I was a scandal, unworthy to untie Christ' sandal Ironic like a cannibal's mandible on a mantle The old me's only slowly decomposing He holds me closely 'til I'm wholly holy If only a foley catheter would work But if I could drain my own shame then God went berserk To make His son descend from the heavens to amend The great pain, a great rain, my fate came at my end

Why am I the Prince of Egypt?/ Because my soul was dead, the world had seized it/ Lived a slave to the grave but Christ had ceased it/ Crossed over through red, but not by a sea ship/ And now I'll bring people over through music/ Am I like Moses? Well the truth is/ I'm not the greatest speaker, fact, I'm weaker than Beaker/ God's not my puppet master but He's the greatest teacher/ Play it through speakers to all of my seekers/ So follow this leader in my worn down sneakers/ Swallow the feeder in hollowed-out freezers/ You know it's hot and ready like eating Little Caesers/ I spit God's wrath and I spit God's love/ You know the Passover lamb is God's only Son/ The holy Son, only one consoling us in roaring floods/ Saved by grace through the perfect One's flowing blood/ So when I cross over I'll bring the cross over/ Daily I carry the cross on my shoulder/ I spit the word but I'm not a placeholder/ Absurd to the church how many turn their face over (0:58)/ The venom for felons is bleeding you whole/ So look to the pole for healing for your soul/ Don't sleep on these bars like a night in prison/ Cuz I'm here to tell you that Christ is risen/ If your life is missin' some spice or glisten/ If your heart is torn apart like it's nuclear fission/ God will clear your view like it's high definition/ He'll heal your condition, He's the greatest physician/ I know I'm redundant but life's more abundant/ I wanna change your mind if you're more reluctant/ If you're snagged by a plague then turn to God/ He'll split your sea like Moses' rod/ He made a way to chase your sins away/ In the bottom of the ocean is where they'll stay/ I'm a brown clown from around town/ But my crown's down at the King's feet/ Ain't it sweet? Hear my heart, don't miss a beat (1:40)/ If you're a worn down soul like the bottom of my cleats/ Refreshing Living Water that's cleansing prison squatters/ Adopted all these orphans as sons and daughters/ (1:48) what's his name again?/ Who is he?... x2 (1:57) I'm the Prince of Egypt, and it's no secret/ If you're sea sick, don't seek this, I speak this through deep crypts/ I'll pierce you with fierce new words, empty three clips/ Open you ears, heart, & mind when you seek Him/

Chorus] Don't get enticed by the Turkish delight/ The devil dresses up as an angel of light/ Promises and lies may sound very nice/ But the end of that tunnel is as dark as the night/ [V1] Amnon and Tamar, David and Bathsheba/ Jumbled judgement seems to run in the family tree, ya?/ How will I react in these situations and places/ When I'm head over heels over certain faces??/ I'm weak Lord, I'm weak, and even as we speak/ If a girl came half dressed, would I try to sneak a peek?/ You told me to submit in all of my ways/ And then You would make all of my paths straight/ These thoughts running through me are wack, I gotta get back on track/ Jumping over hurdles, but this line's not grey, it's black/ Like the time sin had occupied my heart/ The rent that it was paying me was tearing me apart/ The wages paid were death yet with my last breath/ In Your presence I'll essence so why am I a mess?/ It needs to be addressed, this beauty and a beast/ I'm Cinderella in her room but this time she kept her peace/ They told me if it fits to wear it, I can't bear it/ If you have a piece of Your peace, can You share it?/ I need something to wear, I'm naked and ashamed/ I'm Adam in the garden, trying to shift the blame/ Snakes and tombs, I'm a whitewashed loom/ As You weave what I breathe, Lord clean out my room/ Filthy spilth under the rug tryna give me a hug/ But when I give it a tug, I'm squished like a bug/ Life and death do a dance that stance me in a trance/ These pics are mere snapshots of venom at a glance/ Symbiote to my Eddie Brock, I'm sandpaper on the rock/ The foolish on the Wise, will You ready my heavy walk?