Welcome To The Freak Show: Live In Concert

[what will people think
When they hear that i'm a jesus freak?
What will people do
When they find that's it's true?]

Separated, i cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me i've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause i had to match the rhythm
Of his belly with my head
'jesus saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream

(chorus)
What will people think
When they hear that i'm a jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze, my death is gain
I've been marked by my maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty, they see me as weak
Cause i won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this jesus freak

(repeat chorus 2x)

People say i'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
People say i'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger

(repeat chorus 2x)

What will people think
[what will people think]
What will people do
[what will people do]
I don't really care
[what else can i say]
There ain't no disguising the truth
[jesus is the way]

[it's, it's too short, it's too short]
[i have lots of time]
[they say time waits for no man]
[all the time]
[waisted time, waisted time]
[wait a minute]
[this'll just take a little time]
[time out!]

Time is tickin' away, time is tickin'
[tick tock!]
Time is tickin' away, time is tickin'
Tick, tick, tick, tock, tickin'

Here we go again
Straight up rock-n-roll
All that hip hop... ???... is... ???
Don't forget

Let's go
Here we go, everybody
Let's go
Here we go, everybody
Let's go
Here we go, everybody
Let's go, check it out

You got a gift and you best start using it
Cause if you don't you're gonna wind up losing it
Just like the brother who buried it deep
The task was simple but the price was steep
We got a mission while we're on this earth
We need to tell people 'bout our second birth
Get busy like a school boy makin' an "a"
Cause time my brother is tickin' away

(chorus)
Time is tickin' away, tick tick tickin' away
Time is tickin' away, tick tick tickin' away
Time is tickin' away, tick tick tickin' away
Time is tickin' away, tick tick tickin' away

Right now is the time that we gotta get with it
The gift that he's given ain't just an exhibit
But a tool that he's given us to use for his sake
And just as he's given he can surely take
The signs of the times are dropping like flies
The cries of the people around us imply
They're lookin' for an answer that we already know
But time is definitely on the go

All the money in the world
Can never stop the hands of time
And a wasted day in your life
Is more than a crime

(repeat chorus)

Time is tickin' away, time is tickin'
Time is tickin' away, time is tickin'
You got a gift and you best start using it
Cause if you don't you're gonna wind up losing it
Get busy like a school boy makin' an "a"
Cause time my brother is tickin' away

(repeat chorus)

Time is tickin', it keeps on tickin'
Time is tickin' away (6x)

Whoa, wait a minute...

[in my mind, i can see your face
As your love pours down in a shower of grace
Some people tell me that you're just a dream
My faith is the evidence of things unseen]

In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
In my mind's eye, in my mind

You know what i'm going through
I know this is true
'cause you stood in my shoes
Desire's inside of me
But it's hard to believe
In what you cannot see

Can you catch the wind?
See a breeze?
Its presence is revealed by
The leaves on a tree
An image of my faith in the unseen

(chorus)
In my mind's eye
I see your face
You smile as you show me grace
In my mind's eye
You take my hand
We walk through foreign lands
The foreign lands of life

In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
In my mind's eye, in my mind

In my mind i'm where i belong
As i rest in your arms
And like a child i hold on to you
In my moment of truth, yes i do

We can ride the storm
Endure the pain
You comfort me in my hurricane
And i'll never be alone again

(repeat chorus 2x)

In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
In my mind's eye, in my mind

In my mind i can see your face
Love pours down in a shower of grace
Life is a gift that you choose to give
I believe we eternally live
Faith is the evidence of things unseen
People tell me that you're just a dream
But they don't know you the way that i do
You're the one i live to pursue

Can you catch the wind?
[can you see god, have you ever seen him?
I've never seen the wind
I seen the effects of the wind
But i've never seen the wind]
Can you see the breeze?
[there's a mystery to it]

(repeat chorus)

In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
[i see you there again]
In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
[i know you'll meet me there my friend]
In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
[i know you're there, i can touch you there]
In my mind's eye, in my mind's eye
[i want you there, i need you there, i see you there, i know you care]
[and i believe, and i believe, and i believe]

[1, 2, 3]

I keep trying to find a life
On my own, apart from you
I am the king of excuses
I've got one for every selfish thing i do

What's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(chorus)
I wanna be in the light
As you are in the light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
Oh, lord be my light and be my salvation
Cause all i want is to be in the light
All i want is to be in the light

The disease of self runs through my blood
It's a cancer fatal to my soul
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
To bring this sickness under control

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus)

Honesty becomes me
[there's nothing left to lose]
The secrets that did run me
[in your presence are defused]
Pride has no position
[and riches have no worth]
The fame that once did cover me
[has been sentenced to this earth]
Has been sentenced to this earth

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus 2x)

[there's no other place that i want to be]
[no other place that i can see]
[a place to be that's just right]
[someday i'm gonna be in the light]
[you are in the light]
[that's where i need to be]
[that's right where i need to be]

[1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4]

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
Cause i see the beauty in the tones of our skin


We've gotta come together
And thank the maker of us all

(chorus)
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace

[1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4]

A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
It takes on character with every loving stroke
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
By god's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We've gotta come together,
Aren't we all human after all?

