Sitting here speechless,
still kind of in awe
my mind's frozen, my soul's closed in

on what I just saw
on the big screen, big things happened
I saw like a nightmare

some cats cried, some try to be hard
like they didn't care


Mommy, why they did that
I heard this little girl say
Mommy, why did they hurt Jesus

Oh, she'll find out someday
that the lashes on your back
even though hard to see

each one paints a perfect picture
of your love for me


Lash number one
For all those times I've turned you away
Chasing after worldy things Iike money and fame


Lash number two
For all the nights when I did wrong

See I wasn't strong enough to be alone

Lash number three

Cause you me love see it's hard to explain
You're severed cause you'd do someday our lifes on exchange


How many lashes for my sins, Lord
did it take, I suppose
since we were not there

we will never know

How many lashes

did it take, Lord
for the night that I lied
the night my Mom's cried

cause that night she found out
I got high


Number two
was for that night
instead of chilling with you

there was that chick I got with
it was a chick I barely knew


Number three
I could talk all day son
about all the stuff that I did

like that day I was talking mad-crazy
about leaving my wife and my kids


I know it's hard to hear, but
please let me be real


Naah, I can't lie to me no more
it's the way that I feel


*chorus*

How many lashes

just for me
He did it just
He did it just for me


This is real love here


And as this moment comes to an end
When you look down at the world
I wonder - would you do it again?


Was the world you pay
To embarass your name

When you see us at the church,
tell me - are you ashamed?

You get a shout out at the grammies
No side b will give you a song

word out
we will call you when we need you
when all our options are gone

You've hunged cause you loved us

And it hasn't changed to day
And the side of you still hurting
I feel the same way

*chorus*