Amen (feat. J-MAC)

Every time I take time to pray for God's will to win, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray to break free from sin, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Just groan with me, just groan with me, let your knees work Just groan with me, just groan with me, let the Spirit work Prayer is a lifeline, and it's a discipline For me to cope with the circumstances I'm livin' in Without dividends, it's hard to make change So my prioriities, gotta be rearranged So I'm developing a different set of hunger pangs Instead of changing for me, prayer changes me for thangs It's where the balance of my future hangs I'm in need of prayer, like astronauts in need of Tang But that's a terrible analogy, right Because Tang on space shuttle is optional Prayer is more like some glasses when you can't see right To calibrate your moral center so it's proximal To the will of God, to His character, to His heartbeat Cause without it the flesh, is what the heart seeks But God knows my parts, and His heart weeps In all the valleys that always follow the sharp peaks Those are the moments when I'm bottoming out But I can always come back, before I start to spin out and spin out But even after, it's never too late God anticipates repentance like a mother's due date So when I connect with God, show respect for God Genuflect, my heart self-corrects Except this is essential, and not just a perk It's not me who does it but God does the work Every time I take time to pray for God's will to win, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray to break free from sin, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray for God's will to win, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray to break free from sin, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Just groan with me, just groan with me, let your knees work Just groan with me, just groan with me, let the Spirit work Prayer. kinda like a chair, in that it sits there Waiting to be used, so dependable and bare Until I make a move, it's expendable and rare And then I gotta choose, though it's difficult and fair So I plan, what to do up top Just so I ain't left standing when the music stops I know I love to come to God with all kinds of questions So prayer is essential, it's my connection Sometimes I just need correcting Other times it's just me confessing Prayer happens all kinds of ways But I know my life is better when I choose to engage There are times when I think it's the end And so I talk to God just like I would speak to a friend And when I get the answer then I'm so relieved that I did Until the next day comes, and I need Him again I wish, it was just like a genie cuz then I could snap my fingers and He'd give me freedom from sin And I could also make suggestions like a king to his men Almighty God working just for me? I'm in But nah, prayer ain't quite like that It's more like hitting up the coach in a sideline chat And when I finally know the game plan and use it to win The next day I'm lost, and I gotta do it again Every time I take time to pray for God's will to win, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray to break free from sin, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray for God's will to win, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN Every time I take time to pray to break free from sin, I gotta do it again Everybody needs time to pray, so let the people say AMEN