Off The Hook

[Verse 1]
You're looking at an ex-crook, in fact I'm looking back at
The day I got off the hook and put my crooking act back
Behind, man I got no plans to rewind
Used to be blind but now I see fine with divine
Spectacles, some biblical meats and vegetables
My level's rising like cholesterol, best of all
I'm blessed to call God my Father, I got arrested y'all
Let me tell you how it happened, check it y'all
Though I'm tough like shoe leather, I always new whether
Or not I did good, I always could do better
But I knew a lot of fellas worse than me
I thought how bad could I be? then I got a letter
A subpoena to a pre-bema court trial, I thought how?
Of course I'll plead not guilty, I'm just a poor child
I figured no lawyers needed, the court speeded
They're mistaken, I'll take my own case and plead it
Conceited, I figured I'd throw the judge one line
Blow his dumb mind and be out of there by lunch time
Dressed to impress with my best clothes on
Just then the Judge stepped in with a red robe on
Hold on, this must be a dream
It's Chief Justice Supreme Judge Elohim
I'm feeling sick like disease
Cause in His court we all fall short like midgets on our knees
My lunch plans are canceled, I don't stand a chance
He'll pull my file, I'm in distress like a damsel
I'm shocked and in awe, my jaw hits the floor
The prosecutor comes in and it's Mr. Law
Awww, no more hope and now I'm waiting
He's known for bringing condemnation with his opening statement
My heart is pounding as he states what the charge is
THE DEFENDANT'S GUILTY OF NOT KNOWING WHO GOD IS

[Hook]
I'm in trouble man
I better come up with a plan
Maybe I can make the dash
Or give the Judge a little cash
I know that I'm wrong
And I'm tryna be strong
But my rap sheet is long
So I'm singing this song

[Verse 2]
I found myself jammed in court and in short
I'm guilty of being filthy like men in sports
I was losing, the prosecution was relentless
He pointed out the flaws in my mouth like a dentist
He exposed my very words
Gave the court a record of every dirty joke and every curse
More error when he picked my mind like a psychiatrist
The jury's buying it, they getting mad like a scientist
There's a door, you know I'm eyeing it, I better try and split
Cause Mr. Law rules with an iron fist
I'm not a chump, but I know I gotta run
But I'm not dumb, I see that guard and he's gotta gun
No one's laughing, not a one
He pulls out x-rays of my heart
And I don't know where he got em from
He labeled me a thug, I screamed, I was not!
Then he pulled out my mug shot
Showed the jury, me and my boys at the drug spot
And the bus stop, smoking much pot, I was hot
In a rough spot, He went on, revealed the lust I hold
Plus I'm swoll, cause He showed all the stuff I stole
The prosecution won't rest
He made reference to my sin nature
Pulled out mad evidence
Stating ever since I was born I've been fond of
Sin, on one accord with Satan like a Honda
With justice on the trail, He proved I was gonna fail
Put my motives on the scale, that's it, I'm going to jail
Kind of petro, but yet I'm thinking, let's go
How bad can jail be?
But now they screaming DEATH ROW

[Hook 2]
This is ill y'all
Yo it's for real y'all
Can't you see that I'm doomed
And I'm about to be consumed
So young
But sin has got me so strung
I'm about to cry
Because I'm about to die

[Verse 3]
Still in court, and in my mind thoughts of death sinks
By now I'm funky, I'm hungry plus my breath stinks
The Judge, jury, even I'm convinced
I'm guilty of law-breaking, now it's all making sense
You and I only look good to the human eye
Man being basically good is a human lie
I'm thirsty, but not for water, for mercy
I'm unworthy, the whole court room heard me
The Judge stood with the Law book
They all looked and saw what
Blew their mind, as the One who made the Law took
Off His robe, and became the substitution
Off we strolled, to the place of execution
Gave me a pardon, instead let them bruise Him
Justified me, and let the Law accuse Him
They gripped Him, stripped Him, whipped Him
They saw thorns and picked them, they sticked Him
He made Himself the victim
I felt the pain, I walked home in the rain
Changed, not the same
Because I knew I should of got the blame
How could I complain? I wept on my bed
When on my pillow, I found a letter and it read
I BLED
ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
MY BLOOD WAS SHED
ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
THEY KILLED ME INSTEAD
ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
I AROSE FROM THE DEAD
ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
He's Alive
I thought that He'd be back at the morgue
Tears poured, then I hear a tap at the door
Unexpected, but yup you guessed it
He had resurrected
He came in my heart and blessed it
Love manifested
Though I rock jeans and not the double breasted
I praise God I got arrested
Cause I had just heard of Him
Now I'm a son, not a distant relative like a third cousin
Word brethren, get a load of me I'm free
Property of the only God who died for me
I can see a whole society who needs to cop a plea
Sin's got the lock, but God's got the key

[Hook 3]
Look now
No more crook now
Close the book now
My sins are took now
No more death row
No more death yo
Come what ever
In Christ I'll live forever
Forever off the hook