Have ever heard a song playing and feel the artist was singing or rapping about your life? It feels like you are inside each words, each rhyme, rhythm. And sometimes hearing these songs helps you feel at ease, because the song lets you know you are not alone, and there are people out there going through what you are going through and they understands.
These songs from DAX are exactly what my lives is about and how i feel most of the time. Listening to this song helps me stay calm, strong, it reminds me I am not alone and there is a way out in God.
Book of Revelation
Dax is Asking questions from God about Humanity and about other things Written in The Holy Book of Revelation also called the Apocalypse of John, Revelation to John or Revelation from Jesus Christ.
The lyrics of this song are all questions, questions most people ask each day through personal pain or the pain of the trouble in the world right now. I hope we get the answers to these questions and others life questions we have deep in our soul.
Lyrics
I can’t sleep
I keep thinking about this
What if, with everything that’s going on, the world really is coming to an end?
Then what?
Intro
What if it isn’t a lie? (What if?)
Verse 1
What if we make it to heaven and don’t get inside? (What if?)
What if we get to the gates and see God on the other side and he looks us in our face and says our whole lives we’ve wasted time?
What if we can’t go back? (What if?)
What if we can’t redo this life and get one second chance?
What if our future happiness is memories of our past (God)
While we burn forever haunted by the devil’s laughs? (Hahahaha)
Why?
Why do we push them away? (Why?)
And why do the ones we work to keep never actually stay? (Why?)
Why do we focus on tomorrow and forget about today (Why?)
And smile in everybody’s face and try and act like we’re okay?
Why do we live this way?
Why do we hate?
Why do we fight?
Why do we act like there’s time and got more than one life?
Why? (Answer me)
Why? WHY!? Why? Why?
I’m older and looking for truth
I’m holding my faith in my hand but the pain in this world has been shaking it loose
I used to have so much to gain
Now I have so much to lose
They say I’m crazy for looking for answers
I say they crazy for not giving proof
Vision is blurred, I’m over concerned
I’m looking at God to see if life with him is something I’ve earned
…
But Satan is strong, God, and most of your people are losing the fight (We try)
So what if we fail?
What if we can’t escape his lies? (What if?)
What if we can’t change, what if he still controls our minds?
Where do we run?
Where do we go?
Who do we talk to?
We look around and everyone we see is lost too (Fuck)
What if life was just some test that we all do? (What if?)
What if you were busy when we called you?
Verse 2
What if hell’s on earth?
What if being born is dying, and dying’s birth?
Would that mean life’s not God’s gift but the devil’s curse?
And to live was to be evil ’cause it’s words reversed?
What if the devil entered a pastor and he led a church?
What if we looked for the truth, but didn’t know where to search? (Where?)
What if the books they said to read had never been your words? (What if?)
What if we chose to follow you but we still had that urge?
Will you forgive us for our sins and let us in your world?
God we at the gates (What if?)
We couldn’t see, hear, or touch you, but we had faith
We know we messed up, we human and we make mistakes
So we just begging we get in and that you’ll have grace (Please)
God!
What if we didn’t mean it?
What if the place we grew up forgot to teach it?
What if we never even got the chance to go and seek it?
Then what, then what? (Then what?)
Verse 3
Dear Family
We’re in scary times
Nobody has the answers
Just make sure we spread love
And believe
Outro
Dear God
I know most of us have our personal questions to God on things happening around us, especially those that happen in places we don’t expect, people we don’t expect bad things to happen to like kids (Bible said God loves his creation especially little children).
Book of Revelation is a song where Dax ask most the general questions we all have like “why do bad things happen to good people?”, “Why do spiritual leaders who are suppose to lead and direct, the ones who do evil?”, “Why are there different religions and all but we all claim to serve one God?”
Dax has a complicated relationship with God which he describes more on this song’s lyrics, Dax also says he’s a believer but in the song he’s still asking why he hasn’t seen results from god when he was in his darkest places.
This song is some sort of a conversation where Dax reaches out to God, and asks him why all those things happen. The best part of this is, he ended the song by saying he is a believer.
Lyrics
I just want to make this clear (Listen)
I am a believer
But sometimes it gets hard (Listen)
Intro
Dear God
There’s a lot of questions that I have about the past (Can you hear me?)
And I don’t want hear it from a human, you made it
So you’re the last person that I’m ever gonna ask
Tell me what’s real, tell me what’s fake
Why is everything about you a debate? (Why?)
What’s the point of love?
