Choosing the demographic and target audience for Chris Treborn’s next project was an easy task. Chris Treborn has performed for a few Middle Schools in 2012 and has found that the attention span of pre-teens varies from 6th – 8th graders. In fact, their entire attitude and swagger varies greatly among 11, 12, and 13 year olds. So how can you approach them with music and have them all listen and relate. The mission to reach the pre-teen demographic can be daunting. But that was a challenge Chris Treborn was up for. He knew he had an opportunity to grow and potentially speak the middle schooler’s language.

I'm Chris Treborn I'm gonna pray for them They gotta stay warm let's protect them from harm The mission field you know the deal You know it's real it's real in the feel So how do you deal with cards that were dealed I mean dealt they all wanna be felt Even the jokers are begging for aces All my queens where you at Jacks got your backs & faces From all the races all my tribes and all my kings You know who brings peace? The king of kings This is why we dance. This is why we sing Everything else don't mean a thing It's all vein like chasing puddles in the rain Lets get to the hopping like kangols Yay go! Son on my back I'm chasing rainbows No matter what we face the storm will pass It will not last but we gotta fast The endless and relentless zephyr The never ending endeavor They think we're dead surround us with vultures Lets infiltrate peer pressure with counter culture Oh I thought we told ya Daddy sent his son as a soldier Now he's the poster Child no he's not wild but boy got style He taught us how to smile Through the longest mile So after awhile. Crocodile Your tears will be gone see ya later Alligator. All our haters. All debaters This is for the naysayers. Turn them into believers by how we live as receivers Don't leave it to beavers leave it to Jesus He's got the broken pieces watch him build in this recess He's been gone preparing So prepare to be blessed In the spirit In the resurrected flesh You know what's next Know what to expect Before you take breath Lets all escape death In this mission field You might get killed Still we go in In for the kill This who I am For the sacrificed lamb Can't be stupid dumb Can't follow the some Might fall to our doom Like tic Toc boom Save my soul Make me whole Heart break I'm heart broken The surgery was open Now more than I'm hoping I've been chosen Straight To the point then Make an appointment We were bipolar Split mentality In actuality We were the casualties In our reality Send the summer knight To fight for our right You just got to Get back up too This is our moment No longer can we hold it Lets just hold longevity With anchormen integrity

You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands Clap your hands Clap your hands This is where I stand I know who I am I know where I stand This is who I am This is where I stand I know who I am I know where I stand This is who I am I am just a man. A man without a plan A man without land. So where did I land I once had a plan to do all I can But God had a plan he became my fan In him I took a stand because he guides my steps I followed his path and he helped me take breaths More than just reps more than just steps I was left impressed with more than life and death So what could be left. So what could I expect When I fell to the ground. He carried me to the next Road to be traveled. Through the rocks and gravel When I stubbed my toe. He knew I could handle Anything I faced with him by my side He became my friend. He became my guide I swallowed my pride and put myself aside I gave him the wheel and enjoyed the ride I knew I could trust in someone other than me I could be a branch apart of this tree I could be apart of more than history That was the day. I became free Free from the trap Free from the grave No longer a slave Because his glory reigns Couldn't serve two masters So I only serve one The father and the son Allow his will to be done Say I'm free from the trap I'm free from the trap Say I'm free from the grave I'm free from the grave You can't serve two masters Serve two masters So lets only serve one The father and son You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands You can clap you can clap you can clap your hands Clap your hands Clap your hands This is where I stand I know who I am I know where I stand This is who I am This is where I stand I know who I am I know where I stand This is who I am I am a man. But I'm more than a man I try my very best. I'll do more than I can Its no longer my plan because he knows who I am I found identity in the great I am You can ask sam you can ask my mother You can ask my lover or ask my brother They know who I am. I know who I am Do you know who I am. I am who I am Free from the trap Free from the grave No longer a slave Because his glory reigns Couldn't serve two masters So I only serve one The father and the son Allow his will to be done Say I'm free from the trap I'm free from the trap Say I'm free from the grave I'm free from the grave You can't serve two masters Serve two masters So lets only serve one The father and son I Thank my father. That I am his son We already won. We have overcome He gave me identity. He gave me purpose Without him and his love. My life is worthless To him I was purchased. I was made perfect In his image I have grace. I was made worth it You too are purchased. You too are perfect Your identity is in grace because you're worth it!

