Start Over

Start Over

Verse 1

For about five years of my life I was backslidden

But you know that part of my life I kept hidden

But the one true thing you know I’ve been forgiven

Let me tell you about the story while the record keeps spinning

It happened back before there was that show Barney

And I used to wear clothes from the Salvation Army

I used to get dissed on the playground

No girls wanted to come around me

I used to ask the mirror what was wrong with me

But things changed when I became the age of thirteen

I went to school you know the girls they started flirting

I gained a couple friends you know we had our own click

And things really changed when I had got a job permit

But roller skating was the things you know I used to like

My family had a bible study every Friday night

I’ll save myself till I got married is what I used to say

And I went to church on Wednesday and twice on Sunday

But popularity is a strange thing to this day

Yo everybody wants a piece but there’s a price to pay

And when I got noticed a little more the religion went out the door

I forgot where I came from and began to run

Stepped off the straight road then I started drowning

Looked around and I was in unfamiliar surroundings

And the longer I stayed away I didn’t know where to go

I wanted to turn back then I started saying yo

I am trying to get somewhere but I think I made a wrong turn back there

I can’t even find my destination

Cause I didn’t want to hurt my reputation

But I can’t keep running away from my first love so I turned back

And matter fact He took this Prodigal right back

And loved me like I never left before

Cuz he was right there at my hearts door (Come On)

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Don’t give up because you’re taking a ride on your back

Yo it’s a proven fact we all get off track you gotta

Pick yourself up dust yourself off and start all over again

Seventy times seven is the biblical meaning

To understand that his blood is good for more than one cleaning you gotta

Pick yourself up dust yourself off and start all over again

Verse 2

Now I think back but sometimes it’s hard reminiscing

Even though I’m still a Product of The Rizen

Even though I found my piece missing

My first love and second come together now check it

As a young mix breed nobody envy me

Corn flakes powdered milk and government cheese

To have any kind of meat was a delicacy

When dad lost his job man times was hard

Let me focus I only got a few more bars

How am I gonna get respect with Chuck T’s with no stars

Use this maker and now they can be seen

As a kid fresh rockin them Folo jeans

But I’m not upset mom please let me explain

If I could go back in time I wouldn’t change a thing

Cuz you and dad taught me through all the joy and pain

In this thing here family is the most important thing

But I thought life owed me I started wilin

Freakin Black and Milds and drinking that tea from Long Island

Everyday was St. Patrick’s Day and them green Irish eyes just kept smiling

Till I realized I was getting no where fast

To the narrow path sprinting hit redemption full blast

And I had a need God had the answer

A love to hold me closer than Elton and tiny dancer

(Chorus)

Verse 3

With the force of a million men is how you comin

Soon to be forgotten like Arnold, Willis, and Mr. Drummond

We gunnin you with this holy ordained typhoon

Someday this will be on the old school mix at noon

Cuz ten years down the road they’ll still be bumpin this bass

Maybe someday they be bumpin it in outer space

Until then I will be happy with just walking and

Testifying all around the world for a simple love offering

And let em know it is impossible not to sin

So don’t vote yourself off the island

You gotta pick yourself up dust yourself off start all over again

You want to stop the enemy when he comes to trash

And your foundation is made of twigs and grass

When it gets hit receive a big blast

It’s falling to the ground cuz it wasn’t built to last

Choose His instruction over Ice and gold

Cuz He own more than everything that’s sold

The pursuit of His Word helps you face temptation

His Holy Spirit gives you guidance when trials you’re facin

Don’t become complacent with the walk you take

And if you’re new to the faith give yourself a break

Cuz when you come back to the Lord in happiness he’ll explode

He’ll lace your fingers with rings and give you His finest robe yo

(Chorus)