verse 1 this thing is fatal long before the cradle while prenatal sin seeped in through your navel none escape the curse cause none escape the verse cheese please put away the purse there s a thief coming to pull off a heist appraise your life and smash up your ice how bad can it get you gon throw a fit when all your bling bling turns to psst psst all your shine will be snuffed all your plat will turn rust what do you do when life s a must is what you re screaming but your meaning is leaning cause that would make your existence no different than a demon though we too were condemned each man now has a choice to choose christ and rep with more than your voice cause just what is it that you re really telling me when you say you love god but live the life of be elzee even demons tried to say son of god what up jesus would turn ice grill and say shut up how you gon try and praise the most high when you know your native tongue is a lie so if you see life through the eye of minolta picture what christ condemns in the culture peep the clear picture it s a muddy mixture how s a celtic gonna play 76 er we need elixir when the trickster seems royal yall mcdonalds don t serve flame broil so if you re truly lost but now you re found if he s truly lifted up then hold it down chorus you try to show em day from night you try to tell em wrong from right you say yo live the life that s why we gotta hold it down you tell em righteousness is tight you tell em walk in the light praise god when you get your mic that s why we gotta hold it down in front of rich men and ceasars when everybody s screaming jesus even if they ain t believers verse 2 this ain t vendetta love s better we just saying if it s real then you can smell leather like niagara falls vapor action halls true lemonheads tighten jaws we talking cause and effect or called and elect when you choose christ you lose the choice to select whether or not you think righteous living is hot when heavenly minded is the only choice you got it s getting late and every soldier got to carry his weight yo we contending for the faith baby boy and you too sis if you chose to enlist in his salvation army then it goes like this because of the sacrificial bleeder we follow the leader feed the soul and starve the saturday night fever either give a committed pound or bring your sword or side with this world name your lord cause the true god don t need an upgrade like your pentium why change his steez to meet the needs of this millennium he won t and you can t so like a deer pants if you thirst after god then raise up those hands our god has got plans much different than man s so either choose his or be down with satan s but you can t love both believe me you ll choke taking deep breaths in heaven while inhaling hell smoke both wheat and both tare grow up together here and we can t separate christ made that clear but he also gave truth to let us see duke you can hide behind lies but can t hide fruit if you headed uptown and like how this sounds then keep them hands up for a sign that you re down if you were once lost but now you re once found then all god s people gotta hold it down