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Take Me to Church

by T.D.

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(Intro) All this world does, All. This. World All this world does, (Verse 1) Damn, is it really like this now? Tell me, did I miss out? I can’t seem to script this shit out Maybe I should pick a different movie role Or hire a couple writers to produce the show I think it’s something that you should know I struggle, with important decisions What more am I missing, can’t afford the additions it’s unfortunate isn’t it, I forewarned you of my war torn prescription I keep on jotting down, it’s like fortunes and wisdom but torture and victims, are in the forecast of my distorted religion I’m orphaned to visions, of source-less depictions Red pill or the blue pill, what a decision, You ask, why we living? (Hook) (2x) But the world keeps spinning, Yeah it just keeps spinning, keeps spinning All this world does (2x), it just keeps spinning (2x) It don’t matter what you do, what you’re doing now (2x) This world keeps spinning, it don’t even care if you’re living Or if you stay in it, (Verse 2) Worried life might break up, and of all the shit I made up shoulda just made love, now I go to evade some what you gonna say son, shouldn’t make ‘em play dumb You be at the bottom, I’mma elevate them It’s a celebration, take the blue pill and forget where I came from What a blissful existence, then you miss your persistence You’re a victim of instance, and missed it by inches What a different view, then the cliff of the finches Sing a little song, you’re dismissed with the infants just missed my enlistment, then I flip a switch Because I don’t have time for forgiveness I’m sorry to you all, that I just missed it I’m trapped in the foggiest vision, What about the times of my wrongful conviction? (Hook) (2x) But the world keeps spinning, Yeah it just keeps spinning, keeps spinning All this world does (2x), it just keeps spinning (2x) It don’t matter what you do, what you’re doing now (2x) This world keeps spinning, it don’t even care if you’re living Or if you stay in it (Verse 3) Red pill, tell me what’s the truth man Reality and casualties, while I’m in the booth, damn Moving on, not talking about it no more Cold world is frozen solid, like your 4 door 97 ford in the middle of a snow storm When the temperature is well below form And you’re just closed in on your own war Way to reach out and tell the world that you’re not warm They need you to conform, or just be deformed I just want to take a trip to see world, it’s a little big world I’m Malcolm in the middle of the rock and a hard place But it’s not all bad, see the look on my face Says life’s not bad, I just want to see grace Red pill or the blue pill, either one you take At the end of the day, you’ll still probably be fake (Hook) (2x) But the world keeps spinning, Yeah it just keeps spinning, keeps spinning All this world does (2x), it just keeps spinning (2x) It don’t matter what you do, what you’re doing now (2x) This world keeps spinning, it don’t even care if you’re living Or if you stay in it (Outro) All this world, All this world does
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(Verse 1) Lambs blood on my hands now once again I just stopped another one from suffering Wait? Is that the right way? I got a list of things, that I want to say A sacrifice is inevitable If you’re in heaven or no Somewhere better that’s whole And you believe in your soul Woah, let’s go On the open road, tell me your, goals I see they don’t line up Move on, time’s up Song drops, I find guts Til then I rhyme dust I’m running in place Maybe this time, I made a mistake Leave my family, alone and disgraced Blood on the canvas It’s not my handprints We both killed that lamb, I’m not the one who planned it In the meantime, panic The plan was that sacrifice was needed Then we killed the lamb and you just wanted to eat it (snicker) wow (Hook) All we had was a sacrificial lamb Even with four legs knew it couldn’t stand All we had was a sacrificial lamb Started slinging her blade and it was dead again We got some warmth, found some nourishment At the end of the day it left me worried sick We got some warmth, found some nourishment I don’t want it to be over, but look at it (Bridge) Look at it, will you look at it I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be over but look at. I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be, don’t leave it right here, right in front of me Like it’s my mother fucking mistake, that I gotta fix, for all of the things you did anyway And she looked at me, when she walked by She said that lamb, has gotta die (Verse 2) Forlorn ghosts, a new born hope How do I cope? With this long rope, wrapped around my throat On these lines I choke, and that last quote, on the last note It’s coming fast, yo Don’t let it crash souls, hiding under trap doors I don’t want to rap for, a pointless reason Joints are freezing, need some relievin’ Maybe buy some Aleve and move onto next weekend, cause I’m leaving Think that should make it harder to stay, Hoping that your ghosts all go away Had a bad day and I almost broke down Almost called you, then I had to slow down, because I know now We were never meant to be, that’s