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AcaDisc #30- The Road by AVB
Original Release: 1995 Word, Inc.
Available through the The Acappella
Company
Producers: Keith Lancaster and Arturo Allen
Production
Assistants: Larry Sparks and Wes McKinzie
Engineeres: John Laws, Gary
Miller, Darin Cochran, Robert Orr, Wes McKinzie, Max Plaster, Alejandro
Allen, Gary Miner, Todd Austin, and Bob Miner
Assistant Engineers:
Kevin Schaffer, Brian Randolph, Brishan Hatcher, Paul Sale, David
McKinney, Matt Mitchell, Russell Lamb, Jeff Johnson, Jim Zetterberg,
Cheryl Rogers, and Michael Tackett
Recording Studios: Clifty Studios,
Paris, Tennessee
Mastered by: Masterfonics
Photography: Ben
Pearson
Photo Coordination: Carol Maxwell and Arturo Allen
Hair and
Make-Up Artist: Carol Maxwell
Design: Jacob Hernández
Members: Wes
McKinzie - Bass
Brishan Hatcher - 2nd Baritone
John K. Green - 1st Baritone
Steve Reischl - 2nd
Tenor
Max
Plaster - 1st Tenor
Additional Vocals: Brian Randolph, Jay Smith,
George Gee, Bret Testerman, John Laws, Lydia Gott, and Arturo Allen
Always
Forever
The Sound of Music
The Road
Kyrie
That's That
Ignorance Ain't Bliss
Father
My Heart
Money
Nothing In The World
Anything 4 U
Walk By Faith
Heaven
My Love Won't Die
Praise Medley
The Victim (Stop Doin' Those Things)
Roll the Stone Away
Nada Encontré
Words and music: John K. Green © 1994 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Programming and Sequencing: Michael Walker and Ali
Simms
Lead: John K. Green
Lyrics:
How many times have I said to You
Jesus, You mean the world to
me
Knowing some loves don't last forever
You and I--we were meant to
be
Not for the moment but 'til time stands still
Do I wanna live my
life for You
My life is yours and I forever will my heart be faithful
and true
For a lifetime, no ending
Best of friends we will be...
Chorus:
Always- I wanna be there for You, Jesus
For always- Just
like when You were there for me
Always- I wanna spend my whole life
with you
I want You to know I'm gonna be there
For always
I know sometimes I seem to let You down
Too often I fail to follow
through
If I could just commit my soul and mind
If I (if I) could
just do the things You do (could just do all the things that You do when
You ask me to)
Wondering why Yoiu stayed there on the cross
Hanging
in painful agony
Still You decided You would pay the cost--
It was a
price no one's ever paid for me
I can always count on You
I owe You
me, I want to love You...
Repeat Chorus
I'm committed to the One who is committed to me
Your love, your love
went way beyond Calvary
Now until forever I promise that I won't go
away
Lord, I'm determined to see us through, so my love is here to
stay...
Always
For always- Just like when You are there for me
Always- I
wanna spend my time with you
You to know I'm gonna be there (right
there)
Always- Never gonna leave, said I'm never gonna leave You
For
always- I am always here for You when You need a friend
Always- I'm
never gonna leave you, be right by Your side
You to know I'm gonna be
there (gonna be there)
Always (Always- Jesus, I wanna be there, I'm gonna be there
Always)
For always (You've been there for me)
Always (Always- Jesus,
I wanna be there, I'm gonna be there Always)
You to know, gonna be
there
Scriptural Reference:
"Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always." 1
Chronicles 16:11 and Psalm 105:4
"I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm
16:8
Words and music: Wes McKenzie and John K. Green © 1994 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Programming and Sequencing: Michael Walker and Ali
Simms
Lead: John K. Green and Wes McKenzie
Lyrics:
Too often love is a temporary feeling
Taken for granted-can we
really call it love?
What can I do but look to You for love's true
meaning?
