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Keep It Real

by Clara Rhoden

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1.
Real Again 03:25
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I'm sick of nice It's all the same Shallow cloud of face If I beat you up You'd put me in jail Is that feeling safe in my head? Why won't you give me something I can believe in? I wanna feel again Can I lose myself in something that sets me free? I wanna be real again I feel like a zombie The world just passes me by I may as well fade to nothing Well I kick myself For letting it all pass me over I used to stand for something Why won't you give me something I can believe in? I wanna feel again Can I lose myself in something that sets me free? I wanna be real again
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Cut The Crap 03:06
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Too scared to speak, than to offend I won't tell you what I really think Better be safe, than to lose friends I feel like I'm beginning to sink Turn on a smile, say everything's well My life is just a big facade No one gives a damn about how I feel If I tell you you won't understand No surprise, painted lies Empty friends, it's all pretend Don't wanna share, 'cause no one cares About what's inside Play the game to win the fame Nothing lost, nothing gained “No opinion” that's the phrase To keep up the lies It's time to cut the crap Don't be afraid to act Be the person that God made you Now no more lies, no more excuses It's time to throw them all away I will be frank and honest with you I will show you how I really feel I will say things you don't wanna hear 'Cause if I don't you'll never know That only the truth will set you free Please take the time to bear with me Love may hurt, but love is strong Love can cover over wrongs I'll tell you straight 'cause I'm your friend And want you to grow Hard to take, no mistake No love lost, wisdom gained I hope that you can do the same To show your love It's time to cut the crap Don't be afraid to act Be the person that God made you
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Make Me Clean 03:49
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We're all diplomats With our higher education We learn to say the right things Without giving it away University Full of promise and career We earn a piece of paper But we don't know anything Stuck in a bubble Reality's outside Objective observation fails to deal with life Who do we think we are? Who do we think we are? These people Honour with their lips But their hearts are far from me They worship in vain With their traditions Their teachings are but rules taught by men How far gone are we? Have we lost perspective? Is reality so out of reach? Politically correct We speak lies That fail to reflect The heart inside You see what's deep inside of me All the junk I try to hide Only you can make me clean Show me all the evil inside Won't you make me clean? Won't you make me clean, Lord? Religion is for fools For those who follow rules Reality is greater Where love rules Not by strength Not by works I know the one who loves me A relationship Won't you make me clean? Won't you make me clean, Lord? Won't you make me clean? Won't you make me clean, Lord? Clean Make me clean Make me clean Make me clean
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Tess 04:38
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She was a girl, not even a woman From a poor family She went to work for a neighbour to try to raise their fortunes But how was she to know That he was a bad man That he would use her and abuse her Then leave her helpless carrying his child? It was not her fault But now she carries this guilt as a burden on her conscience Is this what she’s worth? Why do you hold on to the past? Feel the guilt when you were not to blame? It was not your fault that all these things happened You were the victim of someone else’s crime Lord, hear our prayer Hear our cry for justice How much longer will you allow these things to happen? I know it breaks your heart to see the helpless suffer Lord, please won’t you bring your justice now? Lord, please won’t you bring your justice, bring your justice now? He was a boy who everyone was friends with In a respected family He worked hard to try to please his father But how's a boy to know His dad is a sad man Who would accuse him and abuse him Then leave him helpless carrying his scars? Boy, it's not your fault But now you carry this guilt as a burden on your conscience Is this what you're worth? Why do you hold on to the past? Feel the guilt when you were not to blame? It was not your fault that all these things happened You were the victim of someone else’s crime Lord, hear our prayer Hear our cry for justice How much longer will you allow these things to happen? I know it breaks your heart to see the helpless suffer Lord, please won’t you bring your justice now? Lord, please won’t you bring your justice, bring your justice now?
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Green-Eyed Monster 02:54