why the lamb is now history Never meant to be, so it’s history (Instrumental break) (Verse 2 transition) Gathered together, at the start of this letter Look at us now, nothing but feathers No nutrients, we’re not producing it A few memories and a good kiss I’ll see ya later, I’ll see ya later (Verse 3) Hope you found the right way, If you catch me, hope it’s on a nice day Hey, I had a few bad ones, had to look away Faced with a black sun, no light in my life, One day I’ll find a wife, I’m sorry that it’s not you Live your whole life, you’re only 22 It’s kind of funny who, we think we are A year passes, feels so far I need a tear gas mask, it feels so hard Water works running, don’t let the dam break It all started when that lamb broke its damn leg Yeah, you know what I say (Hook) All we had was a sacrificial lamb Even with four legs knew it couldn’t stand All we had was a sacrificial lamb Started slinging her blade and it was dead again We got some warmth, found some nourishment At the end of the day it left me worried sick We got some warmth, found some nourishment I don’t want it to be over, but look at it (Bridge) Look at it, will you look at it I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be over but look at. I don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to be, don’t leave it right here, right in front of me Like it’s my mother fucking mistake, that I gotta fix, for all of the things you did anyway And she looked at me, when she walked by She said that lamb, has gotta die (Verse 4) A sad funeral, so introduce your soul Heartache, heartbreak, it’s usual I’m producing a flow, to try to savor the moment But I have hope yet, that you won’t forget Resurrect this lamb as a monument, To the good times, bad times, sad times Bad fights, paid a bad price for a hot commodity That type of love felt like an oddity Never forget the journey, our odyssey It makes it hard to sing But now I move onto the next being Hope to raise the lamb to a nice sheep Gotta pay the cost, whatever the price’ll be. All we had was a sacrificial lamb Even with four legs, knew it couldn’t stand All we had was a sacrificial lamb Got some warmth, and found some nourishment.
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(Intro) (Mecca) I think that maybe I just care too much Because my emotions are something most wouldn’t dare to touch I sound psychotic and crazy, first day I’m calling you baby, Then I start naming our babies, why’s this keep happening lately (Verse 1) (T.D.) Lately, I’m just worried, You replaced her in a hurry Honestly you had me turning Before me and her were burning The last little drop, of the love candle You became the scandal An enigma, in my way, Why is there so much left to say? Baby, wait, hold up, love? I think I royally fucked up You were royalty and such A beautiful being, but what… I really need, is some clarity Taking Claritin so I see Through the allergy, That you seem to be Baby girl, please just believe me On the silver screen You could be my Audrey I could be your Mel Ferrer Let me touch your body Girl you’ve made my life clearer But you won’t let me near ya I fear, your hero and I’m zero, so here we go (Hook) (Mecca) I’m sorry that you won’t talk to me And I’m sorry that I like your fucking company I’m sorry that you don’t care, I’m sorry that I will, hey I’m sorry that I won’t talk to you Cause I just thought of something else better that I should do I’m sorry that I don’t care, I’m sorry that you will, hey (Verse 2) (T.D.) Glance down as my phone rings I see your picture is glowing can’t answer without her knowing and I’m showing I moved on missed you chance, it’s true hun Got a new girl, from my new girl I’m well beyond you girl From hell you spawned, it’s true girl Maybe that’s too far, but you’re whose girl? See, you wouldn’t tell me when you did that shit Because I wouldn’t be your little pet Now you’re worried that you lost me I’m not talking about Ashley The whole crew thought we should be together I even told you, we should be together But you played me, so we won’t be together Now I have to just read this letter Go in your closet and get the greenest sweater Burying you an envious weather Seems my rhyme schemes off, you don’t deserve it better Mecca tell these girls, that didn’t get the memo, That they missed their chance Trying to call on me to kiss they ass Best believe that day has passed No apologies, but I did it at last And these last two bars are just here to pass Mecca tell ‘em bout the script we cast They ain’t in it, they ain’t in it, I moved on, and it’s your loss (Hook) (2x) (Mecca) I’m sorry that you won’t talk to me And I’m sorry that I like your fucking company I’m sorry that you don’t care, I’m sorry that I will, hey I’m sorry that I won’t talk to you Cause I just thought of something else better that I should do I’m sorry that I don’t care, I’m sorry that you will, hey (Skit – Donnie and Gretchen) (Donnie in quotations) What if you could go back in time and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better? (Like images or what?) Like a Hawaiian sunset or the grand canyon, things that remind you of how beautiful the world is. (You know we’ve been going together for like two weeks) Yeah, (well I uhh…) do you wanna kiss me?