Every time I’ve showed it I was broken and it’s forced me just to only wanna hate
Why’s there only one you but multiple religions? (Why?)
Why does every conversation end in a division? (Why?)
Why does everybody want to tell us how to live
But they won’t listen to the same damn message that they givin’? (Fuck them)
Tell me how to feel, tell me what’s wrong
I tried to call, pick up the phone (Pick up)
I’m on my own
Everybody said you comin’ back, then man why the hell’s it takin’ so long?
Verse 1
Why do I hurt? (Why?) Why is there pain?
Why does everything good always have to change? (Why)
Why does everybody try to profit off another man’s work
Then destroy it just for monetary gain?
Tell me are you black or are you white?
I don’t even really care I just really want to know what’s right (I don’t care)
They been sayin’ one thing but I’ve been lookin’ in the book
And it seems like they’ve been lyin’ for my whole damn life
Tell me where I’m goin’ (Where?) Is it heaven or hell?
I just hope this message greets you well
Verse 2
Dear God, where were you when I needed it? When I fucked up and repeated it?
When they set the bar and I exceeded it? (Where were you?)
My life is like a book that they’ve been judgin’ by a cover
But have never took the time to fuckin’ read the shit (Fuck)
I remember tellin’ you my goals and my dreams
But you didn’t even answer, so I guess you didn’t believe in it
…
I don’t want religion, I need that spirituality
I don’t want a church, I need people to call a family
…
I don’t wanna read it in a book, I wanna hear it from you
Don’t wanna learn it in my school because they hidin’ the truth (Swear)
Don’t wanna talk about it to another fuckin’ human being
And that’s only reason that I even stepped in this booth
Verse 3
Dear God
How do I take this darkness and turn it into light? (Talk to me)
How do believe in a concept where I speak to a man
I’ve never seen with my own two eyes? (How?)
How do I know that religion wasn’t made
Just to separate the world and create a whole disguise
Just to keep us in these chains while the rich get richer
And the poor pray to you and perpetuate a lie?
How do I know this ain’t some big joke? (How?)
How can I have faith when there is no hope? (How?)
How the hell does one man have 100 billion dollars
And we still have people on the street that are broke?
There’s a lot of things I wanna talk about and get off my chest
I can’t sleep ’cause the devil won’t let me rest
I used to know a fuckin’ pastor in a church
And I can still hear the screams of the kids he would fuckin’ molest
Verse 4
I just hope that you know that I’m still a believer
So I’ll end this all by sayin’ amen
Child of God
Dax talks about him being highly favored by God , for all his trials and tribulation he remained faithful to God , He talks about him being an icon to the world to be a shining example to the people.
Dear God
Thank you for leading me down this path
I’m thankful for the man that I am
At first, I didn’t understand
Now I see the tribulations that I faced, we’re all part of the plan
I tried to walk a way I wasn’t whole
You filled the gap inside my heart and let me know I had a soul
I was bleeding on the inside nobody could see
Then I looked into the mirror, he was staring back at me
Child of God, not a sheep
Lost my way, came on home
Used to think the world was cold and I was fighting all alone
Until I made that call and heard his voice and touch right through that phone
All my pain, all my stress
Added to the dumb neglect
I used to take my burdens and disperse them round to all my friends
Anger and frustration was a means but never to an end
Until you picked me up and took that weight right up off my chest
A child a God
Nothing more, nothing less
Born sinner, not by choice
But also born blessed
I could feel the pressure building up and choking at my neck
Then God told me take a breath and he would handle all the rest
I’m not a stranger to evil
I’ve done wrong to people
I’ve told lies but in his eyes I am still equal
Speaking positivity with every single breath I breathe
Looking up to God, I’m on my hands and down on my knees
Asking him to grant me with the strength in this world agreed
To be the person that will have a shoulder when they need to lean
answer to God, I don’t answer to no human being
I am not slave, I am not the devil nor a fiend
I’m a child of God, just like you, we’re on the same team
Grab my hand, stand up, I won’t leave you
You need me just as much as I need you
Fight these battles with me, I promise that you will see through
And stand tall over things beneath you
Child of God
To see God we must first look within
No where else, no place, no human, no race
Just us, and faith, till we meet again
It’s Dax
This part is my best, it talks about our connection to God. HE is in us but to reach him we need to look deep down, beyond our desires and earthly ambition. And with faith we will receive his strength and overcame.
Through faith Abraham became the father of many nations and through faith we can be as blessed as Abraham is.
