Accept Christ Before It's Too Late

by Jon Banks

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1.	I Knew The Truth When I Was Young 00:59	info	buy track
2.	You Don't Know Better Than God 01:15	lyrics	buy track
Man, you don't know better than God give it up you wanna do drugs, have sex, live it up remember what comes up, gotta come down you making fake friends but they wont stick around i was straight livin this in a bando then i found my deliverance, no banjo, had to stick to my guns, felt like Rambo me against the whole world, pass me the ammo YEAH, CAN I GET A WITNESS? (HELL YEAH) CAN I PLEASE GET A WITNESS? (HELL YEAH) Y'ALL THINK I'M GONNA QUIT THIS? (HELL NO) Y'ALL TRYNA GET WIT' THIS? (HELL YEAH) THEN PRAISE GOD Jon Banks lost friends, yeah, what's new who's crying over spilled milk, just you I trust God, I will never ever trust you fightin for the Word every day, one-two God gave me a gift, now I know why all my haters just drowned, now they float by all my friends just left, now i know why no i never feared death, now i know why YEAH, CAN I GET A WITNESS? (HELL YEAH) CAN I PLEASE GET A WITNESS? (HELL YEAH) Y'ALL THINK I'M GONNA QUIT THIS? (HELL NO) Y'ALL TRYNA GET WIT' THIS? (HELL YEAH) THEN PRAISE GOD
3.	Hate Crime 02:12	lyrics	buy track
If you don't like what I like, that's a hate crime Unless you livin' outside of the state line Never took their advice, but they take mine A great soul that's attached to a great mind Great find, if you just found this Cause I'm bound to go outta bounds, I'm boundless Yeah I'm down to the underground, let's pound fists Yeah, people 'round town always think I sound pissed But That's passion That's action Can't get no satisfaction Dropped to my knees, prayed to the Lord at this point, what can i say to ya, lord? I'm right 99 times out of one hundred but I was wrong when I tried to run from ya Now I'm back and black, call it ac/dc plus I'm light-skinned so they hate to see me ...It'll make sense but it takes time what heals your heart kinda breaks mine Yeah, it'll make sense but it takes time So for now, we're the victims of a hate crime. Real talk, you a sheep, I’m a black one Couldn’t act dumb truth told I’m that one I feel superior, flowing like a Great Lake A One take Jake with a buncha fake Drakes For Pete sake, I keep winning like a sweepstakes but these stakes about as real as a deepfake hold God close to you like a keepsake keep praying nonstop til ya knees break
4.	Christ Is Lord 01:52	lyrics	buy track
Who you gonna call when you can't breathe? GOD Who you gonna call when you can't leave? GOD Who you gonna call when you can't see? GOD IMA CALL GOD WHEN I DON'T KNOW IMA CALL GOD WHEN THEY WONT GO IMA CALL GOD WHEN THEY DONT SHOW IMA CALL GOD ON DEATH ROW Gimme my award, I am doc zhivago More alone than a Christian in Chicago More outspoken than Trump in Maralago Christ take the wheel, where you go, I go Who you gonna call when you can't breathe? GOD Who you gonna call when you can't leave? GOD Who you gonna call when you can't see? GOD IMA CALL GOD WHEN I DON'T KNOW IMA CALL GOD WHEN THEY WONT GO IMA CALL GOD WHEN THEY DONT SHOW IMA CALL GOD ON DEATH ROW
5.	freestyle3 [3.31.22] 00:41	info	buy track
6.	Can I Preach? 01:30	lyrics	buy track
(Can I preach?) The wage of sin is death That’s why I thank God with every breath Open your Bible, pay your debt Give it to Christ, He won’t forget Now, that’s one thing I don’t regret Don't rep no city don’t rep no set I rep my church, now that's a bet from sunrise until sunset you better believe i'm not done yet walls will fall to my trumpet i once had a cross to bear and now it's dangling from my neck I used to worry about this life but now i don't cause i got next used to whisper to the Lord now I'm saying it with my chest you gotta Accept Christ cause there's--No Exception. because Except Christ there is---No Acceptance. (x2) if you can hear this song then Jesus put me in yo path if you can feel this song, then Jesus Christ would like you back if you would bump this song, then you a soldier go attack and if you would write this song then hit me up, let's run it back on God Can I preach? Can I preach? I dont' wanna live---can I preach? I don't wanna live... Can I preach?