It's such a pleasure, a treasure, to forever be in
love
(You gave Your love)
You gave Your life so I might have life,
too
(Eternal adoration)
It's not infatuation that I share with
You
Chorus:
Forever isn't long enough to love You
Forever isn't long
enough to share my love
From the start, You gave love
You never
stop-You keep on and on
So forever isn't long enough to love You
You touched my heart, changed my life with Your devotion
Truly
committed-a love that's unconditional
What I feel is no ordinary
emotion
This love is higher-my desire is to forever be with You
(I
give my love)
I give my life, I give my all to You
(You're my
inspiration)
You have my dedication-I'll gonna live my life for You
Repeat Chorus
Forever and a day, I'm yours always (Oooh, I'm yours forever)
(x3)
Always-here to stay
(You gave Your love)
You gave Your life
so I might have life, too
(Eternal adoration)
Although it's not
infatuation that I share with You
Repeat Chorus
After all the things You've done
Forever isn't long enough to love
You
Forever, till the day you come down
Forever isn't long enough to
love You
Scriptural Reference:
"I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail." Psalm 89:28
Words and music: Wes McKenzie and John K. Green © 1994 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Lead: Max Plaster, Wes McKenzie, and John K. Green
Lyrics:
Run to the hills, run to the hills, to the mountaintop
When the
music hits my ears I can't stop the feelin'
'Cause the sound is
appealin' when the fellas kick the hip-hop
It's the sound of music and
we refuse to use it
In the negative, negative ways that some abuse it
these days
So run to the hills, take it higher, higher
With lyrical
content that's meant to inspire
Music is a gift so c'mon sisters and
brothers
We've gotta get our songs out of the gutter (sing)
Chorus:
The sound of music has got me groovin'
And we must use it
to glorify and honor Him
The sound of music has real influence
To
bless or ruin with words that hit the hearts of men (hearts of men)
Back in '88, the dream was born (the dream was born)
AVB music
ministry--we felt the calling of the Lord (calling of the
Lord)
Something different, something good (something good)
That was
our goal with a song in our soul and a story to be told
Through the
years things have changed
But one thing has remained the same
We
give it up to the One who gave the gifts we use to praise His name
Pre-Chorus:
We lift it up, and we give it up
Got a call to be
clean in the songs that we sing (sound of music)
You can hype it
up--just don't trash it up (don't trash up)
Make all your words fit to
be heard
The sound of music (sound of music)
Chorus
Here in present day, we're in a war
Gifts abused and music
misused--each day it happens more and more
Bill of Rights used for
wrong
"Freedom of speech" used to make the obscene too common in
today's songs
It's a trend that must be changed 'cause morals have been
rearranged
Let's clean it up 'cause the gift He gave should not be a
nasty thing
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
The music, the sound of music has got me groovin' and movin'
(x2)
The music's goin' on, the message just as strong, we've got to use
it, and never abuse it (The music, the sound of music has got me groovin'
and movin') (x2)
Repeat Chorus
The sound of music
The music's goin' on, the message just as strong, we've got to use it, and never abuse it (The music, the sound of music has got me groovin' and movin') (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and
make music." Psalm 57:7
"My heart is steadfast, O God; I will
sing and make music with all my soul." Psalm 108:1
Words and music: Wes McKenzie and John K. Green
Lead: John K.
Green
Lyrics:
On the road that we must travel
Guide our footsteps
On the road
that we must travel
God, be there
On the road that we must
travel
Lord, have mercy
Please be with us
Please be with
us
Please be with us
Please be with us
Please be with us...
Scriptural Reference:
"But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:14
Words and music: Richard Page, Steve George, and John Lang © 1985
Warner-Tamberlane Publishing Corp./Entente Music/Poppy-Due Music
(BMI)
All rights administered by Warner/Tamberlane Publishing
Corp./Stemwa Famo Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on U and Me and God
Make 5 by AVB and in Spanish as "Kyrie" on Caminando En La Luz
by AVB.
Lead: Max Plaster
Note: Kyrie Eleison is Greek for "God be with you"
Lyrics:
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
The wind blows hard against this mountainside
Across the sea into my
soul
It reaches into where I cannot hide
Setting my feet upon the
road
My heart is old, it holds my memories
My body burns a gemlike flame
(body burns a flame)
Somewhere between the soul and soft machine
Is
where I find myself again
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie
Eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie Eleison, where I'm
going will you follow
Kyrie Eleison, on a highway in the light
When I was young I thought of growing old (Growing old)
Of what my
life would mean to me (Would mean to me)
Would I have followed down my
chosen road (The road I've chose)
Or only wished that I could be? (Oh I
could be)
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Kyrie Eleison, down the road that I must travel
Scriptural Reference:
"May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us." 1 Kings 8:57
This segue also appeared on U and Me and God Make 5 by
AVB.
Lead: Brishan Hatcher (?) and John K. Green, with stepouts by all
members
Lyrics:
I can praise the Lord in my shorts
I can praise the Lord in my
hat
I can praise the Lord with almost nothing on at all...
(What'd
he say? and other grumblings)
But, but David did it!
Maybe you're
right
Yeah, you can even look it up
He was a man after God's own
heart
Sure you're right...
Amen!
I can praise the Lord and that's
that!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) All the glory!
