The Syrian

Ain't his motherland yet he's bopping
Talk 'bout an ant walking an elephant
Like a soulful tune Germany's port's humming
Once a refugee now a hero of the land
The Syrian certainly got something to prove.

Akpan

One Piece Of Paper

With one piece of paper
I'll rewrite this stateless caper
No more sneaking through borders
I'll be a brand new legal immigrant
Just one piece of paper
Can overhaul the inequality wager.

Akpan

When We

Sometimes it rains water
But there are times it thunders
And those days are full of darkness visible
When we by horror haunted become expendable.

Akpan

Power In Your Name

To you oh Lord
I lift up all acclaim
Just to know your touch
And the power in Your name.

Akpan

Children Of Tomorrow

Sun's gonna be smiling always
Cause we tuned in on our faith
Though darkness casts a shadow
We are all children of tomorrow.

Akpan

State-Without-Borders Nationals

We traversed afar
From Nigeria, Sudan, and Syria
Based in Rohingya, Aqra and Sambisa
We're state-without-borders nationals.

Akpan

Heart That Bleeds

It's the heart that bleeds
That may tell sorrow's tendrils
The ferocity of its squeeze
When it chokes your heartstring.

Akpan

You Can't Lose

You can't lose
Under your own groove
Even if you're stuck
It's still your block.

Akpan

Feast Of Hate

Hate feeds on your mind
With files all prejudiced
All is set to make you blind
That ever catches your eye.

Akpan

Smiling Maya

She always wears a smile
Like she knows everyone counts
She thrives in the land of exile
Maya will never wear a frown.

Akpan

Gone Before

One step follows
The one that's gone before
Wherever it may go
The other trails the one.

Akpan

Every Mountain Shall Fill Up

Every mountain shall fill up the valley
And every valley shall cough up its malice
And the crooked ground shall be made straight
All they that are low shall be made great.

Akpan

That One Day

That one day
Well past the month of May
We'll bring the sun into our valleys
And trade the ugliness for lilies.

Akpan

We Are The Dream He Had

We are the dream he had
One uncolored stream of humanity
Flowing in the canal of Martin Luther
On the mountaintop of equality.

Akpan

She Brings The Coldest Swagger

She brings the coldest swagger
She steps in a room and the silence hums
She's your daughter your mama and especially your sister
A tremor rings the bones of the earth as she rises and roars.

Akpan

Disrespect For Human Life

I'm open to suggestions
Let's put an end to the desolations
War is disrespect for human life
And it begins by ending strife.

Akpan

Champion Love

War doesn't last forever
But love's cord binds together
War may not promote love
But love triumphs over war.

Akpan

Four Past Midnight

It's four past midnight
I swear it's what it feels like
Watching the news highlight
Anymore and I'll be needing a hike.

Akpan

Bombs For Love

I'm keeping my faith in me
Never give up to this hating
I'm switching my bombs for love
Let's usher in our kingdom come.

Akpan

Mission: Solar

This solar light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
I'm gonna read thru the night
Read till the world sees my light.

Akpan

Refugee Dream

I wanna go to school
And make my trauma a tool
Learn from the flaws of fools
And put my talent to good use.

Akpan

Dying By Degrees

A world that forgets its refugees
Is an abomination dying by degrees
His heart is on permanent freeze
Within is the coldness of the Arctic.

Akpan

Valiant Exiles

I seen kids riding on dreams
In a strange land as exiles
Building on the ruins of broken memory
Sweating blood to educate their minds.

Akpan

Cold Injustice

What if you were that child
Torn away from family ties
Turned back from safety to die
In the ocean of a world of lies?

Akpan

Faith Is Mightier Than Artillery

We won't always be victims
Our struggles will yield liberty
Bombs and guns can't destroy destiny
Our faith is mightier than artillery.

Akpan

Wardog Mentality

It's no big deal
We'll cut our losses
See the blood as oil spill
Collateral for our causes.

Akpan

Refugee In The Sun

Hanged out to dry
Could be the story of you and I
So for every refugee that bleeds
I know exactly how you feel.

Akpan

I Changed Things

I wanna be able to say
That I changed things
When I look back to this day
To review my soul offerings.

Akpan

Get In Good Trouble

We need to get in good trouble
And pound oppression to rubble
We have to stand for what's noble
And shake the earth till it rumble.

Akpan

Living With Yourself

How do you live with yourself
After you pulled the shade
Stowed your heart in a jar on the shelf
And dimmed the lampshade?

Akpan

Shittalkin'

Don't down talk
It is discretion
When you keep it shut
Fuck your opinion.

Akpan

Strictly From The East

Strictly from the east
Comes forth the beast
Down for a feast
Mean as a wildebeest.

Akpan

It's Your Grind

It's your grind
If you mind
Bend your behind
And make it bind.

Akpan

For Something You Love

Die for something you love
Die for trying to live it up
Live beyond your expectation
Live like tomorrow never comes.

Akpan

Dream Details

I don't know what tomorrow may bring
All I know is I have a dream
And it's a dream cause I'm yet to see
All the details that my soul perceives.

Akpan

Cornucopic

Dip in your cornucopia
And glean your utopia
Like the Queen of Sheba
Bringing treasures of Africa.

Akpan

Crosstophobia

There is a clause
To taking up your cross
And you may think it's gross
Nobody can help you bear your cross.

Akpan

Clinical

Atypical
Means beyond what's usual
And clinical
Spells flawless procedural.

Akpan

Catch The Wind

Float like a butterfly
Let no challenge pass you by
Put beefing on the slide
Catch the winds and glide.

Akpan

Above The Curve

I do this for the odds
You gatto try for above the curve
Turn the heat on status quo
Build a fort against fate's blow.

Akpan

Back On

Start back at one
When your deal is done
Just turn it back on
If push comes to shove.

Akpan

Mismatched Confrontational

It's selling like hot cakes
The theory of warfare
Dropping death from fighter planes
To mismatched confrontational.

Akpan

Accidental

So now you gonna abort
Saying it ain't human but fetus
Product of a fuck gone wrong
And you wonder why they call you slut.

Akpan

Lost Herd

People are hurting
Heavy hearts burdened
Wanting to be heard
Hopeless like lost herd.

Akpan

Ode To Soul Man

R.I.P Rocky Johnson (King of the Dropkick)

Say it ain't Soul Man
Cause he was a tru Soulja
I seen him wrestle The Hammer
Death couldn't beat Soul Man.

Akpan

Paper Caper

For the love of paper
I'll stage a real caper
Boil my blood to vapor
Working hardboiled valor.

Akpan

Speak Creative

Speak to me in creative
If you want my friendship
Honey drip intuitive
If you covet my fellowship.