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(Skit – Donnie and Gretchen) (Donnie in parentheses) (Uhh..Uhhh, I’m sorry,) Donnie, wait. (I just like you a lot) I just want it to be….at a time when….it….(when what?)…when it reminds me, just (When it reminds you how beautiful the world can be?) yeah (Verse 1) Beat drops and my mind walks, Think I’m lost, I can hold on, but my time’s lost Hold up, I think my rhymes off Hey girl, what you doing? See what you put me through, when I tried hard, was always there At the end of the day, you didn’t care It’s okay, we all been scared It that too much, are you running? Get out of town, when you wanted I’m still confronted, confused and conflicted Discussions with you, well they never existed And you want me to listen? (Hook) Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (2x) It’s an accident, accident, accident Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (Verse 2 – Deep Voice) Confusion, delusion, I’m losing blood fluid They tell me I’m useless And you’re just using me, it’s a nuisance I can’t believe what I’m used to The truth moves, on to edges I just start hating you, too, but the first thing that I said is (Verse 2 – Part 2) Now moving on, I’ve seen a reason why The seasons as they fly, paint your beauty in the sky Now I usually would die, from these feelings caught inside You’re like an awesome suicide Where the old me goes and hides (Verse 2 – Part 3) Future is alive, and it is something we can find Tell me all that’s on your mind I will tell you it is fine Everything you’ve ever done is reason enough To control the sun and my breathing lungs Go at the same pace as the beat of these drums Life is always more than the whole of its sums I’ll probably wash to shore, like the poetry of A lost love on an island from the view of the subs (Hook) Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (2x) It’s an accident, accident, accident Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (Verse 3) Every single accident, we ever had with past events Has me always asking if, the world is a practice pitch We are all the pawns that live Never knowing happiness, Because we are consumed by the racket of 1,000 fists Tell me that they beat the drums, differently in your circles Tell me that you need me love, that you know I won’t hurt you Tell me if I bleed enough, that you’ll be there to clean me up And everything we’ve ever lived, has a hidden meaning of A life that is fulfilled because we’ve filled with bleeding love Pours onto the floors, and overflows the medians But you’re far too needy, I gotta go, that’s right I’m leaving Got no time to waste with heathens, who overestimate my reasons Seasons come and go and everyone is running home I’m no longer waiting with your chair upon this throne (Hook) Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (2x) It’s an accident, accident, accident Love every new accident, I’m just feeling like I crashed again (Verse 4) Hoping that I opened up and finally produced enough To move away from what we were and walk into the setting dusk Fight your own battles, I don’t care that you haven’t won Not standing by your side, you only have the setting sun So if we both move far away, and I get scared I should have stayed Remember accidents have a funny way Of sitting you beside the person who you now look at and say Where were you from the start, but at least we’ll have a final day
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(Verse 1) Got this one girl, think I’m starting my life, this all feels so right But it’s wrong, but it’s wrong I’m an atheist, but we could make it work She acts like that line is absurd I have morals, values and I care for people She acts like I’m a heathen without a steeple And take me to church I’m not religious, I think my point is missed All she thinks, is how will we raise kids Worries about her parents, like they have the final say Same people discriminating against blacks and gays We’re all the same, that’s word to the man I guess in the end, you just don’t understand (Hook) There is no difference, between me and the rest So if I don’t pass your test, at least I gave you the best…I could And I tried all the times, but you wouldn’t realize, you couldn’t see I wish you understood it, I wish you understood it, you’d see, you’d see There is no difference, there is no difference, with me, with me (Verse 2) And you discriminate but act like it isn’t really hate Hidden in the vail, of a barely held together faith Maybe you will elevate and head to heaven’s pearly gates Saying I’m not good enough will probably alter all your fate I’m not a sculptor or a saint, but a story I can paint That makes glory on this Earth, how I’m living out my days I’ll never tell, all the times that you fell You were so quick to just throw me in it I can’t believe (Hook 2) I wish you understood that, I wish you understood that You might see what you’re good at, and I wish you understood that There is no difference, between me and the rest, you see Take me to church I wish you understood it, I wish you understood it, You might see, what we.. (what we could be) I wish you understood, and I wait for the day that you finally say you were wrong I wish you could be honest, I wish you could be honest with me, with me I wish you understood it, I wish you understood it, Because maybe then you, you’d see (I wish) and I wish you could be honest (I wish) And I wish you could be honest, with me I wish you understood it (with me) I wish you understood it I wish you could be honest, I wish you could be honest, with me, with me (Outro) There is no difference, between me and the rest, you see I just wish you could be honest with me
