It Wasn't the Nails by The Mississippi Mass Choir

The First Twenty Years by The Mississippi Mass Choir

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It Wasn't the Nails
by The Mississippi Mass Choir

Album: The First Twenty Years

L - Come on everybody put your hands together, come on put your hands together, I want to take your mind back, to a hill called Calvary, where Jesus died, paid the price, for your sins and mines, anybody here, know he died for ya? I want to get the fruits of your lips, do you know he died for ya? I want you to know it wasn't the spikes that they put in his feet that held him to the cross, it wasn't the spear that they speared him in the side, that held him to the cross, can I get somebody to say yes here, I want you to know, it wasn't the nails, that they nailed in his hands, that held him to the cross, but when that thief said, come down and save yourself, I want yall to know today, that it was love, let me hear you say love, (love) that held him to the cross, it was love, for the prostitute, it was love, for the drug addict, it was love, for you, you, and you, if you know it was love, put those hands in the air, we come today to tell you it wasn't the nails that held him to the cross, but it was the love of God, come on choir let's tell em'.

C - It wasn't, the nails that, held him, to the cross, he could have, come down, but this world would, still be lost, the ransom, was so high, only he could, pay the cost, it wasn't, the nails that, held him, to the cross, oh………….

(Twice)
L - He was wounded, for our transgression, bruised, for our iniquity, by his stripes, we were healed, as he hung their at Calvary, he was lifted, up from the earth, in order to draw all men, it was love, that held….. him there, oh, that same love, covered our sins, oh
(Chorus)
L - For God so, loved the world, that he gave, his only son, no greater love, has been given, to anyone, and the Son, gave his life, it wasn't taken, by men, he had the power, to lay it down, oh, he had the power, to take it up again, oh…

(Chorus)
L - Put your hands together, yeah yall, after being crucified, dead and buried yall, I stopped by to tell ya early, I say early yall, I say early yall, yes he did, you see I'm talking about Jesus now, nobody but Jesus, he rose one day yall, yes Jesus did, he rose one day yall, yes Jesus did, and he declared that, all power, I said all power, I said all power, was given unto him, yes Jesus did yall (3), in heaven, yes he did yall, and in earth, we stopped by to tell you that he's got,

C - Power (Repeat)

Adlib:
Power to save, yall, power to raise, yall, power over the grave, power over the grave, power to heal the sin sick soul, power to make the wounded, power and power (3), power, power, power, to walk right, power, to talk right, power, power

C – Power!