Akpan

A Shade Darker Than Grey

Whenever I'm this way
I'm difficult to persuade
I'm a spectrum of rage
A shade darker than grey.

Akpan

Ride The Rung

Knock on a door and steel
Yourself for an answer
He who asks questions will
Ride the rung of the ladder.

Akpan

Life Breaks

Life breaks on the believer
Like the sands take the breakers
Believe is an action word
And it's you against the world.

Akpan

Highway

It's not the highway
It's the man in your way
If you mapped your game
You can step up to the plate.

Akpan

Eclipse Of The Muse

During an eclipse
Always write in a frenzy
When the block is bliss
Get downright intuitive.

Akpan

Nobody's Business

I'm nobody's business
I don't need no witness
I'll handle my greatness
Don't got time for stress.

Akpan

Black Cowl

In the very dark
Lie secrets of long ago
Arrayed in a black
Cowl and concealing robe.

Akpan

Ghosts Are Real

Ghosts are real
They team up with memory
And haunt when you're lonely
Taunting your sanity.

Akpan

Ego Breaks Easy

Ego breaks easy
When set against meek
Like egg to brittle
In the heat it whittles.

Akpan

Ain't Mathematics

Break it down to the basics
Straddle the sheer statistics
Then review your ethics
This ain't mathematics.

Akpan

Tool Of The Trade

It's a tool of the trade
So put your ass on upgrade
Stroll on the edge of a blade
See how it feels to be laid.

Akpan

Eat My Heart Out

I don't have the heart
To eat my heart out
Or to cut the crap
And strap my heart down.

Akpan

Take Cool

Take one take two
Take cool as a pool
Take dumb to school
Don't argue with your tool.

Akpan

Radar In Range

Day after day
The chorus never change
And it's all the rage
If the radar is in range.

Akpan

Run 'Em Fools

Right here right now
Run 'em fools outta town
Rout their lil' crowd
Send 'em underground.

Akpan

Eye In The Needle

Find the eye in the needle
And then perfect your wriggle
Spread your wings like the eagle
Put your game on the legal.

Akpan

Ball Over

Pass the ball over
You ain't no sucker
Set up the counter
This is real life soccer.

Akpan

From Where We Belong

Its a long story
Starting from where we belong
Trailing plots of glory
Through the rising action.

Akpan

No Fruit Forbidden

No fruit is forbidden
But fools get bedridden
The codex is hidden
You must seek unbidden.

Akpan

Hive Of Killer Bees

Those seven seas
Are stuff of fantasies
Like a hive of killer bees
They'll be the death of your dreams.

Akpan

Hold The Ground

First you break it down
Then you hold the ground
Next you wear the crown
And you're homeward bound.

Akpan

Debris Of Success

I'll stand
On the ruins of my plans
Here on the brink of success
I dare to confess.

Akpan

Magic Orb

I just had to touch
On that magic orb
'Haps my scheme is botched
I'll just peek in the ball.

Akpan

A Game Ain't A Game

A game ain't a game
If real players don't play
Though games can be faked
A real game bears weight.

Akpan

Wall Of My Hood

Pray I don't find you
Away from your crew
I'll paste you like goo
Up the wall of my hood.

Akpan

Go Down Badly

Who you truck with
Becomes your helpmeet
If you choose wisely
You won't go down badly.

Akpan

Way Up Shit Creek

Ship it all the
Way up Shit Creek
Negotiate your yacht
Down Dumbass Path.

Akpan

Get You Pumped

The idea of ha-
Ving a promised land
Is to get you pumped
Striving for the top.

Akpan

Let It All Out

Don't hate it
If you can't achieve it
Believing is real
Let it all out and breathe.

Akpan

Kill This Game

I gatto create ways
To kill this game
Mark my field of play
Against the grain.

Akpan

Entrance Of Faith

What mystery awaits
The entrance of faith
When it takes the bait
And clambers for great.

Akpan

The Journey Of A Day

The journey of a day
May define a lifetime
One step might tip the scale
And land you in a gold mine.

Akpan

When The Sun Is Sad

When the sun is sad
It wears a dark shawl
Yet it maintains its radiance
And soon busts forth with joy.

Akpan

Time To Create A New Page

Time to break
Out of that self-made
Sophisticated fickle cage
Time to create a new page.

Akpan

Invent A Change

The world will not be
This way if you will
Take that pint of faith
And invent a change.

Akpan

Negative Thoughts

Negative thoughts
Sly as they can be
Are a potent force
Best stay positive.

Akpan

I've Been To The Mountaintop

Cause I've been to the mountaintop
Damn I am still on the mountaintop
Though I walk the valley again
This loving memory will remain.

Akpan

The First Rain In The Year 2020

It rained on this 13th day
The very first shower of the year
A thunderless listless spray
Up here in Lagos, Nigeria.

Akpan

Place Of Living

Take this mortal body
As Your place of living
And conformed to Your will
I will live for Your glory.

Akpan

Lordship Over Me

You're deserving
The only reason I breathe
I've deemed You worthy
Of Lordship over me.

Akpan

Into You Beautiful

I want to worship You
Cause I'm so into You
Lay my life before You
Jesus, You're beautiful.

Akpan

Measure

If you don't measure up
To the present job
Just get off the wall
And get out of dodge.

Akpan

The Way You Hold Me

The way You hold me
Is beyond earthly subtlety
Your embrace is everlasting
Just like Your Majesty.

Akpan

Humbly Bowing

And I will live
All of my days
Humbly bowing
Before the Ancient Of Days.

Akpan

I Want To Hide

I want to hide
In the lens of Your Eye
In the ray of Your Light
Where Your Grace is nigh.

Akpan

Power Higher Over

You have the power
To lift me higher
You'll put me over
Power, Higher, Over.

Akpan

Made Strong

I have placed my trust
In the Omnipotent One
Thus have I been made strong
Thru faith in His word.

Akpan

Divine Dominion

For thine is the kingdom
Authority and honor
You're the Only Wise God
You're Divine Dominion.

Akpan

Pinions

I will cast my hopes
Under the shadows
Of the Lord's pinions
I'll rest in His love.

Akpan

Shield

When he calls me
I will be there
I will shield him
From earthly fear.

Akpan

Separate Ways

All we went a-straying
Thru a path dark and dim
Each turning separate ways
But thank God for His grace.

Akpan

God Thinks On Me

How can it be?
God thinks on me
He's all I breathe
In Him I live.

Akpan

But A Word

They laid him in a tomb
Four days in the earth's womb
Jesus spoke but a word
And Lazarus came forth.

Akpan

Jokes That Come Cheap

It's on the kidding
If you dig the kick
They ain't all cheap
Jokes that come cheap.

Akpan

Done With Tears

I'm done with tears
Go tell my peers
I pierced my ears
I'm on a quest.

