A Chosen Generation, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation

I can't speak too much about the past before me.
I know of some things that cam to pass was just for me.
A time where people were shackled at the ankles and wrist
Whipped, beaten and then set adrift
Posted in front of buyers, we was sellers to them
Individually picked, they called us black cowards.
How would you feel if you were the one chosen for this particular shift?
You 5,6,8 or 9, doesnt matter your age because you were chosen by the twine.
Women because your hair was soft and pretty
And you can bore men children
And Men, just because of your strength and endurance.
So how would you feel if you were the one chosen for this particular perserverance?
Then what would you take for granted?
When you realize of all the things God was planting?
Would you remember when Harriet Tubman guided her people?
Or how about when Sojourner Truth stood up and spoke about, "Ain't I a Women," to them people?
Even when Rosa Parks sat in the front of the bus?
Or recently, when Barack Obama ran for president?
Then would you remember when the time was spent?
See God made a promise when He sent His only begotten son to us.
Jesus died on that particular cross for us.
He cried, bled, and then He risen for us.
How dare we not say thank you just for choosen us
To be apart of a chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation that he bore to us
We must realize those things that came to pass was just for us
For us to understand
Not to live through, but to comprehend, see because God had others for that particular plan
It was a way of the past
What would you do if the past chose to rise up against you?
You fought, cried, bleed to hide you
From this point of time that God provided for you
Blinded to the fact that this time is a part of you
People approached, sought to find you
Looking in all the right places, not to find you
Because you were searching the wrong places just to hide you.
Hidden underneath a rock, but you thought you was out and in the open
Doing everthing in human nature just to be notice in,
What you call a way of life, just to be devoured in
Chopped and screwed
You not know?
How could you of known what you chosen to do?
If you never got on your knees and asked God to help you search to find you.
Yeah you search to find, found to seek
But you was moving forwards, backwards, but you was asleep.
The street walk and board walk you said it's all the same
I'm saying that the mind you was given was made for a change.
Take it upon yourself to realize the plan
The blueprint that the Lord has set for you to soar above the same
To seek to find Him who is to be found
You did your thing, now, listen to His sound.
Taking heed the future is at hand
What we say, think and how we stand
They look up to you, watching, expecting that you understand
Progression is the Key
Your position became you, change is within you
Thank God, He has created you
To carry out exactly what He has set for you
A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, He has given to you.
Keep in mind, God said, "I chose to love you."
Keep in mind, God said, "I chose to embrace you."
Keep in mind, God said, "I chose to never leave you nor forsaken you.
So don't worry about what them other voices have to say to you,
Do what I say, and I'm going to see you another day."
See God said, "Do what I say and I'm going to see you later today,
Go back and change into your so-good, no-good, having way, that they say."
So, I say, "Thank you Lord, for making me this particular way."
I say, "Thank you Lord because you died to prove that you loved me.
I know now that the enemy can't stand me
Come to think about it, that's why you set me up just as I am
Different and Unique
You said Come to me
You introduced this world to me."
I'm here, live and free
Yes, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation abides in we
Lets take heed and believe we can do all things.
Lets take heed and believe we all are all things.
Lets take heed and believe we have the most High, Almighty, Merciful God running through our veins
And let no one tell us we can't because we can
He's watching us, guiding us, and making sure we'll understand
So take heed and believe in Him
Take heed and believe in Me
Take heed and believe in You and we will succeed
A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation has just breed.