Off The Hook

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You're looking at an ex-crook, in fact I'm looking back at The day I got off the hook and put my crooking act back Behind, man I got no plans to rewind Used to be blind but now I see fine with divine Spectacles, some biblical meats and vegetables My level's rising like cholesterol, best of all I'm blessed to call God my Father, I got arrested y'all Let me tell you how it happened, check it y'all Though I'm tough like shoe leather, I always new whether Or not I did good, I always could do better But I knew a lot of fellas worse than me I thought how bad could I be? then I got a letter A subpoena to a pre-bema court trial, I thought how? Of course I'll plead not guilty, I'm just a poor child I figured no lawyers needed, the court speeded They're mistaken, I'll take my own case and plead it Conceited, I figured I'd throw the judge one line Blow his dumb mind and be out of there by lunch time Dressed to impress with my best clothes on Just then the Judge stepped in with a red robe on Hold on, this must be a dream It's Chief Justice Supreme Judge Elohim I'm feeling sick like disease Cause in His court we all fall short like midgets on our knees My lunch plans are canceled, I don't stand a chance He'll pull my file, I'm in distress like a damsel I'm shocked and in awe, my jaw hits the floor The prosecutor comes in and it's Mr. Law Awww, no more hope and now I'm waiting He's known for bringing condemnation with his opening statement My heart is pounding as he states what the charge is THE DEFENDANT'S GUILTY OF NOT KNOWING WHO GOD IS [Hook] I'm in trouble man I better come up with a plan Maybe I can make the dash Or give the Judge a little cash I know that I'm wrong And I'm tryna be strong But my rap sheet is long So I'm singing this song [Verse 2] I found myself jammed in court and in short I'm guilty of being filthy like men in sports I was losing, the prosecution was relentless He pointed out the flaws in my mouth like a dentist He exposed my very words Gave the court a record of every dirty joke and every curse More error when he picked my mind like a psychiatrist The jury's buying it, they getting mad like a scientist There's a door, you know I'm eyeing it, I better try and split Cause Mr. Law rules with an iron fist I'm not a chump, but I know I gotta run But I'm not dumb, I see that guard and he's gotta gun No one's laughing, not a one He pulls out x-rays of my heart And I don't know where he got em from He labeled me a thug, I screamed, I was not! Then he pulled out my mug shot Showed the jury, me and my boys at the drug spot And the bus stop, smoking much pot, I was hot In a rough spot, He went on, revealed the lust I hold Plus I'm swoll, cause He showed all the stuff I stole The prosecution won't rest He made reference to my sin nature Pulled out mad evidence Stating ever since I was born I've been fond of Sin, on one accord with Satan like a Honda With justice on the trail, He proved I was gonna fail Put my motives on the scale, that's it, I'm going to jail Kind of petro, but yet I'm thinking, let's go How bad can jail be? But now they screaming DEATH ROW [Hook 2] This is ill y'all Yo it's for real y'all Can't you see that I'm doomed And I'm about to be consumed So young But sin has got me so strung I'm about to cry Because I'm about to die [Verse 3] Still in court, and in my mind thoughts of death sinks By now I'm funky, I'm hungry plus my breath stinks The Judge, jury, even I'm convinced I'm guilty of law-breaking, now it's all making sense You and I only look good to the human eye Man being basically good is a human lie I'm thirsty, but not for water, for mercy I'm unworthy, the whole court room heard me The Judge stood with the Law book They all looked and saw what Blew their mind, as the One who made the Law took Off His robe, and became the substitution Off we strolled, to the place of execution Gave me a pardon, instead let them bruise Him Justified me, and let the Law accuse Him They gripped Him, stripped Him, whipped Him They saw thorns and picked them, they sticked Him He made Himself the victim I felt the pain, I walked home in the rain Changed, not the same Because I knew I should of got the blame How could I complain? I wept on my bed When on my pillow, I found a letter and it read I BLED ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU MY BLOOD WAS SHED ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU THEY KILLED ME INSTEAD ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU I AROSE FROM THE DEAD ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU He's Alive I thought that He'd be back at the morgue Tears poured, then I hear a tap at the door Unexpected, but yup you guessed it He had resurrected He came in my heart and blessed it Love manifested Though I rock jeans and not the double breasted I praise God I got arrested Cause I had just heard of Him Now I'm a son, not a distant relative like a third cousin Word brethren, get a load of me I'm free Property of the only God who died for me I can see a whole society who needs to cop a plea Sin's got the lock, but God's got the key [Hook 3] Look now No more crook now Close the book now My sins are took now No more death row No more death yo Come what ever In Christ I'll live forever Forever off the hook