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Before I Die - Kirk Franklin



     
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Brothers and sisters
I'm feelin' real good cuz it ain't over
Right before I die I gotta liveLive out my dreams
so I can be what He planned for me
not just for me but so they can see
much more of Him and less of
right before I die I gottaLove my enemies, forgive the past
and set 'em free so I can free
free up the things
every blessing God has for me
see it's for me, not just for you
I had to learn from what I've been through
I can't go through that way again
be hurt by you that way again
It's not the endI used to be afraid to die
I used to be afraid to try
cause I was too afraid of knowing
what failing looked like

but the son came to give me life
now I feel like I can touch the sky
I'm ready if you're readyGet up and live right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right now
Get up and live right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right nowRight before I die I gottaChange
change how I think
change how I speak
I'm not the same
so when I speak
you don't hear the pain
no longer weak
with no one to
right before I die I gottaBecome more like you
take up my cross
to count the cost
cause I was lost
that's why I praise you
you're the only God
I don't know what they do
But I know I used to be afraid to dieSo the next time you think of me
and you wonder where would I be
without each blessing that helped me to see
life is much more than things
how you live is more than how you sing
when I die what did I really mean, I mean,Say what? Say what now?
As we proceed, to give you what you need
somebody, anybody, everybody, screamLord have mercy
I told you it ain't over for you
I see you livin'
I see you makin' it
Right before I live I have to die.

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Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970 in Riverside, Texas) is a platinum-selling musician who blended gospel, hip hop, and R&B in the 1990s. He released his first gospel album, Kirk Franklin & Family, in 1993, and is known as the leader of contemporary gospel choirs such as Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, and God's Property.


A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he was raised by his aunt, Gertrude Franklin. He developed a talent for music early, playing the piano at age four and becoming music director of his church at age eleven. After getting kicked out of school in his teenaged years, having a girlfriend become pregnant, and after a friend was shot to death he returned to the church. After leading the DFW Mass Choir at the 1990 Gospel Music Workshop of America Convention, he organized "The Family", a seventeen-voice choir, in 1992 and began his recording career.

He has integrated hip hop styles with gospel themes in albums such as The Nu Nation Project and God's Property, which achieved success on the Billboard Pop Album, R&B and gospel charts.
Franklin has collaborated with the biggest names in gospel music, including Tonex, Donnie McClurkin, Richard Smallwood, Crystal Lewis, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Jaci Valesquez, and Willie Neal Johnson. He also has displayed a willingness to collaborate with artists in the secular realm, including Bono, Mary J. Blige, Crystal Lewis, and R Kelly in the hit single, "Lean on Me."

On October 4, 2005, his new long-awaited album Hero was released, with latest single Looking for You.
Franklin's songs are published by Zomba Music Publishing, a division of BMG Music Publishing.

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