Lyrics: Yeah, it’s Kaptivated on the mic / yeah, I rap to raise him up / accolades or none / I'll be adamant and never be ashamed, I can make that oath like an affidavit, uh / that’s right, that’s right, you should know what I’m about by now / a thousand miles an hour’s / how I’m wilding out / when I spit it with a feeling quicker than amphetamine I leave the crowd like, "How?" / sometimes that’s how I like to do this thing / but God gave the grant, like Ulysses / so it ain’t me, no it ain’t me, saying that it’s me’s the quickest way to make a fool of me / so I fall on him like a domino / making sure the Word is read (red) and processed like hot cheetos / amigo, this is the finale, let’s see / 16th Sixteen number 16 / yeah, they thought it wouldn’t work, but I’ve been through much worse than this / and worse hurt than this / it makes perfect sense / ‘cause the hurt made me swerve to his Word in adversity / so I lean on Jesus / who can say to the waves, “Stay tranquil” / listen, when I’m resting in him, ain’t a single situation that I'm gonna face that I can’t do

Lyrics: Yo, it’s harder to be honest than I thought it would be / often what you see is a cropped and flawless drawing, nah, that’s not me / I put up a beautiful wall, and call it the real me / I act like I’m cleaner than y’all, when really I’m guilty / I'm filthy, willing, to put up a front to impress / confessing only the sins that others confess / and cover the rest / I cover the rest / why? / it’s pride / I’m hiding behind these lies / no, hiding myself from life / going to church, and / not showing my worst sins / or burdens / I'm in the crowd, but alone / I could make a sound, but I won’t / I don’t wanna make it 'bout my own soul / no, ‘cause then I gotta humble myself / and run to his help / and all that stuff that I ain’t tryna do right now, I’m just gonna cover my filth / I gotta be honest / no, I gotta fight to be honest / to go to the cross with all this / gotta drop my pride and call him / and his church, yeah / gotta stop hiding my hurting / gotta be willing to be disgraced, the price of life is high, is it worth it?

Lyrics: They say, "The moment that you're born–thats the moment you start dying" / yeah, what's killing you is time / what's killing you is time / yeah, timeless–they think they timeless / but, if they were honest / every second and minute that passes is getting them closer to lay in the coffin and they have forgotten / they don't know how much they got / time could come and cut you off / you could not wake up tomorrow / yeah / get used to it–it's true for you and I / we emit a backwards view of time–get it? / you gotta stop wasting your time / the things that you do in this life / affect what you do after death / and every second you spend is a second you never get back / so take a step back / is that game really worth it? / that sin really worth it? / you won't get no reimbursement / oh no / that clock’s gon' tick tock with or without you / so look, time is a gift from God, let's use it to live and announce truth / it isn't about you / use time less for the lifeless / and before we’re time-less let’s use time for the Timeless...One

Lyrics: 16th Sixteen–gotta start it off right / can't believe it's already been a year / often I think it's weird / God must've interfered / it's not cause I'm strong that applause in this sinner's ear / hasn't really made me fall off / it’s actually made me want God / and that’s all God / and that’s not me / this year’s been crazy, nah mean? / I mean, I’ve been through a lot / my Father is shaping me, making me more like his Son / performing at Kollaboration opened the door for so many more that I’ve done / and now the place I stand is so far from the place I was / I’m in a new season, now / getting ideas out / I’m eager bout it / now I’m tryna make the most of this timing / yeah, I’m putting all these old things from this past season behind me / and that means, the last 16th Sixteen's gonna be in August / yeah, I’m moving on - I’m moving on - finna work on a full-length project / so watch out, don’t sleep - thanks to every one who has backed this / that Sam Ock contest, really, y’all don’t even know how much that meant / and I’m finna give back to y’all—Kaptivated bout to get reinstated, homie / y'all better keep up, because the season’s changing / homie

