Story Behind the Song
GOD motivated me to do this song...I feel this song can reach places most christian songs don't...
Peace and GOD BLESS!
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Lyrics
(CHORUS)
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I use to be a gangsta,
But living with out GOD,
Ripped my life apart,
See I was broken from the beginning,
Cause I was living in sin,
Til the day, that the LORD, walked in,
(VERSE 1)
Picture red, in the hood, on the late night, creepin, while everybody sleepin, the weekend, I'm drinkin, I'm smokin,
I'm loc-in, and honest people, hopin, that I don't pick they house, while I'm rollin, my vehicle, is, stolin, and devils got me holdin, glocks, rocks, selling weed, and going eighty, over, speed bumps, I'm bumpin, I'm thumpin, and jumpin, anyone I think, that might have somethin, police, I ain't runnin, and I didnt even care, see I was lost, and the devil, drove me there,
(VERS 2)
Anything to make a dollar, was the way, I chose to follow, no school, no rules, didn't care about my father, I was an outlaw, young in age, never raised, never prayed, all I wanted was sex, and to be paid, not afraid, I was out the cage, like a animal in rage, living everyday, for today, no tommorrow, no sorry, If I passed away, living in the fast lane, of the game, was my only, way,
(CHORUS)
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I use to be a gangsta,
But living with out GOD,
Ripped my life apart,
See I was broken from the beginning,
Cause I was living in sin,
Til the day, that the LORD, walked in,
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I use to be a gangsta,
But living with out GOD,
Ripped my life apart,
See I was broken from the beginning,
Cause I was living in sin,
Til the day, that the LORD, walked in,
(VERSE 3)
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I never gave up,
Born with a strap, in my crib, and a limp, in my strut, lookin up to the sky, always askin why, was I born, cause I wanted to die, tried suicide,
The devil taught me how to make it, and he taught me how to take, when I was small, my mother said, little boy, you aint gone make it, she hated it, cause I would talk back, and put her to shame, she said my father use to be the same, so him she blamed, my grandmother tried to reach me, all the others just beat me, I didn't understand the meaning, so it got me mo' heated,
so I was messed up, and confused, rebellious and lost, then I grew up, and paid the cost,
(CHORUS)
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I use to be a gangsta,
But living with out GOD,
Ripped my life apart,
See I was broken from the beginning,
Cause I was living in sin,
Til the day, that the LORD, walked in,
I use to be a gangsta, a gangsta,
I use to be a gangsta,
But living with out GOD,
Ripped my life apart,
See I was broken from the beginning,
Cause I was living in sin,
Til the day, that the LORD, walked in,
(VERSE 4)
See I thought, that I would do this, for all of my life, you know, strugglin, hustlin, surviving fights, spending nights, on missions, to make a meal, spending days, dodging police, and keepin it real, the devil, had my soul, and he controlled, my life, he said, if you plan on making it big, you got to know how to steal, and fight, doing right, won't get you nowhere, but broke, and low, he told me to load up my strap and hit the liquor store, see I didn't know, he had a plan, to see me die, I didn't understand, all the time, he was telling lies, I didnt think, that there could possibly be, a better way, until the LORD, taught me how to walk, and live by faith, so now I pray, from day to day, and from night to night, cause the devil, always tryin hard, to dim the lights, wrong from right, some time its hard, to see the truth, but with the LORD, as my guide, I know I'm a make it through, and so can you, so put down the guns, and stop the killin, and understand, that without GOD, there ain't no healings,
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