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AcaDisc #134- Heaven and Earth by Acappella
Original Release: 2004 The Acappella Company
Release Note: 3 songs
("War With Myself", "Emergency", and "Glory and Honor") from this album
were released as A Three Song Sampler prior to the full release
of Heaven and Earth.
Available through The Acappella
Company
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Design: Annette
Reischl
Album Photography: Kim Lancaster
Recording Studio: Clifty
Studios- Paris, TN
Members: Gary Evans Jr. -
Bass
Nicolas
Dunbar -
Baritone
Sean
Samuel - 2nd
Tenor
Matt
Nunnally - 1st Tenor
Additional Vocals: Tony Brown
War With Myself
Dust in the Wind
Dime Rhyme Song
One Ragged Angel
They are the Roses
Emergency
You Are There
Glory and Honor
Y.R.A.G. Radio Segue
Gone Away
Take Me There
Give Me Jesus
Words and music: Keith Lancaster, Sean Samuel, Nicolas Dunbar and Matt
Nunnally © 2003 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Nicolas
Dunbar, Sean Samuel, and Matt Nunnally
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
I’m at war with myself
The very thing I want to do
I keep trying
to do
But I just can’t seem to do
The things I know You want me
to
‘Cause I’m at war with myself
I’m going through a lot of things that make me stumble
Attacking me,
beating me, breaking me, keeping me humble
The Word is good, but my
sinful nature's taking over
I need a light, can someone help me to
recover
All I need is You (all I need is You, all I want is You)
All I want
is truth (I’m in search of truth, the truth that only comes from
You)
Can I find the faith (can I find the faith to keep me on the
straight)
I’m calling out Your name
Chorus:
The very thing I want to do
I keep trying to do
But I
just can’t seem to do
The things I know You want me to
‘Cause I’m
at war with myself
No matter what I try to do
I keep failing
You
But I know that I should do
The things I know You want me
to
‘Cause I’m at war with myself
I’m fighting in this battle like a wounded soldier
I don’t think I
can bear this burden on my shoulder
The ride is rough, it’s going fast,
it’s almost over
I need a hand to get me off this roller coaster
How can I get to You (how can I get to You, I need to get to You)
I
still desire truth (I still desire truth, the truth that only comes from
You)
I’m desperate for the faith (I’m desperate for the faith to keep
me on the straight)
I’m screaming out Your name
When the righteous cry out (when the righteous cry out)
They’ll be
set free (be set free)
From the pain in this life (this life)
That
brought them to their knees
In the night, a light, the smoke is clearing
The sky is dark, and
hot, but I’m not fearing
It’s raging on, but I know that I can win this
battle
Eventually, the other side of me will crumble
All I need is You (all I need is You, how can I get to You)
All I
want is truth (I still desire truth, the truth that only comes from
You)
Can I find the faith (I'm desperate for the faith to keep me
on the straight)
I’m crying out Your name
Repeat Chorus (x2)
War
Scriptural Reference:
"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a
slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want
to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not
want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer
I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing
good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the
desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do
is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep
on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I
who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it." Romans
7:14-20
"For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by
God's power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's power we will live
with him to serve you. Examine yourselves to see whether you are in
the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in
you--unless, of course, you fail the test?" 2 Corinthians 13:4-5
Words and music: Kerry Livgren © 1977 Kirshner CBS Music
Publishing (BMI)
Lead: Nicolas Dunbar
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Oh oh oh oh
Hey yeah yeah
All we are is dust in the wind
Oh oh
oh
I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment’s gone
All my
dreams (all my dreams)
Pass before my eyes (pass before my eyes)
A
curiosity (that we are)
Chorus 1:
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind (all we
are is dust)
Repeat Chorus 1
It’s the same old song (same old song)
Just a drop of water in an
endless sea (drip, drop, same old song)
All we do (all we do) crumbles
to the ground, though we refuse to see (crumbles down)
Chorus 2:
That we are dust…dust in the wind (dust in the
wind)
All we are is dust in the wind (all we are is dust)
All we are
(dust in the wind) dust in the wind (all we are is dust, dust in the
wind)
Rap:
Need to wake up
Surprise, the lies, deceive my eyes
And
even now another baby in a barren land cries,
Are we too thick to
realize?
