Spare Rituals

VERSE 1: I got a feelin' most of this spiritual mess is just spare rituals • dressed in traditional garb • Hip-hop tells a man that he's god • a contradiction of terms and no one thinks it's odd • and no one hopes that God comes to reclaim His planet • when back in the day that type of hope was demanded • or should I say da' mandate? • Now man hates to hear • words about man's fate, and breaks into tears • and swears, it's no fact that man was manufactured • If you're down with this world's thinkin' man you're backwards • But we are, not your ordinary slum dwellas • check the young fellas • gettin' open like an umbrella • in the rain • I still maintain • I tell the truth: that me without Christ, that's like the house without the roof • and you need proof? • we'll check the average house with no doors, or no floors • no windows, just empty corridors • that's what we call abandoned • and that's the state that every man's in • unless you've asked Christ to come and stand in • the gap • (I) slap on the jeans and walk the urban scene • and see mad teens in love and down with the world's theme • song • but check the new song we sing • it's Jesus the Christ y'all • long live the King

CHORUS: Without Christ, it ain't spiritual • all it is, is a bunch of spare rituals • Without Christ, men ain't spiritual • they get caught up in a bunch of spare rituals • Without Christ, you ain't spiritual • you just caught up in a bunch of spare rituals • Without Christ, it ain't spiritual • all it is, is a bunch of spare rituals

VERSE 2: See, ever since I learned that it was more than clichés • I sought to grab the microphone and put Christ on display • So all can see, that all the way • from here to Albany • there ought to be love for the God who makes the • autumn leaves awesomely • fall in the Fall time • often we draw lines and alter the plans with our flawed minds • all up and down the F.M. dial • they make songs about takin' the wrong route • and yet men smile • Yet when trials and tribulations appear • "God this" and "God that" is all that you hear • You don't see them runnin' to them BMWs • when trials are regular, human beings trouble you • There's only one God I know of • who does more than create to devastate but demonstrates to show love • (it's so bugged) • yet not wack doctrine • I throw gloves, lyrically to tag ya head like we was slap boxin' • (ain't that shockin') • But did you know? • Yeshua offers us relationships • and not just rituals • So if you know, what you gonna bring • (than bring it) • you know what our thing is • it's long live the King, kid

VERSE 3: See, mankind is opposite God • meaning He's anti • it's called sin a.k.a. the reason why • man dies • hold your hands high • if you want Christ to sub for you • the only one in life who qualified to substitute • who suited up and jumped in the game? • Who moved it up and bumped in His name with an X marks the spot • while planet Earth conversed in the parkin' lot • talkin' bout • whose god's gonna win? • And at the end of the night • when the game is done • I'm sure it'll be the famous Son • whose name is none other than Jesus • the one I'll run and hug and thank • for puttin' righteous blood in my bank account • when my tank amount was empty, then He • filled me up • just like a tank and a half • Now from the Bible I answer men like Hank Hanegraaff • and at man I laugh • 'cause now I understand the scorecard • and peep the whole scene, like a crazy keen store guard • it's sure hard, to prove to men that the Lord is • more than a name tossed around in my chorus • of course it's, not some forces in space it's • my Lord who's sportin' this world like a bracelet • taste it—that's what we call Flava • those other gods don't cut it • plus they can't fade like a dull razor • Y'all raize ya hands if you • no longer stand for the wrong thing and sing with us • Long live the King