VERSE 1: Brethren listen to this exposition / Paul wrote the Philippians some lessons for living / written to them but it's real good text for Christians / read it closely / hope we can catch the vision / chapter one / he tells em he's blessed to get em / co-laboring with him to serve the best Who's risen / and he's confident the Lord will perfect in Christians / what He started and hearts will be corrected in em listen / he was in prison now maybe never getting out / but all he could think about was the gospel getting out / some was even preaching Christ from selfish motives / coming at Paul but dawg he shrugged his shoulders / his focus was Christ the Messiah mayne / and for Him to live is Christ and to die was gain / yeah he was hard-pressed but to remain in the flesh / was more necessary so their faith would progress / he wanted them to strive together for the gospel in one spirit, one mind, listen to the apostle / maintain the same love, uplift your brothers / don't just look out for yourself but for the interests of others /

VERSE 2: Chapter two let's examine 5-11 / the blessed Lamb who resided in the heavens / said, forget the wealth, and emptied Himself / came as a Man and He died for the brethren / ultimate obedience, He died on the cross and / through His humility Christ was exalted / glory to the Father, now we should have / that same attitude Christ Jesus had / and on to verse 12 work out your salvation / the Father works in us in this process of saving / avoid dispute and prove yourself blameless children of God in a perverse generation / cling to the Bible, humility is vital / we see it in the lives of Paul and his disciples / serving him like a father, some fellow soldiers / let us rejoice, unite, and rep Jehovah /

VERSE 3: Chapter three / rejoice in the Lord we serve / and forget about the flesh we nothing more than dirt / man if anyone could brag bout their status it was Paul but to him it was trash and he counted it as loss / for the sake of the Christ cause He gave us life / not through anything we did but through faith in Christ / man we righteous in the eyes of the Lord, this blessing / conformed to His death and His resurrection / brethren I don't claim to have attained perfection is what he said / but was reaching to what lies ahead / and encouraged the Philippians to model what he said / not to walk in the flesh cause that walk is dead / but we citizens of heaven who eagerly wait for / the One that we rest in Jesus our Savior / that's Who the Lord is and He will surely / transform our bodies in future glory /

VERSE 4: Chapter four / he closes encouraging with words / in unity and harmony for those within the Church / rejoice in the Lord bro our hope's in Him first / let our thanks and our problems be known to Him first / embrace the peace of God, you can bet on that / and whatever is good let your mind dwell on that / then he thanked them again for their gifts and concern but / no matter what to be content he had learned plus / he was sure that he could do all things / through Him Who gave strength and can do all things / and he told them they did well sharing through all pain and made sure they knew he wasn't tryna get more change / God will supply all their needs, he hoped they might see this / according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus / the truth of Philippians, I hope it hits you / may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you / hope you liked what you heard with me rapping these verses / don't get it twisted we just scratching the surface / there's more to be learned than this rap is saying / so read it, live it, learn it like the back of your hand yeah /