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Lord Have Mercy On My Soul

Now there's somethin' I'd like to talk to you

About at this particular moment and that's about the one thing

That we won't be able to do together nnless we all become as one

And if we all become as one then we can walk through it together

Now I ain't walked through it all the way yet

But there was a time I walked into it and I had to go into it alone

That's this place called the Halls of Karma

Now when you go into the Halls of Karma the way I did

I don't know, it might have been hallucination

But I think it was real, see I felt the presence of the two energies

The positive and the negative, of God and the Devil

However you want it, and they was pullin' and decidin'

And wondering what to do with my soul, and I couldn't take this

At this moment 'cause I had to come back to be with you people

To do a thing and I proved to 'em, in bargainin' with 'em

That I had a thing to do for the good of all of us

Out of this bargain, the Devil, he got my body for the good in his needs

While I'm here on earth and the Lord, he's got my mind

For the good of the universe and for the good of man

And they both they got me in between 'cause they both got my soul

So the next time I come up, I want the Lord to please have mercy

On my soul

I've walked through the Halls of Karma

I shook hands with both the Devil and God

They turned my eyes to the inside to see

Where my energies have gone

Yes, I've run with both all through my life

I've respected and reflected them both

Yes the sympathy of God as He looked

At my life the excitement of the Devil as we talked

So Lord, have mercy

Lord, have mercy on my soul

On my soul

The Devil said, "Scratch my back and I'll

Scratch your back for sure"

For you have done all these sins for him

My heart could not be pure

I found out what means more to me

Than anything on this earth

To be ready for my judgement day

Ready to face the truth

So Lord, have mercy

Lord, have mercy on my soul

On my soul, on my soul, on my soul, soul

I hope I've done the right things

For both your sake and mine

I preach in what I live for

My only fear is fear of time

I wanted to look logical

To both my Maker and his host

But this trip of life must be complete

Or my cards will be lost

So Lord, have mercy

Lord, have mercy on my soul

On my soul, alright

So Lord, have mercy

Lord, have mercy on my soul

On my soul, on my soul, soul

Lord, have mercy on my soul

Yes, I've walked through the Halls of Karma

I shook hands with both the Devil and God

Yes,I turned my eyes to the inside to see

Where my energies have gone

Yes, I've run with both all through my life

I've respected and reflected them both

Yes the sympathy of God as He looked

At my life the excitement of the Devil as we talked

So Lord, have mercy

Lord, have mercy on my soul

Lord, have mercy on my soul

Have mercy, Lord

Lord, have mercy on my soul

Lord, have mercy on my soul