/ Don't get enticed by the Turkish delight/ The devil dresses up as an angel of light/ Promises and lies may sound very nice/ But the end of that tunnel is as dark as the night/ X2 [V2] I knew it was taboo since its name cleared my ears/ Monster fostered in my closet, it preyed on my fears/ Well, I prayed for all my fears, for them to go away/ And yet still at the end, it led me astray/ Maybe there was always a leak, darkness seeped/ Or maybe my age saged, and the light was never deep/ Like a splash pad, I might smash that in a journal/ The memory seems so distant but the impact is eternal/ Why am I to blame? Please don't shame me for growing/ There must have been some weeds near the seeds that You were sowing/ You say that it's idolatry, I say that it's all fiction/ Force me in that direction, expect there to be friction/ One day I may go back, but that day is not today/ They say that life's a game so I may go out to play/ On the grounds that I'm happy, isn't that what matters?/ You say You're still waiting for me? I'm flattered/ I really thought I knew You, once upon a time/ Lock me up if forgetting my other life is a crime/ I took off my wedding ring that I wore in that dream/ I tore the seams of that fabric, it's not what it seems/ That poison's potion wore off, I tore off that mask/ I once was drunk off euphoria, but finished that flask/ I diminished my past like it wore the minish cap/ My mind is a hearse, and that memory is black/ I scaled a wall to recall that time in my life/ But I fell down that well and it caused me strife/ I'm pretty sure it was a figment of my imagination/ And now I've got no heart like it's 2 weeks gestation/ Don't get enticed by the Turkish delight/ The devil dresses up as an angel of light/ Promises and lies may sound very nice/ But the end of that tunnel is as dark as the night/ X2 [V3] Like a Newton's Cradle I'll finish the way I start/ The beating in my chest's a clock ticking in my heart/ So when I breathe my last, til death do us meet/ I've got a sure foundation that's lying beneath my feet/ From the moment we met I knew You were real/ Evident when you roll back my life like a wheel/ You've driven my heart from the very start/ So I don't walk by sight, my faith is a spark/ Your words will never depart from my lips/ Matter fact, if You look closely, it's the only thing that drips/ Living Water that I drink from You, the Living Author/ So my faith's a gift guarded sent from the giving Father/ Good and perfect, so I know that it's worth it/ They say seek and you will find, well I've searched it/ My heart and mind are all ears, so I've heard it/ It's a gift given by Your grace, I ain't earned it/ I know that You're for me, my life is Your story/ So Lord, mould this lump of clay for Your glory/ The devil may trip me but today is not that day/ I know life's not a game, so I war, I don't play/ Is it ok if I stay and I bask in Your heat?/ I walk according to Your word so there's light on my feet/ Gave up Your life for mine, did it to set me free/ The only substitute perfect to that degree/ In Your power and glory Your rose on the third/ Over coffins You're sovereign, my mind is always stirred/ Your Spirit lives inside me so now within the night/ I know I've got the power to reject Turkish Delight/ Don't get enticed by the Turkish delight/ The devil dresses up as an angel of light/ Promises and lies may sound very nice/ But the end of that tunnel is as dark as the night/ X2

Like Frodo and the ring-wraiths, chased by hooded men/ Tryna feed off of his fear, but he knew he couldn't bend/ Cuz what he found was so great and he couldn't keep quiet/ But authorities were afraid that his news would cause a riot/ Running away from them, a street chase in death valley/ Now he's hiding in the shadows of a very narrow alley, slim shady/ He's waiting, and he's puffing and panting/ Barely picks himself up, his back is slanting/ Takes a peek around the corner sees them coming, getting warmer/ Not his optimal prime, no that's not the transformer/ He's in this position now, and it's better than the former/ Snaps back like the hat cuz he was lost in thought, a foreigner/ They're closing in on him, so he runs to the other side/ There are more waiting there, is it time to say good bye?/ No! He grips a brick, and with agility so slick/ He scales the wall to the top, doesn't stop and almost slips/ But he keeps going, running across roofs/ Now he's grabbing some attention, is it time to share the truth?