That nobody ever knows when you could vaporize
Still we sit
and fantasize
The TV and the radio demoralize
We need to look up to
the skies
Don’t allow the very hearts of man to crystallize (all we
are is dust)
Turn off that big screen TV
Stop trying to take it easy
Get off your couch, open up your mouth (oh my Lord)
And spread the
word universally
So don’t hang on (don’t you hang on)
Nothing lasts forever, not the
earth or sky (nothin’ lasts forever)
It’s all gonna slip away (slips
away)
And not even your money (your money) another minute buy (time
keeps on tick tock tickin’)
Chorus 3:
Dust in the wind (all we are is dust)
All they are is
dust (all we are is dust)
Dust in the wind, ohhhhhhh (all we are is
dust)
Dust in the wind
We need to end our fussing and fighting
To take
some time for reuniting
All we are is dust
All we are is dust, dust
in the wind
Scriptural Reference:
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." Matthew 24:35, Mark 13:31, and Luke 21:33
Words and music: Matt Nunnally © 2004 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Lead: Matt Nunnally
Lyrics:
Consider this guy I saw the other day
Downtown early morning he
stopped me and said
Could you spare some change or maybe even a
buck
He scribbled “Jesus Loves You!” on a cardboard box
I looked him
over quickly just so see if he was worthy
But he was dirty, he was
dingy and he’d had a few too many
So I turned away and I walked on
by
I was headed to Mickey D’s for coffee and an apple pie
But I
couldn’t get him out of my mind
“When you’re doing it to the least of
these
You’re doing it to me,” kept creepin’ up in the back of my mind
ya see
I forgot to be Jesus; I had missed an opportunity
I turned
around to go back and be the man I know I should be
When I got back to
the corner where I knew the guy was standin’
He was already gone, he
disappeared without a warnin’
The only thing left was a “Jesus Loves
You!” sign and
The dot on the exclamation point was covered with a
dime
Scriptural Reference:
"But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?' In reply Jesus said: 'A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side." Luke 10:29-32
Words and music: Kevin Fisher and Kent Blazy © 2000 Courtyard
Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Sean Samuel
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
He was standin’ on the corner with a will-work-for-food sign
He said
brother can you spare me a thin dime
I promise I’ll make it worth all
of your time (your time)
I thought man he was drunk outta his
mind
My coin hit his cup and as I turned to go (and as I turned)
He
told me things about my life that no one could know (he could not know,
he’s been hearin’)
Said I got the message from the Man upstairs
He’s
been hearing your prayers
Chorus:
Nah nah nah nah nah
It doesn’t matter where the answer’s
from
Long as you’re listening when it comes (when it comes, when it
comes your way)
‘Cause in an instant years of doubt will roll away
(years of doubt they’ll roll away)
By one ragged angel one dime (one
dime) one day
Come On
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (x2)
Even now tellin’ you it makes no sense
I turned around and I don’t
know where he went
But from that day I have never had one doubt (I have
never had a doubt)
The toughest times are all gonna work out
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
It might be a song on the radio
A line from your favorite
TV show
A friend’s advice or a stranger’s voice
When you’re meant to
hear it you’ll have no choice (no choice, no choice)
Come on
Repeat Chorus
Come on
Nah nah nah nah nah
In a minute, in an instant
He
could change your life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing the
song, sing a song
Scriptural Reference:
"Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’" Matthew 25:41-45
Words and music: Paul Jarret Jenkins, Timothy Paul Schoepf Jr. and
Randall Edwin Van Warmer © 2002 Maroon Dogg Music (ASCAP)
Lead:
Nicolas Dunbar
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Born with heaven in their eyes
God sent, innocent, the promise of
life
Born into this mess we’ve made
Holding the future and hope of
better days
‘Cause there is nothing more beautiful and wild
Than the
dreams that grow in the heart of every child
Chorus:
They are the roses (they are)
They are the lights that
shine (they are)
They are the waves that roll in on the ocean
tide
They are angels (they are)
They are souls in flight (they
are)
They are the hope that everything’s gonna be all right
They are
the roses (they are, they are)
Imagine a place
Filled with happy sounds of playgrounds where every
child is safe (where every child is safe)
Where people join
hands
Pray our children will all have a chance
In every family, in
every tribe, in every town
We’re the keepers of this garden and we
can’t let them down
Repeat Chorus
Oh…they are the roses (they are)
They are our children (they are our
children)
They are the waves that roll in on the ocean tide
They are
our future (they are our future, they are)
They are our doctors
(they…)
They are our preachers,
They are our teachers
Let’s not
forget them
Have compassion on our children (everything’s gonna be all
right)
They are
Scriptural Reference:
"In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost." Matthew 18:14
Words and music: Keith Lancaster and Gary Miller © 2003
Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Sean Samuel
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
This is an emergency
The state of our society
So much hatred, so
much pride
Truth and justice set aside
Chorus:
The answer: there is a better way
An open door that leads
to peace, joy, and love (peace, joy, and love)
The solution: there is a
brighter day
A new beginning, a gift from above (gift from above)
Spread the word with fervency
To family and community
To
prejudiced and poisoned minds
Shout the message far and wide
Repeat Chorus
(I'm talking 'bout) Jesus showing the path for our unity
Jesus
giving the truth for society
Jesus teaching us strength through
humility
Jesus, my Jesus, the brighter day
No excuse, no circumstance
The people need a second
chance
They've got to see, they've got to know
You and I we've got
to go
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding." Ephesians 1:7-8
Words and Music: Keith Lancaster © 1995 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
Arrangement: Melissa Lancaster
This song also appeared on In God We
Trust by The Acappella Company and Acappella
Word Of God Longplay by the Acappella Company.