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Angel 03:34
(Verse 1) She said she’s not the type to walk around, looking over shoulders She said she’s not alright, feels like she’s carrying some boulders I said, don’t waste your time on that, no, gotta be an angel I said, don’t waste your time on that, no, gonna lose your halo Been down, worried for a few minutes She left, how could I fix it? She existed, not how you envision My angels aren’t holy, nor have a religion, nor have a religion My angels aren’t holy, (unholy, unholy) (Hook) She had become, the angel of my mind She had become, the angel of my eye But was she good, was she good, was she good..for me She’s the angel, I’m the devil I’m the angel, she’s the devil I could never get it right, you see (Verse 2) Girl why do you always, get stuck in my mind (mind) (mind) I keep on fighting this, all of the time (time) (time) Keep on playing these games, so worried she’ll change But I don’t realize she’s gone, no angels, no demons No devils, I’m leaving Chapter over, close the book, I can’t give you a second look Gotta move on, live this life for good There’s an angel singing at the chapel, She’s just hoping she could capture Your emotions and the pastor But she got you running, running faster, running faster They ask what you’re running after, running after (Hook) She had become, the angel of my mind She had become, the angel of my eye But was she good, was she good, was she good..for me She’s the angel, I’m the devil I’m the angel, she’s the devil I could never get it right, you see (Verse 3) This is not about the girls, I’m chasing in my life It’s about the one who left earth and it wasn’t quite right See honestly, in the time, leading up to that moment It had been awhile since I thought of her, my heart was still broken Now I move on, found closure, it was so hard And none of this reflects who she was It just reflects on me She got me through some rough nights I always wondered why she died But now she’s dead and gone, and I’ll never get to ask her why (Outro Hook) And what she was, she became the angel of… (3x) Everything I wasn’t capable of. And what she was, she became the angel of… (3x) Everything I wasn’t capable of. (Spoken Word) It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels nor by demons, nor heaven or hell.
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Good Book 03:23
(Intro) Never judge a book by its cover, you might discover, it’s deeper than that (Verse 1) Occasionally I’m tired of the ways which we survive I’m tired of all the people always telling all they lies So should we compromise? Another homicide Makes often coffins realized, but I’m coughing off this real life Pollution that makes teared eyes, and emphysema numbers rise Until my grandfather dies, and we all have to act surprised Like asbestos and years of puffing packs a day, would heal the guy I need to feel the sky, but have no reason to fly So I produce a new, a new truth for you I’m not waiting for heaven, I’m just waiting for you I’m increasing numbers of my followers like Jesus Christ You’d have to be a preacher man to have a chance at decent life I’d probably just need it twice, asking did we read it right The whole book, I only took a look for a couple nights Hearing my Miranda rights, fingers crossed in the court As I’m swearing on the Bible’s life Can I retort your report, that I’m a bad man, non-believer? That’s not the same thing, now am I bad boy James Dean Or a deacon or catholic priest Touching little Jimmy in the back room bathroom of the church, I’m just setting the scene Maybe you only see, a need for holy things, I’m tired of okey-doking, all my open dreams, To the hopes that ghosts aren’t hopeless beings Simply cloaked in a hope we accept everything So they hide in plain sight of the letters I write I’m lying at most, using venom and spite The lion is easiest to find when he’s the head of the pride Too much pride will leave you dead in the night And they still shoot bombs like the 4th of July Religious warfare, ain’t ending tonight (Hook) Never judge a book by its cover, you might discover, it’s deeper than that (3x) (Verse 2) Paused for discretions, I’m blasting new weapons No offense to Hebrews or Muslims who are viewing this record I could say you could have a view of my rectum, I’d be too close to the dude who first used this art form as a weapon My art of war is deception, ask Sun Tzu, who I’m truly disrespecting Arrested to get attention, 6th grade I got a detention, I thought I should mention, I’m a pretty badass, lab rat So who are you Mr. Ascension? Rising to the holy soap box, hoax spot For the sake of the have nots, who halve knots, Like I’m splitting the yarn in a bad spot To fray edges on this pad lock I’m afraid the edge is where I can’t rock But I can’t stop, until I reach the very top Thought a fear of heights could be a problem, but it’s not (Hook) Never judge a book by its cover, you might discover, it’s deeper than that (3x) (Verse 3) Got me reading these pages, had me praying to sages Had me leaving a lady, thinking you had betrayed me Let’s go back and see how the score stacks The stage is too big for the drama we’re playing If you believe, that’s okay, I’m just saying Relationship ended when religion played in Like I’m not a good person, your original sin Was ever judging me by that book to begin, With. So you can take your church and your friends list I’m done, closed book, let’s end this
