Backslider

6 months straight i could hear you callin
 Now im on my way to the altar and the tears keep fallin
 Hit the front and collapse, thinkin back i was so strong
 Now ive been gone so long, where did i go wrong
 I was walkin up right, testifyin of christ
 Shinin my light, every day i would read and pray
 To be saved i was so proud
 But compromisin on this got me hangin wit my old crowd
 Thinkin chillin wit the homies wouldnt hurt
 Now they got me back in clubs and im missin church
 Flirt, flesh gots me gettin at these girls again
 Forgot the cross, now im lost in the world of sin
 I tried to play it off, like i still had a grip
 Had everybody fooled not knowin i tripped
 But i couldnt fool myself, its was time for repentin and prayin
 Cause deep in my heart i heard christ sayin
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 Backslider come back home
 Believe me, you've gone to close
 Jesus still loves me strong
 Backslider to come back home
 Walkin in the world wit out no relief
 And you're full of grief cause you been robbed by the thief
 God is sayin, its time to come back child
 But satan will condem you and make you feel exiled
 But i know the story bout the prodigal son
 And the bible is true, and i know cause i was one
 I read luke 15 and started for my crown
 There's many parables about the lost and the found
 Now you might be the son that journeyed from home
 For some appearened reason you decided to roam
 But you found you were walkin in the danger zone
 Til suddenly you realized it was nothin like home
 Feelin you can't come back its too late, that's just pride
 Cause standin in the way is like suicide
 Its time to come back and return to the lord
 Get cleaned up, delievered and restored
 Its time to come home
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 The spirits alienated and the feelin ain't there
 You fell by the way side and nobody cares
 The other hand is full of blood, guilt
 But to take away your sin is why his blood spilt
 You walk around wit a complex, all day
 Everyday, but hey, i heard pual say
 Forget the things that are behind me, is what he said
 Impress on foward to things that are ahead
 In revelations 2: 4, words wont budge
 God is sayin, come back to your first love
 Come back home child to hug you again
 Is my desire, cause god is married to the backslider
 He never left you, but you left him
 What profit is a man to gain sin and lose his soul
 See everything that glitters ain't gold
 And that would be the range cause nothin is equals to your soul
 Man exchange, so come back home
 Cause you're a lost sheep and the wolf is on the roam
 Forget your own life, lose it for christ
 Please don't look back, no don't be like lot's wife
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