The Life I Lived
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Its crazy to go from a gangster to a christian
A loud mouth to a listener
A gun toter to a bible holder
A brother fighter to a man molder
To go from ripping and running the streets
To hymnals moving my feet
Its so easy to see
That with HIM now I am free
Being so used to selling drugs
And chilling on the block with my thugs
Running to avoid 5-0
And hitting any brother that gave me a mug
From putting my brother down with the set
To trying to help the next
I used to think that there was no future for me
That an OG gangster crip was all I could be
Having no job and my only way to "Get It" was to rob
Not today not anymore
Because with HIM I am sure
I took the initiative and walked across the street
Scared in HIS domain
And nervous to everybody I would meet
He showed me a home away from home
And the real meaning of family
Its a blessing to be different
My whole life I never knew what I was missing
Funny how things work
Especially through HIS work
After moving from house to house
I feel comfortable in his
It feels good to have left behind the life I lived