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I know what you're thinking I can see it in your eyes Inside your heart is breaking But your lips are speaking lies There's something green inside of me And it's gripping at my heart I don't wanna let it take hold of me Unless it gives me what I want I see your green eyes staring back at me Wishing everything you see was yours for the taking You shun away the thought something's wrong with me Why does everybody have what I desperately need? So give me what's yours And I'd be happier than you are I'd appreciate what you have More than you seem to show Reality check I'm not content with what I do have Is that gonna change When You give me something else? I see your green eyes staring back at me Wishing everything you see was yours for the taking You shun away the thought something's wrong with me Why does everybody have what I desperately need? Take it up with the Giver He's the One who knows your soul Trust Him with your heart's desires He will never let you down Give it up green-eyed monster You're not welcome in this town I am trusting the Giver He will never let me down Goodbye, green-eyed monster! Goodbye, green-eyed monster! Goodbye, green-eyed monster! Goodbye!
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Disillusion 04:12
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Nothing, blank Devoid of all feeling Stop spitting random pieces of information at me Who cares? It doesn't mean anything I'm not listening, I don't understand So many friends Yet so lonely It's not right to feel so alone Unfulfilled Empty, numb Moments of joy break through the screen Would you miss me if I was gone? Not that I'm really there anyway My body plays the part, but there's no soul No joy, no joy Everything I wanted, now I have Why this empty, meaningless space? I'm just a pawn in my own game, but I'm painted in the corner There's no way out, unless we break the rules Creativity is not painting by numbers It's breaking the rules, thinking outside Keep it fresh, let the unexpected in Life will never cease to amaze you When you start to notice things Would you miss me if I was gone? Not that I'm really there anyway My body plays the part, but there's no soul No joy, no joy Everything I wanted, now I have Why this empty, meaningless space? I'm just a pawn in my own game, but I'm painted in the corner There's no way out, unless we break the rules Keep it fresh, let the unexpected in Life will never cease to amaze you When you start to notice things
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Saying Thank You 03:28
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I'm so negative Only see where things are flawed This is no way to live Always digging a deeper hole Sowing bad seeds Spreading my leaves of pain I've gotta get out of here Before I drag you all down with me Surely things would be better If I could only see it through My life would be brighter If I'd just spend more time Saying thank you I wanna change my ways But Lord, won't you show me how I can't do it on my own Can you rescue me from myself? Take this hurt, take this pain Nail it to your cross You have delivered me So why am I still singing this song? Surely things would be better If I could only see it through My life would be brighter If I'd just spend more time Saying thank you Thanks for my life every breath Every beat of my heart A place to live, food to eat And music to make me glad For my friendships for my family For the loved ones you have given me For my freedom, for my peace For prosperity in this land Thanks for hope, thanks for joy Thanks that this is not the end But one day we'll see just how significant He lives For this death, for this life For this saving from my sins I will give you praise Surely things would be better If I could only see it through My life would be brighter If I'd just spend more time Saying thank you
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Turtle 04:22
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I'm a turtle I'm a turtle when it hurts I'm too fragile for the world to see me like this It's safer just to hide in my shell Don't try to help me I can handle this myself But in reality I'm hurting up all inside And I wish someone could make it all well You hurt me real bad But I won't admit I'm sad I tell myself it's just insecurity It's not worth making you worry I pretend there's nothing wrong So people think I'm so strong But deep down I'm just a mess Weaker than all the rest I'm a turtle I'm a turtle when it hurts I'm too fragile for the world to see me like this It's safer just to hide in my shell Don't try to help me I can handle this myself But in reality I'm hurting up all inside And I wish someone could make it all well You reach in and pull me out Because you know all my doubts There's no hiding, you know all about me And even then still love me So when I'm weak, in you I'm strong When I'm poor, then I am rich Because you love me, you'll always be on my side Don't care what anyone thinks I'm a turtle I'm a turtle when it hurts I'm too fragile for the world to see me like this It's safer just to hide in my shell But you're on my side Now I don't have to hide Though in reality still hurting up all inside I know you can make it all well I'm a turtle I'm a turtle when it hurts Though in reality still hurting up all inside I know you can make it all well I'm a turtle But I know you can make it all well
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The Street 04:40
