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Obey Your Verse

Earlier this summer, I had a can of Sprite that was part of its "Obey Your Verse" campaign. However, the verse it was telling me to obey was "Me, I'm supa fly, supa dupa fly," which is not only unintelligible, but also not something that could be obeyed. In looking more into the campaign, I found that most of the verses chosen were this way. While the artists were chosen because of Sprite's history with working with hip hop artists, some of the verses chosen leave a lot to be desired. That got me to thinking about lyrics of some of my favorite songs that not only can be obeyed, but are worthy of being obeyed. Here are some examples: Hawk Nelson, " Sold Out ": I'm sold out I'm no longer living just for myself Running after Jesus with my whole heart And now I'm ready to shout I am sold out I'm sold out With every single step that I take now With every drop of blood left in my veins I'm gonna be making it count I am s