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The Irene Niau Project

by Ali Rozet

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I Remember 04:57
Vs.1 Prior to life as a Christian, I was living for the moment in fact/ insecure cause of my skin, you see my homies was black/ And I'm white, wait half/ so apart from my dad/ who’s Hawaiian/ wait half/ I ain't got time for the math/ I stayed mad/ stayed smashed/ parlayed for the cash/ rolled blacks and baked hash/ I grew up too fast/ pops dipped when I was 9/ I gave up on class/ took glass to my hands until my forearms gashed/ moms tried to raise me right, but I'm kool I'll pass/ stuntin at school with the crew, I go two headbands/ plus my brothers they was younger so they couldn’t relate/ plus they remind me of my mom who I’d usually blame/ refuse to be ashamed, but im used to the pain/ snorting lines of cocaine, taking two to the brain/ spit rhymes, stay out late, I'm just living ok?/ drinking liquor to my liver has me quivered in pain Hook I remember the heartaches, losses, failures, the things I went through only made me stronger (x2) Vs.2 I failed high school, felt ignorant, embarrassed and imageless/ limited in my image, so I changed what my image is/ plus the girlfriend tripping and asking what the distance is/ and why we can’t talk on the phone for long instances(switch)/ so I’m 19/thinking how my life be/ D wanna be wifey, but that’s unlikely/ moms boyfriend told me that he ain’t really like me/that he’d buy me a ticket to leave and say goodbye(peace)/ why though?/ had to look him straight up in his eye though/ wide nosed/ told him that I pray that he would die slow/ blindfolded/ ice cold, blood running inside both/my arms to the sky/ id rather die than be beside those/times blown/ eyes closed, floating in my mind yo/ hydro, chronic smoke/ what in the world am I crying for?/ thoughts of leaving early but, what am I trying to die for?/ depressed, feeling stressed, stretching my insides open/ lines rolled, pills crushed, let me get like 5 more/ I’ll hit you when I get the cash, let me get some time folk/ blind hope, no job and fiending like a whino/ I hated God and cursed His name, both fingers to the sky bruh Hook I remember the heartaches, losses, failures, the things I went through only made me stronger (x2) Vs.3 I’m getting older with time, but time flies when your ready to die/ prior to life on the morning of 2005/ July 5th, 2:46 when God made that switch/ turned me from a wretch and then adopted me in/ I was bent, coked up in a state of regret, smoking a cigarette vexed, unaware in the next/ couples of minutes, I'd be repented and evicted from which/ the crib I lived, they said I was paying my rent/ so I dipped, just a bible and a couple of clothes/ I took the bible from my cousin it was packed with his notes/ I got plugged into the church, I was living with Ron/ he took me in, remember? I told you I couldn’t stay with mom/ so I stayed prayed up, increasing in knowledge/ God paved the way and now your boy is leaving for college/ didn’t graduate, gradually the steepening dollars, left me in debt, possibly I should have been stronger/ but I dipped outta TENN and then flocked to the springs, met SOCOM and flowed till he stopped the beat/ I pray that the words spoke literally hit you, may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you Hook I remember the heartaches, losses, failures, the things I went through only made me stronger (x2)
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Vs.1 The strength of the martyrs, their faith was imparted, though faced with these hardships, embracing this harness/ obtaining through grace the faith of the promise, that laying aside every weight shall bring prosperous/ living, bringing emanative, intimate images, into His infinite limitless existence, no diminishing/ definitive, definite temperance type of deliverance, delving into His hermeneutical studies and penciling/ entries and the inks blood red, Christ blood shed/ crucified and scoffed steadfast while He hung there/ the martyrs, that’s marked with His blood that, set them apart from all that, is marked bad/ sealed from the beginning, though sinning, they living in Him, who’s forgiven them from dwelling in vivid type of predicaments/ livid over living with those who had been imprisoned as criminals, sentenced as fundamentalist individuals/ Hook Yeah, this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like/ yeah this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like tell em, tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine Vs.2 Blessed in defiance, to rest