Haters mad so they hate when players game on and play You can try to deflate we gone win any way You can cheat at this game players play on and play You can be mad and hate we gone win any way Y'all gonna lose and then say its just the haters that hate Still we will win the day to win we must play If you got game you got game In not then you're lame You can stay and be the same You can put shame to the name Or put the name to shame I'd rather change for a change All my nickels and dimes know they got range Peer pressure is strange it'll bang like a gang I'm not rapping to rap so don't be singing to sang I remember the day when I had a young face And all my friends had something for me to embrace But to avoid the mistakes I had to wear my game face No need for playing games I'm a player no way No way I could say I could do it without a teammate I need you on my team and I need you to stay Yes I will wait for you to know fate Just open the gate we'll be on our way Haters go and mean mug Trippin just like a thug But we ain't gonna bug nor will we budge So go drop you grudge you know I won't judge I guess your jealous a smidgen or is it just a smudge

6 years ago I used to flow I rapped slow like you know We have to let go. Let go of the past We knew it wouldn't stay. We knew it wouldn't last Go ahead and slow down. No need to be fast We need to fast to make it last Make a meal make it to supper Don't spoil dinner with the dessert bra (like) If you grab a fry before you get home You'll have an empty box or a fry all alone You can be grown try to be patient You can grow up no need for a face lift You can be grown no need for a face lift You can grow up just be patient Take it easy. Don't Be easy girl Take it easy. It's your world Don't give it up Don't give it out No need to throw up No need to put out It can wait you can wait It could be fate Make no mistake It could be destiny make no mistake It can wait you can wait It's destiny and fate Make no more mistakes Sometimes peer pressure is like eating It's all consuming. Ever so defeating Thought you were treated to be treating Stop trick or treating just to be eating That's so deceiving so misleading So where is this leading to this evening I hope that's its leading to you believing Please believe me don't end up grieving Thought your guest was staying looks like their leaving You need a reservation ask the host no seating They don't want the tab they can't pay the bill They will just gab that it was a free thrill I mean a free meal. they'll want a refill When they want a refill return for a free meal So What's the deal? It's deal or no deal It could be a homerun or it could be a steal Take it easy. Don't Be easy girl Take it easy. It's your world Don't give it up Don't give it out No need to throw up No need to put out It can wait you can wait It could be fate Make no mistake It's destiny and fate Make no more mistakes This sounds stupid dumb. Don't be silly um... Everybody wants some. A free meal is fun (but) You gotta work it. Gotta make it worth it Make it worth it. You can't just deserve it

I'm going in for the kill. Your desire is my will Even if my blood spill. I will serve your will Get your fill. Get your keys. Gotta license to ILL Still we will prevail because he tore the veil It's been a revelation it's no longer concealed The truth is unveiled and love is the LORD's will So what could a man like me do with this love Some call it agape. I say it comes from above How could I not fight for the right To have The Kingdom in my sight Every day and night. We keep it air tight Running for the crown. Laced up that's right It's marathon and I'm running for his glory Praise the Lord as I'm Running with his story. No longer selfish living for my own lifeline Who else could carry us across the finish line Shame? He put our shame on his back Lies? He put our lies on his back Sins? Sins are under attack. Who's the man? Jesus is the man as a matter of fact He died and came back. Resurrected from that Not even death could hold him back He took the cross on his back How could we not react?! Yes he died for us. So lets live for him All our sins were crushed instead of us it was him Thank you Jesus for stepping in For stepping over sin. Overcoming for the win It was once and for all. So, never again. Naysayers try to taint what you set to do Please forgive them. I do. And you do too Once day we will see it'll be so exciting You will return like a bright flash of lightning

You see me and my crew You see me and my crew When we step up in the room When we step up in the room Y'all know just what to do Y'all know just what to do Everybody say Tic Toc Boom We're not eating to consume But that's what hungry artists do Watch us when we move Standing on a stool All up in your school Throwing bows too Not acting a fool We play the part so cool Using our voice as a tool of righteousness Kickin it like donkeys & mules Yeah we bring justice When you see us coming Holla out that hosanna Make it rain daily like Oh manna oh manna I know you can't stand us you don't understand us We don't need you to judge Just be the jury don't budge We can be peers for the next the next few years And when our job is done everyone cheers Can you cheer like a leader We'll take you to our leader We're following the leader! So follow the leader! Can you cheer like a leader We'll take you to our leader We're following the leader! So follow the leader! You see me and my crew You see me and my crew When we step up in the room When we step up in the room Y'all know just what to do Y'all know just what to do Everybody say Tic Toc Boom

