Rhetorick

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That's what Jesus did for us!

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Recommended Resource: The Names of God by Ken Hemphill

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All GLORY TO A HOLY & BEAUTIFUL GOD. I LOVE YOU WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART!!! KING JESUS FOREVER!!!

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RAP:

'Orange'

BY: RICARDO FANAKEN

As this world is bout to end

And people bout to fringe

I shoot up with His blood

His word is my surringe

No more yokes of slavery

On the cross it got unhinged

So I'm anchored to the Lord

To their world they like to cringe

I'm joyful with my maker

While they whine & winge

I share His word so freely

Still feeling somewhat stingy

As I feast on His truth

Poison they like to binge

When I talk bout Holy fruit

They only think of Orange

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Spoken Word:

'Death Is Just A Joke'

BY: RICARDO FANAKEN

I witnessed

As He was engulfed in these valleys of suspended death

With the shivers of his ended humanity 

I can only imagine that He could still see his breath

Embedded inside

Like a seed with a purpose

Hidden so deep

Producing spiritual fruit

With impertinance

With a heart to succeed

As He sets humanity free

From all the lies that have kept them so locked and bound

He said to me

I love you beloved

For in my place He chose to be locked and bound

Imprisoned, forgotten, so I maybe found

But as He is the example of dying to sin

He will also be that example of a life that will win

So these shackles claim to hold Him

But the jokes are on them

Because it's through those shackles

I AM, was meant to transcend

So He lay a rest in this hidden deep

Awaiting His glory, being still, underneath

But underneath death's doors

Those keys he had stole

He destroyed sin and death

Their slavery over humanity

And their unending yokes

So now we have this leveling agent called Christ

Whose a game changer

In this game of thrones

The Holy and soon to be risen King of all kings

To whom I gladly lay my crown

For He is mine and I am His own

He's life unending

Who cannot be destroyed

For you can't touch, what's untouchable

And through Him we are finally woke

So honestly, to Christ!

Yikes...

...death is just a joke!

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Spoken Word:

'Brain-Storm'

BY: RICARDO FANAKEN

I'm going through a Brain-Storm

All these ideas...

...and side tears

As I'm taken through all these highs and lows

I look for all thats credited

As I relax with a sedative

Her lips, her eyes

Do I dare fraternize

I just wanna hold her

And express all these inner feelings

Which I cant contain no more

It's hitting these ceilings

Of my mouth

As I express this anguish aloud

I beat my chest, then shout

My heart just palpitates

As it's saturated

With lonely fears

Of a rambling mind you see

God I need you

I cry

But I can't get her off my mind

Damn this dime

I wrestle with the heart of God's, of her's and of mine

I want so much

But these expectations just keep tearing me apart

And being stayed apart is 'me'

But the more I stay apart from her I bleed

As this current of my mind takes a hold

Memories keep sparkling

As my mind let's go

Of the reality of there ever being an 'us'

I'm found on my knees

Praying for this pain to be eradicated

For all this psychological and emotional trauma

To be satiated

As I approach the only one who can give me her hand

Because He already took these scars on that cross

With so much pain and surrender

He understands! What it costs!

But even still

With all this stress erupting deep inside of me

I feel at a loss!

And deep inside...

...I await for His infinite answer to be

YES

Yes, I approve the unity of two becoming one through me

Give her that ring of beautiful identity

Be blessed, pressed down, shaken and over flowing

As these trumpets of 'YES' are ever blowing

(INTERLUDE)

Then God speaks:

Son as my purpose beats through your chest

So heed my words of discipline

As the sun sets in the west

I employ you

Be still!

Know I'm here for you!

Know that I'm God!

Keep your promise to both her and me

Don't pursue her but ministry

But all in all as I AM your All in All

Before I give her to you

You gotta give yourself to me

Lay down this Brain-Storm!

Totally! Unshamefully!

And just rest!