Akpan

A Guide To All Who Wander

Ignite my soul
Like a burning parasol
Burning yet uncharred
A guide to all who wander.

Akpan

Doubt In Charge

Don't give doubt
Charge of your mouth
You'll earn a crowd
That won't make you proud.

Akpan

Ago Is Time Out Of Mind

Ago is time out of mind
You journey on a hell ride
On the Memory Sub Line
And drop off in the by and by.

Akpan

Union Unanimous

And we all
Roll with it after all
And form a lump
A union unanimous.

Akpan

Hope's Place

Hope has its place
A home of grace
In the heart is its base
Where it comes ablaze.

Akpan

Absolute Absurd

It's absolute absurd
To snap a threefold cord
Strife might chew it like curd
Or put it to the sword.

Akpan

Wool Off

I'm gonna lay the heat
Burn the wool off my eyes
After I done that feat
I'll put my game on ice.

Akpan

Fooled Out Of A Groove

Who gets fooled
Out of a groove
Or who gets pulled
From the pool.

Akpan

Soul Select

I just wanna connect
With what my soul select
So I will duly detect
Viruses that may infect.

Akpan

On The TKO

Don't wanna be no hero
So I'm riding on the low
I'm still a while from the flow
But I'm all for the TKO.

Akpan

Inimitable

I'd like to carve for myself
An inimitable eggshell
Furnished with padded cells
A hideaway to have a spell.

Akpan

Heart Broke

I'm broke in my heart
Without your tiny spark
I'm stuck in the dark
And the access door is barred.

Akpan

Badass Past

Things in our past
Haunt us like a badass
They assume consciousness
And come with a vengeance.

Akpan

Dugout

My tunnel is dug out
I called out my scouts
The wind's blowing north
My cloud is moving up.

Akpan

Gravel

When you travel
A path full of gravel
You put on sneakers
Them high heels gon' kill ya.

Akpan

Don't Flog The Horse

Don't flog the horse
It's all but a mere corpse
Hommie you got feet
And promises to keep.

Akpan

Aim Of A Name

The aim of a name
Is to raise your game
To claim your plain
You must name your game.

Akpan

Growth Is A Tree

Growth is a tree
That sprouts its seed
It must grow free
If it must yield.

Akpan

Thrive Like Weed

My game thrives like weed
All I wanna hear is feed
So my pen I bleed
With a hint of greed.

Akpan

G

Can I call you G?
Will you ride with me
Hold it down for me thru this
Raw hating of my chemistry?

Akpan

Pine O' Shine

Everyone need
Just what everyone need
A lil' bit of sunshine
And a pissed off porcupine.

Akpan

Where We Belong

And we're done
After the roll call
We know where we belong
It all goes on.

Akpan

Soul Ruckus

I'm collecting on genius
Creating my magnum opus
I'm beyond soul ruckus
Cause I defined my locus.

Akpan

Life To Carrion

The working of inspiration
Is like peeling onion
Each coat is fresh cut
A breath of life to carrion.

Akpan

Pandemo

We bringing Armageddon
Ushered in on a clarion
Defused like the A-Bomb
Agents of pandemonium.

Akpan

Clouds Of Grey

Y'all can't knock my ray
O, clouds of grey
And it ain't no donkey bray
Cause it's my month of May.

Akpan

Game Tight

Tryna get it right
Pull my game tight
I'll skip the highlights
And head for the strobe light.

Akpan

Set To A Mission

Fires of inspiration
Burning my soul to action
Giving everlasting visions
Set to a mission.

Akpan

Certified Shit

Y'all musta been shitting me
I ain't buying into this shit
What Shithead cooked up this shit
I'm not cut out for this typo shit.

Akpan

Ill To Profit

Who knows the form

His tomorrow weans

Or who can turn

Ill to his profit.

Akpan

Vulnerable

When you cradle a child
In the cup of your arms
Your heartbeat pumps the sky
You're vulnerable to its charm.

Akpan

Get A Gun Or Show Some Love

All around the world
There's rumors of war
You gatto get a gun
Or show some love.

Akpan

Hommie Outgunned

I gatto find me a gun
In case my hommie's outgunned
Sometimes he let his mouth run
And the outcome is no fun.

Akpan

The Sweetest Debt

Love is better than life
It is the sweetest debt
Love is its own price
Love is stronger than death.

Akpan

Shoot The Band

Light goes out
If its source is tapped
So does sound
If you shoot the band.

Akpan

Periwinkles

It's simple
As star is to twinkle
Has a wrinkle
Much like the periwinkle.

Akpan

Soul For Lease

Don't you ever say cheese
If you can't put the freeze
On heat to pay your fees
Your soul may be up for lease.

Akpan

The Kick

The way to the city
Rides on the upbeat
If your soul can feel it
You have found the kick.

Akpan

Work On The Rebound

On the low down
Let's work on the rebound
Don't feel let down
When you can come around.

Akpan

Fight Like A song

A fight like a song
Always got me gone
And it starts with your words
From a heart that's sprung.

Akpan

Pursuit Of Glory

It's a long journey
To the shores of destiny
Gatto invest personal energy
In the pursuit of glory.

Akpan

The Director

When you define your job
It becomes your cut
You're the director
Make your flick work.

Akpan

Notorious Sloth

Joy is contagious
Triumph is obvious
Purpose is various
Sloth is notorious.

Akpan

Walk Of A Champion

Walk the walk
Of a champion
In the depths of a dungeon
Earn your medallion.

Akpan

2020 Level

I'm taking heaven
On this 2020 level
Get thee hence devil
Obstacles gon' shrivel.

Akpan

Bigger Plans

Make bigger plans
If the first ones crash
Don't make an appointment
With the crew of disappointment.

Akpan

Radar Homeward Bound

I gatto get down
And fine tune my sound
Hold it to the ground
Radar homeward bound.

Akpan

Down The Line

Walk a million miles
If it takes you to your shine
Straight down the line
Turn not left nor right.

Akpan

One On The Fly

It's just right
To have one on the fly
A vision that will shine
When the stars lie.

Akpan

Right To Do

Gatto do
What's right to do
Put on my gears
And do my share.

Akpan

The Day Won't Last Forever

Better get started
Before it gets darker
The day won't last forever
Time is now or never.

Akpan

Get Some

We gonna rock
Cause we run the funk
Do the honky tonk
Get some if you want some.

Akpan

Manifest Expectation

I'm all for celebration
Down for the vibration
So long to trepidation
Here's manifest expectation.

Akpan

Damn Clear

It's damn clear
Folks are all aware
Last year's gone for wear
All that matters is here.

Akpan

My Side Of The Globe

There's an overflow
On my side of the globe
Just wanna keep it locked
Put the new year on the rocks.