(Praise the Lord
with your feet) All the honor!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) All the
praise!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) Said we're gonna praise
Him!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) Said we're gonna praise
Him!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) Said we're gonna praise
Him!
(Praise the Lord with your feet) Said we're gonna praise Him!
Scriptural Reference:
"When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of
Saul came out to meet him and said, 'How the king of Israel has
distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of
his servants as any vulgar fellow would!' David said to Michal, 'It
was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from
his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel--I will
celebrate before the LORD.'" 2 Samuel 6:20-21
"Then David said to
the whole assembly, 'Praise the LORD your God.' So they all praised the
LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before
the LORD and the king." 2 Chronicles 29:20
Words and music: Wes McKinzie and John K. Green © 1993 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on U and Me and God Make 5 by
AVB, Hear It In Our Voice by The
Acappella Company, and Life by New Reign.
Raps:
Wes McKinzie 1st and 3rd, Brishan Hatcher 2nd
Lead: Brishan Hatcher
Lyrics:
(Spoken)
This is a song about perceptions, paradigms, and
politics
Borne out of the prejudices that plague us as a people
Get
the point?
Then lets proceed...
Ignorance ain't bliss when it comes in the form of a dis
Prejuidice
and racial perception from a distance breeds misconceptions
A man's
skin color ain't the place to start
You gotta get close, get into the
heart
Otherwise, there's a lot you'll miss
Prejudicial ignorance sho
ain't bliss
Get this
Chorus:
What makes you think he would let you get by,
Using
ignorance as an alibi?
Think again, there seems to be something you've
missed
Prejudicial ignorance sho ain't bliss (sho ain't bliss)
Sho
ain't bliss (sho ain't bliss)
Society's confused when it comes to the way that we view
People from
an outward perspective, with appearance we're so selective
A man's
discarded if he dresses oddly
We avoid those with handicapped
bodies
The retarded simply dismissed
Prejudicial ignorance sure
ain't bliss
Repeat Chorus
What makes you stop short of makin' that move
To break the comfort
zone you're accustomed to?
Open eyes, realize the truth you can't
dismiss
Prejudicial ignorance sho ain't bliss (Sho isn't, sho
isn't)
Sho ain't bliss (No it isn't, no it isn't)
Ignorance and arrogance, goin' hand in hand
Condescending judgments
of our fellow man
Variety's the spice of life so what good is
achieved
By division and derision of the differences we see
The Christian community
Must cease the negativity
'Cause a dose
of humility
Will spark the cause of unity
Accept the reality
That
it's our responsibility
To share our love consistenly
And work to be
a family
That's the way (Aw that's the way)
That's the way (Yeah
that's the way)
That's the way (Uh huh)
We'll find bliss
Prejudicial ignorance isn't bliss
Repeat Chorus
Now it's time to get funky...
Ministries on trial 'cause they fail
to fit a certain style (We're on trial, different style)
People's
praise snuffed out by tradition, policing music that's deemed
"Un-Christian" (Unjustly condemned)
You can't judge worship by a dance
or groove (Music's groove and)
To Him it's pleasing when the heart's in
tune (Heart's in tune)
It's a shame all the joy that's missed (Praise
is not a sin)
Legalistic ignorance sho ain't bliss (It's bliss)
Sing
it out!
Repeat Chorus
What makes you stop short of makin' that move
To break the comfort
zone you're accustomed to?
Open eyes, realize the truth you can't
dismiss
Prejudicial ignorance sho ain't bliss (Sho ain't bliss)
Sho
ain't bliss (Sho ain't bliss)
Scriptural Reference:
"Do not judge according to appearances, but judge with righteous
judgment." John 7:24
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one
in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
"They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance
that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." Ephesians
4:18
Words and music: Keith Lancaster © 1989 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Song in My Soul by AVB, Hear It In Our
Voice: Volume III by The Acappella Company, and in Spanish as "Padre" on
Caminando en la Luz by AVB.
Lead: Steve Reischl
Note that the verses are written in third person and the chorus is written in first person in part because, while the verses deal with a specific girl, we all need the Father that always cares.
Lyrics:
A little girl, she seems grown-up, who's only four
She's so confused
without a father anymore
And if you listen as she's on her knees to
pray
Each night so preciously her broken heart will say...
Chorus:
Where is my father? (Where is my father?) Has he gone away?
(Has he gone away?)
Why can't he always be here to stay? (Why can't he
always be here to stay?)
Where is my father? (Where is my father?) Does
he still care? (Does he still care?)