Lead: Nicolas
Dunbar
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Hey yeah yeah
Oh oh oh
You are there, You are there (You are
there)
You are there, You are there (You are there)
Where can I go (where can I go)
From Your spirit Lord (from Your
spirit Lord)
Any place that I choose to go, You’re already there
(You’re already there)
You will not go (You will not go) from my
presence Lord (from my presence Lord)
Before I rise on the wings of
dawn (rise on the wings)
If I settle by the sea (settling down)
I
can know Your hand is always there to guide me (You are there)
Chorus:
I know You’re there (You are there – oh) You are
there
You are there (You are there – oh) You are there
Where can I go (where can I go) from Your spirit Lord (from Your spirit
Lord)
When trouble is in my way You’re already there (You’re already
there)
You will not go (You will not go) from my presence Lord (from my
presence Lord)
Before a word of mine is said
If in the depths I lay
my head
In the shadow of Your wings, You’re there to hide me
Chorus 2x: I know You’re there (You are there – oh) You are
there
You are there (You are there – oh)
I know (You are there – oh)
You are there
You are there (You are there – oh) I know
Bridge:
You are always watching me
You always have Your mind on
me (always have Your mind on me)
You will never let me go (You will
never, never, no, no, no)
Father I have come to know that
Through
the night and through the day, You will lead me in Your way (You will lead
me)
No matter what I say or do, You are there
In a dry and weary
land where is no water, all that I know that You are there
Chorus:
You are there – oh, I know that You’re there
You are
there, You are there, I know (always, always, always)
Always be there
for me (I know that You’re there)
(You are there – oh), I know that
You’re
(You are always watching me, always have Your mind on me)
In
the morning, in the evening times
When I lay my head down to sleep at
night (You will never let me go, Father I have come to know)
I know
You’ll be there in the morning light (you are there – oh)
I know (You
are always watching me, always have Your mind on me)
(You are there – oh)
You are there
You will never let me go,
Father I have come to know
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." Psalm 139:7-10
Words and music: Keith Lancaster © 2000 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Glorious God by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: Sean Samuel
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
When I’m there with You in heaven
What a wondrous joy will
be
Gathered with the angel chorus
Standing by the glassy sea
Such
a thought is hard to fathom
In the presence of my King
And with
countless ones forgiven
Gathered round the throne to sing
Chorus:
Glory and honor, worthy is the Lamb (worthy is the
Lamb)
Glory and honor, worthy is the Lamb (worthy is the Lamb)
Mortal words cannot express it
All the ways You reign
supreme
Even death can’t hold the vastness
Nor approach this awesome
theme
You are God and to Your glory
We will worship and abide
In
Your presence there forever
We’ll be happy to reside
Repeat Chorus
Ooh... (worthy is the Lamb)
Repeat Chorus
Worthy is the Lamb (worthy is the Lamb), worthy is the Lamb
Scriptural Reference:
"In a loud voice they sang: 'Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!'" Revelation 5:12
Words and music: Gary Evans Jr. © 2004 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
All Vocals: Gary Evans Jr.