Akpan

Storm On Repeat

You just can't ignore it
The intense heat
Of New Year's Eve
Like a storm on repeat.

Akpan

Busy Minding Our Bidness

What's happening
How come we happy
We busy sweating
Just minding our bidness.

Akpan

Choice To Rejoice

Bringing the noise
With one million voice
Cause we made a choice
We will rejoice.

Akpan

From Midnight To Morning

It's such a trip
From midnight to morning
You scream your head off
And you're down for the stomp.

Akpan

2020 Vigil

It's legit
We ballin till we beat
Keeping 2020 vigil
And that's the big deal.

Akpan

Happy Merry Joyful

Happy Merry Joyful
New Year to your crew
I'm with you to the marrow
See you tomorrow.

Akpan

Where The Buck Tips

This is where
The buck tips its rear
And switches gear
To deal current affair.

Akpan

Spell The Fun

Come on come on
Get it on to the dawn
Spell the fun
Catching like a contagion.

Akpan

Well, We're Here

Well we're here
And we got no care
But to bring the rear
And straddle the year.

Akpan

New Year We Welcome

Can we do this
Can we rock infinitely
Can we thunder long
Into a new year we welcome.

Akpan

Be At It

We can be at it
Till the sun brings the heat
Or we can bring the heat
Down into the evening.

Akpan

Doing It

We doing it
Like we know how we do it
Our visions we spent it
We ready to renew it.

Akpan

Make Yourself Happy

Make yourself happy
No time to get tacky
'Tis the season to jiggy
Keep their ears ringing.

Akpan

Expensive Hardware

A new year's
Expensive hardware
An enduring fanfare
Upfront like a solar glare.

Akpan

As The Year Goes South

Let's go bang
As the year goes south
Come do that thang
Git your butt off the couch.

Akpan

The Next 24

The goal is the next 24
Watcha looking for
Get your butt down to church
Or grab a couple fireworks.

Akpan

Where The Excitement

I gotta find
Where the excitement
Travels sky high
And lay by all sentiment.

Akpan

2020 Canaan Land

Take me
To a land
Of my fantasies
To the 2020 Canaan Land.

Akpan

Living In The Coming Year

I could be wrong
But this is taking too long
I'm already living in
The coming year believe me.

Akpan

A Second Chance To Stand

The year comes to its end
And what that portends
Is a second chance
To make a stand.

Akpan

Start Over Anew

It's up to you
To transform your view
When the year runs thru
And start over anew.

Akpan

I'm Going Over

I'm going over
My demons to conquer
I'll cross that river
And walk on a stream of larva.

Akpan

Darts Of A Dare

This is the year
I wrestle my bear
And pierce my fear
With the darts of a dare.

Akpan

Spin The Hand Of The Clock

I'll stand on a rock
Set for a freefall
Just before I make that drop
I'll spin the hand of the clock.

Akpan

Closer Than A Prayer

It's getting closer
Than a prayer
Come take it higher
The year fuels my fire.

Akpan

Counting Minutes

I'm stuck on this
All the way
Just counting minutes
Before daybreak.

Akpan

Shake Off Dead Weights

Tryna shake off
Dead weights
Of the previous
Three sixty five days.

Akpan

Can't Complain

I can't complain
Of excess drain
It's time to celebrate
I'll be dammed if I'm strained.

Akpan

The Very First Day

Okay it's that day
The very first day
Of a young promising
Year of our jubilee.

Akpan

Long-Lost Brother

I got your number
Here's my shoulder
Come on over
I'll be your long-lost brother.

Akpan

Heaven Got Your Soul

Happy holidays
To all Internally Displaced
Stuck out in the cold
Heaven got your soul.

Akpan

Milk Of The Muse

I long for the juice
That flows from youth
For the bread of truth
Dipped in milk of the muse.

Akpan

Make Next Year Work It

Gotta find that reason
To make next year work it
To make the days count
Make my spirit proud.

Akpan

Get An Elevation

It's a celebration
Ain't need delegations
It's your own decision
Get an elevation.

Akpan

Confronting The Blues

I'm finding my groove
I'm grinding my move
Confronting the blues
As the year shots like fuse.

Akpan

Golden Gas

Like a blast
From the past
That's a golden gas
May the joy of the year last.

Akpan

Like Tinkering

Like tinkering with ideas
And then switching gear
Like finding your rhythm
When losing is a given.

Akpan

Great Things

Great things in the air
As the new year draws near
Expectations are high
The feeling is right.

Akpan

Headed For Next Year

This year
Would sooner be last year
I'm headed for next year
I'll see you there.

Akpan

Drum Major Instinct

Drum major instinct
Bolsters my stint
In a new year to try
And teach my soul to fly.

Akpan

Thankful For Another Year

Grateful to be here
Thankful for another year
It's like a mental fix
And we're party geeks.

Akpan

Finish Line In Sight

It's a race to a finish line
That we have in sight
The forces are aligned
And all our purposes bind.

Akpan

A New Year's Upon Us

Well a whole nother
Is 'round the corner
Of the universe
A new year's upon us.

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Waves Of Expectancy

Can you feel the vibing
Even the leaves be oozing
The waves of expectancy
The new year is dealing.

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Merry New Year Everybody

Merry New Year everybody
Move your body
To the energetic rhythm
May your days be merry.

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Let The New Year Begin

Let the New Year begin
On voices of thanksgiving
Let drum rolls precede
The first glorious morning.

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Privilege Of Choice

Let's rejoice
For the privilege of choice
We can dance today
And make plans for always.

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31st

Worldwide we programmed
We high like a drug gang
It's the thirty first
And we rise like dust.

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Fuse Never Shots

Somehow the fun
Never seems to stop
If you hang on
The fuse never shots.

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Let The Good Year Roll

I'm coming up
To the highest top
Let the good year roll
I'm game for the flow.

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Combination

I know the combination
That unlocks jubilation
And we gonna rock
This year to the top.

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Happily We Go

Happily we go in
As the year switches
Into a whole new episode
We plug into the download.

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Uphill

Ending the year's climbing uphill
To bust out sliding and rolling
Down into the new year
Three sixty five days clear.

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Born To Pump

I wanna rock
The center stage
Like I was born to pump
Break outta the cage.

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Last Lap

We living large
Digging in the year fast
Trying to make our game last
For the last lap.

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This Year Was Made For Me

The sky's the limit
The sun's the zenith
The stars call out to me
This year was made for me.

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Like Dew Drops

Like dew drops
Bending blades of grass
South of the sun
We turn our backs to the past.

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Hit A New Page

We hit a new page
Running with the age
We rolling with the year
Our wills as piercing as a spear.

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Geared Up

Getting geared up
As things start looking up
I made supernatural affinity
On the upward mobility.