Lyrics: [Verse 1] I’ve always heard / living in a fallen world is hard / but I never really knew what that meant until I saw the scars / on the hearts / of the people in despair / lonely and groaning, and ain’t nobody cares / from the people who are desperate for community / depressed and even losing sleep / stressed from the pressure to get into the school to please / parents who relentlessly press for they kids to be better off than they were / to the souls going wayward / they know they falling face-first / the pain hurts / but they’re way too ashamed to be praying a prayer / the stained shirt / is a testament / that cutting is their medicine / and lusting is a rest for them / and drugs’ll leave them emptiest / and, we believers--we just focused on ourselves / and it breaks my heart, how are we so selfish? / we just doing what’s the easiest / when did God’s people only serve based on what’s the most convenient? / it’s heartbreaking [Verse 2] So come on, we gotta stand up and stop putting self first / yeah, it isn’t easy, but we lean on the Helper / see--that’s the problem--we forget our first love / we forget what Jesus had to suffer on the cross and for what / but this didn’t happen overnight / it was week after week letting what the world says override / what the Word has organized / your desires / start getting more aligned / with foreign lies / our priorities are like / Satan’s / and they wonder why I’m grieving? / they wonder why I take it so serious and plead with them? / the day he has these kids committing suicide / is the same day the devil will have compromised you and I / we’ve been shown the only comfort in this life / and that is Jesus Christ / and that’s so with the same comfort we can comfort lives / like the kinds I described / get your mind off these lies / and your mind up on Christ / it’s time for us to rise up / I’m tired of hearing people saying that they don’t got time / to get up in the Scriptures or pray--that’s a lie / see, they got time to study but no time for the Word? / they got time for these girls but no time for the Church? / yo, it’s heartbreaking [Verse 3] Now I don't want to be a hypocrite / haughty and bigoted / I gotta admit that / this is not just for you listening / I am not perfect / no, I'm not perfect / I have wronged people / thought evil thoughts / cost people lots / probably was the awfull-est of them all / but I could change by the Gospel of God / see, when I say I didn't care, believe me / I didn't wanna help the needy and grieving / but even for the ones who don't like loving people / isn't there forgiveness at the Cross? / you can come and be forgiven of your faults / forgiven of your flaws / he took all of your punishment, he did it at the cross / there is no greater love, yo he laid his life down / now we can lay our lives down / even when it might sound / crazy / yo he saved me / so how can I not do the very same thing? / how can I not show love when I’ve been shown love? / how can I be selfish when this life is not my own, bruh? / see, when you realize what Jesus did it’s / possible to die to yourself, even when it’s heartbreaking

Lyrics: Man, look at all I have! Well, actually / I'd rather be / looking at the things / that I haven't been given / a platform that's biggest / a major that's interesting, (but nah) / I gotta be grateful / gotta be thankful / man, there's people out there struggling for a job / what am I doing when I be complaining? / man it's crazy / it's crazy / I may not be reaching the thousands / but dozens are hearing the truth through my music and that's what it should be about, man / what I'm saying's / that when it comes to gifts, we can't just pick and choose / I got a family and a woman I'm committed to / and most of all I got Jehovah Jirah / when the only thing I earned was to be thrown in the fire / yeah that's right, bruh / I'm Kaptivated, can't forget what captivated, nah / that's the reason why I gotta be grateful / gotta be thankful

Lyrics: I've known you for the longest time / I've seen you cry, and I've seen you grow / these past 2 years we've changed together / rejoiced and went through pain together / couldn't pray for a better / man to bring me through my pain and loss / my deepest need's the Gospel, and every moment you point to the cross / yeah, that's what you do, you a true man, one of the few that's left / and I'm well aware your reputation lately isn't the best / some would call you a hypocrite, but the Lord has seen your repentance / your penitence / and I - I can testify you're a blessing / and not because you're perfect, but because you cling to Christ / and you hate the sin that entangles you, and so you gotta bring it to light / and you fight / in the Scriptures / on that Romans 8:13 / in the army, home, or church you always labor faithfully / and yes, I know very well--you're not gonna want me to sing your praises / but I'm just thankful that the Father's shown you grace, so / let's keep pressing on in our faith and keep on living out this life / knowing that the faithful unto their deaths are gonna receive the crown of life

Lyrics: After several seasons, I'm still spittin' sixteens / seeing souls seldom see a savorous Savior it seems / individuals idle and idolizing images / imitating insolence and insisting we innocent / isn't it in excess? We express our expletives / extremely explicit, we're exiting excellence / to tell the total truth, we totally tainted and torn too / took the true Teacher to the tree and to the tomb too / even excluding everybody from every error / but Elohim, eminence-emptied, ended the enemy's evil when he entered / oh yes sir, now no one nefarious can not know new nights / there's no one the Nazerene's name can not naturalize / so I express these emotions even now / so individuals examine the eternal Elohim's nature / so you gon' either see this or you gonna say you can't see / both John 3:16 and the three sixteens

