Tested Testimony - Ka.mp3

[00:00.348][Sampled Intro]
[00:00.599]The Virginia Assembly in 1664 decreed that it was indeed possible for Africans to be both enslaved and Christians
[00:12.073][Verse 1]
[00:15.845]Gettin' older, dealin' wit' aches and pains, breaks and strains
[00:19.610]Things I once did with ease, ain't the same
[00:22.446]Pour my stake in it while they tryna stake they claim
[00:25.041][?] that was heard way back, grade A complain
[00:28.083]Never just along for the ride, I take the reins
[00:30.604]Finger jams, give 'em commands, can't wait to explain
[00:33.441]Ain't no money in my safe, took the safest lane
[00:36.201]Once carved in they hearts, can't erase your name
[00:39.246]Was blind and now I see state-of-the-art
[00:42.007]Only provision to vision, never cater to dark
[00:44.776][???], they don't safe or start
[00:47.546]Whatever stick together, never made it apart
[00:50.055][Chorus]
[00:50.394]Can't afford to have one wasted or fall through
[00:53.937]'Cause if one make it, we all do
[00:56.444]Can't afford to have one wasted or fall through
[00:59.457]'Cause if one make it, we all do
[01:01.464][Verse 2]
[01:01.733]Thoughts that mustered like a mustard seed
[01:04.024]A hundred among you struggle with lust and greed
[01:06.784]Agreed, when you give much, much is received
[01:09.795]If you ain't livin' life in Christ, I ain't trust the need
[01:12.807]Did a lot of mourning, friends ain't make it overnight
[01:15.582]I'm too stressed, no food left, it's hard to know what's right
[01:18.089]Sands from attempts to cut us down, we grew out of spite
[01:21.098]Past the torch, last resort, a show, we might
[01:23.887]For me, it ain't just where I'm at, it's where I'm from
[01:26.900]Through old, grew upholstered, since I was young
[01:29.660]Every fellow plan from ghetto stand on how it's wrung
[01:32.170]Put Moms first, 'cause Earth can't live with a dying son
[01:34.696][Chorus]
[01:35.449]Can't afford to have one wasted or fall through
[01:38.718]'Cause if one make it, we all do
[01:41.218]Can't afford to have one wasted or fall through
[01:44.232]'Cause if one make it, we all do
[01:46.488][Outro: Ka & Sample]
[01:47.238]Success is my committee, never all you
[01:51.002]It's never all you
[01:52.507]Success is my committee, never all you
[01:58.532]How did the African soul survive this dark day?
[02:05.335]By the power of spirituality
[02:09.095]Everybody talking about heaven ain't going in, you see
[02:11.607]Because they would say, how can you believe in God and do this to me?