BUT WHAT IF

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BUT WHAT IF!?

I TRY TO BE GOOD

SO I HAVE A GREAT APPEARANCE

BUT WHAT IF APPEARANCE DOES'NT MATTER TO YOU.

I TRY TO BE OBEDIENT 

SO I MAKE YOU PROUD,

BUT WHAT IF THATS NOT WHAT TOU WANT?

I READ THE BOOK

THAT YOUR MEN WROTE SAYING THEY'RE HOLY;

JUST TO GET YOUR APPROVAL,

BUT WHAT IF, THERE IS NO AFTER LIFE 

I WOULD BE GIVING IT ALL AWAY;

ALL THOSE NIGHTS I PRAYED.

WOULD ALL GO TO WASTE,

BUT WHAT  IF MORTALITY DOES EXIST?

I WOULD BE QUESTIONING YOUR GREATNESS,

I WOULD BE TOO LOST IN EARTHLY DEEDS,

BUT WHAT IF YOUR NOT SO GREAT?

I WOULD'VE BEEN SO STUPID,

I WOULD'VE BEEN BENEATH IT ALL,

BUT WHAT IF YOUR STILL MY GOD?

THIS WOULD BE SO UNGREATFUL OF ME

OH GOD! JESUS!  J'OVA! HOLY SPIRIT! THEE!

I AM CALLING YOUR NAME,

BUT WHAT IF THIS IS A GAME?

AND WE ARE JUST THE SAME

IF YOUR THERE JUST SHOW YOURSELF!

ALL THIS IS JUST MAKING ME LOSE MY INNER SELF,

AND THIS ISN'T A SELFLESS ACT,

BECAUSE I'M NOT SELFISH,

BUT WHAT IF THIS WAS JUST A TEST?

I WOULD HAVE FAILED;

IF IT WAS ABOUT TRUST,

BUT WHAT IF THIS IS TRUE?

AND THERE WEREN'T NO YOU.

IT WOULD BE POINTLESS

AS A BROKEN PENCIL,

AND AS MEANING LESS 

AS NON-SENSE.

BUT WHAT IF YOUR IN MY HEAD

AS MY SUB-CONSCIOUS?

JUST WAITING TO SET ME FREE,

SO I CAN FIND MY PEACE OF MIND

THAT LAYS BENEATH ME.

I WOULD'VE BEEN THE LIGHT TO MY DARKNESS,

THE TRUTH THAT LIES IN ME,

THE VISION THAT I COULD NOT ENVISION,

THE LOST THAT WAS TOO FINE TO FIND.

BUT WHAT IF I WILL NEVER KNOW

THE WAY TO GO?

ON THIS NARROW,WEIGHTY ROAD.

CARRYING THESE UNCERTAIN LOADS;

LOST IN THE SINS OF THE WORLD

THAT LEAVES ME SO COLD,

BUT WHAT IF THIS IS DESTINY?

FOR ME TO TELL MY TESTIMONY.

THIS WOULD BE MY PATH

HIDDEN BY MY IGNORANCE AND RATH,

BUT THIS ISN'T THE END.

MY BOOK ISN'T COMPLETE;

I'M JUST AT CHAPTER ONE

REVEALING MY INNER PEACE

BUT WHAT IF!?

BUT WHAT IF!?

ISN'T GONNA MAKE LIFE CHANGE.

JUST HAVE FAITH IN THE ONE..............

THE ONE THAT CREATED US

FOR GIVING HIM PRAISE IS A MUST

BUT WHAT IF

IS JUST A QUESTION.

A QUESTION THAT I WAS OBLIGATED TO ASK,

A QUESTION THAT WAS MEANT

TO ASK IN OUR TIME OF TASKS.

'BUT' MEANS 

WE ARE BETTER UNITED TOGETHER.

'WHAT' MEANS 

WHERE HIDDEN ANSWERS ARE TOLD.

'IF' MEANS

ITERNAL LIFE .

THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

 MY MIND I COMMEND,

BECAUSE IT'S THE MENSE.

IN THIS TIME OF GOOD AND EVIL.

THE TREE THAT ADAM AND EVE ATE FROM,

THE LEAF OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE BEHOLD,

THE LEAF THAT I PURE THESE WORDS ON,

THE PEN IS MY SERPENT;

THAT BRINGS US BACK.

BUT WHAT IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!

BUT WHAT IF THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN?

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