/My job tryna be lit/But it's really just tiring/I wish that I could quit/But ain't nobody else hiring/I try to stop dropping cash/But man I can't front/You said there's a new Marvel movie?/Guess I'll start saving next month Verse 3: I love making music/But all these people seem to abuse it/I had to pay to create it/Shouldn’t you be paying to use it?/Man, I think I’m ‘bout to lose it/Next time I hear somebody complain/‘Bout how they favourite song is so expensive/It isn’t like you’re making it rain/Bro it’s 99 cents/You telling me you can't afford that?/Then I guess we ain't so different/But at least I bring the change when I rap/Y'all are thinking it's a game/But I'm out here to make a living/And I ain't after the fame/Just trying to be faithful with what I'm given Outro: You need a job to get experience/But you need experience to get a job/And if you go to school/You might as well be getting robbed/So then you'll try to be famous/But a good shot is so rare/You'll be back to flipping burgers/Isn't life unfair?

Chorus: My dreams are overflowing with all these thoughts of you/And I can’t bear not knowing whether they will come true/But I’ll keep my arms empty and my heart open wide/When we meet I’ll be ready to never leave your side Verse 1: Journal entry number one to my future wife/I'm still waiting for the day you come into my life/In everyone I meet, everywhere I've been/I have to wonder if a piece of you resembles them/Have I already seen your smile on another face?/I think about your eyes as I'm staring into outer space/I bet they sparkle more brightly than the stars/I know you won't be perfect but there's beauty even in your scars/I just don't understand/How can I love someone so much/I've never held your hand, yet still I crave your touch/Loneliness has got me tired/I need you on my team/Tell me all your doubts and let me help you realize your dreams/I want to chase them with you/I want to know your heart/I want to mold a life together like a work of art/Til then I'll keep on growing/Keep following the light/While always waiting for you my future... Pre-Chorus: I know you're hurting now/But please keep holding on/I'll be there with you Lord willing/Before too very long Verse 2: Journal entry number two to my future kids/On the day we meet I guarantee I'm gonna flip my lid/Will you be our flesh and blood? Or will we adopt?/Either way it goes my love for you will not be stopped/I would cross the earth to hold you in my arms/And I would lay down my life to shelter you from harm/Can't wait to hear you laugh/Can't wait to watch you play/And make my time with you the most important part of every day/I want to be a daddy so bad it's like it's in my genes/I've been needing you since I was only thirteen/I want to teach you things that I never knew/I want to be your strength that's always there to help you through/I'll support you the way my dad supported me/Together we'll discover who God created you to be/Til then I'll keep on growing/I'll turn into the skid/While always waiting for you my future…

Verse 1: Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas one and all/One more track so we better make it wonderful/I gotta thank y’all for the welcome back/This was a test of mettle but now I’m settled on the right track/Told you that I’d be right back, and I am/But now I’m going on the attack with the fam/Used to be a lone wolf, now I worship the lamb/As I’m running with the pack getting back to the plan/Staush, Tremain, Fresh IE/If it wasn’t for you, I don’t know where I’d be/Each of you were there when I didn’t believe/That I could make music anyone would receive/Shout outs to pracTice, Scott the Thing/Having friends like you is humbling/I consider you brothers and I’m glad you’re here/Show ‘em how to thrown it down - the end is near Verse 2: All love, no hate, and I’m grateful to be here/It’s J. Tremain, your main mate for the beat here/Ride along and I’ll take you to see where/I finish and the next G’s waiting to bring heat here/The apostle James says to reign it in/But I can’t help saying that I came to win/I’m all in and I usually don’t do this/I’m Paul and I’m acting foolish/If you’re Caesar, then I’m Brutus/If you’re red, then I’ll be Blue-ish/You got nice kicks, but I’ll stay shoeless/I’m not a lot, but I be ruthless/But the truth is I’m not, I’m really just a fan/Just a man who’s trying to be good to his clan/So big ups to iFollow, shout out to the band/And to all the other cats here give a big hand Verse 3: Yeah, so Ed Penner/Raise the stakes so high like a tenor/Look it’s that super kid/With the super style; superlative/Gonna lock this down, the tempo just pounds/Dig the sound and take ‘em to town/Once was lost, now is found/Back to my old stomping grounds/I’m a teenager so I’m driven/Gotta make cash gotta make a living/Corny like Clooney of OE 13/Not Kenny not Kanye I’m kind of between/It’s pure bliss when I spit on this/Must not be dismissed as a manic diss/I must admit it’s a bit of a risk/When you rhyme with S and have a minor lisp Verse 4: Who am I and what are we/Sometimes I feel it’s all a dream/Sometimes I see subconsciously/The man I feel I ought to be/And in the dream I race to be/The top of every industry/Elevating all I see/Perversion of the true meaning/Of my stage name company/This isn’t what I thought I’d see/This wasn’t ever in my dream/And now it’s time for correcting/I’ll put it to death/And say goodbye to Elevate/Making sure he can’t escape/Perversion of my destined fate Verse 5: Gimme that there let me get in/Gimme that mic let me get to snapping again/Rapping again, Fresh yes, crispy and clean/It’s that fat black backpack rapping machine/Actually, I never stopped killing these rhymes/Wrote my first sixteen in eighty-nine/Copped my first young ting when I was eighteen/Went across the maple leaf it was all a dream/Come true, what’s a young fly brother to do/Brand new, rocking DJ Quick with the crew/In ‘92 hit the west to pursue my dreams/Follow love and that Hip Hop in my genes/British knights were the kicks, gazelles on my face/Tryna chase that paper almost caught a case/caught my breath, I was running almost caught my death/But instead I met a blind man on my step; Fresh Verse 6: How do you feel? That’s what I care about/Banging your head on rocks trying to make water spout/Faith rewards the devout, the Lord said speak so don’t doubt/Open your mouth, shout/Rapport with rocks bring the flow out/Rep Christmas, bring nog, rep fire, bring logs/Rep tired the way I brings nods/Reptile, cold blood, never sweat when I sing songs