Mr, Incredible

Job 16:19, Psalms 37:23, 90:17, Romans 5:3-4, Ephesians 4:1, Colossians 3:17, James 1:2-4, 1:22, I John 2:1

Written by Timothy Welbeck

Verse 1
I used to do exciting things with my time, then I went to law school/Where all we do is read treatises and articles from law reviews/Textbooks, and statutes, then we argue too/People look at me confused, like, “R are you happy dude”/You used to have the Word of life spilling through speakers/Now you’re spending all of your nights reading Civil Procedure/A little, Torts, a little Property, but Red we need you/To preach to the streets and help them believe too/You’ve got to teach the Word of God, go and scream it out/Even if you’re not leaping buildings in single bounds/Your days used to be filled with super heroics/Your flow is potent/More powerful than locomotives/Is this really the life you’ve chosen/Sitting behind a desk with both of your arms folded/Filling out briefs, filing a couple motions/Do you really love it, or are you just going through the motions

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Verse 2

When I tell them this is what I’ve chosen, and I have no regrets/They usually respond by telling jokes that aren’t appropriate/Like, “The only good lawyer is in the grave, then you know he’s dead”/The jokes never end, but one day I am sure they will show respect/But right now it seems like I go through/Because they ain’t joking when they tell us that we’re bogus men/They say we’re shysters and charlatans/Lying to win arguments/They rarely believe this is the field God has called me it/They say my life is devoured by the hour/And I’ll struggle to juggle life outside the ivy towers/To the naysayers, that could be the only outcome/But the would rather me live a life that they could be proud of/And fly through the air with a cape an cowl/Because the super heroes they know, they have powers/But I’m still a super hero, how’s that sounding to you/I just traded spandex and boots for an Italian suit

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Verse 3
When I would first start off, I couldn’t say I foresaw it all/I just knew the call involved the law/So I dutiful packed my Nissan Sentra/And knew what lay beyond me was a beautiful adventure/The trek was beset with obstacles/Many were foreseeable/Some were the type I could not foreknow/I slept on a friend’s apartment floor/Some of my books I could not afford/Those were not the things I would be stopping for/The Lord showed me what I was getting my juris doctorate for/He wanted another lawyer to fulfill His intentions/Like the founder fathers who declared our independence/Or those who race to the courts when our rights need defending/Those men and women show the law can be your friend then/A skinny lawyer from Illinois bested the secessionists/Another had us believing in the best within/He had us talking about hope/Yes, he did/Even Jesus advocates for us wretched men/If you knew that, you’d probably respect us then/In the mean time I’m just trying to walk in step with Him

©2010