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(Verse 1) Welcome in kids, take a seat. Class will begin shortly. Young kid, wondering, day dreaming, stumbling In science class, say what is this? Sitting next to the baddest chick Look back and she bites her lip Got me freaking out, yeah look at me dick Can’t focus, I’m hopeless But what sticks out when I wrote this Is that the teacher was bogus He said, “you know kids How we got here Evolution or a designer? Let’s look back at the big bang Either method gets the same thing” Like hold up, what’d you say? Intelligent design ain’t the same thing As evolution, which pretty much has been proven Don’t make me make this stupid, You fool kids, I know what you doing? So I’m chop (chop) and screwing Everything that you ruined Then I turn back to the fine dime Come on girl, it’s lunch time I got tea carton and some chicken tenders I’m sorry folks if all this offends ya Hook (2x) Preacher, preacher, fifth grade teacher, You can’t reach me, my mom can’t either, You can’t teach me, you, you can’t teach me (Verse 2) Go to church, gotta give a donation Is this what I gotta do to earn salvation? Look at the priest, he’s salivating. 12 year old boy in the back, buck naked Am I unholy, thou hath forsaken? Acting crazy like I rap for satan Don’t believe him either, but you’re fascinated In the way my rap tracks, grab a nation Pin ‘em down, now I have ‘em pacing Worried that I’ll destroy the fakeness Fake love, from a hating racist Hates the gays and all the atheists Preaching love in your face, defacing it Say they did good, egos inflating quick But ethos, is close to the most amazing, it’s Sad, that I’m bad, for living out a good life And it’s sad that this fad, made me live without a good wife You’re just misunderstood, right? Front of the room and I look like.. Hook (2x) Preacher, preacher, fifth grade teacher, You can’t reach me, my mom can’t either, You can’t teach me, you, you can’t teach me (Sample – Eminem) But sometimes the shit just seems Everybody only wants to discuss me So this must mean I'm disgusting But it's just me, I'm just obscene No I'm not the first king of controversy I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley To do black music so selfishly And used it to get myself wealthy (Hey!!) There's a concept that works (Verse 3) (T.D.) I’m one of 20 million white rappers that emerged Up until this point I really tried to diverge And stay away from the feelings, know how they get hurt But this time I throw it all to the birds, You can treat me how you want because I’m Mr. Absurd But in the end, you hang and dangle onto every word I’m teaching you a lesson that you may not have heard I’m still a moral person who don’t pray to the lord You know I got more morals than you could ever afford I’ll write a paycheck so you can all be ignored But until that time, no, I ain’t going to war Living my life, in this world to explore, And no I won’t be your.. Hook (2x) Preacher, preacher, fifth grade teacher, You can’t reach me, my mom can’t either, You can’t teach me, you, you can’t teach me (Skit – Richard Feynman) One of things that my father taught me beside physics, whether it’s correct or not Was a disrespect for respectable, for certain kinds of things For example, he’d sit me on his knee, and he’d open a picture And there was a picture of the Pope, with everybody bowing in front of him He’d say ‘now look at these humans,’ he’d say, here’s one human standing here And all these others are bowing, now what is the difference? This is the Pope and those are the ordinary people, he hated the Pope, And he’d say ‘the difference is epaulettes,’ not in the case of the Pope, Maybe it was a General, it was always the uniform, the position This man has the same human problems, he eats dinner like anybody else He goes to the bathroom, he has the same kinds of problem as everybody He’s a human being, why are they all bowing to him? Only because of his name and his position Only because of his uniform, not because of something he especially did
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King Dumb 05:40
(Sample) Holy water, cannot help you now, see I’ve come to burn, your kingdom down And no rivers, and no lakes, can put the fire out I’m going to raise the stakes, I’m going to set you off (Hook) Everybody wants to be a king, son Too many kings in the kingdom God, do you wanna meet the king’s son? What if god is a fraud and your king’s dumb? (Verse 1) Blow it up, this time I’m going nuts Too many wannabes, so I’m showing up If you old enough, throw away the sippy cup Put your dick back in, man zip it up Get strong in this game, then rip it up Tear a castle straight down to the ground Glad I didn’t grow up with these clowns Mad I had to show up, to this gown But I had to take a chance I knew a king would be crowned And they’d kneel to the ground Just believing all of these sounds But I got a few words for