/ Tries to shout but he's too tired, bones are aching, on fire/ Body's sweaty, legs are heavy, hair's greasy like a fryer/ Hits the last roof, sees the sky, can't fly/ But he can't jump down, he's up far too high/ Puts his hands behind his head as helicopters approach/ Blinding light- is he dead? For his sake we'd better hope/ [V2] Wakes up in a room, head aching, knees shaking/ But what he'll face ain't physical, it's his mind that they'll be breaking/ The room was pitch black, but now it's flooded with light/ Tried to shield his face but can't, realizes hands are tied/ Ten men enter in, in suits and lab coats/ Will he sink in insanity? Gotta get his mind to float/ They ask really hard questions and beat him when he's wrong/ Tries to fight but he can only be strong for so long/ They mess with his mind, make him question the truth/ "Do you really believe that? Show me the proof/ Where's evidence of your news? Wait- it don't exist/ Accept your fate and give in, there's no need to resist/ It's futile, and it's worthwhile to give it up right now/ And enjoy what you had before, and so please allow/ The process to be complete, and give in to the system"/ Tries hard to fight boldly, displaying resistance/ But they slowly strip him away from everything he thought he knew/ Tryna recreate his mind into something brand new/ Feed him lies until he can't identify what's wrong and right/ You can see it in his face, he's starting to give up the fight/ This goes on for a few months, and finally he gives in/ Allows himself to be silenced, he let the system win/

[Hook] Head to the sky, I bled and I cried/ My heart I poured out to You the Most High/ Honestly, honesty's all that I can bring/ My heart sings a song to You my king/ Face to the ground in the place that I'm found/ Your grace that abounds is space that I drown/ Raw, unfiltered, I come bewildered/ This time I'll be open, I come unhindered/ [Verse 1] Dear Father, why are You so good to me?/ I don't deserve to be served, that You should look to me/ My mind blurred by Your word, I'm so shook to read/ That You dared to care for/ this crook on a tree/ I only wanna make it to the very end/ But my efforts are a desert that I've barely spent/ And barely exist, why do I resist/ Your calling, I'm falling and yet You persist/ I find that I'm finite, and by night my mind might/ Be drained from the rain, I'm embarrassed in hindsight/ If You stand out of time, how'd the sands shift in mine?/ Is my fate at Your gates, will I stand in that line?/ You know that I'm trying, I'm dying to win/ Every day I pray that I'm dying to sin/ Earnest, I'm nervous, I'm crying within/ I'm weak, need Your son, I'm relying on Him/ [Hook] Head to the sky, I bled and I cried/ My heart I poured out to You the Most High/ Honestly, honesty's all that I can bring/ My heart sings a song to You my king/ Face to the ground in the place that I'm found/ Your grace that abounds is space that I drown/ Raw, unfiltered, I come bewildered/ This time I'll be open, I come unhindered/ [V2] My propriety inside of me's anxiety, won't lie to me/ I try to be what I should be, my eyes are weak, send Your guide to me/ This confidence I have is only in You/ This bottomless glass is only in truth/ The proof that I need is a roof on this seed/ You never let me go, God You're faithful to me/ So I'm faithfully free from the chains of sin/ Hell's cell is a shell cuz I'm trained to win/ Earthly worry I won't fear it, my gaze on You/ Fill me with Your Spirit, have Him blaze on through/ I set my eyes on You I got the prize in view/ Everyday it's something new, Lord surprise me soon/ [Hook] Head to the sky, I bled and I cried/ My heart I poured out to You the Most High/ Honestly, honesty's all that I can bring/ My heart sings a song to You my king/ Face to the ground in the place that I'm found/ Your grace that abounds is space that I drown/ Raw, unfiltered, I come bewildered/ This time I'll be open, I come unhindered/ [V3] My glass runs dry, I crash, some fly/ I pass them by, in Your grass, I lie/ Half full or half empty there's plenty of blessings/ I'm tried of pressing, compressing these dressings/ I feel wack and bloating so peel back the coating/ Til it's only in You that I feel that I'm gloating/ From atoms to galaxies can't fathom the fallacies/ That it happened by chance, in Your plans You can balance these/ Down to a T on a tree that sets free/ But I chase a depraved place that won't accept me/ I thirst for a world that leaves me so thirsty/ I'm hurt and I'm curled so leave me some mercy!/ My best friend was fear, comfort was my lover/ But You drew me near, how could I ever love another/ [Hook] Head to the sky, I bled and I cried/ My heart I poured out to You the Most High/ Honestly, honesty's all that I can bring/ My heart sings a song to You my king/ Face to the ground in the place that I'm found/ Your grace that abounds is space that I drown/ Raw, unfiltered, I come bewildered/ This time I'll be open, I come unhindered/

