Not By Bread Alone (Rap Testimony)

Lyrics

Not By Bread Alone (Rap Testimony)
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Verse 1]
Some are hungry for the money
Some are hungry for control
Build your kingdom, chase the power
Still it leaves the spirit cold
Every appetite is calling
Swearin' this will fill the hole
But the ache keeps right on growing
Down inside the human soul

[Rap 1]
Yeah, I was chasing every ladder, every rung I could climb
Put my trust in every dollar, every deal, every dime
Every bite of what they sold me left me empty in time
Had a table full of trophies, still a famine inside
Tried to medicate the hunger with a bottle and buzz
Had a circle full of people but forgot who I was
When the party finally faded and the room got still
All the lights went dark, but the craving was real
Every screen, every scheme, every dream I planned
Couldn't quiet that question burning under my skin
"Is there more than just the hustle, more than making a name?"
'Cause my soul was getting thinner while I fattened my fame

[Chorus]
Man cannot live by bread alone
That's a truth I had to learn
Fill your plate and fill your pocket
Still the hunger will return
There's a hole nothing else can fill
But I found what satisfies
Man cannot live by bread alone
And neither can I

[Verse 2]
Some go hungry for the spotlight
Some go hungry for the thrill
Chase the fame and chase the pleasure
But the hollow never fills
When I hit the bottom of it all
I remembered what He said
"I'm the bread that keeps you living"
That's the only thing that fed

[Rap 2]
I had the front-row passes, back-door keys to the show
But when the curtains all closed, I had nowhere to go
All the flashing little moments never lasted a night
Every sunrise found me running from the same old fight
I heard a whisper through the static, through the noise and the spin
"You been feeding on the surface, let Me fill you within"
I was starving in the palace, begging crumbs from the floor
He said, "I'm the living bread, you don't have to starve anymore"
So I laid down every idol, every mask I wore
Let the crumbs of my kingdom hit the cold wood floor
With my hands hanging empty and my pride laid low
Found a feast in a name that this world don't know

[Chorus]
Man cannot live by bread alone
That's a truth I had to learn
Fill your plate and fill your pocket
Still the hunger will return
There's a hole nothing else can fill
But I found what satisfies
Man cannot live by bread alone
And neither can I

[Bridge]
Let the world go chase its fortune
Let the appetites run dry
I would rather have the hunger
Than a feast that's all a lie
I quit looking for the answer
In the things that come and go
I found the bread that sees me through
And it's all I need to know

[Rap 3]
So let the markets keep on raging, let the headlines shout
I been living on a promise that the world can't count
When my cupboards look empty and my name ain't known
I'm still rich in a kingdom I can't lose, can't own
'Cause the Word turned flesh, walked the dust I tread
Took the weight of my famine, broke the curse of my bread
Now my plate might be simple, but my cup runs high
Got a well in the desert that will never run dry
So I sing it to the lonely and the ones worn thin
To the broken and the bitter, to the bound by sin
There's a table in the wilderness, a place to start
Where the Bread of Life is breaking for a starving heart

[Final Chorus]
Man cannot live by bread alone
That's a truth I had to learn
Fill your plate and fill your pocket
Still the hunger will return
There's a hole nothing else can fill
But I found what satisfies
Man cannot live by bread alone
And neither can I
No, neither can I

[Outro]
Not by bread alone
Not by bread alone
He said, "I am the bread of life"
And I believe him now