in the Lion/ to death their alliance, in breath their reliance/ rejected and violent, desperate defiled, men who were vile and yet through it all/ they looked death in the face plus, slept where they eat but/ praised Him in chains cause, Christ took the place of/ life, they remained tough, pressed and in vein rushed/ preaching the gospel of the God who could save them/ They lived their life as an offering, left at the altar and, left what was offered them, lest they be lost and when/ death came in bargaining, their flesh was suppressed, and they fled from the parliament/(yes) it was God in them (yes) they were sawed and then, left for their death, they were blessed to be martyrs/ the God who had fathered them, they promised to follow Him, even to death, they would rest in His providence Hook Yeah, this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like/ yeah this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like tell em, tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine Vs.3 I stand firm in the faith of, brothers who gave up their life for the savior/ like us or hate but/ Wycliffe’s origin passed down the faith, Tyndale and Wilhelm were burned at the stakes/ its permanent, we in a tournament, turning in what is terminate/ turning to determine eternally what our purpose is/ He purchases and purges His purchase, and then He purposes/ the purposeless, a process, purging us from our worthlessness/ that’s why we got life in the God, who gives light in the dark, igniting the spark, He is righteous in all His likeness/ and all who liken to His laws, will rise and applaud when the skies are withdrawn/ Lord save me I can’t save myself, I need your grace and your strength just to take this breath/ I’m a saint they can take me I embrace my death, just to be inside the presence of the Lord my help Hook Yeah, this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like/ yeah this is what my life’s like, my life’s like, be like tell em, tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine/ tell em tell em, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine, hey let ya light shine
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Hook Welcome to my funeral, I’m dead like I’m supposed to be/ the styles unusual, His bloods all over me/ I got to die, looking for the life I want in Adonai/ I promise I , never want this life so I got to die Vs.1 OK(ay,ay,ay,ay) I took I knife to my flesh homes/ so when I say I slit my wrists, I ain't talking about a flesh wound/ I’m from Southside north Tenn, so I step through/ I walk like I’m out of this world, yeah Neptune/ God took my faith and subsided it, crucified in Him/ told Fade I’m down for riding, its violent I’m about that wyling kid/ I’m for that 1st degree, killing the sin that lurks in me/ the same God that merked defeat, merked the grave and rose in three/ I’m sa(ay,ay,ay,ved) so I’m on my grind like roller sk(ay,ay,ates) I’m following by fa(ay, aith) redemption can’t be swayed/ I move without swagger see, Christ is my confidence, He said here murder the flesh I just polished this/ His word penetrated my lips, hollow tips/ and faith comes by hearing of the word, yeah the Fathers lips/ so if it looks like I’m in need of a coffin/ it’s like I told Clay, I’m a dead man walking Hook Welcome to my funeral, I’m dead like I’m supposed to be/ the styles unusual, His bloods all over me/ I gotta die, looking for the life I want in Adonai/ I promise I , never want this life so I gotta die x2 Vs.2 It’s a north Tenn, dc connect like outlets/ mesh like outfits, we dogs like house pets/ Christ siders. Night riders. God squad type of flow/ doctrine over beats, hit the streets, like when rillo’s rolled/ we drink from His blood like Dracula, them fangs out/ known to let it bang like when them things out, we stay down/ ay Cory holla at me when your dipping through the block bruh/ I’ll be there with my word dressed in my Tennessee naranja/ no ganja rude boy, me come proper/ me Poppa, be in heaven surrounded by the prophets/ not impressed by that gossip, or non-sense/ we spread out like the west coast offense, hawking/ soldiers marching to the target, we marksmen/ with God in our ears like a Walkman, walking/ follow us, we followers, following Him often/ not pressed by them scoffers and squawking, keep talking man Hook Welcome to my funeral, I’m dead like I’m supposed to be/ the styles unusual, His bloods all over me/ I gotta die, looking for the life I want in Adonai/ I promise I , never want this life so I gotta die x2 Vs. 3 I picked up the mic, now I’m battling myself/ but I’m confused on which side of me