Ministry of Love (Andrés Extended Mix)

[Intro]

Uh... well... I guess it's all summed up now... You know, they keep telling me that... music is a ministry. Well, that's true... I do love music... So, I guess you could say... I have a ministry of love... You know, just trying to replenish your soul... with the gifts and the feelings... that made you wanna live... that made you wanna give... love... A ministry of love...

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A ministry of love

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

No talking, RIP, love triangle

We're talking about a love triangle of self, love and perseverance

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of lovе

Love, a ministry of love

[Verse 1]

It seems therе's never enough time

It seems we're rarely in the spirit

But when they come through your mind

You gotta take time to hear it

The message of the spirit

Is one of devotion

Yet some resist and fear it

Refusing to accept the notion

[Chorus]

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

[Verse 2]

As we fall from grace

We rise to a higher level

On our leap of faith

You see, I got over the devil

But then Venus called me out

No more worship from afar

Doesn't she realize that only in the dark

Can you truly see a star shining

[Chorus]

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

[Interlude]

Your house has been taken over. Whenever a great nation begins to think in arrogance and power, corrupt leadership, and they become spiritually blind, God always is [?] and raises from amongst the class that is the most oppressed a human being in whom God puts light and guidance. You're gonna miss truth! Because it comes from a class of people that you look down on. Today, if God sends you [?] in the word of a black man would you be able to [?]

[Chorus]

Love, a ministry of love

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

[Verse 3]

Love is a four letter word

Perhaps the most crucial one of all

It seems whenever it's heard

[?]

See, the knowledge of love

Makes you realize you know nothing

You see, there's no control of it

A need to be a part of something

A part of history

So diverse and complex

Turning failure into glory

From one generation to the next

[Chorus]

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

Love, a ministry of love

A ministry of love

A ministry of love

This is a ministry of love

You know [?]

[Outro]

Now look. If you disconnect the tree from it's roots, the tree dies. If you disconnect the roots from the earth, the tree dies. The roots of a people is their history, and if the history, that when you know it you draw nourishment from your history, because your history teaches the full range of possibility of what you and your people are able to do. What you're able to build. You know what you can do by knowing what your parents and your ancestors have done.‌