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Fishin' 4 Religion

Philippians 3:10

MATURE • MENTOR • MINISTER • MAINTAIN • INVESTING IN BLACK FUTURES THRU STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Artist: Arrested Development (Speech)
Song: Fishin' 4 Religion
Album: 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in The Life of...
Original Release Date: March 24, 1992

If you wanna get a handle on how a whole lotta youth 'n young adults feel about the church today, check the following flow from a little while ago: 

Uh huh, grab the hook, grab the line
Grab the bait, grab the box and wait
And tackle and shackle the topic
The faculty has chosen
Chosen by many, chosen by plenty, chosen by any
Man or woman who can't understand the topic
That's known and go by the dock
Flock it clock the topic
As I drop my hook and get a bite
The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion
Is my church makes me fall asleep
They're praising a God that watches you weep
And doesn't want you to do a — thing about it
When they want change, the preacher says shout it
Does shoutin' bring about change?  I doubt it
All shout does is make you lose your voice
So on the dock I sit in silence
Staring at a sea that's full of violence
Scared to put my line in that water
Cuz it seems like no religion's in there
Naively so I give it another go
Sitting in church hearing legitimate woes
Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright
Just pray so you can see
The pearly gates so white
The lady prays and prays and prays and prays
And prays and prays and prays and prays and...
It's everlasting
There's nothin' wrong with prayin'
It's what she's askin'
She's askin' the Lord to let her cope
So one day she can see the golden ropes
What you pray for – God will give
To be able to cope in this world we live
The word 'cope' and the word 'change'
Is directly opposite – not the same
She should have been praying to change her woes
But pastor said pray to cope with those
The government's happy with most Baptist churches
Cuz we don't do a — thing to try to nurture
Brothers and sisters on the revolution
Baptist teaches dying is the only solution
Passiveness causes others to pass us by
I throw my line 'til I've made my decision
Until then I'm still fishin' 4 religion.
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