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J. Miles
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Adopted (feat. Barabbas Da Rebel & J. Paul)
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Verse 1:
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Paul wrote it to Romans to show them the benefits of atonement/
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To illustrate his point, he used a word that's metaphoric/
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And socially accepted by the populace/
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Cause locally that Roman church was Paul's audience/
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Where culturally this common practice got fostered in/
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In chapter 8 that word adoption must have caught their ears/
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Roman citizens, born into privilege/
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Jew and Gents both knew about its benefits/
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In a place where there was social class drama/
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The government would recognize its own folks with honor/
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This is where a change can happen, you see the actions active/
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Your passive in the process, but your granted access/
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So adoption was the option for the rich person/
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Looking to leave a legacy if they were infertile/
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I'm talking double portions, you get what's passed down/
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You used to not belong. You got a fam now/
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That type of grace will place a son in position/
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Inheriting the wealth of the one who went to get em/
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Legally, all the debt you owed has been erased/
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You grow accustomed to your parents, start taking on their traits/
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Your last name changes, but you can keep the first/
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So it symbolize your ending is different than your birth/
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It's Barabbas! Son of the father if you heard/
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Golgatha, Bar Abba, God adopted on the third/
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Hook:
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I was born by a river/
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See my folks, they left me there/
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But I was brought in by a Father/
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I call Him Abba, He's so faithful/
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And I'm so grateful to be adopted in/
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Verse 2:
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Can't see His majesty because of his agony/
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Malady like a tragedy but part of his strategy/
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Started in Galilee but then he ended at Calvary/
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Let's look at it practically, see benefits of his family, Like"¦/
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The joy of knowing that in Christ you're accepted/
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God is your Abba, your father, his kids he's never neglecting/
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Don't work for man's approval seek your Fathers perspective/
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And I ain't gotta' chase money, I've got every spiritual blessing/
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I'm grafted into the vine, rooted in the divine/
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Cause He had made up his mind I'd be His before time/
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Like white wines or nice dimes I'm quite fine/
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We call that blessed assurance because Jesus is mine! /
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This one's a biggie, we think it's small, here's another one/
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He disciplines his sons as a part of showing his love for em'/
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He puts you in a family as part of his covenant/
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And you ain't gotta' roll trees, you could roll with ya brethren/
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The gang alliance against his son who remained silent/
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And when he got on that cross, he paid for my violence/
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No earthly father? Call him your Abba, your papa/
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He loves giving what we need, ask for living agua, the main hydrant/
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If you're adopted, I'm telling u its bug/
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We're blessing God because we're blessed with His grace in the Beloved/
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I was called I was redeemed and forgiven through His blood/
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And now I'm adopted by his grace, while I'm soaking in His love/
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Hook
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Bridge:
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I thank ya for saving me
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I thank ya for taking me
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You didn't have to do it but you did
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Oh, my Savior
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(x2)
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Hook
SON finds out hes adopted 🤣🤣🤣
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