I need a father who's always there
(I need a father there)
He left their family and he headed for the coast
He left a time when
they needed him the most
The emptiness is even worse than if he'd
died
Caught in confusion you can still hear this young girl cry
Repeat Chorus
He's never coming back, she wished that he would
It hurt's cause he
doesn't care (he doesn't care)
But she has another, a Father who's
good
A Father who will always be there
You are my Father (You are my Father); never go away (never ever go
away)
I know you'll always (I know you'll always) be here to stay (be
here to stay)
You are my Father (You are my Father); I know you care
(and I know you care)
I need a Father (I need a Father) who's always
there (who's always there)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I said You will be there
Scriptural Reference:
"He is the father of us all." Romans 4:16
Words and music: Gary Miller © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Special
Arrangement: Cheryl Rogers
This song also appeared on Celebrate and
Party by AVB and in Spanish as "Con Amor" on Caminando en la
Luz by AVB.
Lead: John K. Green and Steve Reischl
Lyrics:
My soul is on fire
With a flame burnin' bright till the day that I
die
You've taken me higher
From the flat of my back to the stars in
the sky
You're my justifier
You've established my ways and direct me each
day
You're my sanctifier
And I'm holy for You everything that I
do
Chorus:
In my heart, I'll always be with You
For my heart will
never forsake You
With my heart, I'll always be lovin' You
From my
heart, they never can take You away
My mind is inspired
You have opened my ears, given sight to my
eyes
My arms open wider
You have given me love, to give grace, to be
kind
You're my justifier
You've established my ways and direct me each
day
You're my sanctifier
And I'm holy for You everything that I
do
Repeat Chorus (x4, with stepout)
Can never take you away (x4)
Never take you away
Can never take you away
Scriptural Reference:
"I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:10-11
Words and music: George Pendergrass and John K. Green © 1993 Clifty
Music (BMI)/Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on U and Me and God
Make 5 by AVB.
Lead: Brishan Hatcher
Lyrics:
Won't buy you love
Or happiness
Won't buy you love
Or
happiness
(Money) Won't buy you love
Or happiness
(Money) Won't
buy you love
Or happiness
So many people that I know (they're strugglin')
So many places that
I go (the same)
It's just another day
By any kind or way
They
have got to get some of that mighty cold cash (gotta get mighty cold
cash)
Now there are others who love to live it up
They spend in every way
(every single way)
The only problem is
To keep this life of
bliss
They have got to chase that dollar or it won't last (chase that
dollar, or it won't last)
Where do your priorities lie? (where do they lie)
Your wealth won't
by (won't get you by)
True love's the key to life and
happiness
There's better things to do
With what He's given
you
Invest your time in God and not the
Chorus:
Money
Won't buy you happiness
You'll find that your
success
It won't buy you love
Money
Won't buy you
happiness
You'll find that your success
It won't buy you love
Please don't misunderstand me (oh no please don't misunderstand
me)
There's so much money can do (for you)
But it's so
distracting
The problems attracting
Now when you let your money take
ahold of you (let your money take ahold of you)
We spend like there will be no tomorrow (no tomorrow)
It happens
everyday (every single day)
Success will only come
Once we have
learned to trust
Leave it, let it 'lone, let God take full complete
control (leave it, let it 'lone, let God take full complete control)
What (Hey) we are dealing with (Hey)
Is lack of faith in Him
(Hey)
That he will supply our every need
Just wait on the Lord (Just
wait on Him)
And what you're lookin' for
Will be there when you need
it, know that
Repeat Chorus
There's a cancer in the nation, a disease of deprivation
It's the
hunger for the power, it's a capitalist sensation
It disguises all the
glitter, makes it look as fine as honey
But the way that you can spot
it is a greedy taste for money
Is it really, really all that you're about, is money?
Can you
really, really ever do without the money?
If it's gonna be the reason
for the strife, the money?
Gotta see that there is more to livin' life
than money
Don't get me wrong it's not the money or the power
Or the things
that you acquire that oppose a man's salvation
But when you constantly
pursue, it is now controlling you
You are headed for some trouble and
temptation
Some people crave it, others use it, in the struggle they
abuse it
They believe that with it they can buy their dreams
But
they would quickly realize if they open up their eyes
Is that there's
more to having money than it seems
It's just a dirty piece of paper,
many colors, different labels
Some coins that you can barter and
exchange
But if you let it, it can hurt you, it can make your friends
desert you
'Cause you're values have been totally rearranged
Is it really, really all that you're about, is money? (Is it really all
that you're about?)
Can you really, really ever do without the
money?