really holds the belt/ because today I forgot to put that gun to my head/ take the gun off of safety, and empty out the clip/ we all know that double minded in our ways is unstable/ but it’s not too late to pull the chord, from the navel/ deny your life, stand firm and fight/ don’t hop in like kimbo slice, this is gonna take all of your might, pull out the sword, cut it and dice/ the battles still raging, but the war is won/ Christ defeated death, trust in the Son/ the day that our walk with Christ becomes hard/ is the day we put His strength down and picked up ours/ but our flesh won’t win, in we in His word/ got the spirit, got the way, got to put Him first/ remember this, we’re not of this earth/murder your flesh, I’m next up, welcome to my funeral Hook Welcome to my funeral, I’m dead like I’m supposed to be/ the styles unusual, His bloods all over me/ I got to die, looking for the life I want in Adonai/ I promise I , never want this life so I got to die x2
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Legacy 03:33
Hook The truth you first shared with me (this is your legacy) / the fruit that was born of that seed (this is your legacy)/ how God used your words and love to touch me, and shape me into what I’m supposed to be (this is your legacy) x2 Vs.1 You will never know what the depth is, or change in perception/ that took place inside me, and changed my direction/ when you told me of Christ and our Lord resurrection/ a seed was planted in me until the harvest was receptive/ reflection, years went by till it set in/ blind I had eyes that couldn’t see past my dead end/ sometimes I get sad when I think about the fact that/ I never saw your face but you had such an impact/ about two weeks after you passed God redeemed me/ I didn’t know you passed, so when I called it really grieved me/ a few months later I could see God sovereignty/ He had you play a part in my life, you’re in the heart of me/ so grandma with each person I pass the baton to, that passes down to another, the baton started with you/ and by grace the matriarch of our family remains/ through faith passed down in a new generation of saints Hook The truth you first shared with me (this is your legacy) / the fruit that was born of that seed (this is your legacy)/ how God used your words and love to touch me, and shape me into what I’m supposed to be (this is your legacy) x2 Vs.2 You were an activist, I guess it’s in my blood to be passionate/ burdened for my people, concerned for their happiness/ I was blinded by the evil, but God had a plan to give/ redeem me from the thoughts, that I couldn’t quite handle yet/ your son never taught me what it was to be a man but yet/ you told me to forgive him because God would be the man for that/ I didn’t understand, but now I see your wisdom so/ I had to know God before I could ever let the hatred go/ so now I seek love, instead of hating my circumstance/ knees to the floor, tall tees and baggy pants/ Christ as my Lord, ill rep it until the death of me/ to live is His as well, but death would be the better thing/ father I live in the drought, rain harder/ plant me in the field where seeds still need water/ ill pass the faith of my grandma with truth and conviction/ grace and repentance, the life of a Christian Hook The truth you first shared with me (this is your legacy) / the fruit that was born of that seed (this is your legacy)/ how God used your words and love to touch me, and shape me into what I’m supposed to be (this is your legacy) (x2)
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Hook They need life man, we got it, let’s get it, so come with it/ evangelistic discipleship training like march with it/ I stay on it (x8) Vs.1 He said make it international, spread it to the corners mane/ it’s much more than pastoral, everybody’s charged the same/ stay up on your doctrine, train up others who’s responsible/ so the cycle continues bearing fruit, that’s the apostle Paul/ esteem others over you, be humble yet always be bold/ speaking truth, while speaking grace, as living proof while teaching faith/ forget means of persuasion or methods of mans efforts/ instead lean on His presence and sovereignty in election/ we stand firm on the faith of the Father, we press harder/ bringing our light into the darkness, and please if we be martyrs/ forsake every comfort that hinders us or our brothers/ Saints forsake it all for Christ, even their own mothers/ they need life man they walking in death, they grave robbing/ we teach Christ as the spiritual head who breaks bondage/ ex slaves walking in freedom and got hope/ looking forward to the promise