Dear Alcohol
A lot of people dives into alcohol to help them forget something. Every word in this song was talking about me and my battle with alcohol at some point in life.
[chorus]
I got wasted ’cause I didn’t wanna deal with myself tonight
My thoughts get drowned until I feel alright
And I keep drinkin’ ’til I’m someone I don’t recognize
I got wasted
I got wasted ’cause I didn’t wanna deal with myself tonight
My thoughts get drowned until I feel alright
I keep drinkin’ ’til I’m someone I don’t recognize
I got wasted
[verse]
Repeat the cycle every day, I gotta start with a drink
My life been getting sorta crazy and I don’t wanna think
I look myself right in the mirror and I don’t even blink
Then I get angry, take the rest and pour it right in the sink
I know where this road goes
Alcohol ain’t my friend, but I keep drinkin’ ’cause these demons roam
And follow me ’round everywhere I go
It clouds my mind and soul, it turns my heart cold
But I keep drinkin’ ’cause it makes me feel like I’m not alone
I’m havin’ problems, my pride won’t let me reach out
Lookin’ at this bottle, havin’ nothin’ but doubt
Don’t wanna drink, but it keeps comin’ around and around and around
This world is beatin’ me down, it has pushed me right to the brink
I take a shot every time because man it helps me escape
I’m takin’ care of these people, but no one takes care of me
I wanna talk to somebody, but I feel no one relates
I need better now, I think I’ve lost my way
I’m havin’ battles with faith, it’s painted right on my face
I hope better times are comin’, no chase but I’m still runnin’
I gotta take control, and I won’t stop for nothin’
Dear God, this is my test, promise that I’ll do my best
Just help me with this pain I feel and pressure that is on my chest
Depression
This song talks about that feeling that drives us towards making alcohol our friend. He also highlights the response we received from people around us when we open up to them about our state of mind.
[Chorus]
I can’t find myself, mm
I get lost inside my brain
I think I might need help, mm
But I pushed all of ’em away
I took the cards they dealt
And there’s nothin’ I can change
So when I’m by myself
I just pray for brighter days
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I sit and I reminisce ’bout the good times
Wish I could get those back
I keep on runnin’ these races that go in my mind
Then they go on these tracks
I’m not ready to erase all my memories, mm
I fight depression and I let it get the best of me
Now thеre’s nowhere to run, nowhеre to go
Look around, it’s liquor bottles all on the floor
Fillin’ up the space inside my heart and my home
Drownin’ out these thoughts until they leave me alone
[Bridge]
Should I drown all these thoughts, or should I leave ’em to float?
I got all of my flaws livin’ inside of this boat
I’ve been anchored in pain, the weight is makin’ me choke
It’s gettin’ harder to breathe, it’s pullin’ right at my throat
I’ve been hopin’ for change, but don’t know how to restart
They say you ain’t a man when you exposin’ your heart
Then they say you insane until it tears you apart
And then it cuts you so deep and they can tell by the scars
We can only see change when we accept who we are
Try to run from the shame and you will never get far
Don’t you bottle the pain or live your life in the dark
You’re meant to break from those chains and shine as bright as a star
Don’t you ever tell yourself that your depression
Is the reason you won’t make it or that happiness is not in your cards
With our God, you can beat all the odds
Keep your faith and you’ll never be lost and say
My Last Word
On the song itself, Dax stated via his Twitter feed:
[The song] is purpose driven. I was told you’ll find the most talent in the graveyard. Too many of us leave gifts inside and don’t expose them to the world. That’s what this song is all about. I’m saying goodbye to the old me and so will you.
Dax
Mos people have really died with their talents buried inside them way before their bodies are buried. Some of these people died with their talents due to what they have being through or the response they got from people the first time they showcased that talent.
We should always understand people will always talk, and we shouldn’t let them kill the talent we have inside. This song will put into a deep thought about your life and how you have lived it so far. What would your thoughts be in the last two minutes of your life?
[Intro]
What would your last words be?
If someone put a gun to your head
And said you had two minutes before they shoot
[Verse 1]
Wish I can go and revisit the evil I did through the course of my life (I wish)
Wish I could go back in time take the wrongs that I did and reverse them to right (Fuck)
Wish I can take all the pain, the hurt, the struggle and keep ’em inside (Damn)
Wish I can say that I’m sorry to people I broke here before that I die (What)
[Chorus]
Wish I can go back in time to my father, I didn’t really mean it
Wish I can go tell my mom that I loved her, and all of this money I got I don’t need it
Wish I could go to the church and I talked the Lord in an effort to conquer my demons
I’m beggin’ and pleadin’, I’m down on my knees and he’s ready to shoot and I’m practically bleedin’
So this is my destiny, I finna get death to the G
Somebody please help me, yeah
These are my last words
It’s Dax!