7.	We Loved Once And True 02:14	lyrics	buy track
Hip-hop phenomenon, y’all know I go on and on, I’m Allah, it’s Ramadan, In my prime, like Amazon, I speak your tongue, like Babylon, I talk real shit, you babble on, got here myself, no tagalong, bitch you can't touch my catalogue, ...I'm fucked when I touch down, I’m a real-ass nigga and I stuck round, two middle fingers up to the love life, no time for the shit cause i love life, thinking bout going back to the thug life, gotta scratch that itch like a bug bite, I don’t think that I should, but I just might, cause your boy needs rent money to-night i’m in the dub boy, never was a question, i heard ya mixtape bro it gave me indigestion, I See these rappers flexin’, but they aint really got it, worried bout the presentation, they aint gotta product (x2) “Real talk God has touched my life in so many ways and is the only light, quote me, the only light through this darkness. Praise be to God, I’ve seen it, I’ve felt it, I’ve heard it, it’s real. And it ain’t up for debate, it’s really not. Truthfully, I’m not spiritual, religious or any of that vague shit. I’m praising Jesus Christ what the hell are you doing? Straight up, God is the one nigga who ain’t let me down yet. And that includes myself. Amen."
8.	The Fam 02:10	lyrics	buy track
They killed ‘em all without a trace, my verse was made in outer space, yeah, truth be told, I’m not a race, I got a trace of every single face, up in the place/ yeah see, my taste—is underrated, overstated, debated and under-appreciated, I hate it, but it’s what i created—it’s the age of the people, yeah, it’s the age of the evil, I saw a chick shootin’ H with s insulin needle / every word that they're speakin's an apology, acknowledging, Nothing I care about, chronologically, What’s stoppin’ me, it’s gettin’ harder, why do I bother, I wanted a daughter, and I'm guessing’ that you really needed a father, But we cant be those souls, or ever fill those roles, Of those who taught us nothing--but they still came close I just wanna be the type of man that gave a damn about the Fam.
9.	Whatchu Sayin' At The Gates?! 01:58	lyrics	buy track
Whatchu saying at the gates when you get there? Hope you got the story straight, life is not fair, I'm lookin God in the eyes, I am not scared, Lord Father, please tell me how I got here Now I'm sensing, Now I'm sensing evil in my family, that's why half these motherfuckers cant stand me, I'm giving everything to Christ, no plan B And if you really wanna fight, I'm like 3,2,1,0 UNGH If you really want it, I can bring it out like UNGH Magic really happen when I'm scrappin' I'm like UNGH I don't think about it, I just do it, I'm like UNGH and when the fight is over you gon' look at me like: Jon Banks really fears no man, I been walking this path like a nomad, Yeah the devil lost me, he is so mad But he took my best friend and I'm so sad But the fight keeps goin' in the backdrop, Yeah I'm not a Bad Boy but I can't stop, Yeah If I die preaching, if I get shot, I pray I end up at the gates like 3,2,1,0 UNGH If you really want it, God can bring it out like UNGH Magic really happen when I'm rappin' I'm like UNGH I don't think about it, I just do it, I'm like UNGH and when this life is over you'll be lookin' up like "huh"
10.	A Vessel 02:10	lyrics	buy track
They said Jon you too old to be rappin', on God, But my story starts at 30, like Christ our God Tryna push the Devil out, tryna pull the Lord in Stop the flow, let em know, who i am and how I been [producer's note: stop the entire beat for this lyric] instead of puttin' on a show braggin' bout how I sin Bout to switch whatchu know, I'ma do it yet again It's a bitch yeah I know, I ain't changin' on a whim this is now, not then, this for Him, not them Been a long time coming... truth told--I spent a long time running somethin' gotta give and I am somethin' i refuse to be used like nothing I'm comin'... as a child, I dressed as Moses for Halloween I will find that boy, he was meant for greater things 'Tween a rock and a hard place He can move boulders God woke me up So, I never need Folger’s They only really hate you when you’re telling the truth I ain't even mad, bro—you should do what you do And I think I'll do the same but in Jesus' name You can risk your soul for the money and fame That was never my aim, the Holy Father took over Daddy left me so the Father took over Sorry Jay-Z---but there's only one HOVA Call me crazy but don't call til it's over