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Live For The Next Shot

Give it all you got
Blaze your tiny spark
Live for the next shot
Set your eyes for the top.

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Happy Happy New Year

Happy, Happy New Year
We're all here
Accounted for
By the grace of God.

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Bring On The Happy Days

I wanna be happy
I'm gonna stay that way
As the year rocks steady
Bring on the happy days.

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All I See

I don't wanna know
If the trail's cold
All I see's a new tomorrow
A reason to keep the flow.

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Rock This Year

We gonna rock this year
Like we do care
Put fear to the spear
Bring up the rear.

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This Year Is For You

Shoot yourself to the moon
Get into the groove
Get off the roof
This year is for you.

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Just Turn The Page

Okay, let's turn the page
We paid the wage
The days are engaged
Let's just turn the page.

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Feel The Spirit

Feel the spirit
Pumping your adrenaline
Feel the potency
Move you to vibing.

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Pull Thru

We just gatto pull thru
No matter what we been thru
The new year promises good
But you gatto believe in you.

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This Is The Year

This is the year
Ama dare that dare
Ama put my dreams on repair
And next ama switch gear.

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Happy New Year To You

Around comes something new
The rave hits something cool
For those who got a clue
Happy New Year to you.

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We Crossing Over

Get it together
We crossing over
We ditching this corner
Let's go yonder.

Akpan

Can't Knock This Bliss

Hate it for what it is
Love it for the same deal
You can't knock this bliss
When a new year approaches.

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Bling Bling 3.6

As new as new is
Ain't no lip service
A bling bling 3.6
And we bringing a feast.

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Brand New Song

I will sing
A brand new song
For a new 366
I will run the funk.

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Mark Of The Season

Intense celebrating
The mark of the season
Hyper-partying
New year commemorating.

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Gaining On The Year

I'm gaining on the year
I sense it coming near
My guts got my rear
My purpose I will bear.

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We're Same

The new year's game
And we're same
It will be a shame
For y'all to be lame.

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Happy-New-Year Shouts

Get down get down
With Happy-New-Year shouts
You got the code
Make it explode.

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Rein In The Year

Come on everybody
Do the body electric
Rein in the year with shouting
Get up n' dance on the ceiling.

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New 365

Complete
With a new set of tools
A new 365 beats
Down the door to our room.

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Let The Brand New Unfold

What do you know
The once new year is old
So it's time we let go
Let the brand new unfold.

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Old Year Valedictory

Welcome the new year
With visions written clear
On a note of victory
At the old year valedictory.

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If You Can Dance

If you can dance
Come take a chance
A new year stance
We'll strike oil perchance.

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New Year Policy

Come down to reality
We don't need hypocrisy
We feeding posterity
That's the New Year policy.

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Celebrating A New Year

We celebrating
A new year compensating
We into this no question
Success our resolution.

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The Feeling's Real

Sync with the beat
The feeling's real
Simmer in the heat
Y'all know the deal.

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Like Constipation

It's like constipation
Can't kill this celebration
It's stuck in your lungs
Like a never-ending song.

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Let The Year Come Thru

We won't be needing
All o' this patronising
We dig the rules
Let the year come thru.

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To All O' Y'all

Happy brand new year
To all o' y'all out there
May your light shine like the sun
And your days full of new song.

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No Matter

It's all we got
So invest this much
We cast our lot
No matter the cost.

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We Don't Give

We don't give a darn
If we bust a nerve
Or we bust a dam
We just wanna thang.

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A Beautiful Thing

A beautiful thing
To celebrate n' sing
The dawning of a new day
And a new year today.

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Pave This Year

I paid my dues
But that's old news
Ama pave this year
With gold from my gear.

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Glitter Like Diamond

A new year's coming
New ideas simmering
It's a new day to run
And glitter like diamond.

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Party Official

The New Year festival
Is a party official
When we go bang bang
Like boombastic central.

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Rowdy Crowd

Let's get down
To the edge of town
Where the fun can be found
Git with a rowdy crowd.

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A New Horizon

It's gonna be
A great year for me
A new year to expand
A new horizon to span.

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This Three 65

I'm getting it right
This next time
This three sixty five
Ama be on my grind.

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A New Year Can Be

A new year can
Be something grand
A veritable podium
To exhibit your diamonds.

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Every 365 Night

Every year
Just before the dawn's clear
Every 365 midnight
We light up the skies.

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Reach For A Resolution

I'm reaching for a resolution
Before the rising action
I'm bracing for the climax
Taking my game to the max.

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Make This Year Special

I gotta find me a plan
To make this year special
I gotta take my own stand
I bet the feeling's mutual.

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Resolve To Push

It's true
Sometimes we got no clue
But we resolve to push
And that makes all things new.

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Platform For New Cares

It's a new year
A platform for new cares
If you can dare
You'll renew your flair.

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A Year All New

Everything new
Skies always blue
Friends that stay true
In a year all new.

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Coming New Year

Coming New Year
What do you care
If my dreams come true
What's that to you?

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Wish You Were Here

Happy New Year
Wish you were here
Right beside me near
My heart holds you dear.

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Sunrise On A New Dawn

I've witnessed a score
Sunrises on a new dawn
It's never lost its awe
Each new year got me gone.

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Sound Of Gongs

A new year arrives
With renewed ties
And broken bonds
On the sound of gongs.

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Next Year's Band

I can taste the springs
With its salty tinge
And the Harmattan
Of next year's band.

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New Year Welcoming

As the year closes
My comet blazes
Ever so brightly
A new year welcoming.

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Lurching Forward Blind

Forgetting things behind
Lurching forward blind
The year bumps n' grind
And I reply in kind.

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I Spy The Finish Line

One hand on the prize
There's a glint in my eye
As I spy the finish line
My smile is just as wide.

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Distances Narrow

I believe in tomorrow
As distances narrow
I believe it's destiny
That these eyes witness it.

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A New Year Beckons

The year has thinned like smoke
Its flames cannot be stoked
The portal stands open
As a new year beckons.

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Seven Days Less

In less than seven days n'
I will call it a wrap
I'll step in that thang
And make it go bang.

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Cross Over

I will get there
I am not scared
I will cross over
Though there be tygers.

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Annual River

I'm going over
The annual river
I'm crossing the Red Sea
To a bright new morning.

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Give Me Joy

You give me joy
When you raise your voice
And fireworks crack the skies
Like exploding tiny missiles.

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Catch The Sun

I wanna catch the sun
With my index and thumb
Place it under a lens
And probe it with a vengeance.

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Strength For A New Stretch

Lord, give me strength
For a new stretch
Lord make me stronger
As you put me over.

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360 Days Gone

360 days gone
That leaves just five more
On the horizon
A new picture dawns.

