The Life of My Story

I used to get rolled up like boogers Got made fun of in school I wasn't good looking I had nothing cooking I sucked at sports Got ran all over on the basketball courts Got chased from the schoolyard To the front porch Until the day I told 'em I ain't running no more I remember Richard Evans In the third grade at 4'11'' I had to bring him down to my 4'1" Scrappy fella A son of a gun If ever knuckled up It wasn't for fun I started acting more ignorant Acting like ninja and Truth be told I wasn't anybody's trigger man Walking like a thug So I ran with them Sold a few drugs And threw some hands with them Anybody stepping up I took a stand with them I was only doing that Because my man's with 'em And it sure felt good finally having some friends As the days rolled by I started calling them kin I was living like a fatherless child Yet my father was a daddy With that fatherly style I was rebelling with no cause Improperly Wild And when he's looking at me now He's probably proud Because I'm living like a different man Glory to God To many of my old friends I'm totally odd Though I'm not what I ought to be I'm nothing like I used to be I used to be a slave But now I'm free as Jesus uses me And I'm so glad that He chooses me To glorify His name Born of the Spirit I know that I've been changed And that romance with my sin I no longer feel the same Because that change in my heart It is real to the brain I'm transformed Jesus is the Head Roll out That's a modern translation When He said, "Go out" And preach the gospel the lost world No dinosaur I'm talking every little boy and girl Man or woman From the bald to the Jheri curl Believe the Gospel The blessed and most precious pearl Repent and come to Jesus Salvation is free Discipleship will cost you But verse 13 Of chapter 4 in Philippians Go there and read How we can bear it all through Christ the King I'm talking all things From nightmares to dreams We have no reason to worry Cause He's there on the scene He's a wonderful counselor A Shepherd and my Mediator He's the truth and the standard He keeps me centered like equator As for the bitterness That come from my past I'll be a witness That these troubles don't last Unlike the Sovereign God Who has it all in His hands This is all in His plan It's only by His grace I stand He orders my breath Like He orders my steps He's nothing less Than the Lord of my steps He's Sovereign!