ain't ready

uhh! they don't wanna battle

they ain't ready for the battle

uh-uh

uh-uh

listen

listen

listen

your spirit ain't ready

your church ain't ready

your bishop ain't ready

your deacons ain't ready

your choir ain't ready

your ushers ain't ready

at the temple of hip-hop

we teach many!

look! to all my people hurtin

all my people searchin

what we know for sure

god is always workin

workin while you flirtin

workin while you jerkin

workin while the world is turnin and these cities burnin

god is always workin

workin while you learnin

workin while you ignorant and when you're not concernin

christ consciousness

get that

got that

spit that

rock that

hip that

hop that

you sniff that? stop that

i give back and got back

greedy? i'm not that

you needy for that shock rap

slangin on the block rap

duckin where the cops at

i don't know that

but jesus done copped that

not that man on the cross

it ain't like that

you must act like the son of god

that's where the lights at

stop readin only and start bein show me

like the resurrection i'll be back

they can't hold me

one thing's for sure and believe it hurt

it's when the pastor ain't sure

and deceives the church

they don't know god's law

and can't see god at work

so when they see hip-hop

they push it to the back of the church

like fig trees or figures they don't bear fruit

they gospel artists

still tryin to chase that loot

hear the truth now

i come to enhance the light

they women of god

singin while they pants is tight?

they not hot! really they

regular

they clothes they flows

all that

secular

what's the difference i could stay in the world and wild

if these church girls wear more makeup than destiny's child

keep it real christian

some of y'all liftin ain't likin

but this is the difference between a christian and a christ-ian

stop readin only and start bein show me

like the resurrection i'll be back

they can't hold me

listen

listen

listen

look! spiritual minded

you must find it

find your spirit and go deep inside it

this goes out to the christ-ians listenin

this is the flow that

gospel's missin it's urban inspirational rap

we got our own section in the record stores

in our own rack

we respect tradition

from the start

but we now know

the true word of god is written in our heart

we gotta say somethin to the streets kid!

all these churches surroundin the devil still ain't defeat it?

they the type to get down

i'm the type to get up

from criminal" to "spiritual minded"