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A New Chapter

Creating new letters
For a new chapter
Of our human lives
A new year soon arrives.

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New Year Breaks

We begin again
Marking passing days
Fussing at delays
Till the new year breaks.

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The Year Turns A Page

Not just any other day
The year turns a page
And it's all the rage
As new plans are made.

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The Next 365

And I will live this way
The next three six five days
And I shall not be swayed
By dumb trifle mistakes.

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I Wanna Live My Dreams

I wanna live my dreams
Make it concrete
I'll polish my resolve
Tick off each resolution.

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New Years Never Grow Old

As far as new things go
New Years never grow old
Like fire in your soul
The heat soon takes its toll.

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Brand New 365

I sniff the scent
Off the wind's breath
A brand new three six five
Like a gnat in your eye.

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May Your New Year Be Bold

From the cradle
To the navel
Of your soul
May your new year be bold.

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A Well-Written Vision

All the storms
In the world
Could never blur
A well-written vision.

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Your Soul Is Sold

That pot of gold
Stares at you cold
It's hard to hold
Your soul is sold.

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Take The Christ Child With You

Take the Christ Child with you
Into that all brand new
Three hundred and sixty five
Make the joyful bells chime.

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The Week After Christmas

A week after Christmas
A new race is begun
Three hundred sixty five
Days to the finish line.

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New Year Resolutions

New Year Resolutions
Are verbal restrictions
They start with rising actions
Crash and burn in complications.

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Fix 'Em With A Screw

What do you do
When the year's coming thru
You spot the nuts gone loose
And fix 'em with a screw.

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Old Year

Getting off
The old year
Is like getting a crush
On an old friend.

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Send A Happy New Year

Send a Happy New Year
To somebody you hold dear
Don't hold back
You might get it back.

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Quality Sublime

And I define my mind
By the qualities sublime
That make for its peace
So I'm overwhelmed by bliss.

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Tidings

Tidings of Christmas
To all ye believers
Welcome your Savior
Born in a manger.

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Celebrate Christmas

Celebrate Christmas
It's must or bust
Celebrate Jesus
Mary's Baby Boy.

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Let's Throw A Party

Let's throw a party
There'll be rejoicing
It will be in honor
Of Jesus the Newborn.

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We All Have Pains

Christmas is not a day
To apportion blame
It's clear we all have pains
Let's ease each other's strain.

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Throw The Sheets

Hold my hands
Make Christmas grand
Lean on me
I'll throw the sheets.

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Make Christmas Richer

I have naught to offer
But we will be warmer
If we stick together
Make Christmastime richer.

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Star Of The East

Star of the East
Come to sow the wheat
Bread with no yeast
God in human skin.

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Merrier Christmas

Christmas is merrier
And we are happier
When we help one another
And lend a strong shoulder.

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Realms Of Glory

You wove the Christmas story
From the realms of glory
On human tapestry
That we may live eternally.

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Hail! Immanuel

Hail! Immanuel
The Ancients did foretell
He came to save the earth
His reign will never end.

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God Is Become Man

Born the Christ
Author of Life
Heralded by a star
God is become man.

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My Favorite Birthday Story

My favorite
Birthday story
Is once upon a prophecy
To a Virgin called Mary.

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Lowly Stall

What's there for us
Inside a lowly stall
Who shall we meet
Who is this King Of Glory?

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Christmas Is The Birth Of Hope

Even though
Sorrow weighs on your soul
And your nights are cold
Christmas is the birth of hope.

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Coming Of The Greatest

Your birth was foretold
By prophets of old
Generations of men awaited
The coming of the Greatest.

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Wonderful Counsellor

Bowing low
We come filled with awe
To the promise of old
The birth of the Wonderful Counsellor.

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Love Of Nativity

Christmas is for giving
As God has shown humanity
Go to folks that's needing
Show them the love of nativity.

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Honorable Celebrant

And so we worship
The gem of the season
The Babe of the moment
The Honorable Celebrant.

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Virgin Birth

A virgin birth
That shook the earth
We'll always remember lest
We should ever forget.

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Christ Is Born

Never again
May man be blamed
For Hell's spawn
For Christ is born.

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Even In A Manger

Even in a manger
You are the Master
Over all of creation
The Savior of the nations.

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Divinity's Visit

How can it be
Trailing wisps of glory
Humble Divinity
Visits frail humanity.

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Jesus Sweet Baby

Born this day
In the City Of David
Born to save
Is Jesus sweet Baby.

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Receive Your King

Receive your King
All who believe
Into your heart
Make Him Lord.

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A Christmas Guest

Wisemen, shepherds
Angels were once Your guests
I'm just a boy but
I wish I had the honor.

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New Christmas

Be born in my heart
On this new Christmas
I give my heart
To You explicitly, Jesus.

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In David's City

It was in David's City
A very long time ago
The world beheld a mystery
A tale that never grows old.

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To Hold That Holy Thing

Mary how did it feel
To hold that Holy Thing
In the fold of your arms
Against your beating heart?

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And Then There Was Christmas

Before the foundation
Of this sinful world
You're the Lamb of God
And then there was Christmas.

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The Gift Of Your Heart

Come all you faithful
With offerings soulful
Come see the newborn
Bring the gift of your heart.

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Through A Little Babe

Christmas brought grace
To the human race
Through a little Babe
To the Highest Place.

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Down At His Cradle

Come to the stable
His grace is able
Come to His table
Down at His cradle.

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Baby King

Offer up gifts
To the Baby King
Let your voices ring
With a song offering.

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A Heart Like Yours

The Lord was born
In a cattle stall
Today He's born
In a heart like yours.

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Savior Born

Welcome to our world
Joy to the world
Our Savior is born
Come worship our Lord.

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The Everlasting Light

The Everlasting Light
Has beamed into our darkness
The Spark of that Ancient Light
Fills us with great brightness.

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One Word

It's all summed up
In the one word
That saved the world
Through David's Son.

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Divine Bambino

Divine Bambino
Did You know
As You were known
That You're God even in Your colt.

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Our Newborn King

Hossanna! Blessed
Is He that cometh
To our newborn King
Born on a night so still.

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Given To Us

A Child is born
Sent from above
The Son Of Love
Is given to us.

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Lord Of Love

Gentle Jesus
Lord of Love
You gave up so much
To give me such worth.

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God Incarnate's Bed

Three Wisemen
Three shepherds
One cattle shed
God Incarnate's bed.

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See That Baby

See that baby
Stars are watching
He is the Reason
For our rejoicing.

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Manifested In Style

You knew when it was time
To redeem mankind
You manifested in style
You gave us Your own light.

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Godbaby

Whoever thought
A Baby could be God
Who could ever believe
Immortality could wear mortality.