Save my soul save my soul Make me whole make me whole You don't know like I know Well you know better than I know so let's go! I gotta grow gotta grow into the man I'm to be Who else could be me if I don't make it to fifty Pass me the tea pass me my coffee All my friends skipping class as they're coughing Must be smoking again but they aren't my friends They wouldn't let friends sin and act like little kids It's time to grow up and go out get a spouse Can't stay home at 30 living at moms house Gotta get my grown man on this is my song This is our anthem the road has been long Sorry I was gone on my own now more than before A grown up now responsibility is not a chore I need to take initiative go and ask my wife Got those list to get it right I thank God for my life

Yesterday was a hard day yet it feels so far away I got a heart ache all because of my heartbreak It's not hard to say that it's increased my heart rate It's been punctured kinda of like a shark cake The wounds won't reseed and in left with blood in my teeth I would like to teach but I feel like I'm hard to reach No autographs please I'm not proud of my mistake No more paparazzi I'll take these memories to my grave Even with all the guilt as my blood was spilt I have found this warm grace taking bathes every day The glory of the sun showers me now I've won Wash away my regrets you can bet it is done Thank you for the one. Lord knows what's next I'm getting better aim. Soon I won't miss my ex Say goodbye to my girl and her sad lonely world I'm not longer with her so without me she will wither (So bitter) So what's left for me to say I take a step forward each day Take a breath in another way That's why for you ill pray I'm sorry that I made you cry I know a man who'll dry you eye It's not me because I lie You deserve more than I The blood on my hands are now white as snow The blood has been washed away dont you know In time we heal in time we grow That is why we have to go Choose our own paths; take separate roads through I have made my peace so please make your's too Lets be real and not be a faker The day will come when we will meet our maker So please be true to you do what you do

I remember when I met you you sounded so lovely You called me your beau placed no one above me Then it all got ugly. You had to go publi’ Tell the world of my flaws how could you bug me You kept tugging on my heart and pulling my shirt Let go of my filthy rags I swear that you hurt More than my feelings more than my pride You consumed my soul and tore me inside My heart needed stitches and you hit those switches Call yourself my misses yet you act like a mistress Now I'm in distress and you left me so stressed I had nothing left. Then I got blessed. Blessed to express I had to fail the test Too blessed to be stressed. No longer a mess Jesus came into my life I fell to his chest I had to invest in his life and his death

I grew up all alone always wanted a friend Someone to play with until the days end Being lonely as an only child Brings a smile that hides in front of denial I made up my friends had imaginary ones Because real friends seemed fake no fun As an outcast or a black sheep I played by myself alone not a peep Kept to myself no need to be awkward I would have joined others but no one had offered So I hid myself and all I was feeling I then became a social chameleon I could blend in when I didn't fit it Or I could sit in with the other children When that doesn't work I'm in my own world All I ever wanted was a friend for a girl This is split This is split This is split Mentality In actuality I'm a casualty In actuality I have a split mentality When I had a sibling a brand new friend All of a sudden I wanted to be spoiled again How was that fair it feels like a sin I have no wings to fly I'm in a tail spin I will crash my plane even with a co-pilot We could make noise but I remain silent No more attention only directed to me I wasn't free to be me to be me I wasn't free Can't anyone see that it's all about me Well, not anymore now nobody will see I guess I'll do bad make mistakes in school Raise up my bad grades that would be cool I can attention and rewarded again what now For bringing up my grades they will be proud I could again stand out out in the crowd I could be in the crowd and really stand out But I'm just out standing trying to be outstanding Life is so demanding even my parents demand me They demand so much of me that's how they love me They demand I see beauty in a world so ugly To be optimistic is like being a mystic what is it I think I missed it so what do you want from this kid I'm not happy either way with or without people Does that make my cynical does that make me evil This is split This is split This is split Mentality In actuality I'm a casualty In actuality I have a split mentality

