Gimme Dat

I like this song. It's so hype! Lyrics below! ;)



(AMBA!)

Gimme dat fire (fire)
Gimme dat flame (flame, flame)
Gimme dat (gimme dat)
Gimme dat (gimme dat)
Gimme dat (gimme dat)
Absolutely you can gimme dat
If it's mine (gimme dat)
It's good for me (gimme dat)
I want it all

Gimme dat bible
Gimme dat mic
I'll drop Jesus any way so he can make a disciple
Can't surpass Christ there's no takin' his title
A passion for Christ I'll have you prayin' for revival
Gimma my city, yeah
Gimme dat, let's fish
Gospel of peace, yeah
You can give me dat fresh kicks
Gimme dat
Vest with your blessin' Lord I'm desperate
You gave me your life
So I look forward to my exit
I used to be a punk-kid
Use to wanna run with
Dudes dat wanna hunt that
Turned our ones into hundreds
Used to run the blunt to be blunt
I wanted trees just to alter my mind
Now I find out more in Jesus

Used to run and roll mad deep with a street clique
Corner holdin' heat on the low like a secret
God's spirit penetrated my soul on a sneak tip
Took control now I'm in his floor like a leaflet

Gimme dat fire
Gimme dat flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

Gimme dat fire, flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

I know you got riches
I know you got ice
Your life is a big party
You're partyin' all night
You don't mind not knowin' Christ
In your mind dat's alright
You might not get this now
But you're kind of a Saul type

You keep with the trends
Cool's your middle name
On your pants you got a chain
That droops like Lil' Wayne
You're tattooed in a Benz
Maybe you're in a Range
Ladies, you drivin' crazy
Nothin crazier than your frame
(This is a shame)

It's the age and I'm game
To be an agent of change
In an age that's like a page in a flame
Just smoke, just mirrors, just vapor is plain
You see, a Holy God is not one of you favorite things
I was just like you,
But God moved on a fellow
Gave me good news
Dat I could use on the ghetto
Maybe it's you who wants to
U turn to settle
You're dead if you do
I'll tell you it's been settled

Gimme dat fire
Gimme dat flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

Gimme dat fire, flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

So you got platinum?
We got our Lord
If we want, we could ask him
But he's our reward
Gotta be perfect
It can't be three out of four
If you're sick of fallin' short
Then he's got a cure

Gimme dat cure, dat door, dat hero
Gimme dat grace dat never chased the dinero
How much glory should you give your boy? Zero
That would cause beef with the Lamb like a Gyro

Gimme dat day reaches you over shinin'
Truth over rhymin'
Virtue over diamonds
Gimme some change
Sometimes I do need the dough
Gimme some pain
Somethin' -- I do need to grow

Gimme what I won't ask for
Don't gimme what I seek
When i creep, I'm a sheep
Gimme your pasture
Gimme life
Just like you intended
It's like to see you raise the day you ascended

Gimme dat fire
Gimme dat flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

Gimme dat fire, flame
Gimme dat fresh wind
Gimme dat rain
Gimme dat freedom
You can have the chains
Gimme dat God who can gimme all things

Yeah, this is just to let cats know
Don't focus on what you can't have
Get all you can have
We call dat freedom
Dat's the joy of God
And his poeple
In his world
On his terms

SHOUTOUT TO PASTOR E!
Yeah
Gimme dat, gimme dat, gimme dat
I want it all, I want it all
Gimme dat
It's your boy Ambassador

This bible verse means to me that....

This bible means to me that...????? [Crickets..] That what? Really? I'm not trying to be facetious or mean or anything, but I always thought that the books of the bible had one meaning and one meaning only. I'm pretty sure there was a who, what when, where, and why. The author wrote with some intention, to some audience.

This brings me to the topic of this entry. BIBLE STUDY. So, yesterday I was reading one of the blogs I follow by Be like the Bereans (I think that's the name). It was about how we should study the bible. And when we do, we need to understand the Who, What, When, Where and Why of the particular book. Furthermore we should read 20 verses before and after a particular verse to get some sort of context to get the true and original meaning. So basically this is the point: we we can't take some random scripture, isolate it and superimpose our opinions on it. All jokes aside, it's heresy. Like, period. If you take a scripture and u strip it of it original meaning and then share your opinion of it with someone, you've almost given someone a gospel with holes in it. It's dangerous.

Can you imagine if someone came to you and told you that scriptures about Jesus's life meant to them that Jesus was just a good person, and not God in full? And they thought that good works would get you into heaven??? The scripture is clear; moralism doesn't get you to heaven. (Titus 3:5) Jesus is God in full (Collossians 1:15-18) This "Doctrine of Opinion"--haha-- would send you straight to hell. Do you see where superimposing your opinions and detaching the original meaning becomes dangerous?

And let's not forget how us Christians like to get all mystical and googoo gahgah when it comes to the Word. You know how it go, like when you wanna hear a "word" from God you just open the bible to a RANDOM part of the bible and read ONE scripture and call it your "word" from God. LOL. Don't feel bad, I'm guilty of it too. And I'm also guilty of that "what this scripture means to me is..." too. We can't do that. We've got to look at the verses before and after. This is an important principle that seems so elementary, but yet, is always missed for some reason.

Solution? When you read the bible be sure that u understand the who, what, when, where and why. At the very least, read the 20 preceding and post verses to get some context. A meaning does exist. And it is very much so RELEVENT to today. Culture and traditions may change, but the human heart and condition doesn't. The bible was put together with a purpose. Each book, each author, each verse had an intent, a purpose. It's the original meaning. Now this doesn't mean we can't make it applicable to our specific circumstances, neither does it mean that God's Word speaks to all of in the same way. Of course God's Word has some meaning within our life context, but again the original message is still present. King Solomon says there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9) That's pretty straight forward. Whatever you have gone through, seen or are going though has been done or seen already. I think the bible does a pretty good job of covering these general areas. It covers romance, marriage, relationships, money, faith, persecution, Christian Doctrine, end times ummm...anything that is related to the human experience believe me, it's there. Check out The book of Psalsms, The book of Proverbs, Romans, Collossians, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, ummm...Job, Daniel. They were all written with purpose and inspired by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)

So I hope this didn't come out as some random rant with no purpose. I pray that you'll take this info and make some changes if you need to. Below I posted a video that probably explains this topic a lot better than I can. Enjoy!