I Signed Up to Die

They pulled that boy up out the shed, now he walkin' down the road
 Beatin' gettin' more intense every other step he go
 They whipped him punched him kicked him slapped him, ripped that boy up out his clothes
 Couple punches to the face, second one broke his nose
 They laughin' at him, they spittin' at him
 They kickin' at him, dog barkin' at him
 He thinkin' to his self, how could this happen?
 He black out for a minute, they throw water at him
 A week ago he was sittin' up playin' with his kids
 Wife and family all around in the comfort of his crib
 Birthday party passing gifts
 Last thing that he remember: packing for a mission trip
 Now it's about to go down
 That's what he was thinkin' as he sit there knelt to the ground
 His killa walked up on him rollin' and looked him in the eye
 He said "aren't you gonna beg? " he said NO...
 I signed up to die
 Death don't have a hold on me
 So death don't put no fear in me
 I don't think that you hearin' me
 I signed up to die
 When I lay down on that bed
 I'm gon' open up my eyes
 And my Lord gon' be there
 I signed up to die
 Death don't have a hold on me
 So death don't put no fear in me
 I don't think that you hearin' me
 I signed up to die... die...
 Die... die...
 I signed up to die
 She was only twelve when she heard about the name of Christ
 Saw the beauty of his love, instantly it changed her life
 Secret meetings in the late night
 Pulled her out the dark, now she 'bout to go and be a light
 She don't know nothin' about no Bible teachers
 'Cause where she from there ain't no Bible teachin'
 Matter of fact it is forbidden
 But she done found a treasure that she couldn't keep hidden
 Now she standin' in a circle
 A hundred people yellin' out "convert or we gon' hurt you"
 I know she had to be scared
 But she thought about that preacher and the words that he said
 He told 'em all about Stephen
 How he was 'bout to die, he looked up and saw Jesus
 And her killer walked up on her, he looked her in the eye
 He said "are you gon' convert? " she said NO...
 He picked his family up and he moved 'em to the inner city
 Not to get a job but to go and be a missionary
 His family told him "boy, you insane
 You gon' get yourself killed, get a bullet to the brain"
 But he still went to do the work
 He still went to plant a church
 'Cause God gave him a vision
 And he gon' use that vision to help go rebuild the city
 But now he starin' down the barrel
 They tossin' up his office yellin' and they cursin' at him
 You think that he would be scared
 But he thought about the Bible and the words Jesus said
 And now he prayin' for the killers
 Like even if they kill me Lord bring these boys to repentance
 Then his killer walked up on him, he looked him in the eye
 He said "aren't you even scared? " he said NO...