This is a heartfelt message to the streets, the church, and other Christian emcees. This song is featured on the Pinnacle Project:B.I.G. 2005 distributed by Provident Distribution.
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Story behind the song
This song discusses why I will continue to do music as a ministry and for no other reason.
Lyrics
They Need to Know (T. Custis)
Vs 1
The questions raised/how do checks get paid/when you wreck the stage/get on the set and blaze/but still represent saved/it ain't no money doing music for the Lord/when you do there's no support/you can't get two on one accord/the world's apprehensive/the church is afraid/when the youth introduce a new version of praise/but the Word is the same/even if you change methods to makin records of blessing/so the urban get claimed/I'm Ason of God/not Ason of money/so I'm gonna run untill I come up on the one He want me to reach/cuz I'm not my own/Big Sonny has anointing to preach/only what he hears/the point is I'm leashed/there's nuthin in me/plus my cup is empty/fill me up untill all my fear leaves/and my tongue has been freed/and I speak boldly like royalty/stand flat footed when I rap on it/I'm Ason of the King
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Cuz they need to know/why I keepin Spirt in my lyrics only say what I'm hearing and never veering/cuz they need to know/why I represent the very Word that contradicts my urges and leaves my flesh hurtin/cuz they need to know/why I'll never quit til I witness every kid give up praises on they lips/cuz they need to know/the lack of knowledge ill perish em, I'm here to encourage em and nourish em til they worship Him
Vs2
It's something else serving something bigger than you/when you realize that life is a gift that was given to you/to be used as a tool/to assist those souls amiss/with no hope for bliss/who go broke tryna just exist/quietly looking looking for answers/and the question is/who am I, why that, why this/brothas die quick/tryna die rich/in the streets, in the projects/plus on the job tryna climb steps/til they hit the ceiling, now the time spent/chasing paper is hard to see like the fine print/all because they outta line wit divine assignment/but its never too late for you to find it/let it all go/there's a call for your life its a tall order/I know the church is off but that's the wrong focus/your guard is up from a hard road but/I'm still coming after God's chosen/I'm not jokin
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Vs3
To all my Christian rappers/stop talkin' bout how nobody listens to you/man listen to you/stay on the grind til you eat or keep wishin for food/Jesus didn't send us on a mission to loose/and I don't care what you got/speak those things as though they were/even if they're not/keep believin God/a party album sells more records when it drops/but what the heck does that do for the block/if they respect it or not/stop bendin dude/all to be accepted by who/here's a lesson fam/it's best to be you/we're all misfits/maybe you forget the way the cross is depicted/its an awful image/this walk is viscious/we're swimming upstream like hard head fishes/refuse to go with the flo when its pouring in ditches/walk the straight and narrow/remain thorough/make trouble/and even when you cry, wipe tears and blaze devils
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