[Verse 2]
Wish I can go back in time and revisit myself just to make me believe
I had these goals and these dreams in my mind that were mine that I’ll never achieve
All of these gifts and these talents were given by God I was blessed to receive
I was too busy worry ’bout bitches and money and all of this shit that you people would think
Needed help with depression, all of my passive aggressions I should’ve confessed them
I learned my lesson, I didn’t get nothin’ but sadness that fucked over all of my blessings
Wish I would have never put my time into those people who never tried to give it to me back
Wish I would have never put my heart into a woman that will break it than allow it just to have a second chance
Wish I would have let ’em see what I was really dealing with, instead of tryna hide it on a motherfuckin’ track
I blow a milli just to prove that I’m a legend in the makin’ just to show them what it looks like when I get it right back
These are my last, my last words
[Verse 3]
Dear God
I’m not gonna lie, I’ma need your forgiveness
I knew that no one was watching but in my last minutes
I now know that you were a witness
So I’m repentant
Now that’s it’s sinnin’
Why? Because I need to make it to heaven
Born as a sinner, die as a winner
Period just like the end of a sentence
I swear the devil is watching me
He tried to make me his prodigy
This is my fucking apology
I don’t want nothin’ but honesty
Heaven to hell was just callin’ me
Searching for a Reason
Dax reflects on his hardships with fake friends and haters, as they “twisted up all his words”, and gave him trust issues as he states, “trust gets you killed, love gets you hurt”. He then raps about how he won’t fall for fake people again, as he has found happiness otherwise, and that he won’t show them his weak side.
The people we love are the people who hurts us the most, because we have bared our souls and given them all of ourselves, and trust to them. Pain from our loved ones hurting us almost never goes away but lingers and hunts us.
[Chorus]
Trust gets you killed, love gets you hurt
Bein’ real gets you hated, so tell me what it’s worth
I done seen these people change and try to twist up all my words
I been stuck inside a maze, they say that means that I’m on earth
[Post-Chorus]
If they wanna know my pain, then they can read it in the verse
If they prayin’ on my name, it better be inside a church
Don’t need diamonds, don’t need chains, I ain’t a slave to all these pеrks
I ain’t perfect, but it I’m workin’
God, I swear that I’m still sеarchin’ for a reason
Now I’m drownin’ like I’m diving off the deep end
Underwater, don’t nobody hear me screamin’
I’m surrounded by these money-hungry demons
[Verse]
I’m surrounded, so many fakes, I stopped countin’
No gravity, but I’m still grounded
They can’t see ’cause they vision is clouded
Man, I feel like I’m walkin’ up mountains
My hearts broke, but yes, it’s still poundin’
Lost my soul and then went and found it
I hope heaven ain’t full or crowded
Hell ain’t worth it, I’ll scream and shout it
Got my faith like a gun and I let it off like a rifle
I’ll keep speakin’ the truth and I do not care if it’s viral
I ain’t changin’ for nothin’, not gettin’ trapped in yo’ cycle
‘Cause I know failure ain’t fatal and that success isn’t final
I got love for my enemies, you can check all my vitals
All the negative energy is a downwarding spiral
You can cancel me, laugh at me, call me out of my title
It won’t break me or shake me, no, I will not show weakness
Is this real life or am I dreamin’? (Dreamin’)
Why are these times so misleadin’? (‘Leadin’)
I don’t see God, but believe Him (Believe Him)
And I don’t need fame, you can keep it
[Bridge]
If you walked inside my shoes you wouldn’t last a day
I ain’t got nothin’ to lose by havin’ some faith
I ain’t got nothin’ to prove to people who hate
So what I’m finna’ do is say it again, yeah
Self Proclaimed 2
This song preaches believe in oneself and not letting the hate from others Stop us from achieving our dreams.
