Breathe & Believe...while grocery shopping

Yet another random video with some great music

Breathe & Believe snippet from 832 Movement on Vimeo.

I AM

I AM

(circa August 2002)

I Am...

"i am what i am" and "i can when i can"
come "stand where i stand" and you'll "demand for a fan"(hell's hot)

your hand me down knowledge, thoughts recycled through years in college
you "fear to acknowledge" my existence for theories full of garbage
no i'm not God the Father, God the son, nor God the Holy Spirit
actually i'm the opposite, i exist to twist the truth so you don't believe it
yeah God is everywhere, well i'm catching up real quickly, but you don't see me
i've disguised my devices so skillfully, and YOU can free or unfree me
part of my master plan, is to distract you from the Master's plan
then snatch you from the Master's hand, have you runnin like the taliban
cuz i am....your mental supplier supplying you with those suicidal thoughts
and i can...boost your ego when you rob your liquor store and don't get caught
plus i ran...up your intellect and stripped it of most of its moral conscience
and i stand...to fall, but all y'all, will be my fellow residents
though i lose, your soul i'll win, you don't hate me, YOU LET ME IN
through the tv, radios, and stereos, all up in your mind the sin begins
i'm in the clothes you sport, the pain and hurt, your quest to get up a skirt
i'm in the sites you read, the nights you bleed, supplied your weed, from dirt
i was flying the plane, that came, that destroyed the New York City skyline
i was the pen that wrote, lyrics that broke, spirits and you called it a fly rhyme
i am disaster, i am death, i am the profanity in your every other breath
i am murder, i am rape, i am the cocaine in your brother's head
i am sickness and i am starvation, i am fraud and i am voodo
i am weak, i am helpless but i am strong cuz i control you

i am...

"I am what I am" and "I can when I can"
come "stand where i stand" and you'll "understand" my whole "plan"

I am Omniscient, I know it all, I am wisdom that taught you "how to crawl"
but you chose to walk without my guidance and in your ignorance..."now you fall"
I am Omnipotent, all the power you could ever need i "already got"
I made the universe with one verse, and I'm keeping the sun "steady hot"
I am Omnipresent, I'm everywhere I see the most wicked of all your deeds
I see your greed, I see your weed, I see as your mind in its inner "core bleeds"
I see your heart striving for "righteousness", seeking the light but "not just yet"
persecuting My messengers speaking LIfe and spreading the truth about My love "not just death"
I am Life,I'm the reason you "read and write", I am the breath you "breathe as life"
when your soul was "dark as night", I came through with the "beacon Light"
listen child, I was there to hold you tight the night your mom took her life
I will put food on your table, keep your pockets stable, your soul alive
I am Love, a love that gives without taking till it can give no more
a love that doesn't force its way, but someday, will be adored
a love that I've put in every man's heart, but not every "man starts"
to reach out of the flesh, and digest from Heaven's "vanguard"
I am the Creator, nothing exists or will exist or come to be without Me
your land, your plants, your ants,all man, and still you can stand to doubt Me
I am Life, I'm "bleeding ink", to your destiny I am that "missing link"
out of Me flows more Glory than water flowing from your "kitchen sink"
Think...read my "blueprint",the One True "Jehovah" is bound to stay on His throne
I am THE GREAT I AM, I do all that I can, so no man, has to stand on his own

I AM...

I am what I am and I can when I can
come stand where I stand lift your hands and say Amen

I am human, born into this sinful world from my mother's womb
cursed by the deeds of Adam, sentenced to eternity's tomb
consunmed by the desires of my flesh, I lived chained to the grave
now I'm chained to life through Christ's cross stained as He gave
gave Life through death, brought healing through bloody stripes
renewed and renamed me called me "blessed" and soon His wife
I am who I am today because of Who God is
I live the life I live because I'm not mine I'm God's kid
I am becoming a portrait of my Maker so all can see His beauty
I am becoming His voice and His hands but not so you can view me
I am invisible just so you can see He's invincible
a mouthpiece to relate NOT DEBATE His divine principles
I am part of a body, a family and truly we're indivisible
We spit truth, to the grown and the youth, trying to plant new fruit, but they find it inconceivable
I am what I am 'cause God said that I am
and if you don't like me, its cool, you ain't gotta shake my hand
But please shake His hand, and let Him show you a new plan
loose you from this deceitful world, make you a free man
I am an injector of Truth, like a reflector of Light
I am like a polygraph...a detector of liesI try but my insides cry till my eyes dried with hands of frailtyI am weak, I am poor, but I pour strength and wealth because God lives in me

This Is Just A Warning

So, this morning on my way to work I got pulled over. I was driving on 5th street, [sarcasm]and I totally love 5th street[/sarcasm]. Anyways, i'm getting pulled over by a cop on a motorcycle. I immediately went into "innocent until proven guilty" mode even though I knew I was going over the speed limit. So I pull into the parking lot of a park (same one where I used to play basketball back in the day), thinking this is not the best way to start my day. So the cop gets off his bike and gestures for me to let my window down. I did, of course. He then asked for my driver's license. No "Good morning", no "how are you doing sir?" no "Hey, arent you dogfight!? I love your music". None of that. I mean the least he could have done was asked for my autograph. Geez!

Anyways, I obliged and gave him my driver's license. He then tells me he pulled me over because I was speeding AND my registration had expired. I had no excuse for the registration but like anyone in my shoes would do; I told him I had no idea I was speeding. He then tells me I was driving at 45 mph in a 30mph zone. No way! I took a couple of seconds to think of an intelligent response as I saw him writing up what looked like a ticket. I'm stuttering trying to come up with words to keep him from continuing to write; actually considered crying. (In hindsight, i'm realizing that its just a ticket that I could either take a drivers safety course and get dismissed or just pay the couple hundred dollar fine. Definitely not worth crying about).

So he hands me the piece of paper he had been writing on and tells me to go get my new registration sticker. And then he says the five word phrase that totally changed my life (okay maybe not life, but at least my morning). He says "this is just a warning". All of a sudden I no longer wanted to jump up and fight this cop who is much bigger than me; now I wanted to jump out of my car and give him a big bear hug. But then I remembered he had a gun so I just smiled and thanked him.

A bit dramatic? Yeah I know but for the record, this is the first time EVER i've been pulled over and just been giving a warning. And this was for not just one but two offenses. I've always wondered what it felt like and after today I wonder no more. This makes me think of all the offenses I've committed against the Almighty God and how I deserve eternal damnation. I broke the law and deserve the punishment. But just like the cop this morning, the Lord has mercy on me. Instead of a ticket to hell, He lets me off with the opportunity and the ability to get right.

10Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." JOHN 8

But unlike this Stafford Police Department officer, the decision cost God the sacrifice and humiliation of His Son dying on a man-made Cross. Thank You Father, thank You Jesus. I'm now going to get my registration sticker. First thing tomorrow.

Grace & Peace

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