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Cross Movement - Test It
(from the album Heaven's Mentality)
© copyright 1997

Verse 1: Tonic
Very superstitious/
And everybody wants three wishes/
From a Genie or a religious eenie meenie minie moe/
Pick a psychic flow/
You say they’re on point ‘cause they told you ‘bout your big toe/
You say “How would they know I had a bunion?” /
Told you to take coins and stuff ‘em in an onion/
Then put ‘em in a shoe box up in the attic/
But make sure that the floor is quadratic/
Man I had it clear up to my brain cabinet/
You better beware of this witchcraft habit/
Can this carry you across sin’s chasm?/
Well if not then it’s all just a phantasm/
Leadin’ you into a very real fantasia/
Razor tongues cut deep but you can’t feel it ‘cause ya’ numb man/
Even those in the fam lookin’ for more than the words of the Son/
Tryin’ to have fun/
Sayin’: “God told me this” “The Lord told me that” /
But if it ain’t confirmed in the Word it ain’t fact/
But some still continue and I think it’s sick/
‘Cause back in the day they would’a had to catch a brick!

Hook:
If it’s blessed then come manifest it. Bring it down let’s test it/
If it’s blessed then come manifest it. Bring it down let’s test it/
‘Cause this is only a test it’s only a test/
So if you’re gonna bring it then you better bring your best/
‘Cause anything less might burn in the fire. Come-come let’s test it/

Verse 2: Phanatik
Come grab your test paper from the teacher/
Slash preacher without the collar/
Not schemin’ dollars/
And won’t even scream and holler/
‘Less the track’s on/
But even when I’m subtle/
You’ll still get your bubble blown/
If you’re out rebuttal known facts about Messiah/
Invite me to your huddle zone even to your cypha’/
Come let us reason/
If there’s a God – let’s figure out how to please Him/
And if He’s dead we’ll go ahead like we don’t need Him/
It sounds strange but tell me who do you believe in/
See, since we got our pardon from the Garden of Eden/
And pulled a treason there’s been some confusion/
About who’s really real and who’s the illusion/
Is this thing based on skin pigmentation?/
Is God just a figment of imagination/
‘Cause we can’t trace Him-Is it the other way around/
Is man the figment? Do we even weigh a pound/
Do we hold weight as we rotate on our axis/
Who’s world is this? I’ve been dying to ask this/
We can’t help what we are/
Can’t change our future by clickin’ heels or wishin’ on lucky stars/
We need a change but whose got the method/
You think you do put it on the table we’ll test it/
You can test ours matter-fact we suggest it/
You won’t be let down by the King, Mr. Majestic/
The Son of God one of a wide selection/
But who else has a check in the column for resurrection?

Hook:

Ya! It ain’t over yet. The Ambassador! Last but not least.
More than that chief. Come and represent and let’s test it!

Verse 3: Ambassador
We’re informed that when the phat track’s on/
Crews and packs form and swarm/
To hear the next man get his rap on/
Leavin’ God out, that’s norm, but that’s gone/
‘Cause we step down to give Jesus the platform/
We put Him back on the map – long live this/
Triune Squad, the real God not the Wizard of Oz/
Nah, the real God with total mastery/
With the capacity to speak a decree and it has to be/
As for me, I’m lovin’ this truth and ruggedness/
We sing to the King of the Theocratic Government/
We’re brothers sent, never hesitant to represent/
Heaven the fly way, YAHWEH’s resident/
The opinions don’t vary/
In heaven it’s all about the slain Lamb not the tooth fairy/
Santa Claus, Mother Nature, rabbit paws/
Father time, luck, the man upstairs, that all had to fall/
We exalt the Savior, Mr. Fix It/
The Living Water, with more flavor than Mystic/
I know statistics don’t create optimistic/
Odds for God but He won’t fade He’s not lipstick/
It’s prime time for divine glory to shine/
He says “Victory is Mine” /
Man’s wise, but only in another man’s eyes/
The God-Man lies and waits for a man when a man dies/
And that’s a fact comin’ at you, don’t let that catch you/
Christ died you no longer have to/
My suggestion is there be no more ’fessin’ or guessin’/
Bring it to the front for the testin’

Extended Hook:
Well if it’s blessed then come manifest it. Bring it down let’s test it/
I said if it’s blessed then come manifest it. Bring it down let’s test it/
‘Cause this is only a test it’s only a test/
If you’re gonna bring it then you better bring your best/
‘Cause anything less might burn in the fire. Come-come let’s test it/
This is only a test it’s only a test/
So if you’re gonna bring it then you better bring your best/
‘Cause anything less might burn in the fire. Come-come let’s test it/
Betcha’ know how we do this it’s the Movement /
Heaven’s Mentality-tality, Heaven’s Mentality, Heaven’s Mentality-tality