Lyrics:
My Jesus knows this life I’m going through
Well He understands each
care
Can’t wait to meet Him in the air
To live with Him up there
He knows the home I’m striving for
Can’t wait to see that
day
Come in my child; I’ve prepared this place
My Lord will gladly
say
He died (oh my Jesus) for me (He’s so wonderful)
So I can live with
Him on high (live with Him up there on high)
He waits (oh my Jesus)
above (He’s so wonderful) for me to join Him on that day
He’s wonderful
(oh my Jesus, He’s so wonderful), my Jesus come and take me home
Scriptural Reference:
"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:14-16
Words and music: Keith Lancaster, Sean Samuel, and Matt Nunnally
© 2004 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Sean Samuel
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
On my way, on my way,
On my way home, on my way
On my way
(repeat)
Heaven’s where we want to go (You better get ready)
But for now
(‘Cause you know not when the Lord will come)
We will wait here on the
earth (Just keep your faith steady)
For that sound (The cross bears
all, the battle has been won)
The dead in Christ will rise
Every knee will bow
The King will
take His bride
When the trumpet sounds
Chorus:
Our Savior (Our Savior) has gone away
Promised He’s
coming for us any day
We’re waiting (we’re waiting here) for His
shout
Final revealing what it’s all about
On my way, on my way, on my way home,
On my way, on my way
It will be so nice on the (Oh won’t it be exciting)
Crystal shore
(There’ll be no rich and there’ll be no poor)
Nobody will be left out
(He’s always inviting)
Any more (We’ll all be the same on the crystal
shore)
Descending on a cloud
Come to claim His own (claiming His
own)
The Savior of the world
Will take His children home
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Bridge (x3):
He’s the way to get there
See you when I get
there
He’s the way, He’s the way
3x: On my way, on my way
(3rd
time – He is the way)
He’s the way to get there (He is the way)
See you when I get
there
He is the way and the truth and the life
Standing in the presence of (Oh tell me the story)
Christ the Lamb
(of Christ the Lamb, the living Holy One)
We can hear the story from
(We’ll live in his glory)
Him first hand (His light shines brighter
than a million suns)
We’ll gather round the throne
Lift our praises high (Lifting our
praises on high)
We’ll walk the street of gold
In the place where no
one cries (Where no one cries)
Chorus 2:
Our Savior (our Savior) has gone away
Promised He’s
coming for us any day
We’re waiting (we’re waiting here) for His
shout
Final revealing what it’s all about
Repeat Chorus 2
(2nd time – Savior’s gone away, waiting for His
shout)
Bridge to ending (x4): He’s the way to get there
See you when I
get there
He’s the way, He’s the way (3x on my way, on my way)
(2nd,
3rd 4th time – He is the way)
Scriptural Reference:
"While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven." Luke 24:51
Words and music: Nicolas Dunbar and Keith Lancaster © 2004 Anthony
K. Music (ASCAP)
Lead: Nicolas Dunbar
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Take me there, won’t you take me there (x4)
Wanna go there, I wanna
go, wanna go, I wanna go there
I’ve got my bags packed and I’m ready to take flight (when I get up
there)
No worries, no problems or troubles, everything’s all right
I
am going to a place where there is no night (Lord I’m goin’)
And I’m
told through stories of old, Jesus is the light (Jesus is light)
I’m
still holdin’ on, I anticipate that day (take me there, take, take won’t
you take me there)
‘Cause I can hardly wait
Take me there
Chorus 1:
I’m going to heaven one day, one day
And I really can’t
wait to get there (can’t wait to get there)
If you are listening the
Savior’s calling
I wanna hear Him say
I’ve been forgiven, and I’m
livin’ today
And today I’m on my way there
How awesome just to see
my Jesus on that day (I can’t wait to see Him, really wanna go)
Take me there, take, take won’t you take me there
Take me there,
take, take won’t you take me there
Now that I’m on my way
Nothin’ can stop me now (can’t stop me
now)
No trials, tribulations, or persecutions (no, you can’t stop us
now)
We’re fighting a good fight, we are soldiers of the cross (keep on
fighting)
I’m awaitin’ that day when we won’t suffer any loss (any
loss)
We’re tellin’ the world to come and join along (take me there,
take, take won’t you take me there)
‘Cause with Jesus’ love we’ve never
been so strong
So strong, so strong, so strong
Chorus 2:
I’m going to heaven one day, one day
And I really can’t
wait to get there (can’t wait to get there)
If you are listening the
Savior’s calling
I wanna hear him say
I’ve been forgiven and I’m
livin’ today
And today I’m on my way there
How awesome just to see
Him on that day
Take me
Take me
Take me
Help me sing right now (take me there)
People get ready (people
get), there’s a train a-comin’ (woo hoo, woo hoo)
Don’t need no
baggage, just get on board (get on board)
All you need is faith to hear
the diesel hummin’ (hmmmmmm)
Don’t need no ticket (well), gonna find my
Lord when it takes me home
Take me, Take (x2)
Take me, take, take won’t you take me there
Scriptural Reference:
"When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, 'I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.'" Matthew 8:10-11
Words and music: Fernando Ortega © 2000 Word Music Inc./Dejamosolo
Music
This song also appeared on Song Heard 'Round the World
by Revival and Spirituals by
Revival.
Lead: Matt Nunnally
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Lord when I am alone
And when I am alone
And when I am
alone
Give me Jesus
Chorus:
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this
world
Give me Jesus
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the
morning when I rise
Give me Jesus
Repeat Chorus
And when I come to die
And when I come to die
And when I come to
die
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
(repeat)
Give me Jesus
Jesus
Scriptural Reference:
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 15:5-6
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