Eternal Life Music

“Ready To Go”

// October 8th, 2009 // Lyrics and Details

One of our favorites.  The music for this song was originally produced by Ronin Williams, then co-produced/arranged by KinDeezil for the Eternal Life Music album.  It features vocalist Nicole Danielle, and was co-written by Nicole along with tb.  This one is about resting in the blessed assurance and expectation that to be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD (2 Corinthians 5:8), and actually eagerly looking forward to that glorious day.  Passage reading by KinDeezil.

(To hear more from Nicole Danielle, go to: http://www.myspace.com/heiressoflife)

Lyrics:

Intro:

“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all [the] tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things [have] passed away.”  Revelation 21:3-4.

 

Hook:

I’m ready to go.

I’m ready to leave.

To see your face

For all eternity

(I wanna go home)

I’m ready to go

Verse:

(Man, life sure can be a struggle can’t it?)

After a while man, the beef gets old –

And I wanna take a walk on the streets of gold –

have an angel introduce me to the peeps of old –

not before I meet the maker who redeemed my soul (4)

and I can’t wait.  I often try to contemplate –

what it’ll be like beholding God face to face –

and I can only give thanks, I don’t have to run –

I work now ‘cause I’m tryin’ to hear Him say well done (8)

Lest I be misunderstood to preach a doctrine of works –

It’s by grace through faith that He saved me first –

but I’m saved unto good works, and I’m determined –

that my life’s story, glory to God, will be a sermon (12)

a legacy handed off from me to my kids –

so they can look at me and see how God wants you to live –

so they can understand what pursuing holiness is –

that “confessing” God is simply not all that there is (16)

If we really love God, it should look that way –

Share the love of Christ, fellowship, read and pray –

If it’s only one thing that you heed today –

know that I’m headed off to heaven and He’s the way (20)

Now take it back to the topic at hand, can you imagine me –

Worshipping in heaven in the presence of my Daddy –

With the 24 elders around the throne –

Greeted with a holy kiss, ‘cause I’m finally home (24)

Or perhaps better yet you imagine you –

dying ought to be something you’ll be glad to do –

Knowing that the God of Heaven awaits in magnificent –

splendor and glory the Lord in His infinite (28)

wisdom provided Himself a Lamb –

in advance to atone for the sins of man –

you can bask in the presence of the Great I AM –

your choice but the choice was a part of the plan (32)

Come and meet me in a place where we cry no more –

die no more, and people won’t lie no more –

and aint nobody even tryin’ to get high no more –

intoxicated by His fragrance at the door for sure (36)

And I saw a new heaven and earth,

for the old heaven and the old earth had passed away –

And the Lord promised no more pain, I can’t wait –

Let’s exhort one another while it’s called to day (40)

for my wife, kids and mission I’ll gladly stay –

I’m, convinced that it’s pleasing to the Lord that way –

& what’s left to say I figure y’all already know –

whenever I go, trust, I was ready to go.  (44)

 [Hook]

 Outro:

“And God shall wipe away all [the] tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things [have] passed away.”  Revelation 21:4