Everybody's Under God's Planet, And God Is

I'm Marrying My Common-law Wife, Beth, The Christian Way, With A Preacher And All That.

I Was In Prison For A Charge In Texas, Murder One. Back In The '70s In Texas, I Was There. I Heard The Shot. I Was In The Car.

You Can't Be Afraid To Put Out A Fire If You're A Fireman. You Can't Be Afraid To Be A Police Officer And Carry A Gun If You're Afraid To Get Up And Go Out There. So You've Got To Put That Fear To The Side And Go Out In Faith To Overcome That.

Faith Is The Substance Of Hope - Of Things Hoped For And The Evidence Of Things Not Seen. So If You Can Hope For It And Imagine It, And Keep Imagining And Hoping And Seeing Yourself Driving A New Car, Or Seeing Yourself Getting That Job, Or Seeing Yourself Excel, Seeing Yourself Help That Person - That Is Faith.

And I Used To Say, 'i'm Black, Too.' In Other Words, I - My Whole Life I've Been Called A Half-breed, A Convict, King Of The Trailer Trash, This And That. I Take That And Stand.