Blessed with the mana in this trap like Atlanta/ A breath of fresh air like an African savanna/ Bananas in Pajamas, I'm coming down the stairs/ Humbled to this level is where I found my prayers/ So sound the snares, I'm crowned an heir/ But I cast it at His feet like I found it there/ Ain't found it fair like it's dark, not pale/ That He served my sentence and He paid my bail/ So I turn in repentance, won't stay, I sail/ Hope you feel what I'm saying like I spit it in braille/ My heart was in a hearse, my soul was cursed/ On my knees by the pool cuz I'm dying of thirst/ In You dwells the well that satisfies eternally/ In me dwells Your Spirit, satisfied internally/ You made all my crooked ways straight like a vector/ Won't put my sin on display, projector/ Got a taste of Your grace and it's sweet, nectar/ This artist lacks an artifact to match Your feat, collector/ Inspector gadget ratchet is the artificial Pharaoh/ If Your eye is on the sparrow why's my focus so narrow?/ Hook Oh Lord, by the power of Your sword/ And Your arteries and veins and Your hemoglobin poured/ I wanna hear You roar, oh Lion of Judah/ There's a war for my soul but I'm dying to choose Ya/ Oh Lord, it's only by Your Spirit/ The throne that You own, I even dare come near it/ Faithful and just to forgive my wrongs/ All I can do is give You these songs/ V2 I'm the hip hop Batman, let me make it clear/ I throw on this mask to reflect what I fear/ Reflect what I'm near will affect what is clear/ He's the Son and He shines in the atmosphere/ My career is the moon, He's a dune in June/ Not even my feet to this heat are immune/ Take off my sandals on holy ground/ If His love is a flood then I'll only drown/ If Your peace is a river then it must be the Nile/ If we drained the crocodiles, essential for survival/ I'm awaiting Your arrival, in the meantime bring revival/ More power than a Quasar, You have no equal rival/ Hook Oh Lord, by the power of Your sword/ And Your arteries and veins and Your hemoglobin poured/ I wanna hear You roar, oh Lion of Judah/ There's a war for my soul but I'm dying to choose Ya/ Oh Lord, it's only by Your Spirit/ The throne that You own, I even dare come near it/ Faithful and just to forgive my wrongs/ All I can do is give You these songs/ V3 Your glory won't fade if I had a pair clippers/ In L.A., they tell me like they drunk off liquor/ That I need this world, Lord hear this word/ I believe that only You can free this world/ Didn't come as a genie but a baby really teeny/ Was your debut screening like American Graffiti/ And I was king Kong if he was locked in a cage/ But You saved, now on top of the Empire State/ In You, I'm a new creature this time/ Transformed like I'm Griffith and Optimus Prime/ The wicked will dine with the swine on vomit/ But my mind revolves around the Son like a comet/ Til my gray turns to clay like it's Wallace and Gromit/ Send me any which way and I'll say that "I'm on it."/ My old self I'll pawn it, no need to embalm it/ Take the reins of what remains and command it, like Thrawn did/ Hook Oh Lord, by the power of Your sword/ And Your arteries and veins and Your hemoglobin poured/ I wanna hear You roar, oh Lion of Judah/ There's a war for my soul but I'm dying to choose Ya/ Oh Lord, it's only by Your Spirit/ The throne that You own, I even dare come near it/ Faithful and just to forgive my wrongs/ All I can do is give You these songs/x2 Outro All I can do is give You these songs/x4

This is a mental comic book. Our story takes place in Japan, where we follow a young adult male. Our story picks up with his heart is racing/ He's running, he's scared/ What's funny, he's aware/ That there doesn't seem to be a care package, he swears/ It's not fair, Gondor called for aid/ But no help came, he's afraid, so he prayed/ Where'd it all go wrong? He's the son of a king/ Owned half the city's blocks, til he did a stupid thing/ Dad made a deal and then he robbed that guy/ Before that guy was shot, he swore his son would die/ So he's robbed of his freedom, it's a grade A theft/ Now like the fall in Eden, he'll pay his father's debt/ Hit the deck, tried to duck/ But he's running low on luck/ He's sliding on thin ice just like a hockey puck/ Bullets fly in the sky, so he prays that he won't die/ Barely missed his head as he dodged them with a slide/ Ducks behind a chair, unaware of what's to come/ Vision blurry, in a hurry for all this to be done/ A table shatters to his right, he's got no