the queens in the town Too many fake crowns the deceit that I found Has me making a change and its starting right now Kill fakeness today, yeah I’m burning it down Saint’s in the way of my murderous style And the whole world’s ghost, see smoke, I’m toasting the mile Take the crown in my hands, and smash it down in the pile I stand right here, tell a joke, I’m just cracking a smile As the pack falls back, I’m laughing awhile, No kings left, look around only jokers now (Hook) Everybody wants to be a king, son Too many kings in the kingdom God, do you wanna meet the king’s son? What if god is a fraud and your king’s dumb? (Bridge) Fuck y’all mad at me for? Coming in here to do new things Pissed off, my new flow is better than all of you lames Don’t need kings, we need civilians, Need Wu Tang, and a couple villians I’m coming in to produce a feeling You coming in to just hope for millions (Sample) Holy water, cannot help you now, see I’ve come to burn, your kingdom down And no rivers, and no lakes, can put the fire out I’m going to raise the stakes, I’m going to set you off (Hook) Everybody wants to be a king, son Too many kings in the kingdom God, do you wanna meet the king’s son? What if god is a fraud and your king’s dumb? (Verse 2) Just call me New Uncle Murda, Fuck ya frauds and ya Bobby Shmurda’s I’m Upstate from the NYC So many kings in that damn city The first one to claim it was B.I.G. But when in the ground you’re the king of nothing No disrespect, see we just discussing If the king went down and has lost his crown We don’t need another one of y’all to pick it up now So Jay, I say, the king didn’t come Let’s be on our way, No new kings, and no based gods No OGs, and no race cards Do ya thing man, and rap hard I was gonna crash cars like its NASCAR And smash bars in the back yards Of these bastards, whose raps are…not a factor, K. Dot, I’m talking to you, Don’t be a king, man, keep it true, rap your style, so the tracks you lay are inspiration, put it on display Beyond that it’s all good I’m giving back like Robin Hood Don’t start a fight and get in a car with Suge Then you’re on the strip and you’re gone for good That’s the way it goes in the rap game Today’s days the facts change So I rap without needing to backspace I’m on the track, leaving a bad taste For these rap saints, who smoke out like ashtrays Trying to just blaze (Hook) Everybody wants to be a king, son Too many kings in the kingdom God, do you wanna meet the king’s son? What if god is a fraud and your king’s dumb? (Bridge) Fuck y’all mad at me for? Coming in here to do new things Pissed off, my new flow is better than all of you lames Don’t need kings, we need civilians, Need Wu Tang, and a couple villians I’m coming in to produce a feeling You coming in to just hope for millions (Verse 3) Coming in here to just change the game But my brains hang and the words spill You’re like heartburn, I’m the purple pill And my heart burns with the urge to kill These fake actors, who ain’t rappers Got 2 Chainz to hang ya faster Your only hope is that you break the plaster You fall down and you’re never captured Royal treatment meets a new disaster Revolutions and we’re moving faster Burn the village as the children scamper Because they served a king that we’re headed after And the words I sling are the feted dagger To stop the tyrant, an indebted master Don’t want to lead, it isn’t what I asked for Hand the crown to me and it gets smashed and shattered (Bridge) Fuck y’all mad at me for? Coming in here to do new things Pissed off, my new flow is better than all of you lames Don’t need kings, we need civilians, Need Wu Tang, and a couple villians I’m coming in to produce a feeling You coming in to just hope for millions (Verse 4) Fuck y’all looking at me for? Like my belt got G-O-D on it And I fly high, like a streaking comet Then lay it down, producing miracles Hold up we’re getting way too spiritual I sold love in the face of the fearful This song got nearing tears, too Smash the crowns because I know you feel it, dude (Hook) (2x) Everybody wants to be a king, son Too many kings in the kingdom God, do you wanna meet the king’s son? What if god is a fraud and your king’s dumb? (Bridge) Fuck y’all mad at me for? Coming in here to do new things Pissed off, my new flow is better than all of you lames Don’t need kings, we need civilians, Need Wu Tang, and a couple villians I’m coming in to produce a feeling You coming in to just hope for millions The king’s dumb (2x) (Outro) Fuck y’all mad at me for? Coming in here to do new things Pissed off, my new flow is better than all of you lames Don’t need kings (echo)
