and they stripped him and they whipped him made manifest the eternal word became flesh and came with an aim to taste death he took the cane for cain took the pain for our blame exchanged honor for our shame straps to the back from the cat with nine tails claws on the strap left the back with line trails blood leaks christ blood speaks christ blood reaches thugs in streets so that means peace for all men but without christ god has beef with all men so god laid all our beats upon him betrayed by all them peeps he called friends mocked by the soldier death getting closer struggled with the cross down the via dolorosa peter i told ya see the cock s crowed you saying i don t know ya member i told ya  blood in the hands blood in the feet blood in the side i got the lamb s blood in my mind yes the lamb s blood is divine you ll never find a love this sublime and dey stripped him and dey whipped him he said this is for you kicked to the ground thorns as a crown hung naked before all of the town christ was the talk of the town hear them taunting him now if you re the son of god come down straps to the back from the cat with nine tails claws on the strap left the back with line trails blood leaks christ blood speaks christ blood reaches thugs in streets he smashed the wall of separation that stood between the lord and every nation from genesis in scripts to malachi 4 predicted christ would fix the adamite fall all died for one so one died for all call christ the sun the son shines for all and now we see that we needed the heavenly leader to lead us away from living in sin and so we sing man there s no question man is so less than what god intended no longer kindred look what sin did the family ties rended some watched the passion of christ and then remembered how he took blows from those he befriended but many don t know that he chose to be injured what you mean he died for our souls to be mended yes and on the third he arose and ascended1