Grits: Hopes and dreams

Oh hey, the way, my selectable delectable, break youOff a twang 'cause my thang is respectableGet in where i fit in, no secrets nothin' hiddenI check their heads bobbin' and throbbin' 'cause itsWritten material, milkin' ya'll like cereal, etherealMessages, portrayal of my jesus christ i guess it'sJust the way i choose to use my chords to bring theNewsInstead of pain, i realize there's power in the nameZzzt goes the lightnin'. it's cracklin' it'sFrightnin'Much needed calling card to prevent from falling hardHittin' your head on pavement, you need to peep myWavelengthPrecautious with the info, now why you livin' sinful?Your nature's starting to swallow youYour friends beginning to follow youThe devil's pullin' strings to demolish and abolishYou like fetus', his cohort- the roscoes and cletus'Riot like carman with the intent of harmin'Attacks in every area, deadly like malariaAnd viruses, i can see the hurt in your iris'Why was this turmoil aimed at me?A curse put in reverse, i suspect aptlyMuch thought is required in the question you justBlurtedTake the script called your life, make some changesAnd reword itTake callin' with the bawlin', time is nigh to putAsunder, scatter blunderFresh manna feeds the hunger.Chorus:Why you livin' on the chance for hopes and dreamsWhen you should be takin' life the way that it seemsNothin' good will manifest, your still intent on beingBlessedWhy you livin' on a chance for hopes and dreams?Recollections and memoirs of a pre-saved era, althoughI waddled in the truth i still dipped in the devil'sTerrorBad is bad, you could say i had my share of itDoing nothing drastic, depending on how you stare atItSkipping down the road i see the signs ahead and thenCadaver central opens once the flesh is dead'cause it's knowda not yoda don't toy when findingPaths, then select the narrow 'cause the broad hasBooby trapsFor me to fall in and all together miss my callin'Snares placed strategically, realms changedMetaphysicallyFools don't know and yet they really don't know, theFailure to receive the wisdom stumps the inner mansGrowthIt's difficult to understand if you can't fathom theWrath i ask you-what if the rapture sweeps past?In the end is only when you'll feel the strength ofThe sevenSorrow goes out for opposition-armagedon is the placeWhere his kingdom will cross the lost and victory goesUnto those who took the crossSo now i take my stand, subject myself to persecutionSince i've been informed i'm not alarmed by executionIn the publicRelationship with christ none above it, i love itI'm mesmerized beyond infatuationTo show the love of christ tightens other relationsWaitin' in his midst to catch a glimpse of his glory.ChorusYo change up that beat so they can peep my directionTo blood streams legal syringes of rhyme lecturesInfectious as wounds cleanse internal like prunesSoon callin' his name some will still see doomYou assume, 'cause you mention him as lord of yourLifeOn award shows and albums everything is alrightWho you? i never knew, say you did what for me?But you can start now, depart now, worker of iniquityThem shout outs, got you spat out quicker than cobrasLivin' beyond reproach until your sins found you brokeBreathless you choke and gaspIn his name you asked forgiveness of your past andAquital for your taskAsk me? you livin' on chances with lucky oddsGot one up, still breathin' frontin' with godBut the time has come don't miss the cue, be false orTrue'cause them "freak me baby, thanks to my savior" daysAre throughStraight up, i'm tired of fakes that be claimin' inThe familyGranted, our mother's one but our fathers are knowFoesSo those who claim relations hope your life is theProofAin't no playin' with youSpoke in love but in truthAnd intents of being blessed and nothin' good isManifesting from your life man-you livin' on a chanceOf hopes and dreams.