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(Bridge) (2x) (Mecca) Tell me about your reasons, tell me about your thoughts Tell me if life is breathing, tell me if time is lost (Verse 1) (T.D.) To have decency is decently redeeming themes Broken, hopeless, ghosts and beings I just hope you notice me Overdosed on lucid dreams I hope I wrote this opening To open up and make you scream You have never seen the things That repeat in melodies, holding on til hell will freeze Or church bells ring in time for spring And let me know, there’s a new beginning To start it over once again (once again, once again) To have humanity, takes a bit of sanity Mixed with Casey Anthony, Because you’re at the breaking point Hating life the way its void Of everything you’ve paved before Covered in a snow storm Roads are slick, you’re not warm Take a moment, hate it all Take a moment, let it fall Think about the times when you redeemed it all And dream that stars in the sky never fall (never fall, never fall) (Hook) (Mecca) I feel like everything is changing, Woke up in the morning to a bunch of turning pages I really thought I found the antidote, Life is asking questions, I’m still wondering where the answers go How come I only see the light in my dreams? I’m just chasing after something, I don’t know what it means. Who’s the one whose gotta change? Is it you? Is it us? What are humans supposed to do when they aren’t human enough? (Verse 2) (T.D.) I’m battling with scattered thoughts I’m trying to find my goldilocks, A perfect mix of everything, But I probably mixed it wrong So if you just skipped this song You never got the message I just want to reply, you’re better than you conceive You’re better than you believe You’re better than two of me Usually, we’re not viewed beautifully I’ll tell you that you gotta live your dreams But it don’t mean nothing, if you don’t believe That’s what they try to do with the holy ghost And tell you, if you don’t believe, you will surely roast In a hell fire, like a few shells fired Tired of dealing with liars, who believe they are suppliers Supplying you with fibs, as they punch you in the ribs Has me always asking what gives? Of a just god, maybe I’ve gone too far and it must stop Remember being young at the bus stop Just waiting, we were passing all the days On another’s watch, could have lived it in a daze Get old enough, and you got something to say They tell you that you always keep getting in the way I’m only human, looking for some sympathy When I’m in the stars, you can never come visit We only try so hard, to avoid failure at everything (Hook) 2x Tell me about your reasons, tell me about your thoughts Tell me if life is breathing, tell me if time is lost (Hook) (Mecca) I feel like everything is changing, Woke up in the morning to a bunch of turning pages I really thought I found the antidote, Life is asking questions, I’m still wondering where the answers go How come I only see the light in my dreams? I’m just chasing after something, I don’t know what it means. Who’s the one whose gotta change? Is it you? Is it us? What are humans supposed to do when they aren’t human enough? (Skit – Charlie Chaplin) I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.... The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. ..... Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural!
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Father & Son 03:33
(Voicemail) (Dad) Hey bud, just wanted to see what was going on and how you’ve been Okay, talk to you later. Bye (Intro) (T.D.) Dear Dad, Thank you for all of the support you’ve given me. I wouldn’t be here without you. I hope one day I can pass on the same messages you taught me to my son. But not yet, we'll get there eventually, it's coming soon. Anyway, let's get to this (Hook) Father said, son tell me what you been through Son replies, it's hard to think of what i'm gonna do Father said to his son, you don’t need this Father said to his son, I got a secret I could tell ya, I could tell ya How to do it right, but you could live it better So you can sit and listen, or make you own path Either way I’ll be here when you come back (Verse 1) He said son, tell me what you doing Tell me how you’ve been? The world? Do you rule it? Not yet, I’m sure you’re heading to it Had a bad day, I know you’ll get through it Move on, move on, stay strong Love always shines on everyone, as long as they’re singing along If they’re down or they did you wrong Just sit back and play ‘em this song (*laughter) So a father looks right at his son, staring right into his eyes He says son I wanna tell you some things, I sure had me a nice life I worked hard to provide all this stuff, now you’re finally living it up Never forget who you are, stay strong when you feel you’re giving up (Hook) Father said, son tell me what you been through Son replies, it's hard to think of what i'm gonna do Father said to his son, you don’t need this Father said to his son, I got a secret I could tell ya, I could tell ya How to do it right, but you could live it better So you can sit and listen, or make you own path Either way I’ll be here when you come back (Verse 2) Son responds, hey dad I’m working real hard I think one day I’ll have me a nice yard Build my own fence, and put a shed up There’s always room for you and mom, yeah the beds tucked I probably did it wrong, but that’s still okay It’s the thought that counts is what they always say I just had a thought, when I was just a kid Playing catch in the yard is where I really lived Drive a couples hours, we’re so far away I’m just thinking back, on all the good days One day I’ll stand here in front of my son And you know what I’m gonna say I’ve had a nice life I always worked hard Tell him bout the time when I crashed my car You were there quicker than the ambulance That’s a father son love that’ll always last (Hook) Father said, son tell me what you been through Son replies, it’s hard to think of what I’m gonna do Father said to his son, you don’t need this Father said to his son, I got a secret I could tell ya, I could tell ya How to do it right, but you could live it better So you can sit and listen, or make you own path Either way I’ll be here when you come back (Instrumental break) (Outro) When you come back, when you come back Father said to his son, when you come back Father said to his son, I’ll be here when you come back