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Love From God's Bosom

Love of all loves
Love from God's bosom
Revealed in the Baby Jesus
Sweet love from above.

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Like Every Little Child's

Tears and smiles
Like every little child's
Bambino knew
He's good and kind too.

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Reason For Love

You must be the One
That my heart speaks of
The Christ of Christmas
The Reason for love.

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Gift Of Divine Love

The joy He brought to us
Is the gift of Divine Love
It rains down from above
It frees us from sin's bond.

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December 25

It's Christmas
All around the universe
December twenty five
Humanity comes alive.

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The Story Of Christmas

The story of Christmas
Is a story of patience
He came as a Baby Boy
And took the time to show His love.

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With Open Arms

He came with open arms
A Babe in swaddling bands
Peace and goodwill to man
Joy to the universe.

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Breathless Anticipating

Christmas is coming
Like a tidal wave approaching
We wait breathless anticipating
For an awakening celebrating.

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Wondrous Story

I know a story
A wondrous story
Of redeeming love
Come down at Christmas.

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Christmas Without Christ

Christmas without Christ
Is living without life
He's the Essence of the Season
The Presence of the Reason.

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Infant Hand

If I could hold
That Infant hand
I shall be made whole
My purpose grand.

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Myrrh-Laced Tales

Gold and frankincense
Our gifts to Immanuel
Worship in its purest sense
Myrrh-laced tales we tell.

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Celebrate The Coming Of Grace

We celebrate
The coming of Grace
In a newborn Babe
And we jubilate.

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The Night Was Still

The night was still
When they searched for a inn
They found a cattle stand
But it was all in The Plan.

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Then I Met Baby Jesus

I once thought love
Was a kind of award
Something you earned by worth
And then I met Baby Jesus.

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No Crib No Bed

No crib no bed
But a cattle shed
The shepherds heard
The same word we spread.

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Herod Was Told

Herod was told
By Wisemen of old
But he feared for his throne
And sent to kill him cold.

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Mystery Foretold

Bambino
Heaven only knows
The Mystery that was foretold
The grace You have shown.

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Love Is When

Love is when my Savior God
Took up the human form
And in a manger low was
Born the little Baby Jesus.

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Jewel Of The Earth

Shepherds and holy angels
Celebrated the coming
Of the Jewel of the Earth
The Baby who is our Peace.

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The Person Of Love

A Child was born
Sent from heaven above
He was manger-tossed
He was the Person of Love.

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Christmas Is An Anniversary

 Christmas
Is an anniversary
Kept with diligence
For the Most High explicitly.

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God's Gift To Us

Jesus, God's Gift to us
You brought hope to the world
Born lowly and poor
Jesus, God's Gift to us.

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Bethlehem's Spark

Lowly and meek
Loving and sweet
Bethlehem's Spark
I salute the Ancient Star.

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God Incarnate

You are the Savior
Gentle Baby Jesus
God Incarnate
I lift You with my praise.

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Life In Abundance

Baby Jesus is the Christ
We remember at Christmas
He came to give His life
Gave us life in abundance.

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Christmas Is For Love

Love is for Christmas
Christmas is for love
He saved the best for last
He saved us for His love.

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Swaddling Bands

He came to His own
And by faith we behold
The Babe in swaddling bands
Born to save the race of man.

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Distance Of A Sincere Heart

Merry Christmas
To you from the distance
Of a sincere heart
Abide in the Bleeding Heart.

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How Can These Things Be'

'How can these things be'
Asked the Virgin Mary
It's still a total mystery
The Divine in human body.

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Child In A Manger

Yes, He came
Yes, for to save
And yes, we remember
The Child in a manger.

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I Came To Adore

I came to adore
Baby Christ the Lord
I came to worship
Little Christ the King.

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Soothing Your Tender Voice

Soothing Your tender voice
As You heard Your mother's voice
Your piercing eyes
As strong as You're kind.

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'Honored By Cattle

Once a Baby
You came to us humbly
There was no Inn
So cattle took You in.

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We Chorus The Refrain

Stars proclaimed
The Good Message
Angels lifted the strain
Now we chorus the refrain.

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The Night Of The First Christmas

I've often wondered
What glory that manger
Impossibly encountered
On the night of the first Christmas.

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Manifold Love

Manifold love
Wondrous Counsellor
In a newborn Baby Boy
The Little Lord Jesus.

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Little Child

He is Lord
Though a Little Child
Worship and adore
Jesus who is called Christ.

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Became One Of Us

You have made us sons
Of the Most High God
You came down in love
Became one of us.

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To Those Who Know Not Love

Merry Christmas to all
To those who know not love
Christ was given for y'all
He came down at Christmas.

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It's Enough He Came

He came
It's enough He came
He came from above
To make us one with God.

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Back To God

Unconditional love
Became a Baby Boy
He came to turn the world
Heart and soul back to God.

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Sweetly

Humble King
Sweetly sleeps
A world of sin
He came to redeem.

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Our Witness

He was once a baby
He knows our frailty
He felt weakness
He is our witness.

Akpan

Immanuel Born

For Your love is sure
You have saved the world
Immanuel born
With us is God.

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Bed Of Hay

A bed of hay
Was where He lay
He was the King
Of Grace and Glory.

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Fragrance Of Gold

The fragrance of gold
And purest silver
I cast before Your colt
Away in a manger.

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Rebirth Of The Christ

Stars and angels
Sweet chiming bells
We bridging the time
Rebirthing the Christ.

Akpan

There's A Manger In My Heart

There's a manger in my heart
Where true Christmas restart
When the year rolls to an end
And we remember Immanuel.

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Gift Of Affection

In a lowly cattle shed
Gift of affection was shared
God came to man in the flesh
That man may come as himself.

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A Baby Above All Other

He is a Baby
Above all other
A Holy Thing
Come down at Christmas.

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Cattle Saw Him

The cattle saw Him
And started a-lowing
The angels saw Him
And heralded by singing.

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In Mary's Arms

In Mary's arms
You slept like a child
It was the Father's plan
Cause You're the Father Of Lights.

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A House For Baby Jehovah

It was a manger
That housed the Awesome Wonder
The Baby Great Jehovah
Watched over by His mother.

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Guarded By Cattle

The Great Shepherd
Was guarded by cattle
On the night of His birth
While Wisemen marveled.

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All Up In Your Face

It's all up in your face
You ain't got no case
I can't cool up my pace
You can't win this race.

Akpan

Waltz

I'm gonna waltz
Through that wall
And use that pall
To break my fall.

Akpan

Creative Factor

It's important
To unveil the potent
Creative factor
Within the common denominator.

Akpan

Between These Breasts

I'm giving hope
An eternal home
Between these breasts
Come take your rest.