(repeat chorus)

Ignorance has wronged some races
And vengeance is the lord's
If we aspire to share this space
Repentance is the cure

[1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4]

Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
Should make it easy for you to see
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
As a part of our anatomy

(repeat chorus)

We're colored people, and they call us the human race
[oh, colored people]
We're colored people, and we all gotta share this space
[yeah we've got to come together somehow]
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world
[red and yellow, black and white]
We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl
[colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah]

I live a simple life, i take a day at a time
I spend my mornings with god before i hit the grind
The subtleties of darkness never cease to amaze
As a physical world creates a spiritual haze

Blinded by distractions
Lost in matterless affairs
Reaching through the darkness
Trusting you will meet me there

(chorus)
Day by day, day by day
Day by day, day by day
Oh dear lord, three things i pray [one, two, three]
To see thee more clearly [day by day]
To love thee more dearly [day by day]
To follow thee more nearly [i got to take it]
Day by day

You cruise around the corner
You watch your back

You sweep your feet down alley streets
Sometimes you creep, i never see you coming
Monday, man you're on my back
Like a knapsack strapped with my heavy burden

No, you cannot condemn me
I won't buy your bag of goods
You've got nothing for me anyway
That's why i pray

(repeat chorus)

These three things
I do pray
Day by day

Day by day, by day, by day
[these three things]
Day by day, by day, by day
[i do pray]
Day by day, by day, by day, by day (2x) [it's one step out of time]

(repeat chorus)

As you walk
Day by day
Go to god and pray,
"i'm gonna go your way"

[i'm gonna pray]
See thee more clearly [every day]
Love thee more dearly [oooh, oh yeah]
Follow thee more nearly [i'm gonna go your way]
Does any body hear me?

Day by day, by day, by day by
Day by day, by day, by day by
Day by day, by day, by day, by day

[i know i'm always safe with you]
[one day at a time]

That's great, it starts with an earthquake,
Birds, snakes, and aeroplanes
You know i am not afraid.

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs
Feed it like an aux feeds, grunt, no, strength, no
Ladder starts with a clattered gear found high
Wire in a fire represents a seven gauge
In a government rage

(chorus)
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine

That's great, it starts with an earthquake,
Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes
Toby mac has never, ever, ever been afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs
Feed it like an aux feeds, grunt, no, strength, no
Ladder starts with a clattered gear found high
Wire in a fire represents a seven gauge
In a government rage

(repeat chorus 3x)

I feel fine

[take this... ??? for a ride]
Boom! burn! bip! yeah! pow! hey, ha ha.
Down with the dc talk, d- d- down with the dc talk
Are you down with the dc talk, d- d- down with the dc talk

Pullin' out my big black book
Cause when i need a word defined that's where i look
So i move to the l's quick, fast, in a hurry
Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry
I looked again but to my dismay
It was black and white with no room for grey
Ya see, a big "v" stood beyond my word
And yo that's when it hit me, that luv is a verb

(chorus 1)
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' we can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it would be just right

(chorus 2)
Hey, tell me haven't ya heard?
Luv, is a serious word
Hey, i think it's time ya learned
I don't care what they say
I don't care care what ya heard
The word luv, luv is a verb

Down with the dc talk, d- d- down with the dc talk
Are you down with the dc talk, d- d- down with the dc talk

Thinkin' of a way to explain-o
Cause ya' know when i'm flowin' like a bottle of drain-o
Simple and plain, l-o-v-e
Ain't all that junk that ya see on tv
Put soaps on a rope cause they ain't worth copin' with
It's a myth that there ain't no hope and
Luv is enough if it's unconditionally
Givin' now you're living out the great commission

(repeat choruses 1 and 2)

Back in the day there was a man
Who stepped out of heaven and he walked the land
He delivered to the people an eternal choice
With a heart full of luv and the truth in his voice
Gave up his life so that we may live
How much more luv could the son of god give?
Here is the example that we oughtta be matchin'
Cause luv is a word that requires some action

(repeat chorus 1)

(repeat chorus 2 x4)