If it's gonna be the reason for the strife, the money? (Don't
let it, don't let it be the reason)
Gotta see that there is more to
livin' life than money
(Money, money, money, 5,4,3,2,1)
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Money!
Scriptural Reference:
"Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is
never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless." Ecclesiastes
5:10
"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and
into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and
destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some
people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs." 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Words: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Music: Mark
Heimermann © 1992 Funnatic Publishing (ASCAP)
This song also appeared
on Celebrate and Party by AVB and
in Spanish as "Nada Encontre" on Caminando en la Luz and on this album.
Lead: Steve
Reischl
Prayer outro: Wes McKinzie
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Nothing in the world (nothing in the world) will outlast or
surpass my calling (oh my calling)
Nothing in the world (nothing in the
world), on the earth, can be worth me falling from (worth me
falling)
Everything I am (everything I am), that He wills, He instills
within me (it's within me)
No, there is nothing in the world
I've become through Him what I know every person wants to be:
Loved
and free
Free to see my life really count and do more than just get
by
I've learned to fly
Through His heavenly way
Repeat Chorus
I've learned from Him why the world turns
And how my life should be
my destiny (destiny)
Though it's not all bright, when I'm faced with
the dark and cloudy skies
Comes a big surprise
When He's leading the
way
Repeat Chorus
You cured my loneliness; I know You
You brought me happiness, loving
You
You really turned my life around
Everything I've found in
You
Repeat Chorus
(Spoken with chorus in background):
Lord, there is nothing in the
world that compares with You
Nothing in the world that can change a
life the way You have mine
I owe my all to You, I give my all to
You
And nothing can seperate me from the love that You give
Nothing in the world (nothing in the world) will outlast or surpass my
calling (oh my calling)
Nothing in the world (nothing in the world), on
the earth, can be worth me falling from (worth me falling) (fade)
Scriptural Reference:
"Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf." Proverbs 11:28
Words: Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Rap Words:
John K. Green
Music: Mark Heimermann © 1992 Funnatic Publishing
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Celebrate and Party by
AVB.
Lead: Max Plaster and Wes McKinzie
Lyrics:
oh-oh, oh oh, oh-oh, oh oh
oh-oh, oh oh, Anything 4 U...
oh-oh,
oh oh, oh-oh, oh oh
oh-oh, oh oh, Anything 4 U...
Intro:
Take my life, here I am
Lord Your wish is my
command
Oh, I will be Your man
I must do all that I can
Chorus:
Love is who You are
Love will always keep me trying,
Lord
Knowing who You are
I'll share You with a lost and dying
world
You're in control, I see my place
Knowing I'm only saved by
grace
I don't deserve (I don't deserve) all that You do (you do)
I
will do anything 4 U!
Repeat Intro
Repeat Chorus
I don't know why You gave Your Son
But in my heart You're number
one
Now it's my choice, all I can do
I will do anything 4 U (I will
do anything)
Oh I will (Anything 4 U)
Be Your man (Anything 4 U)
I must do
(Anything 4 U)
All that I can (I'll do anything)
(spoken)
Hey man, do your funky opera:
What I must do,
Service for You (What must I do?)
I was made (I
was made to love you)
To.. .(Got to love, got to serve, got to love,
got to serve)
Anything 4 U!
Rap:
Anything 4 U is what I must do
I give all my heart and my
soul and my mind to You
I don't deserve it, the Life that you gave for
me
That broke the chains, released me, and set me free
From the sin
and pain that this world can bring
And what it does is turn me away
from what's right
And that's Jesus Christ, the One who paid the great
sacrifice
So now it's my choice to do all I can do
What do I choose?
Anything 4 U
Take my life here I am
Anything 4 U is my command
Take my life
here I am
Anything 4 U is my command
Take my life here I
am
Anything 4 U
Anything 4 U!
Scriptural Reference:
"`Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD--and I must say only what the LORD says'?" Numbers 24:13
Words and music: Jarel (Jay) O. Smith © 1990 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on What's Your Tag Say? by
AVB.
Lead: John K. Green
Lyrics:
Lookin' for assurance, someone to tell me so I can know (I wanna know
where I can go for sure)
I need special guidance, someone to show me
where I can go (show me where I wanna go)
No turning about, no room for
a doubt
No mountains in my way (no mountains in my way)
My
motivation, my inspiration
I heard the spirit say to...