Akpan

Worrying Buys You Stress

Worrying buys you stress
And hardly success
But if you dare to press
Your burdens will grow less.

Akpan

A Den Of Daemons

I'll go in to a den
Of daemons to find my end
If the need itself present
I dig what terror portend.

Akpan

Days

Gone are the days
Those beautiful days
The warm sunny days
Lasting blissful days.

Akpan

Set To The Plunder

I wonder
If fate is set to the plunder
If natural tendencies
Will blunder in their activities.

Akpan

So Much Time

I've given so much time
To the mastery of loaded rhyme
And now such grave sacrifice
Is paying out coded lines.

Akpan

Little Words

Little words
May trigger a great cause
And set the world
Switching its course.

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Breadth Away

I'm getting there
It's only a breadth away
I covered the length
The rest is child's play.

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A Man Within A Man

I am as I am
A man within a man
I am the mastermind of my plans
I walked thru the breadth of the land.

Akpan

All The Causes In The Universe

All the causes in the universe
Only one holds you by the balls
All the lifetimes has ever been
Only your life will set you free.

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Energy To Will

The energy to will
Is nurtured within
It's a product of individuality
Not the work of a genii.

Akpan

Fairytale Set

We belong
On a fairytale theater set
Where the moon's a glowing orange ball
And the stars pasted to the sky don't set.

Akpan

Nobody's Prob

I don't ask no favor
Than to be left to my endeavor
Don't wanna be nobody's prob
Just as long as I'm on my job.

Akpan

Workstation

Better get your work
Down to your workstation
And bend your back to the world
Until you see results.

Akpan

Souls Chained

Hate is a pain
Some folks indulge
And get their souls chained
And their hearts scorched.

Akpan

Articles Of My Mind

I'd love to find
The articles of my mind
And bind the sheaves in kind
Make certain I'm inclined.

Akpan

Bust The Confines

I'll be fine
When I bust the confines
Of statutory lines
And get my butt refined.

Akpan

Look Out For The Hordes

Look out for the hordes
Of change wheeling the storm
The cloud blots out the sun
Lifting the skirts of the ocean.

Akpan

Bring The Encore

Walk in the door
Spill on the floor
Out cold and raw
Bring the encore.

Akpan

Breathing Measured

Patiently
Watching the seconds ticking
Biding my time waiting
Breathing measured and heavy.

Akpan

Born With A Gun

Who was born

With his finger

On a gun

Wrapped around the trigger?

Akpan

Trade Your Ware Down South

I wanna ask you out
Out like spit from my mouth
Like the circus out of town
Go trade your ware down south.

Akpan

Like A Hood

Beam of the moon
Fueling my mood
Cleansing like a broom
Hugs me like a hood.

Akpan

A Good Yarn

Spin me a good yarn
Woven on the ant farm
Of nondescript body bags
And headless corpse in rags.

Akpan

Every Dawg

You use me now
But what goes around
You know what they say
Every dawg has his day.

Akpan

Wake Up To

I'm gonna wake up
To a brand new song
Stirred by a strong cause
Warming in a new sun.

Akpan

Glare Of The Day

I wanna fade
Into the landscape
Where my image pales
In the glare of the day.

Akpan

Whip Of The Whirlwind

I've been weaned
By the whip of the whirlwind
Thunder struck
By charges in a thunderstorm.

Akpan

Twin Arms Of The Cross

Twin arms of the cross
Casts its shadow on my cause
Outstretched arms give me succor
Steering me from all wrong.

Akpan

Heartbreaking News

Heartbreaking news
Will rarely amuse
It's sort of a misuse
Of your emotional fuse.

Akpan

Out The Old

Take out the old
Let the new unfold
Warm away the cold
And polish up the gold.

Akpan

Level Your Ball

It's what you're made of
That levels your balls
You gotta work on your stuff
You know when it's your call.

Akpan

Great Defeats

You can snap
A twig with a mild clap
Some great feats
Soon submit to defeat.

Akpan

Face Down Sound

Fall face down

On solid ground

You've been a clown

Make the disgrace sound.

Akpan

Come Too

Can I come too

Is there room for two

I won't be a burden too

This I promise you.

Akpan

I Spy Corridors Sublime

With my eyes on the sky
Squinting at the sunshine
Thru the windows of my mind
I spy corridors sublime.

Akpan

Cut For Me

My heart bleeds

For the eternal quality

A change soul transforming

A new thing cut out for me.

Akpan

Cab For A Crab

Would you flag a cab
For a bona fide crab
Would you set up a meet
Between the sun and a cool breeze.

Akpan

Shoot Me Off The Page

Taking the pains
To analyse my gains
Before I play the game
That shoots me off the page.

Akpan

Mission Assigned

Purpose by design
My mission is assigned
My script is cosigned
Thus fate is resigned.

Akpan

Technically

Technically, I'm a weakling
The world snobs people like me
But I keeping my faith in me
And persecutions don't buzz me.

Akpan

Oracles Of Fame

I'll be down the lane
Courting oracles of fame
In my come of age
Dawning a new day.

Akpan

A World Built With Words

You belong in a world
Built with forever words
Balanced on cadence
Strung on resonance.

Akpan

When Time's Tale Is Told

Time comes and goes
And the wary knows
When Time's tale is told
Like a tarp it will fold.

Akpan

All Things Out Of Place

I can tell the fate
Of all things out of place
That's the reason I'll paste
My mission all up in my face.

Akpan

Mount The Ledge

Decode the message
With the wisdom of a sage
Then go mount the ledge
And voice out your pledge.

Akpan

Whatever Connects

Whatever connects
Your soul will collect
On the feels you select
And will your failings correct.

Akpan

Deep-Seated Meditation

I'm given to meditation
Deep-seated concentration
I'm in love with progression
With personal promotion.

Akpan

Chains Are For Slaves

Chains are for slaves
And for the fashion crazed
Chains that can't be seen
Locks you in mental slavery.

Akpan

A Path That's Stalked

I don't wanna walk
Thru a path that's stalked
Though it's round my block
I'll be forced to use my glock.

Akpan

Who'll Save Your Butt

Don't break the heart
That soothes your hurt
When you need the curt
Who'll save your butt.

Akpan

Rogues Of Peace

Danger keeps the streets
From the rogues of peace
With its lethal insecurity
Chaos reigns in disunity.

Akpan

I Should Look It

I should look it
I know I should
But my heart refuses
To deal a clue.

Akpan

Giving Excuses

Don't get caught giving excuses
Your unique gift has its uses
Give a shout out to your muses
Eventually everyone loses.

Akpan

The Feeling Is Electric

The feeling is electric
Bordering on epileptic
Then it gets you dialectic
You're high and ecstatic.

Akpan