willpower to fight/ He turns his back and waits to die, but something didn't feel right/ As he looks back, a man steps in/ He takes in the attack from every direction/ His blood pressure high, got a red complexion/ Wants to go back and help, but there's no sense in/ Doing so, because that man is dead/ But the bullets stopped raining, he paid off his debt/ Chapter 2: Our protagonist was able to start a new life in another country under a new identity He's got new kicks, got a couple new tricks/ No that's not the bunny, but he leaves his nest, quick/ He best fix his hair, getting ready to prepare/ He wears a pair of shades and a robe, he looks slick/ He feels a new power, he feels super, he's sayin'/ But people all around only think that he's playin'/ Pulls a sword out on the street cuz he's ready for some slayin'/ All this weighin' on his heart has got his body swayin'/ Now 10 creatures come, but he raises his sword/ And with a few swings he fights off the first horde/ But he's not finished yet, cuz from the alley comes out more/ But he's bored, it's a chore, as their bodies hit the floor/ Found this power in the palm of the hand of the man/ Who saved him from those killers way back in Japan/ Ever since he drank that liquid, he's committed, addicted/ Even without a bounty, feels convicted, it's cryptic A bird, a plane, no it's just a man!/ With power so great he has the upper hand/ A glow all around so you know he's in town/ A hero with purpose, protector of lands/x2 So why's he so bold if that man is laying cold?/ There's more to this story than what you've been told/ See the man didn't stay dead, he's currently alive/ Ain't no way to be contained, from the grave he could rise/ Our protagonist was recruited into his clan/ The man told him "go," I've got a bigger plan/ So city to city, place to place/ All over the globe he kept them all safe/ With the push of a button, a flash of a light/ Our man stopped at nothing to fight the good fight/ No one knew his name or from where he came/ But his aim's not fame, it's to spread a flame/ His crew got bigger, and they call him The Sparx/ If the sky turned red it's cuz he left his mark/ He's still all around, defending the globe/ If you're in danger you'll be found by the messenger of hope/ A bird, a plane, no it's just a man!/ With power so great he has the upper hand/ A glow all around so you know he's in town/ A hero with purpose, protector of lands/ Lightening in his fists is tightening his wrists/ So brave he'll go where the frightening exists/ Sword in its sheath, and gold in his teeth/ So whenever he smiles a glow forms a wreath/ Can't miss his presence like a blessing so pleasant/ In the night he'll go fight, see his shadow by the crescent/ Fight him if you dare but be fully aware/ He wears hope as his rope, so this fight's unfair/ This is his legend, some say it's fable/ That thinking can be fatal, their argument unstable/ He's a watchful protector like a dark knight/ If you called this man a hero, you would be quite right/ A bird, a plane, no it's just a man!/ With power so great he has the upper hand/ A glow all around so you know he's in town/ A hero with purpose, protector of lands/ x2

[V1] I'm humbled how I'll crumble when I rust and my bones/ Turn to dust if I must be honest I'm not home/ All these inns where I've stayed, where I've been, if I may,/ Have got my heart feeling like it's always alone/ When I try to marry temporary thrills to myself/ Put my will on the shelf cuz I'm holding empty wealth/ That's blowing in the wind that I'm chasing, I'm racing/ I wanna reach the end but I'm off with my pacing/ If I'm failing or I'm acing every one of life's tests/ I'll do my best so when I rest I'll hear the words I'm craving/ "Well done faithful servant" this phrase I'll earn it/ Only through the blood of my Christ if I'm earnest/ Not girls, not games, work, school or aims/ Could rejuvenate my soul, it'll all burn in flames/ This calamity's vanity going down the drain/ I don't care about the fame, so don't remember the name/ [Chorus] From dust I was made, to dust I will return/ My final bed's a coffin, a fire, an urn/ So with my last breath, when I lay down my head/ Remember what I said: To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ When will we ever learn/ To dust we will return/ [V2] That which has been is what will be/ That which is done is what will be done/ And there is no new thing underneath the sun/ So if my treasure's up in heaven then I know that I've won/ The sun will burn out but I'll turn