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2 Timothy 04:40
(Intro) It’s a new me, its second Timothy Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things Magic, madness, heaven, sin I could show you incredible things (Verse 1) Collect a couple of my thoughts, real quick But I promise I’m gonna take you on a nice field trip We can go to new heights, in this life, feel this Here’s a song for the times, when the falseness arrived And you felt so deprived, like you never had a chance, they expelled your goodbye You felt you should die, found a way to survive Restart your heart, and excel from our eyes This is for the times, when we yelled and we cried I don’t ever wanna worry, that you held back your life Move on, do right, I don’t even care what you’re doing, tonight I upgrade myself, the only thing in my sight (Hook) …is a new me, it’s second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Old receipts, and my empty accounts Now I survive off the highest amounts It’s a new me, it’s second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, you see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Feel lonely, and full of doubt, Now is the time, you can remake yourself (Verse 2) Some are up-tight, or too laid back Some up all night, while others take a nap Some fight to be treated right Some light up, to be free from night All I want, is some type of balance I’m not a king, I don’t need a chalice Pass up your dreams, that is actual malice I don’t need a crown, don’t need a palace I only want you, let’s just call you Alice, I’m in wonderland, but I wonder if my plan Will turn out to be another sacrificial lamb All we had was a sacrificial lamb Even with four legs, knew it couldn’t stand We got some warmth and found some nourishment I accept that it’s over, and look at this I made a change, start over new I’m sorry girl, you’re not used to The improvements I made, all I welcome you to (Hook) …is a new me, it’s second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Old receipts, and my empty accounts Now I survive off the highest amounts It’s a new me, it’s second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, you see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Feel lonely, and full of doubt, Now is the time, you can remake yourself (Verse 3) To the new girl, in my life Who really knows, if you’ll be my wife It all depends how the water flows If this gets too deep, just hold your nose Come on girl, let’s go, go, go If you’re worried, we can take it slow Welcome, it’s nice to meet you miss She looks at me, and asks me if this (Hook) …is a new me, it’s second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Old receipts, and my empty accounts Now I survive off the highest amounts It’s a new me, its second timothy, I’m not the same kid, that I used to be I had to go and make a couple changes, you see I had to grow up, have some love lost It don’t matter what, cuz I’ll pay the cost (2x) Feel lonely, and full of doubt, Now is the time, you can remake yourself (Skit – Richard Feynman) I can live with doubt and uncertain and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing, than to have answers which might be wrong I have approximate answers, and possible beliefs, and difference degrees of certainty about different things But I’m not absolutely sure about anything. And many things I don’t know anything about Such as, whether it means anything to ask why we’re here And what the question might mean. I might think about it for a little bit But if I can’t figure it out then I’ll go to something else I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, By being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, As far as I can tell. It doesn’t frighten me.

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It's hard to believe this is my seventh album I have released since starting rapping in 2010. In making more than an album a year, it's hard to believe I've found so much to discuss. When life happens, I want to comment on it. I use music as a vent to express my emotions and feelings. Sometimes I say things that people will disagree with or be offended by. I'm sure this project won't be any different. It will likely be the most controversial. Make an attempt to understand my intentions and the issues I have dealt with. This album is titled Take Me to Church becasue it plays off of the struggles and issue I have had too often with religion. This album isn't intended to offend you if you are religious or preach in any way about my views. I am simply expressing some of the discrimination I have received as someone who isn't religious from some of the closest people in my life. Take away whatever you want from this album, but know I am only speaking from my own experiences as all artists do. If you don't want to hear what I'm saying then don't listen. If you are interested, then press play and enjoy!

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released May 20, 2015

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