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She's addicted to the street So afraid who she might meet Working up and down the corner, it's her territory Handbag on her shoulder is all she has Too ashamed to show his face He sits alone in his disgrace Thousands pass him by each day as if he wasn't there It's cold, it's dark, who cares? Who sees your pain? Who knows your shame? Who has the power to save you from your sin? Who will hold your hand and take you in? Children begging for bread On the streets without a bed Crying out to the rich man in a business suit Whose spare change could feed them for a week There was a man from Galilee Like none the world would ever see He came to find the lost, feed the hungry, heal the sick Nailed to a tree he died to set us free He sees your pain He knows your shame He holds the power to save you from your sin He holds out his hands to take you in He sees you He loves you He knows you He cares He sees you He loves you He knows you He died for you He sees your pain He knows your shame He holds the power to save you from your sin He holds out his hands to take you in
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Cage 03:43
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I like to build cages for myself When I was young, they were made of cardboard Now I'm older, they're made of rules You must! You can't! There's no way out of here Nowhere to go, but a metre each way Why do I do it? I really don't know Is there any way out of this cage? Break me out! Get me out of this cage. I'm so lonely! But I'm helpless without my cage I fight for freedom, I think it's my right When I've attained it The first thing I do is build a cage to contain it I can't use it, it's too precious I'll spoil it I've got to keep it safe, by hiding in the cage Here no one can touch it, No one interferes No one can use it, not even me Break me out! Get me out of this cage. I'm so lonely! But I'm helpless without my cage I'm breaking out Don't need this cage no more Your love is the reason I can be set free In Your love, I am free to be who I am In Your love, I am free to love and be loved Break out! Out of this cage Your love is safer I'm amazed! I'm free to be the best I can be I'll throw off this cage 'cause I'm free To be who I'm made to be I'm free!
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One More Chance 03:45
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I wish I had the chance to tell you How much you mean to me And all those times I should have called you Now all those chances have gone away I'm gonna miss our chats We laughed, we cried We had our big debates But now there'll be no more I wish I'd listened more And let you know how much you meant to me I'm gonna miss you More than words can say I'm gonna miss you I wish I had the chance to say That I love you I love you That I love you I wish I had the chance, just one more chance to say I'm so thankful for you, my friend And I'm so blessed to have known you in this life I'm so glad that you know Jesus So one day we'll see each other in the next I hope I remember your story So I can tell of God's grace in your life One day we'll meet in eternity And I look forward to that day I'm gonna miss you More than words can say I'm gonna miss you I wish I had the chance to say That I love you I love you That I love you I wish I had the chance, just one more chance to say
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Where I Belong 04:31
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In this world it’s everybody for themselves No one seems to care about anybody else No matter where I live I feel it’s not my home Even when my friends surround me I feel I’m on my own Creation’s groaning for an end to its decay My body’s aching for a lasting embrace Tell me, where do I belong? Tell me, where do I belong? I belong to you My place is in you I belong to you In a love that lasts forever I marvel at your wonderful creation Yet my heart faints 'cause it’s coming to an end I wonder what’s the point of life when all will fade away Who will be there to hold me at the end of the day? I’m longing for certainty of something that will last A place of real security when all things have passed Tell me, where do I belong? Tell me, where do I belong? I belong to you My place is in you I belong to you In a love that lasts forever We will be together for eternity In the place you have prepared Where there’ll be no more crying No more tears, no more longing For we’ll be home Home together with you, where I belong Where there’ll be no more crying No more tears, no more longing, for we’ll be home For we'll be home

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Keep It Real was an album that helped me through a difficult time in my life. Each song was like therapy to me, as God helped me to work through what I was facing. I pray they will bless you in your journey just as they have blessed me.

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released July 18, 2009

Music and Lyrics by Clara Rhoden
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Phil Gaudion
Produced by Clara Rhoden & Phil Gaudion

Lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keys, bass, viola & violin by Clara Rhoden
Electric guitars, bass, drums & percussion by Phil Gaudion

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Gospel singer, songwriter, musician and producer at Lifespeaks Studio, Melbourne Australia

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