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The concept of this track is that we are, as 2Corintians 5:17 says, "...a new creation..."
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Verse 1:
It was a cold november mornin
Baby born in New York lost from tha fallin
Of adam and eve, in tha garden of eden
Eatin from tha forbidden tree and now we're all fallen creatures
This baby grew each and everyday
Every year celebrate another birthday
Hit his teens and wanted to do his own thing
Parents believed that God would rescue him some day
So now this young boy starts to flow
Not really thinkin of tha state of his eternal soul
Rhymin hard and sinnin, makin his momma cry
Dreamin hard believin that he was livin right
Family loved Tha Lord but church didn't excite him
He was tha different one, didn't wanna be like them
He was ok with tha thought of remainin unsaved
Until age 17 when it all changed
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Restless child, he sees your pain
He won't leave, he came to stay
Came to save you, died and raised
So that you'd have a birthday
Verse 2:
Another birthday comes around
Now this guys 17 with a filthy mouth
Got a little rhyme crew and they're makin moves
Tryin to get into tha industry was they're main pursuit
Skippin school and writin rhymes was his way of life
Went to church but thought of it as a waste of time
Didn't realize not believin wasn't wise
Like winnin tha lottery and throwin out tha prize
Now its new years eve
He went to church to watch tha old year leave
Wasn't expectin anythin good or amazin
But thank tha Lord, that's tha day God saved me
And now I'm followin tha Kings way
And now I'm doin everythin that His word say
November 10th '89 I was born
But december 31, 2006 is my birthday
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Verse 3:
And as his parents rolled into town
Couldn't find a place to stay as they looked around
Every inn said no, and they were turned away
Settin up a manger to be a holy place
And on that day tha most important birth in history
As God became man to rescue every human being
From tha bonds of sin, torture and painful cries
Christ was born for death, you see, he came to die
And now I'm followin tha Kings way
And now I'm doin everything that his word say
And even though I rejected him in tha worste way
He came and died so that I could have a birthday
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