Lyrics: Father, I pray for the masses and everyone who hears this / souls that I've never met; souls that are dearest / to me / they would see / and believe / Lord, please / even people who I lead to think you're evil / I'm weak, Lord / show them the broad way will murder them / and they will never be able to say, "God, I never heard of this!" / they knew; they know, and I pray you'd make it change them / and save them / until they're in the grave, Father chase them / I pray for my brother who has fallen away / forgotten your grace / like, how could this happen? / can't grasp it / it's even really hard to pray this prayer and share despair / nowhere / is there reason to believe he's coming back / it's scary / I'm hearing these stories / Lord, please / my plea is you'd restore him before he's no more, please / I know I played my part in pushing him away, but God, I know that you can make miracles happen, you did it to me / I pray you would comfort Kevin's family / he was only 23, but it was in your plan that he had to leave / it seems the devil was victorious / but in this, I pray you'd make yourself even more glorious / and I pray that you would open up our eyes to see / we're gonna face the same fate at our time to leave / so lead us to repentance unto life, God / so that when our life stops / we're seen as righteous / I pray, God, I pray that your name would be hallowed / not only here, but every place in the entire globe / I pray your will be done as it is in heaven / and I pray you would forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors / and don't lead us to temptation but deliver us / from the evil one / for yours is the kingdom / the power, the glory, forever and ever / the power, the glory forever, amen

Lyrics: The world telling me to hide my faith / trying to say the worldview I'm living is ridiculous / it's missing intelligence, isn't it? / that's what they told me / saying that it's missing reason, but really the only / reason they can use their reason is because they know the holy / God is real / homie, check with Romans 1 / you know he's real, homie / so I'mma stand up for what I believe in / the only way to get to heaven is through faith in Jesus / and marriage is between a man and woman--even then / it isn't marriage if it isn't about Jesus, man / I'm serious / I'm not gonna just stand idle / if anything, I want to be ridiculed because I believe in the Bible / oh I know / they wouldn't care / if they couldn't hear / if I couldn't share / but I have to / they don't feel me? They can kill me; I could die for my master / and this nation really isn't far from it / our women already slaughter the innocent and often it's / like believers like to stay quiet / they love it when I preach the Gospel what about when I apply it? / like--what I do, dude? / this is to you / stand firm, speak up, let the truth loose

Lyrics: Twisted, like bottle caps / that was me when I fiended for lots of cash / and on top of that / I was finding my significance in all of that / modern trash / I was after / I wanted to be satisfied faster / by that wack stuff / so I used people / I was too evil / I was loving my sin 'til He scooped me up / and I / I'm new now / He took my curse like a rude mouth / got rid of it the minute that he said that it was finished and he resurrected me, I'm on a new route / He intervened and showed me the Son / I'm beholding the Son / without clouds / listen up for my next mixtape / man it's insane / I've already started the countdown / so even though my burdens are heavier it doesn't mean that I'm taking a break / I'm aiming to make a tape even if only a dozen get saved by his grace through it all / I'm making sure that my life - no it ain't wasted / staying on top of my grind like a skater / when I be spitting I speak of the Savior / 'cause scarlet is white from His discoloration

Lyrics: J. Kim told me, "It's a long way," so I'm trying to walk the straight and narrow / and arrows / pointing me away, but the Heir rose / so I know my soul is kept / even though I'm so distressed / though I tend to rest in my would's (woods) like a birds nest / I'm purchased / in spite of my inadequacies / adamantly at it attacking them, I'm Adam and Eve / and how can it be? / even so, he thought it fit to clothe me / in his Son's obedience / through bleeding he could see me holy? / this is the reason why I live and die / and spit these rhymes / the reason why I'm Kaptivated's 'cause I'm hid in Christ! / but I'm hearing all their insults being thrown in the air - can't / hold on to derailing (the railing) like I'm walking up a staircase / true faith is desperate for Christ - see Luke 5 / 17 to 26 / in my new life / my thoughts are on track like a waveform / living by faith, and not in nothing but my Savior / the great LORD

