[ti:Reverend Run Sermon] [ar:Flesh 'n' Bone] [al:T.H.U.G.S. - Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Reverend Run Sermon - Flesh 'n' Bone [00:00.08]Written by:Bobby Jones/J. Simmons [00:00.17]Now I said now here this [00:01.68] [00:02.79]Thus sayesth the Lord God [00:04.67]And I believe a lot of us [00:06.31]Shouldn't even condemn these rappers [00:08.15]Because if [00:08.51] [00:09.33]Nobody would ah told me about God [00:10.88] [00:11.41]People would ah been [00:12.30]The church folks would ah been [00:13.21]Talkin' bad about me [00:14.52]I believe we gon' have people like [00:15.76]Rev Snoop Doggy Dogg up here soon [00:17.61] [00:18.23]We gon' have Rev 2Pac [00:19.31] [00:20.41]These brothaz need your encouragement [00:22.41]They do not need you to pull them down [00:23.98] [00:25.89]I don't believe in bashin' these people [00:27.92]That are out there on the street [00:29.06]I believe in encouraging [00:30.18] [00:30.84]I believe in bringin 'em in [00:31.66]Because if nobody would ah helped me [00:33.54]I'd been messed up [00:34.32] [00:35.24]Do unto others as you would want done to you [00:37.10] [00:38.29]If you see ya brothaz and sista out there [00:40.14] [00:41.18]On the street [00:42.15]And you know they back slittin' [00:43.18] [00:43.82]Don't just go tell sista so and so [00:45.23]You heard what happened on that child [00:46.89]Go and get her [00:48.54]Bring her in and this is the reason you seen her [00:50.49]'Cause god wants you to go and get her [00:52.00] [00:52.67]God wants you to love your brothaz and sistaz [00:54.39] [00:55.37]Dis is not a game of hurtin' each other [00:57.22]It's a game of helpin' each other [00:58.68] [00:59.59]You got to help one another [01:00.88]You got to love one another [01:02.12]You got to respect on another [01:03.54] [01:04.53]We have such a crab mentality these days [01:07.41]You see somebody comin' to the top ah the brow [01:09.21]You wanna pull 'em down [01:10.28] [01:10.95]But I believe we should help on another [01:12.54] [01:13.39]I'm tellin' ya right now saints [01:14.58]I've given' you my heart today [01:15.95] [01:16.79]I'm lettin' you know all the secret things that happened to me [01:19.07] [01:19.84]It's not easy for to come out here and talk about [01:21.63]The things that happened in the past [01:23.25]But I'm lets you know somethin' [01:25.05]That God has completely turned my life around [01:27.78]Let everyone stand [01:28.44] [01:30.18]Give the Lord a hand clap [01:31.29] [01:32.30]Praise the Lord