Chorus:
Walk by faith (It's by faith) and not by sight (Not by
sight)
Not by your might (Not by your might)
But by God's power
(It's by the power, it's by the power)
'Cause it's by faith (It's by
faith)
That mountains fall (Mountians fall)
So take it all (Take it
all)
And give it to the Father (Give it to the Father)
Sure of what we hope for and what we don't see is faith, tell me it's
faith defined (What I don't see and still assured to be)
But God can
give us so much more than what we ask for, imagine in our minds (Imagine
in our minds)
So we don't worry (no we don't worry), nor do we hurry
(nor do we hurry)
While walking down life's road (Walking down life's
road)
I'm livin' on God's time (oh yes) and keeping in mind
That in
God's word we're told to...
Repeat Chorus
Step by stop we are led as we walk by faith
And day by day, it's by
God's grace that we grow stronger and stronger and stronger (day by day by
faith grow stronger faith)
Faith
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Keep on walkin', you'll keep growin' when you walk by faith (So walk by
faith)
When you walk by faith
Scriptural Reference:
"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
Words and music: Danny Elliott © 1989 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Song in My Soul by
AVB.
Lead: John K. Green and Wes McKenzie (Heaven stepouts)
Stepouts
by each member identified by Wes McKenzie in "Heaven stepouts"
Lyrics:
Gotta keep, keep the faith (x8)
Chorus:
I'm singin 'bout Heaven (I'm singin 'bout Heaven), Heaven,
oh, it's a beautiful place (I'm singin 'bout Heaven)
Singin 'bout
Heaven (I'm singin 'bout Heaven), Heaven, oh, it's a beautiful place (I'm
singin 'bout Heaven)
With the streets of gold and the crystal sea
(streets of gold)
God has made a place for you and me
Singin Heaven
(I'm singin 'bout Heaven), Heaven, woh, its a beautiful place (I'm singin
'bout Heaven)
And one day I'm gonna walk with God (walk with God)
He's gonna tell
me about the things that I never saw
Singin Heaven (I'm singin 'bout
Heaven), Heaven, oh it's a beautiful place
Gotta keep, keep the faith (x4)
Oh, I want to see Him, look upon His face
And with him forever,
'cause Heaven is a beautiful place
This world is not our home, we're
just a passing through
And someday I'll live in Heaven, 'cause our
lives have all been made new
Repeat Chorus
Well the time on Earth it seems so long
Things we go through they
seem so wrong (seems wrong)
But if we hang on long and hold on
tight
God is gonna keep us deep in His sight (You know we gotta hold on
tight)
Those pearly gates they're gonna open wide
And all the
Christians gonna step inside
Gotta keep, keep the faith
Live your
life in Jesus' name (Gotta keep the faith)
Gotta keep, keep the faith (x12)
Repeat Chorus
And one day I'm gonna walk with God (walk with God)
He's gonna tell
me about the things that I never saw
Singin Heaven (I'm singin 'bout
Heaven), Heaven, oh it's a beautiful place
The Lord has promised me heaven and that's where I want to be
And if
you feel the same way, come on and jam with AVB
(Kick it
Steve...)
I'm singing 'bout Heaven (Heaven)
'Bout Heaven
(Heaven)
'Bout Heaven (Heaven)
It's a beautiful place
(Take it to
the Max...)
Heaven (Heaven) Heaven (oh yeah)
Heaven (Heaven)
It's
a beautiful place
(Brishan...)
I'm Singin' Heaven (Heaven)
Heaven
(Heaven)
Heaven (Heaven)
It's a beautiful place
(Alright, I gotta
step up here)
I'm Singin' Heaven (Heaven)
Heaven (Heaven)
Heaven
yeah (Heaven yeah)
It's a beautiful place
(Check this out, JG)
Oh
Heaven (Heaven)
Heaven (Heaven)
Sing this song...
The purpose of
this rhyme is to say that its just a matter of time until we see
heaven
(Heaven, Heaven, Heaven)
Oh yeah, It's a beautiful place
Scriptural Reference:
"The great street of the city was of pure gold, like trasparent glass."
Revelation 21:21
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of
life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb
down the middle of the great street of the city" Revelation 22:1-2
Words and music: John K. Green © 1993 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Additional arrangement: Wayburn Dean and Russell White
This
song also appeared on U and Me and God Make 5 by
AVB.
Lead: John K. Green
Lyrics:
Oh, my love won't die
Yeah, yeah, yeah
As endless as the sea of stars that shine so bright
(My love for You
won't end) My love for You won't die
What we share is a miracle, a pure
delight
(I'll never let You go) Our love won't be denied
As the
spring dawns a new day, our love's fresh and new
It simply can't be
explained
I've never known love like this,
I want it to be like
this
(My love won't die) No, my love won't die
(It's burning inside)
Burning
(My love's alive) So alive
(My love won't die)
My emotions for You aren't a temporary thing
(It is a lasting love)
The kind you find in dreams (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
My heart is pulsing, how
can this be true?