What we need is a muzzle yet we have some real words This is what hurts, we're living in the real world Our life is a puzzle still searching for pieces Still in need of love, give me a savior Jesus I can't live like this any more its all the same So mundane and lame yet the sun shines the same The flowers fade and the wind blows again Death is just a peaceful resting place for sin So put sin to death put fear to death It suffocated me enough, now I take breath Now I take steps to make the right step I pray for what's next, no more pain or regrets One day too, they'll be no more black and blue No more tears, Jesus wipe them away too I give my life to you because you died for me Though I sinned and lied now you've set me free

They say we can own it just like Oprah But I'm not a Unitarian so I don't know How to be hedonistic because that's selfish Telling Jesus to beat it I'd rather be self-less I can live like James told us we gotta love One another each other brotherly love Christian type love the love of Christ is in us But it can't end with us so let's handle business Call it ministry a musical mission Witnesses guide us with vision see with more than our eyes and grace walk with pride or step out in faith We can build together just like Legos We can all achieve come on let's go No more sorrow no more beg and borrow Today was rainy but there's a brighter tomorrow No longer can I live in fear No longer can I be pressured by peers No longer will we cry these tears The tribulation is here prepare for cheers You will see the lost be found in overtime Washed by the blood in dazzling white Too many to count so many will be blessed Finally impressed with only heaven to expect God's glory and his wrath will be poured out God's judgement will come with no doubt You can be sheep or you can be a goat How will you boast when you have no coat No boat no car no keys no home All alone. On your own Watch the throne. It's time to go Will you have an excuse or a testimony The judge will persecute all the fake and phoney Lets live carpe diem because one day we'll see Him See Him lifted high way up in the sky He will crack it open Jesus it's your time Allow your light to shine on this dark world of mine I did the crime and you did my time How could I not 180 for a better rhyme This is my voice I give to you This is my choice I live for you Thank you for your patience grace and wisdom Once we hid from him now we'll ride with him That's provision that's prosperity When I thought I was rich you showed me humility I'm sorry for being ambitious with my own plan Now it's your plan I understand as a grown man I feel it in the air tonight and I feel it in my heart It all belongs to you ever since the very start

Just like the rest of us; You've been pushed down & the rest of us have been pushed around You can say that we've been clowned Although we've been lost, we are found We found a new reason to take a stand We cannot sit for this, we are not a fan Truth is our duty, what I tell you is truly It absurd to punk us; you're just a bully The keyboard makes you strong The computer screen makes you bright But your harsh words won't last long Because we won't take part in your fight Say no to bullying, hands aren't for hurting Say no to name calling, words aren't for hurting Say yes to justice, lets just get back up When we fall victim, united we will stand up I don't know who hurt you to make you like this I'm sorry if I offended you, take no offense I pray you will be blessed, I hope you resist I pray you will be blessed, know why you exist Pause for a second and think before you act You are not an actor, so please take off your mask Why must you put on a show? It needs to stop You create a scene, is it just to show off? If you want your talent to show You should be in a talent show You still have room to grow I hope soon you will know Your time is coming, if you can be patient The truth can be yours, you've just got to face it Unite for justice, lets just get back up When we fall victim, together we will stand up So many times we fall flat on our face But we always get back up in our place You can't knock us down but we won't stay down You can't keep us down watch us rise now Reverse that frown and let's join forces We are playing for the same team lets defend the fortress We need to afford this we need to pay our dues The price has been paid so respect we can't refuse Words we can't abuse hands we can't misuse So tell me what to do, you know what we gotta do Stay true to me and you, let's unite me and you I mean you and I, that's how you spell u n i t y too No need to stay blue yeah haven't you read We need to come alive we can't stay dead Gotta read feed and stay fed as we get back up You know that's what's up overfloweth thy cup

Lets adhere to moral and ethical principles; Build moral character; with honest goals Thats the state of being whole, entirely to preserve the integrity of the empire, see an undiminished sound, unimpaired, & perfect condition I’m integral by putting my flesh in submission Jesus is my master and with his death I died My flesh can’t rise, I’m resurrected with Christ His life will suffice, I can’t sacrifice He bared all my burdens and his yoke is light You can’t fathom dying for sins, right? So take up your cross every day and night We got to fight for the prize in our sight daily Heaven is the price paid so we’re sailing More than seven seas as we pay attention Go out to share the gospel that’s the mission Make disciples as we’re fishin call us fishermen Anchormen hold it down as we fishing for men Still I need the sun to bless me with vitamin d Holy spirit guide your men as I invite him in with me What we’ve been lacking is integrity No discrepancy. We need integrity Can’t fail our families with integrity Soon all will see with eyes of integrity