Because what people says about you says more about them
Dax
[Intro]
I’ll keep on saying I’m the greatest until we both believe it
Nothing’s impossible
[Verse]
I remember days I didn’t pray and now I’m on my knees that shit was just a phase
I garnered fame but I ain’t never changed
They say I’m humble but they didn’t know I’m staring death right in the face
Forcing me to calculate
Think ’bout every move I make
They could never take me, I’m a guardian of heaven’s gate
Now I’m here to captivate
Moving at a rapid pace
While moving through a sea of pessimistic people that are fake
Imitate, innovate, educate, infiltrate, separate, segregate
All just to accelerate, a path that I was destined on to walk and I refuse to wait, for someone else to crown me so I name myself the heavyweight champion
If I get knocked off I will be back again
Those who didn’t believe I closed my eyes and turned my back on them
Speaking mediocrity
Don’t understand like Mandarin
So if it ain’t success man I ain’t picking up or answering
I’m the one who put myself here
I’m the one who told the devil, fuck off, it’s only God I fear
I’m the one who put the stars into alignment
Had a dream and then collided it would workin’ and I named it perfect timing
And I’m the one that fell down, bounced back, relapsed, got lapped, reclassed but never fell off track
Fighting demons in the evening overnight while I was cleaning
I am the definition
I don’t lack skill, I lack recognition
I don’t have dreams, I have premonitions
[Outro]
Chase your dreams
What people say about you, says more about them
Never forget that
Self Proclaimed 3
[Intro]
You can’t expect nobody to believe in your dream
It wasn’t theirs in the first place
[Verse]
I told them I would make this happen
I told them I didn’t need a genie, fuck wishing I’ma work
This ain’t no Aladdin
Told them I would win
I would never stop
Told them I would make it
Told them I would fucking climb up to the top
How I did it? Climbed mountains, wasn’t afraid of the drop
Put my city on the map with a bucket and a mop
What you thought?
That I would pack up and quit?
My mom would slap me in the face say she ain’t raise no bitch
Speak it to existence, yes, that is my philosophy
I was born broke but refuse to die in poverty
See it’s the law of attraction
If you think it you can have it
If you see it you can grab it
If you speak it then you put in the time, you build habits
Fuck average
Convince yourself you can be the best fucker on the planet
And you know this
You have to stay focused
Anything could happen you could die at this moment
You only get one life to live so take it and own it
Your biggest threat is yourself
You your biggest opponent
They gon’ lie to your face and try to tell you you’re broken
Don’t listen, God got you if your born you’re chosen
Get your life in motion
Stop dreaming, stop wishing, stop crying
Start praying, start living, stop hoping
My dreams chase me
I woke up and stopped running
Looked ’em dead in the eye
You should’ve knew that I was coming
I ain’t special if I can do it you can do it
This ain’t mainstream rap, this is motivational music
You have talent please use it
It’s yours just choose it
Stop sitting on the bench
Sub in and go stupid
Then don’t look back
This life is yours you must drive it you can’t afford to crash
Your futures brights you must light it
You must learn from your past
It goes by super fast
Forget a handout you don’t need it get yo own back
Forget approval you don’t need it you yo own man
Go tell the world that you’re the greatest then go own that
Take yo soul back
Keep yo head up in the rain
Speak yo life into existence become self proclaimed
Self Proclaimed 4
[Verse 1]
Don’t let nobody tell you who you are
I remember sleeping wishing on a shooting star
After practice, overnight, cleaning, working hard
Coming up short, hoping one day I’d go far
I was young, dumb, broke and I was still naive
I had failed so many times, but I still believed
That I would turn into that man everyone could see
Wouldn’t never let nobody tell him what he could achieve
I stayed focused, walked right on my path
[Chorus]
This is motivation for every single chance you ain’t taken
Any rule that’s in your way, you better break it
Shut up, embrace it, the pain is a prerequisite
Without it how the fuck you think you ever gon’ make it?
The sweat is your payment, fuck an escalator
Take the stairs to top right from the fucking basement
Your life is a statement, leave a legacy and stop waiting
Get your ass up today and start chasing, this that motivation
[Verse 2]
I’m hoping that this hits your soul
They’re just dreams ’til you sit down and you write your goals
I remember when they said I wasn’t built this strong
I bounced back like elastic and put myself on
I’ve beaten poverty, went to war and beat mediocrity
My life is mine, I’m molding that shit like I’m doing pottery
I’m not scared of failure, I embrace it and chase it
If there’s a one percent chance I can do it, I take it
I took the hate they all threw, sat down and I ate it
Then took the motivation from it, turned to one of the greatest
And now every time I drop I know I’m making a statement
[Outro]
Breathe
Get up and chase your dreams
‘Cause if you don’t, who will?
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