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Spoken Word:

'Guard'

By: RICARDO FANAKEN

Standing at these gates

The draft comes into these open doors

While I'm getting sick

Through these open pores

What journeys through these gates might enter?!

A troubled mind

With needs so centered

I banter

As I stroke these tethered floors

All the aches and pains I ignore

Joints are feeling worn

As purpose switches sides of these doors

A battle rages down under

I slay the demon assunder

Rattlings of a mind so present deep

Wayward thoughts compressed underneath

But underneath

There are tares to ensnare

Eyes all around

Vulnerable, laid bare

Echoes of crowds, echoes of sound

As I extend my hands

Loneliness abounds

My help I send

With another bend

My heart laid bare

With hope that life transcends

A swerve of the road

Paths square to meet

I hear a silent voice

So small so sweet

'I need a sticker for a return, I'm about to make'

I give her the sticker

But internally I resume

' I wish I could return this job...'

With sheer hate

I came to do this job you see

But the yells & screams keep haunting me

I wanna quit and move on higher

There has to be more

I beat my chest

Then tire

Am I in denial of a lonely road ahead

Is this all I'm capable off to earn my bread?!

I sigh!!!..

They say to show authority

To have security presence

But if the customer's always right

What's the point?!

Is 'security' really present

Forced to give a lecture

On the protocols of the stores architecture

On why it beeped

And why I'm here

My soul just breaks

With every sneer

My tears hit these floors with total sheer

With every second that's left

Closing time is what I revere

Can't stay still behind this transparent glass

But my knees are breaking

Tired from these floors I caress

Worn and broken

I need to find a place I can rest

Before my boss visits

Cursing no less

Why am I solely alone

In this crowd I'm torn

Torn to sides through spectrums that don't meet

I can't evade this journey

That produced these swolen feet

My heart is aching

With every breath

Pulsating

Exhausted

But to this job I'm solely sworn

I'm a guard

Yet guarded

Tethered inside

But yet this guard is born

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Spoken Word:

'Spoken Book'

By: RICARDO FANAKEN

What if my life was a spoken book

What tall tales it might tell

Would the pros exceed the negative

Or by the wayside, would it be expelled

If people read through the life of these pages

Would it inspire like sages

With each turn do you see a another side of me

Or as a whole am I just faceless

And have I mastered my inner identity

Sifting through all my vanity

Have I felt those growing pains I've been told off...

...As I probe through my insecurities

The inner workings of this hidden man

Is my life as turbulant as many oceans

Or are my feet fortified as I cross these mountains

As I set my foot prints on all these inner lands

Is my life subject to an hour glass of sinking sands

With each sinking grain drowning any chance to expand

Or do I have time to explore

To adore or abhor

On the wings of life can I really soar...

...As I survive lifes curves and edges

Am I master of this craft

With every line designed

Centered and shined

Gleeming for wavering eyes 

Of all to see

Is it all expressions of great wonder

Words expressed through sounds of thunder

As I navigate within this hidden deep

What ventures, will I really find lying underneath

I ponder...

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Spoken Word:

'Writer's Block'

BY: RICARDO FANAKEN

I feel like I have writer's block

My whole world ended

When the pencil dropped

Rivers quenched

My soul just stopped

Words of my expression

Now I had saught

Endless quests

With unending want

My soul feels drenched

With empty thoughts

So now I'm looking for that fuel

Ideas that spark that duel

Which challenges

And sandwiches

Identities of old and new

Of once I had thought

So I roam through the streets of my mind

Hoping to see, hoping to find

Something akin

My soul is aching

No more forsaking

I sense my soul awaken

Captured and abducted

Gravity has it's hold

I won't give up

Cause I can't let go

Of these melodies

That keep haunting me

I just can't escape this chrysalis of identity

So I gotta continue

No I won't stop

As I work through this brain freeze

A brain shock

And deep cries out to deep

I unlock

I press through these fires within

And totally shatter what my past called

Writer's block!