in Jesus we march forward Hook They need life man, we got it, let’s get it, so come with it/ evangelistic discipleship training like march with it/ I stay on it (x8) Vs.2 Unf8abo If we gonna reach every nation man, there may not be much time left/ the stakes are life and death, so let’s show them who grinds best/ I’m trying to move up, trying to stretch the wings God gave me/ the ones who understand me the least are trying the hardest to fade me/ they sweat me at the customs gate, question me when I get off the plane/ they see I ain't no tourist, I’m a soldier mane/ I ain't here for no postcard, I’m here cause I go hard/ I’m down for this thing like Ali Rozet, that my road dog/ my horizons expanded, in the face of my rivals who banded/ still rhyming this anthem on the front line, where the real disciples is standing/ it takes strength to live peaceful, in this violent planet/ you can check my passport to see how many countries have stamped it/ every visa comes with another set of stories/ another set of hardships, another set of future glories/ we stays on it, discipling all nations you can bank on it/ next time you see us on the road, that’s Ali and Fade on it Hook They need life man, we got it, let’s get it, so come with it/ evangelistic discipleship training like march with it/ I stay on it (x8) Vs.3 We put them up on doctrine, from pre-dest to pre-rap/ walk them through the scriptures like read this, bring it back/ hermeneutical studies, we see the morph in them/ and show them God is spirit not flesh, anthropomorphism's/ teach them life is more than just, praying when our in need/ but preaching in and out of season, tilling ground to plant the seed/ we need reapers and sowers, the harvest is ready yall/ and we believe that God has orchestrated history, even before the fall/ Christ as creator and savior and mediator/ between God and man, because man had deviated/ and since the law couldn’t redeem through the flesh/ but expose the flaws man couldn’t see through His death/ Christ, tore the veil, cracked the rock, rose from death, no afterthought/ God calls. Christ elects, the spirit leads our intellects/ there is life in His death, we follow Him to the grave/ the cost of His discipleship our atonement's been paid
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Vs.1 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of Gomorrah, the aura is often ordered to disperse in perverse morals/ its reversed the church flirts, thirst whoring, its flesh with its chest exposed and its veins dormant/ brains storing, exchange what the brains forming, salvation unchained, untamed there’s no cage for it/ I speak change to remain unscathed storing knowledge to speak brave to free slaves from chains mourning/ feet dragging, sweating the heat hasn’t decreased, we need drink and sleep pattern to wreak havoc/ string hammocks tied to defeat stagger, between two trees so dreams scream beneath the kings mattress/ springs squeak, sheets sandwiched and teeth clamor, the redeemed need a drink they seem to be famine/ hold a fan to the flame, here’s powder speak cannons/ bleak, spanning colors unique splattered on a pink canvas Hook I told Jesus it would be alright if He changed my name (and now they call me aleezy blindfolded) Jesus told me that the world would be against me if He changed my name (and now they call me ali) Vs.2 There’s a war going on o outside no man is safe from/ the battles for the souls of man so I’m gonna say something/ How could I sit back silent?/ while men plummet into the deepest abyss of sin and die punished/ that’s my sentiment, cause it’s not entertaining when atonement's wasted and every moment a soul is tainted/ by the lust of the eyes, flesh, and pride of life/ we look for signs of life in this Gucci, Prada life/ they got guns and I ain't even got a knife, I just got an understanding they I got a life/ and there’s more to it, than more music, being abusive to women pushing a whip or dodging bullets/ now who’s hard, who’s gonna laugh at me when these rappers got shot, but guns jam when they point it at me/ I was crucified with Christ when I murdered the flesh/ watery grave I ain't searching for breach because Hook I told Jesus it would be alright if He changed my name( and now they call me R. Moses blind folded) Jesus told me that the world would be against me if He changed my name( and now they call me R. Moses blindfolded)
