| Back then if I was a Jew the life that I led would not be common
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| I would be in prayer shawls anticipatin' His comin'
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| Between 1 and 30 A.D. I’d be under the Romans
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| Thankin' Yaweh that I’m not a slave, Gentile, or woman
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| Now don’t get it twisted a woman had to be honored
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| If you came from out of her womb you had to obey your momma
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| For the fact that she was a woman wasn’t the problem
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| It’s because she was forbidden to publicly read the Talmud
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| Plus only allowed to be either in the balcony-
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| Or on the floor divided to avoid problems
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| And forbade to pray out loud, when it came to religious life
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| For women it was grey outside, till Christ came in the picture
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| switched up some customs
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| Now these same women are providin' Jesus with substance
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| Leavin' Jewish men grieved, they ain’t agree
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| Cause out of these women’s means they ministered to their needs
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| Look at Jesus maneuva in spite of the culture
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| Taken ladies and shapin' em makin' em soldiers
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| Peep this type of behavior was taboo
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| Jesus seen with Joanna would make Him a bad Jew
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| But Jesus called some of the grimiest women
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| Like prostitutes even some of the slimiest women
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| In hot pursuit, women are weak is not the truth
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| And just to prove this point ladies I got the proof
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| Wouldn’t be a Timothy without Timothy’s moms
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| Eunice speakin' to Tim in them spiritual psalms
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| The way women were treated then these are similar times
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| But yet the men of God recognize ya strength
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| Who were the first witnesses of the empty tomb
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| Who birth Jesus being a virgin Holy Spirit consumed
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| Who stood for God way back in them Exodus times
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| And wouldn’t even let em kill they son (Exodus 1:16)
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| Jesus did walk with women in a special way
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| This was odd for men in the first century
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| Look at God callin' women to the ministry
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| Jesus did walk with the ladies
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| Just think about this
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| You’re real fit in Abercrombie and Fitch
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| And when you in the mall you thinkin' about how to catch fish
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| Imagine you in Von Dutch on a date
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| No lust in the place, dude got a crush cause how you hustle your faith
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| You ain’t tryin' be tuck at the waist
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| Cause you spend more time in the presence of God than adjustin' your face
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| Listen let me cut to chase
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| And encourage the beauty of holiness you should just want to be chased
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| Ladies we know it’s real and it gets hard sometimes
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| Especially with the pressure of being flawless now
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| You can’t do enough crunches to be the perfect woman
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| God ain’t lookin' for perfect size but a worshippin' woman
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| Ok you gain weight maybe had an abortion
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| Made a mistake had a divorce and
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| It still ain’t over Jesus forgives this is the gospel
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| so don’t let that stuff stop you |