out ok/ I'm a pilgrim on this planet, His arms are my stay/ One way, Yahweh, I know my flight is delayed/ But my residence in heaven is already prepaid/ No satisfaction in this faction not a fraction of my joy/ Will sustain through these chains and lame ploy toys/ Cheap plastic, deep drastic rapids on this land/ But this flood can't break this ark found in nail scarred hands/ Why would I cling to nothing I can bring/ Into my next life cuz this one is a vapor/ And I'm running on borrowed time, the size of a germ/ My life is a loan, to dust I will return/ [Chorus] From dust I was made, to dust I will return/ My final bed's a coffin, a fire, an urn/ So with my last breath, when I lay down my head/ Remember what I said: To dust I will return/ From dust I was made, to dust I will return/ My final bed'sa coffin, a fire, an urn/ So with my last breath when I lay down my head/ Remember what I said: To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ When will we ever learn/ To dust we will return/ [Bridge] Ashes to ashes, dust to dust/ Ashes to ashes, dust to dust/ A wilted flower, the final hour/ Ashes to ashes, dust to dust/x2 [Chorus] From dust I was made, to dust I will return/ My final bed's a coffin, a fire, an urn/ So with my last breath, when I lay down my head/ Remember what I said: To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ To dust I will return/ When will we ever learn/ To dust we will return/

Teach me to love my enemies, and to pray for those who persecute me/ Ironically, I actually need to be persecuted before I can do that/ Even when living a lavish lifestyle I literally disregard others/ I'd rather see them get taken down before they become my brothers/ I wanna hog Your grace all to myself/ Like only I'm in the centre of Your mercy micelle/ So when You tell me to go, I run the other way/ As if I didn't already know Adam couldn't hide his face/ Excuse after excuse, I refuse to be a fuse/ I'd rather pretend I can't do, so I go on a cruise/ And then I snooze right in the middle of Your thunder/ I wonder, if this ship is going under/ Then will I really be to blame if the message never came/ And then my enemies all perished, as if death is to be cherished/ That thinking's not a blunder, it's insane!/ Like the deranged ramblings of a madman that can't be explained/ How can someone even get just a taste of God's grace and have this kinda hate toward the people He creates?/ That I feel more sympathy for a tree God gave me for free than thousands of people is not up for debate./ It's ludicrous./ And God is faithful and pursuing, even when we go our own way in an attempt to betray Him like Judas' kiss/ Chance after chance to repent yet we resent His advance cuz we've made our own plans -Don't be afraid if God's calling you by bringing you a storm so violent; be afraid if in the midst of your rebellion, God's been completely silent- And when I try to have others take the guilt, and I've spilled it on their hands/ I'm only thinking with the folly of a man/ Because You know what's really going on/ And so when I'm an example of what not to do, others turn to You/ Cuz when You're near they have this fear that marks the beginning of their wisdom/ And You still advance Your kingdom/ And I'm still kicking and screaming, refusing to go where You sent me/ Until I'm literally vomited into it/ And then with cynicism and pessimism, with scorn I do my part/ See, I can have the knowledge, but not have the heart/ Even when You force me, I begrudgingly share Your mercy/ Like I'd rather be back on that boat afflicted with scurvy/ We all have our modern-day Assyrians/ That co worker that's wronged me, the communists in the far East/ Everyone in politics, from the far left to the far right/ False teachers, wolf preachers, and we know ISIS ain't the nicest/ But we've been called to a higher living, so why even try to fight this?/ In the midst of my rebellion, You still do Your will/ Even in malicious compliance there's still no defiance because You're bigger than what we've figured/ And the goodness of Your character will always spill/ But the worst is when we get upset, saying "it's not fair, justice isn't served/ Those people didn't get what they deserved"/ Forgetting that I, too, was once a slave before I was saved/ And in the midst of my "oh happy day"s is empty praise/ Selfish is what it is/ Let's not cry about who got the most mercy like siblings arguing over a bag of candy/ Let's just be thankful He's merciful at all/ And in obedience we go the next time He calls/