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Hook They just want the (money man) they just want the (fame yall), they just wanting everything (this world can give)/ but I don’t want the (money man), I don’t want the (fame dog) I ain't wanting nothing that (this world can give) Vs.1 Ay man this worlds trying to lure me in, the enticement and allure of sin/ telling me that fame will bring me happiness, false again/ they say abandon God, pursue money, fame, and pride/ forget working a 9 to 5, get rich or die trying/ how many tried and came up empty? Try plenty/ I ain't basing my life off stacking up benjis or 6 Bentleys/what’s fashion? Just a means of temporary satisfaction/ trying to mask self-esteem as self confidence that mans lacking/ women please, have a little respect, your more than your sex/ more than diamond necklaces that hang from your neck/ more than your curves, or the sound of your voice, or pro-choice/ more than videos or dancing and getting them things cracking/ you’ll never find identity appealing to God/ by trusting in mans acceptance or religious facades, life’s hard/ we can press, we can search, we can look, but never find/ anything outside of God that will gives us our peace of mine Hook They just want the (money man) they just want the (fame yall), they just wanting everything (this world can give)/ but I don’t want the (money man), I don’t want the (fame dog) I ain't wanting nothing that (this world can give) x2 Vs.2 I ain't impressed with a particular race, or color of skin/ God created all men equal and susceptible to sin/ so what’s the profit of my pigment? Does it make me more religious? / More intelligent or ignorant? Does it make me more a Christian?(no)/ physical traits shouldn’t define your mind state/ or incline ones faith to be determined, just wait/ if we move away the blinds then our eyes could see straight/ and we could see that such pride most the times just brings hate/ so why boast in my appearance if it’s something I couldn’t choose?/ so if you’re trying to walk His path then put your foot in His shoes/ I ain't trying to say imperfect or that I made up all the rules but/ I know the one who did so I’m just giving you the news/ it’s your beliefs that should shape you, make you, or break you/ and your beliefs should fall in line with the make that made you/ so why trip if they love you or not? Its noon stop/ the first will be last, and they can have the top spot Hook They just want the (money man) they just want the (fame yall), they just wanting everything (this world can give)/ but I don’t want the (money man), I don’t want the (fame dog) I ain't wanting nothing that (this world can give) x4
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I Can Tell 04:25
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Vs.1 Ugh, it’s been six years since I last seen ya/ that tombstone just reminds me that my life fleeting/ I’m still trying to find life’s meaning/ but every hit I take, hits harder than the one previous/ no empty bottles take the pain away,/ or bring ya back I notice that, but dog I can’t get over that/ I put your face on my shoulder tat/ they say only the good die young, but there ain't no hope in that/ so, sometimes I wonder who you might have been, or could have been/ oh my gosh we was stupid kids/ on the corners under street signs/ tagging territories, wearing flags, the street life/ but we ain't know what the streets was like/ 16 going on 30, just trying to get right/ wish I could give life, but it’s out of my hands/ pour a few shots for you homie every now and again. Hook Now I wonder where you are (x4), Now I... Vs.2 Yeah, I met this cat just the other day/ he asked me if I knew about Jesus, and the price He paid/ I said this stuff sounds kind of lame/ if this man died for my sins, then why all this pain?/ I even dropped your name, I asked him where you are/ said what if you don’t believe in dude, he said the truth is hard/ I said only God can judge me, that’s just how I feel/ he said that’s true so why you live as though He never will/ I said man that’s real, I ain't gonna try to front/ but sometimes this life just gets the best of me, so I spark a blunt/ I’m fed up with stuff, I’m never good enough/ everything I touch turns to dust, that’s true enough/ I feel like giving up bruh, I just want peace of mind/ I’m sick of all this nick and dime, and hustling just to get me by/why? Why does life have to be so hard/ he said it never really gets any easier, but there is peace in God.
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released March 19, 2011

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Name is Ali(i Kulani) Rozet. Sinner saved by grace! I ain't obsessed with swag, or being "gangsta" I'm concerned about the state of ya soul. God Bless

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