From the recording Sign of the Times: Volume 1 & 2
(B. Tabb, R. Box, G. Satchell, Jr, J. Ayers)
Written by Bryant “Beridox” Tabb (BMI), Ryland Box aka Rylan (BMI) and Glenn Satchell, Jr. aka GRs (BMI). Produced by Jarvis Ayers aka Jarvik7Beats for Christ Revolution Music (BMI).
Lyrics
Verse 1/Beridox
I’m coming to you live
Straight from the Philadelphia streets
And praise God over
Hardcore Hip-Hop Beats
Where we feast on
Bass and drums, so give the drummer some
Now that you know where I’m coming from
Let’s get it done
There’s many reasons some quit
From rocking with the King
Too much thinking on the wrong stuff
Can make us sink
Quicker than you blink
Your mind can play tricks on you
Make you think your weak
And got paper-mache armour
When inside of us God resides
To tell the truth, no one’s stronger than God
Ain’t it odd where we find ourselves
Residing
Like Jesus ain’t tell us who we should abide in
From now on I’m riding not hiding nor ducking or diving
There’s no surprise that God got our back so I
Roll with the Body of our Lord, on one accord
Picking up wounded soldiers, and preparing them for war
Chorus
Man Down
I don’t want to see no man down
Stretched out with his face on the ground
A yo pick em’ up
The word of God says pick em’ up
Now that’s love
Verse 2/Rylan
God it’s me, probably when people see me
They think theology, the oddity
They don’t know I struggled with pornography
Apologies, if you thought I was a prodigy
Nothing ever rocking me, nothing ever stopping me
It’s not true, I fell too, I just failed to tell you
And I veiled what Hell do, and appeared to sail through
Unscathed, truth is, I blood bathed
Was down but grace raised, now I give His name praise
Love covers, He never exposed me
He showed me He knows me, confirmed that He chose me
He broke where sin tried to hold, yeah
He took His righteousness and clothed me
Now I’m not the old me just like the Word told me, yeah
Don’t think for a minute that I did it
What I did was repented, God said forgiven and forget it
satan thought he sifted me, but love lifted me
And continually be giving me the victory
Chorus
Man Down
I don’t want to see no man down
Stretched out with his face on the ground
A yo pick em’ up
The word of God says pick em’ up
Now that’s love
Verse 3/GRs
Head up awaken to his righteousness
Pharisees, Sadducees ain’t liking this
Be ye holy in His likeness, life, while I’m writing this
Open heart, Christ can spit, bars of revelation, power packed
No resist, don’t be fighting it
This is food for your soul
Deeper than Granny’s cooking, yah, finger lick
Strangers trip, asking what they do to get
Come forth out of the grave, repent and be baptized
Instead of the bag, secure this gift
Eternal your Son was the price, now we too legit to quit
Yeah, your Word is the hammer
That’s breaking the rock in pieces
Warring with heavy armor
Coming for fellow soldiers that’s sleeping
In this field we are reaping
Yeah His Hand it is stretching
Right where you are He is reaching
Healing your brokenness
He is my addiction I’m fiendin
I be the sermon, my walk it is preaching
Resting upon me my strength in weakness
Chorus
Man Down
I don’t want to see no man down
Stretched out with his face on the ground
A yo pick em’ up
The word of God says pick em’ up
Now that’s love