I remember the day yeah back in the day When I was in my prime sometime before 29 I thought I was young not dumb or troublesome Then I got sprung got the bass in my drum You can say hi hat or maybe it was Tom Everything I thought I knew well, I was wrong I told God my plans & man was that dumb He looked and laughed and now I know how come I make my plans but he guides my steps Breathes air so I can take my breathes What's next? You guessed it, I owe my God All my life and all my time before it was all fraud I was selfish like a man poisoned with a dream Not that we can't dream but know we can't sleep Ambition became a sin and now never again Will I look back at what I did as a kid with a grin Your boy is a man now watch me stand out Had to man up (that's what's up) hear me shout Though we're sons of Adam; We're children of God Can't be childish forever. Kids; this is our endeavor We need to grow up, be built up like statues Let's all salute (we salute) to our family values I tried to deny my bride before I took my wife I was hardened with desire had to retire my pride I was lost in this world. I was lost with no girl My chest was an empty chest till I found my pearl With hearts on fire I burned with passion and admire The only one who could flip my thinking switch the wire Desire my brain and replace everything A new mind set in a state of mind setting I would have never been betting no regretting No more doubting. You know what I'm saying All hands on deck watch the sun set Anchor up set sail sunrise you can bet See more than the world, sail more than the seas Team Treborn is the name Team Treborn is a family Watch us grow now with another on the way Until that June date, today is the day we celebrate Your boy is a man now watch me stand out Had to man up (that's what's up) hear me shout Though we're sons of Adam; We're children of God Can't be childish forever. Kids; this is our endeavor We need to grow up, be built up like statues Let's all salute (we salute) to our family values 6 weeks into it who would've guessed Freshly married, Newlyweds put to the test Who had to be put next, what could we expect Baby J stepped in and we took a deep breath Praying to God if we got the time we can ride Take him under our arms in our home he'll reside Even with our without funds we'll have fun Learning to raise a child is like staring at the sun The rays burn into our minds call it sunshine This is the reason why because the love's mine Gotta swallow pride we got to grow up now Responsibility is here and it's time to show up now Pray we can show him how and our baby too How to be faithful to God depend on The Lord to make due Soon the day will be the due date we'll teach you Anchor me in like 6/19 of Hebrews Your boy is a man now watch me stand out Had to man up (that's what's up) hear me shout Though we're sons of Adam; We're children of God Can't be childish forever. Kids; this is our endeavor We need to grow up, be built up like statues Let's all salute (we salute) to our family values

How perfect is perfect how can we determine If its worth it or worthless you know I'm yearning I'm learning and learning try to figure it out But the more I search the more I begin to doubt I pray The Lord will work it out before my demise Still I rise and reside as a Phoenix I rise I was burnt to the ground like that empty home This burning building left its frame all alone Still it stands and it has been refined To to be defined by the new carpenters mind Reshaped with his hand remolded with time I remember the time before I hit nine I was selfish and spoiled not much of a crime But I was guilty let me do my time Like a broken mirror bad luck for seven years Look at my peers they live like there's no fear You can call me a rebel maybe an outcast But I gotta outlast before I cut class I remember the names I recall all their games Never did it change how can I explain What that built up in me, it's just a shame I swallow more than pride ignore negative fame I'd rather eat my feelings and spit out words Than to hurt myself or my peers that's absurd I might sneak out of my parents house again To go be with my friend am I living in sin Or is this just my outlet as a sad lonely kid She's in my boat too so we sail away we slid Too far out to sea to understand or see That our lives aren't righteous so we bleed Drawing tattoo tears and our hearts are pieces Lying in guilt with each other, God we need trust What we need is a muzzle yet we have some real words This is what hurts, we're living in the real world Our life is a puzzle still searching for pieces Still in need of love, give me a savior Jesus I can't live like this any more its all the same So mundane and lame yet the sun shines the same The flowers fade and the wind blows again Death is just a peaceful resting place for sin So put sin to death put fear to death It suffocated me enough, now I take breath Now I take steps to make the right step I pray for what's next, no more pain or regrets One day too, they'll be no more black and blue No more tears, Jesus wipe them away too I give my life to you because you died for me Though I sinned and lied now you've set me free