"Jesu grant me this I pray" genre: Contemporary Urban
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	A radical remix of an ancient public domain hymn crying for a safe space to hide from the stess of the city.
	MP3.com CD: Hymns for Visions - buy it! Credits: Orlando Gibbons/Abbess. vocals by Sue.
	Story Behind the Song This was another of our hymn experiments. (The first time we have ever put a rap in one though!). We wrote it a couple of months ago, taking an old song that I used to sing at school but that somehow often came out sounding a little twee, and hopefully turning it into a heartfelt cry for help within the stress of life in the Urban jungle. The irony was, that after mixing it, we discovered that the original hymn wasn't as well known as we had thought! Lyrics Jesu grant me this I pray Ever in Your heart to stay Let me evermore abide Hidden in Your wounded side rap: I'm looking for a safe space Somewhere I can sense Your face Somewhere where the speed of life will never crush Your peaceful place You could say I am hiding Cos life is getting frightening. Its dangerous and stressful And the city's rules are stifling. Life's an urban jungle here Time runs faster year by year I'll be safe if I can hide In Your heart and wounded side. Rap: Life in the rat race Running at a fast pace Trying to catch up to the only place I want to be strangled by the deadlines and crying at the headlines trying to catch on To the rhythm of eternity Strangled by society's pace We are losing this rat race Bring me home, yes be my guide To your heart and wounded side. Rap: Looking for the silence in the heartbeat of the city Longing for some Heaven on Earth 'Cos concrete isn't pretty Crying out for justice when the children are in pain Knowing that our Christ can bring us people back to life again. Longing for your Paradise Coming when the timing's right Sweet surroundings you provide In your heart and wounded side

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