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I’M PROBABLY DRIVEN WITH VERSES COPY WRITTEN TO BODY THE VISION…
OF SATAN, ‘TIL HE’S CRAVIN’ MORE RELIEF THAN TSUNAMI VICTIMS
THIS AIN’T ‘SHOCKEY’ SPITTIN’
BUT I’M A NEW YORK GIANT LIKE ‘JEREMY’, KILLING HERESY THE BLOCK BE PITCHIN’
TO KIDS MIMICKING TRAMPELINES
‘CAUSE THEY SPRING AT CHANCES TO CATCH MORE BODIES THAN ‘KING’ MAGAZINE
SPLATTER SPLEENS WITH THEIR GANGSTA TEAMS, BUT THEIR GANGSTA LEANS
WILL SOON BE BURNING, THAT’S WHY MY SERMON’S THE NAZARENE
JESUS, MY HOPE AND ROCK IS THIS THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE
HE LEFT THE TOMB EMPTY LIKE BROKEN PROMISES
A STAR YOU AIN’T SEEING WITH ASTROLOGISTS
WITH GRACE AND MERCY THAT ATTRACTS YOU MORE THAN OPPOSITES
YO I’M ROCKING THIS TO THE POPULIST
ON THE SEARCH FOR CHRIST MORE THAN ARCHEOLOGISTS, MINUS THE POLITICS
OF CRAFTY CHRISTIANS THAT’S SWEATING HELL
‘CAUSE THEY FAILED TO USE THEIR VOICES LIKE ASHLEE SIMPSON ON ‘SNL’

CHORUS:
THE WAYS OF THE WORLD GOT A LOTTA PROMINENCE
BUT IN JESUS, I’M A PLACE MY CONFIDENCE
YOU COULD BE BLESSED TOO! DEVILS CAN’T STRESS YOU
WHEN CHRIST COMES TO YOUR RESCUE
(REPEAT)

GUESS WHO’S BACK LIKE HE’S SCARFACE, OR EVEN SLICK RICK
STILL, HE’S A HARDCASE, DEMONS HE’S FLIP WITH
THAT WOULD BE ‘D. SLIMMM’, ‘DREADLOCK’ PREFER TO BE
A LIGHT WITH URGENCY TO KIDS LOCKED IN MURDER SPREES
KILLERS IN FACT, GUERILLAS IN BLACK, ILLER THAN THAT
FOR SCRILLA TO STACK
SWITCHED TO THE ‘HEAT’ QUICKER THAN SHAQ
TRADED FOR THE ‘MAC’ LIKE THE HOUSTON ROCKETS, TO BOOST THEIR PROFIT
EVEN DARE TO SHOOT THE COPS WITH
MUCH VIGOR BUT YOUR C.R.E.A.M. SCHEME IS LACKING
YOU’RE ‘BOUT TO COME UP SHORT LIKE THE ‘DREAM TEAM’ IN ATHENS
I’M ABOUT TO COME UP B-I-G LIKE GUERILLA BLACK’S VOICE
WHEN I DRUM THE H-I-T JUST TO KILL THE TRACK CHOICE…
I PICKED, LIKE IT’S COTTON BY THE SLAVES
PREACHING CHRIST TO THOSE SATAN’S GOTTEN BY THE GRAVE
MY ARTISTRY TURN TRACKS OUT LIKE CANVASES
SO CHRIST IN LIFE’S MORE MAPPED OUT THAN ATLASES

(CHORUS)

I GOT CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST, THERE’S POWER IN HIS NAME
SAVED ME, SO THE KID’S NOT DEVOWERED IN THE FLAMES
TOOK BEATINGS WITH NO JIVE
SO YOU REALLY GOTTA SHUT DOWN SATAN LIKE HOCKEY SEASON IN ’05
AND NOT BE TRAPPED IN VERSE 41, JOHN 9
SEEING PHYSICALLY, BUT SPIRITUALLY, YOU’RE BEYOND BLIND
THIS IS MY INSTANT MESSAGE LIKE YOU WERE ONLINE
CHOOSE CHRIST NOW ‘CAUSE TOMORROW IS THE WRONG TIME
IT’S NOT PROMISED, WHEN KIDS WALK THE STREETS WITH MORE BEEF THAN HOT POCKETS
WITH RED DOTS SPOTTED…
ON YOUR FACE, AND JUST IN CASE THAT’S NOT YOUR REALITY
EVEN SUBURBIA CAN BE KNOCKED FOR FATALITIES
EASY, SO TRUST IN THE SHEPARD LIKE ‘KIKI’
TRULY, NO ‘STRANGE LOVE’ LIKE ‘BRIDGETTE’ AND ‘FOFI’
YEAH, YOU CAN BE BLESSED TOO, DEMONS CAN’ T STRESS YOU OR
HEX YOU
LET THE WORD OF GOD MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE!

(CHORUS)

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from Confidence: Torchbearer Vol. III, track released September 28, 2010

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The 2012 album “Radical Departure” marks a new musical chapter for Brooklyn based, Trinidadian born emcee/songwriter CONQUEST as an artist & missionary musical evangelist. CONQUEST does unadulterated hip hop music that's mainly East Coast in style & influence with an alternative & soul influence that will be recognized as either ‘Christian hip hop' or 'progressive hip hop made by a Christian'. ... more

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