Artist: ILL PHIL
Song: If I Die
Album: Soul Food
Verse 1
I know that I am blessed/ And I think the Lord for the gift he gave me cause yes/ I once used it against him recording secular music/ But now I'm using it for him, the purpose I'm gave to use it/ I think to my past when Jesus ain't cross my mind/ I 106 and parked it right into Satan's garage/ I seen the glamorous life, and I wanted that fame/ Seen what those rappers had and I wanted the same/ Not realizing what it cost to get it/ Just cause you wear a platinum cross don't mean your sin acquitted/ Just cause you give props to God don't mean your sins permitted/ There's only one way, through Jesus, or your sins forgiven/ Look, and It's more than just saying it dog/ He knows our heart so ain't no use in playin it off/ If I don't give him my all that's the same as nada/ And giving him nada, look, I can't afford that problem/ Cause
Hook:
I don't want to die, but if I do die I want drift up to the sky/ And I don't plan to go, but if I do go I want see heaven for sure (2x's)
Verse 2
Yep, for the people that just don't understand/ Look, there's you, there's God, and there's the middle man/ And that would be Lord Jesus/ And the only way to God is by following what he teach us/ It's a entry list to heaven, one person gon' get you in/ And any other way, but through him is a dead end/ For those that tell you different, don't listen, they dead men/ They won't inherit life cause they living a dead sin/ I know at times your confusion could really start to eat at you/ Questions arise and that's when Satan send his fleet at you/ But hold fast, keep your faith, and he gon' see you threw/ Many have overcome your struggles, he want see you to/ Know that the world is full of stumbling blocks to make you fall/ But stand tall, don't you let them banana peel you dog/ My situation ain't no different I'm the same as you/ But if you feel like I feel you gon' march on to/ Because
Hook (2x's)
Verse 3
I think to my past and the lost mind frame that I had/ No I ain't holy, but I ain't thugging, so I ain't bad/ I serve a purpose unlike most of these other rappers/ I bring a message unlike most of these other yappers/ I come tight, I get you hype, but I say what's right/ Not realizing my right is wrong in God's eye sight/ Unless reborn again I can't decide what's right or wrong/ Cause I was born in sin without a single righteous bone/ That's why I think the Lord he save me cause my path was threw/ I was headed straight for hell and I ain't have a clue/ But by his grace he sought me out and brought me out/ The devil had me brainwashed, but he talked me out/ My idea of righteous was wrong, but he taught me how/ Now my hold life centered on making him smile/ Now my how life centered on making him proud/ And do I have another option nah, nah/ Because
Hook (2x's)
Song: If I Die
Album: Soul Food
Verse 1
I know that I am blessed/ And I think the Lord for the gift he gave me cause yes/ I once used it against him recording secular music/ But now I'm using it for him, the purpose I'm gave to use it/ I think to my past when Jesus ain't cross my mind/ I 106 and parked it right into Satan's garage/ I seen the glamorous life, and I wanted that fame/ Seen what those rappers had and I wanted the same/ Not realizing what it cost to get it/ Just cause you wear a platinum cross don't mean your sin acquitted/ Just cause you give props to God don't mean your sins permitted/ There's only one way, through Jesus, or your sins forgiven/ Look, and It's more than just saying it dog/ He knows our heart so ain't no use in playin it off/ If I don't give him my all that's the same as nada/ And giving him nada, look, I can't afford that problem/ Cause
Hook:
I don't want to die, but if I do die I want drift up to the sky/ And I don't plan to go, but if I do go I want see heaven for sure (2x's)
Verse 2
Yep, for the people that just don't understand/ Look, there's you, there's God, and there's the middle man/ And that would be Lord Jesus/ And the only way to God is by following what he teach us/ It's a entry list to heaven, one person gon' get you in/ And any other way, but through him is a dead end/ For those that tell you different, don't listen, they dead men/ They won't inherit life cause they living a dead sin/ I know at times your confusion could really start to eat at you/ Questions arise and that's when Satan send his fleet at you/ But hold fast, keep your faith, and he gon' see you threw/ Many have overcome your struggles, he want see you to/ Know that the world is full of stumbling blocks to make you fall/ But stand tall, don't you let them banana peel you dog/ My situation ain't no different I'm the same as you/ But if you feel like I feel you gon' march on to/ Because
Hook (2x's)
Verse 3
I think to my past and the lost mind frame that I had/ No I ain't holy, but I ain't thugging, so I ain't bad/ I serve a purpose unlike most of these other rappers/ I bring a message unlike most of these other yappers/ I come tight, I get you hype, but I say what's right/ Not realizing my right is wrong in God's eye sight/ Unless reborn again I can't decide what's right or wrong/ Cause I was born in sin without a single righteous bone/ That's why I think the Lord he save me cause my path was threw/ I was headed straight for hell and I ain't have a clue/ But by his grace he sought me out and brought me out/ The devil had me brainwashed, but he talked me out/ My idea of righteous was wrong, but he taught me how/ Now my hold life centered on making him smile/ Now my how life centered on making him proud/ And do I have another option nah, nah/ Because
Hook (2x's)
