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A friend sent me a note that Lecrae’s new album Rehab is now the #4 top-selling album at iTunes. And it’s also #1 on the Christian and Gospel Billboard Charts. Praise be to God.

A few days ago I streamed the song “Background.”

I’ve asked Reach Records if I could also stream the song “Boasting,” and they’ve granted permission.

You can listen to it below, followed by the verse lyrics:

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/1-13-Boasting.mp3|titles=1-13 Boasting]

With every breath I take, with every heart beat, sun rise or moon lights the dark street/ every glance, every dance, every note of the song/ it’s all gift undeserved that shouldn’t known/ Every day that I lie/ every moment I covet/  I’m deserving to die, I’m just earning His judgment/ Without the cross there’s only condemnation/ If Jesus wasn’t executed there’s no celebration/ so in times that are good, in times that are bad/ for any times I’ve had at all I will be glad/ and I’ll boast in the cross/ I’ll boast in my pains, I’ll boast in the son’s shine, I’ll boast in his reign/ What is my worth if it’s not praising you/ Another dollar in my bank account/ or vain pursuit/ I do not count my life as any value or precious at all/ let me finish my race/ let me answer my call/

Tomorrow’s never promised/ but it is we swear/ think we’re holding our own/ just a fist fulla air/ God has never been obligated to give us life/ if we fought for our rights we’d be in Hell tonight/ Mere sinners owed nothing but fierce hand/ we never loved him/ we pushed away his pierced hands/ I rejected his love, grace, kindness, and mercy/ dying of thirst and yet willing to die thirsty/ Eternally worthy/ how could I live for less/ Patiently you turn my heart away from selfishness/ I volunteer for your sanctifying surgery/ I know the spirits purging me of everything that’s hurting me/ removed the veil from my darkened eyes/ so now every mooring I open your word to see sun rise/ I hope in nothing boast in nothing/ only in your suffering/ I live to show your glory/ dying to tell your story

You can get the CD from Amazon, or you can  download the MP3 files from Amazon or iTunes (for $1 more).

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