11.	Meet Me 01:30	lyrics	buy track
I dont wanna leave the moment might not get another moment if you tell me that you're gonna be there--be there. I dont wanna leave the moment might not get another moment if you tell me that you're gonna be there--be there. God's got my back my sides and my front Steady clockin' in Employee of the Month I shall live twice but die only once this for my lonely ones til we meet the Holy One oh yeah, i know everywhere that i go God is gon' be watchin' me even when the night cold walkin' on a tight rope every time i write prose this is not what i chose this is what he asked of me who am I to tell Him no? baby, i won't tell Him no i can tell you that these people never knew what i would know too many people livin' online livin' online just cause we Instagram friends doesn't mean we really friends that's only online only online let me hit you where it hurts come and meet me at my church I dont wanna leave the moment might not get another moment if you tell me that you're gonna be there--be there. I dont wanna leave the moment might not get another moment if you tell me that you're gonna be there--be there. credits
12.	God is Seven 01:57	lyrics	buy track
with the Bible in my hand Evil we defeat i am liable to stand where the weak retreat i'm still alive, i died, but tell me, am i in heaven man is 5, the devil is 6, God is 7 simple math, add it up it's always been the same jesus name above all others, that's a simple thing, kiss the ring, Word of God my hot sauce i put that ish on everything the devil's singing songs of defeat i will never sing God is a mirror and God is a test he's reflecting who you are, nothing more or less if you aint likin' what you're seein and you're feelin' shook then read ya bible, go to church and take another look Yo, This ain't the time to be a halfway Christian Only full measures get a shot at God's treasures Oh, I bet you thought that you really were a Christian? But do you follow God's Word like a nerd? With the Bible in my hand Evil we defeat i am liable to stand where the weak retreat i'm still alive, i died, but tell me, am i in heaven man is 5, the devil is 6, God is 7
13.	Appraise God 03:04	lyrics	buy track
I've lost each friend that I've had just cause I follow the path I feel like I'm being tested I don't wan't none of them back We in a war for our souls it's finally time to attack We were put here for one reason We were put here for one reason You can keep all your emotions You can keep all of the culture y'all wanna nigga to fail Ya'll just be waitin' like vultures I ain't got no more opinions you can just look up the Word I ain't got nothin to tell you cause these were never my words if i don't sound too familiar then you might wanna pray all our time's running out i would do it today When He come to your door, tell me whatchu gon do? You ain't lookin at Him but He's lookin' at you, stop playin' with God, you better say it with heart, before the house burn down like Isaiah Rashad you ain't playin the odds, if you wrong about this you might get cash but you won't get bliss So, I'm prayin for ya dog... Prayin' for ya dog... Nah nah--I'm prayin for ya dog, prayin for ya dog... Tonight, I'll be praying for you Tonight, I'll be praying for you Tonight, I'll be praying for you I hope you feel it. I hope you feel it... I hope you feel it... I pray you feel it... Lay your hands on him

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recorded from march 31st 2022 to october 11th 2023

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released December 30, 2023

produced by godzay katana

written, recorded, performed, mixed & mastered by jon banks
single art/photography by jon banks
album art/photography by jon banks