From the recording Sign of the Times: Volume 1 & 2
(B. Tabb, A. Asson, J. Ayers)
Written by Bryant “Beridox” Tabb (BMI) and Anika Asson aka Lady Ay (BMI).
Produced by Jarvis Ayers aka Jarvik7Beats for Christ Revolution Music (BMI).
Lyrics
Verse 1/Beridox
Straight from the door
This is hardcore for sure
With the type of energy
To make you praise the Lord
His joy got me moving
Flying over my trials
No matter what the enemy brings
I sit back and smile
My profile is wild
Cause I serve God’s Child
Jesus, Lion of Judah
Who holds me down
Profound and bound
To make us all bow down
Much respect is due
To God from me and you
This is how we do
When His joy breaks through
What use to get us down
No longer holds us down
What use to get us amped
No longer get us amped
He rescued us from death
So it’s Him we thank
Some have more confidence
In money than God
Not recognizing to themselves
That their money is god
Lower case g’s we flee
Forsake idolatries
Not allowing fame, fortune
Or money dominate me
So who I be is still
A servant to the King
Like the Son
I walk around with the ring
Royalty because the Son
Made us righteous
Spotless because His Blood
Still washes
In power, in faith, in victory
I reign because of Christ no mystery
His Story is the truth like Ripley’s
Believe or Not, He’s God Almighty
Chorus
J, O, Y
Joy
Joy in the Holy Ghost
Joy in the Lord of Host
God is who I love most
I got Joy
Bridge
God’s joy will make you clap
God’s joy is what makes us rap
God’s joy is where it’s at
We speaking facts, straight, straight facts
Verse 2/Lady Ay
Sometime in life I can feel the pressure
Storm so strong, I try to dodge the weather
I can feel it holding me down like a suppresser
But then I read the Word and it lift me up
Like the joy of the Lord is my strength
No matter what happen I will not relent
And all the weapon that’s formed against
The Lord is my Deliverer, He come to my defense
Every time
He always been my Day 1
I give Him praise from sun up to sun down
No longer drowning in my sorrows
I know who holds tomorrow
I say rejoice, again I said rejoice
Clap your hands, man come on, make some noise
Give Him all the glory and honor
No longer a victim, in Christ we’re conquerors
So who I be is a daughter to the King
Like His child, I walk around with the ring
Royalty because the Son made us righteous
Spotless because His blood still washes
In power, in faith, in victory
I reign because of Christ, no mystery
His story is the truth like Ripley’s
Believe it or not, He’s God Almighty
Chorus
J, O, Y
Joy
Joy in the Holy Ghost
Joy in the Lord of Host
God is who I love most
I got Joy
Bridge
God’s joy will make you clap
God’s joy is what makes us rap
God’s joy is where it’s at
We speaking facts, straight, straight facts
Verse 3/Beridox
The Joy of the Lord
Has me on the floor
When I don’t usually dance
Now I throw up my hands
And move with the Spirit
Looking like King David
But keeping my clothes on
Some things got to be sacred
With God I can make it
I don’t have to fake it
I know I can take it
My will, had to break it
His will, had to take it
No longer, in the Matrix
God’s Plan, had to Drake it
Surrender to His way
It keeps me moving
Allows life to be smooth and
Frees me from the pressures
That want to stop His movement
I fight for improvement
As God works on me
Word works in me
The Word chastens me
So who I be is still
A servant to the King
Like the Son
I walk around with the ring
Royalty because the Son
Made us righteous
Spotless because His Blood
Still washes
In power, in faith, in victory
I reign because of Christ no mystery
His Story is the truth like Ripley’s
Believe or Not, He’s God Almighty
Chorus
J, O, Y,
Joy
Joy in the Holy Ghost
Joy in the Lord of Host
God is who I love most
I got Joy
Bridge
God’s joy will make you clap
God’s joy is what makes us rap
God’s joy is where it’s at
We speaking facts, straight, straight facts