(It must be destiny) That we were meant to be (That
we were meant to be)
Just to be with You is all I ever need (All I
need)
Nothing more, nothing less (oh no, nothing less)
Ever since we
first met, (Ever since we first met)
I haven't had one regret (I
haven't had one regret about You)
(My love won't die) I don't believe, I don't believe that it will ever
die
(It's burning inside) Oh I feel it burning
(My love's alive) So
alive forevermore
(My love won't die) It won't die
All because, All because (All because the precious life You gave to
me)
That I've found (That I've found more) more and more and more
(Strength and love to give right back to You)
Well I'm holdin' on (I'm
holdin' on), onto Your arms (onto Your arms)
Your touch is ever, ever
so strong,
There's nothing that can tear me away from Your love (Tear
me away from Your love)
(My love won't die) Oh, it's a neverending love, oh yeah
(It's
burning inside) It's a-burnin', yeah
(My love's alive)
(My love
won't die)
All because of You I now know the meaning of (A special kind of
love)
A one-in-a-million
It is real, it's a gift, it's a higher
love
That takes me way beyond the clouds above (way beyond the clouds
above)
(My love won't die) Never gonna die
(It's burning inside) What we
share is a miracle, yes it is
(My love's alive) Oh, I feel it so
alive
(My love won't die) No, never gonna die
(My love won't die) Never, never, never gonna die
(It's burning
inside) Hey, and it's all because of You
(My love's alive) It must be
destiny
(My love won't die)
Scriptural Reference:
"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love." 2 John 1:6
This song is a compilation of three songs from AVB's past. The credits to each song are as follows:
"Lamb of God" Words and music are by Twila Paris © 1985 Ariose Music/Mountain Spring Music This song also appeared on Steppin on a Cloud by Acappella Vocal Band, The Early Years by AVB, and Awesome God: A Cappella Worship by The Acappella Company.
"I Delight In The Lord" Words and music are by Keith Lancaster © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP) This song also appeared on Celebrate and Party by AVB and Acappella Word of God Longplay by The Acappella Company.
"Open My Heart" Words and music are by Keith Lancaster © 1990 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP) This song also appeared on In His Presence by The Acappella Company, What's Your Tag Say? by AVB, Awesome God: A Cappella Worship by The Acappella Company, as "New Song (Open My Heart)" on The Road Home by Voice of Faith, and in Spanish as "Mi Corazón" on Caminando en la Luz by AVB.
Lyrics:
["Lamb of God" Lead: John K. Green]
Lamb of God
I was so lost
I should have died
But you, you have
Brought me
to your side
To be led by your staff and rod
And to be called a lamb
of God
Oh, Lamb of God (Lamb of God)
Sweet Lamb of God (sweet
Lamb of God)
I love the Holy, the Holy Lamb of God (the Holy Lamb of
God)
Oh, wash me in the blood (wash me in His precious blood)
My
Jesus, the Lamb of God (Lamb of God)
Oh, Lamb of God (Lamb of God)
Sweet Lamb of God (sweet
Lamb of God)
I love the Holy Lamb of God (the Holy Lamb of God)
Oh,
wash me (wash me in His precious blood)
Holy Lamb of God (Lamb of
God)
["I Delight In The Lord" Lead: None]
I delight in the Lord
My soul rejoices in my God
For He has
clothed my with garments
Of salvation
And arrayed me in a
robe
And arrayed me in a robe
Of righteousness
Of
righteousness
["Open My Heart" Lead: Steve Reischl]
Open my eyes to what you see
To understand what I should be
My
feelings get the best of me
Open my eyes to what you see
Open my ears to what you hear
So I can keep you very near
My
feelings make it so unclear
Open my ears to what you hear
Open my heart to what you know
So I can stretch, so I can grow
My
feelings toss me to and fro
Open my heart to what you know
Open my heart to what you know
Scriptural Reference:
"The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said 'Look, the Lamb
of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" John 1:29
"I delight
greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me
with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness"
Isaiah 61:10a
"As a fair exchange--I speak as to my
children--open wide your hearts also." 2 Corinthians 6:13
The Victim (Stop Doin' Those Things)
Words and music: Cass Midgley © 1989 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Song in My Soul by AVB and in
Spanish as "El Crimen" on Caminando en la
Luz by AVB and Voces by Voces.
Lead: John K.