Lyrics: Look, I gotta speak my mind / 'cause the things in my mind - I can't keep 'em quiet / I'm giving this music a second thought / 'cause the work's taking many more seconds than I thought / even though I grind / my rhymes ain't climbing / spending all my time writing lines when / I don't even feel them, but I try / keep hitting the ceiling, but the sky's / what I'm reaching for / what I'm grinding towards / said, "The craft's gotta kill," so I'm trying more / yeah I'm putting in work, but I've heard things / 'bout the industry, it ain't how it sure seems / I don't wanna believe them, but I know they're true, and / I'm wondering if I really wanna go in to it / I'm only a newbie / hoping to do great / but I can't touch 'Crae - like a wall of new paint / plus with all that I'm aiming to be / what if all the fame starts getting to me? / and man, what if I'm dope but I'm so fake / killer punch lines but I'm cold and don't pray / no faith inside of me / I'm no great anomaly / only going in for the sake of rocking beats / I don't want to be that soul / pretty outside but inside I'm cold / so Father please, I'm on my knees and pleading / this passion that you gave me - ain't it in me for a reason? / I'm trying to preach your Word, but I don't even have a platform / God, I ask, what's my passion for this craft for?

Lyrics: Check this innocence / hidden in the Christ / life righteous living it like / on my own, I had lived the perfect life of Christ / when he died the death i should've rightly died / and he lived the life that I could never live / now Christ is my rest - something like a sedative / thank God that I heard the good news / praise God that my old self died - call it good noose / I said I'm living for the glory of the King / man there ain't no other aim / I was saved / when I gazed up / upon my dying Savior / how he raised up / now he's reigning (raining) like precipitation / praise Him / you can say I'm changed up / cause he gave me sense now / took my sins down / while a Gentile / now I'm his child / I've been healed by his lacerations / now I proclaim it, call me Kaptivated, yeah

Lyrics: I'm back in / ain't backing down / just backing / hip hop 'cause all it's got is all these talking and no walking scoffers / I'll be gone / the day that they stop talking 'bout they dollars / finally talking 'bout the truth / and keeping in mind these suffering youth / and that's never / so I guess my endeavor won't end ever / evidently 'cause every single one of these rappers after wack stuff maranatha / come quick / I long for the day that I'll finally see God / I long to leave and be gone / but it's not about me / I gotta feed y'all / I don't think I'm holier I just know Christ is holiest / and on my chest / is where your solace is / 'cause honestly / you not in wisdom / and I ain't perfect but I trust in the one who's perfect / but yo, for real, they need someone to trap they mouths (mouse) like vermin / I'm serious / I can't count how many crushed by their loneliness / and these rappers rub it in they face like how they holding chicks / knowing this / how can I not speak out / putting my feet down / Imma get up on the microphone and keep on taking hits like Rocky Balboa / I'm not gon' slow up / WHAT

Lyrics: 16th sixteen - gotta start it off right / I can get it all night / alright / Kaptivated gotta be given a minute when he's spitting even if it ain't for dividends / isn't it / for the music? / it's not hip hop / if I do it for the money, for the women, for the pic shots / it's way more than getting to the top / the top won't stop hip hop from dying / they enslaved to the game and the fame and guess what - they don't even know / they can trample me under their feet cuz I'm aiming for their soles (souls) / get it? / I'm the newest breed / homie you can see / you ain't used to me / I ain't using these / beats to fuel my needs / the reason is greater than what you perceive / look, this dude's redeemed, now I'm living like I'm living / spittin' lyrics for these kids that only got the raps they listen to / they outcasts because they don't look like Outkast? / 'cause nobody they heard of look like them / rappers all either black or got white skin / and they don't got either, neither do I / and these kids need hope - 'swhy I'm fighting the fight / and I'm climbing the heights / and I'm writing these rhymes / they never heard nobody they can even liken to I / k-to-the-a-p-t-i-vated / that's who I am, what I am by my Maker / and I'm pushing to deliver excellence - ain't enough of that up in the game / so listen close, the fact of the matter is there ain't nobody speaking to my people / it's like hip hop hates them, and the effects are more than lethal / hip hop's imprisoned, I intend to get the bail out / plus - my supplier infinite - that means I'll never sell out