Green
Lyrics:
Many criminals but one crime
One verdict, gonna do some time (and I
said)
One ruling to each one
One victim known as the Son Of...
Chorus:
God, Jesus, Emmanuel
Become a man just to pay my bail
(and I said)
Prince of Peace, and the King of Kings (He's the King of
Kings)
He taught me how to stop, Stop Doin' Those Things
He came to me in my cage
He came in love in the midst of my rage
(and I said)
He opened up the door to my cell
And gained a victory
o'er the gates of Hell
Repeat Chorus
Glory! Glory! Jesus, you loosed the chains for me
When you died upon
the cross the wage of sin was then made free, so free
Yes, you've taken
the torture and the punishment that was mine
And you became the Victim
of my crime
Repeat Chorus
He taught me how to stop, Stop Doin' Those Things, those things, those
things, tell me
He taught me how to stop, Stop Doin' Those Things
Scriptural Reference:
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory' . . . But thanks be to God! He gives the victory through our Lord Christ Jesus." 1 Corinthians 15:54,57
Words and music: Danny Elliott © 1989 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Rap words: Wes McKenzie © 1994 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Arrangement: Keith Lancaster © 1994 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Song in My Soul by AVB, Acappella
Resurrection by The Acappella Company, and Hear It In Our Voice: Volume II by The Acappella
Company.
Lead: None
Rap: Brian Randolph
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Roll the stone away, Roll the stone away
Lord God,
Almighty gonna roll the stone away
You promised you'd rise, Lord, on
the third day
Lord God, Almighty gonna roll that stone away
Jesus was a man free from sin we know
Well He taught us that we reap
the very things we sow.
He taught us parables of life we see
today
On that third day
Repeat Chorus
They mocked Him and they scourged Him and said his words were
lies
But Jesus had compassion with pity in His eyes
And I can't wait
to see what he has to say
On that third day
Repeat Chorus
Interlude (Roll it, gonna roll that stone away, oh gonna roll it)
Rap:
Oh, you gotta roll it, the tomb it couldn't hold Him
Hey,
third day--no time to play
I've got an empty grave as my
testimony
That the promises of God sho ain't phony
He's legit, He's
livin', and He's comin' back
To take us home, now what about
that?
It's one, two, three--what a glorious day
When the Lord God,
Almighty rolled the stone away
Well, He's coming back, that's one thing for sure
Well, He's looking
for the blameless, the righteous, and the pure
And I can't wait to see
what he has to say
On the third day
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Interlude (Roll it, gonna roll that stone away, oh gonna roll it, roll it away)
When the Lord God Almighty rolled the stone away
Scriptural Reference:
"On the third day, he will rise again." Luke 18:33
"and they asked
each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?'
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very
large, had been rolled away." Mark 16:3-4
Words: Keith Lancaster in English as "Nothing in the World" on Celebrate
and Party by AVB © 1992 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Music: Mark
Heimermann © 1992 Funnatic Publishing (ASCAP)
Translation: Alejandro
Allen
This song also appeared in Spanish on Caminando en la
Luz by AVB and in English on this album.
Lead: Steve
Reischl
Prayer outro: Arturo Allen
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Nada encontré (nada encontré)
Ser mayor que sentir Tu
amor en mí (que Tu amor en mí)
Nada encontré (nada encontré)
Ser
mayor que escuchar Tu voz en mí, Dios (que Tu voz en mí)
Todo lo que
soy (todo lo que soy)
Es porque me salvo Tu amor en mí (es Tu amor en
mí)
Es que nada encontré
Libertad y amor
Es lo que mi alma anheló, los halló
Libertad de
ser y entender
Lo que en mí Tú quieres ver
Honestidad, sinceramente
sé que
Repeat Chorus
En la obscuridad cuando mis ojos
No ven más allá
Tú siempre estás
(siempre estás)
Fácil no lo es
Mas yo encuentro en Ti
motivación
Para continuar, yo no me rendiré
Repeat Chorus
Mi vida nueva es
Solo Tú, me hablas con verdad
Solo Tú, me diste
la oportunidad
De hallar lo que busqué
Nada encontré que, Tu amor en mí
Nada encontré que, Tu voz en
mí
Todo lo que soy es, Tu amor en mí
Es que nada encontré
Spoken:
Señor, nada encontré que se compare a Tí. Nada encontré que
pudiera cambiar mi vida, como Tú has cambiado la mía. Te debo y entrego mi
ser solo a Tí. Pues nada encontré que sea mayor que Tu amor en mí.
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf." Proverbs 11:28
Special thanks for additions and/or corrections to: Israel Campos
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