Read This: Luke ch 19 v 1-10.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2018Zak<\/b>\u2019, also known as Zacheus– chief tax collector, a.k.a fat cat\/extortionist, collaborator with the army of occupation, a.k.a The Roman Empire. He is hated and despised by everyone.<\/p>\n
\u2018Josh<\/b>\u2019, a.k.a Jeshua a.k.a Jesus– the long expected Chosen One; the \u2018hero\/wonder worker\u2019 who the people think will free their nation and make them a super power again.<\/p>\n
Zak\u2019s a max man.
\nHe\u2019s the number one taxman,
\nHe collects it in sacks, man.
\nDefinition of slime,
\nHis position, it\u2019s fine;
\nCuts nobody no slack, man;
\nRich or poor, at no time.
\nThe money, he stacks it man.<\/p>\n
Zak\u2019s just a crook. Yeah, Zak is a maximum taxin\u2019 \u2018em man Zak\u2019s a small man, Don\u2019t know the score? He who\u2019s to come. Josh is the Chosen One only One Son Zak\u2019s in the crowd! Can\u2019t get a view; Josh points him out. \u2018Josh\u2014in with\u00a0me<\/i>?\u2019 Zak comes on down. It\u2019s a given, you\u2019re forgiven though he knows you\u2019re a clown Zak lets \u2018em know, Blow to their pride; \u2018If you think you\u2019re somebody, you\u2019re nobody for me \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\nYou don\u2019t give him a long look
\n<\/span>Or your name\u2019s in the wrong book.
\n<\/span>He\u2019ll be squeezin\u2019 you dry.
\n<\/span>There\u2019s ev\u2019ry reason to try
\n<\/span>To get off of his long hook,
\n<\/span>Or he\u2019d get you on the sly,
\n<\/span>No matter how long it took.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>You don\u2019t cross him you don\u2019t boss him
\n<\/i>Or you straight in the can.<\/i><\/p>\n
\nActin\u2019 like he\u2019s a tall man.
\n<\/span>But he\u2019s not got it all, man.
\n<\/span>Don\u2019t know what\u2019s on his mind,
\n<\/span>Won\u2019t know what he might find,
\n<\/span>When the town gets a call, man
\nFrom the man of our time.
\nCan it be him? Sure it can<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t know who they all shout for?
\n<\/span>You better get out more!
\n<\/span>He\u2019s the news of the hour,
\n<\/span>When he uses his power.
\n<\/span>You should hear what they outpour,
\n<\/span>Short and tall, sweet or sour,
\n<\/span>It\u2019s Josh they\u2019re all out there for.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWho will give \u2018em their freedom.
\n<\/span>Right now is the season.
\n<\/span>He\u2019ll support his own kind.
\n<\/span>He\u2019s their sort; got their mind.
\n<\/span>Decent folk\u2014stands to reason;
\n<\/span>Honest, poor, solid, fine.
\n<\/span>He\u2019s their man, he\u2019ll see it done.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>He\u2019s from time outa time
\n<\/i>Before timin\u2019 begun.<\/i><\/p>\n
\nThere\u2019s no need to say out loud,
\n<\/span>\u2018You\u2019re so in the out crowd.\u2019
\n<\/span>Get in front of old Zak
\n<\/span>So he\u2019s the runt at the back,
\n<\/span>With height so poorly endowed;
\n<\/span>\u2018You should take a new tack.\u2019
\n<\/span>In his head, ringing out so loud.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nClimbs a tree, yeah well\u00a0that\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0new!
\nLooks a fool\u2014cool with\u00a0that<\/i>, too.
\n(When your PIN\u2019s Mr Big, see,
\nYou don\u2019t shin up a fig tree.)
\nBut he\u2019s not turning back, you
\nCan sense, he can see
\nIt\u2019s what he just\u00a0had<\/i>\u00a0to do.<\/p>\n
\nSurely not, but there\u2019s no doubt;
\n<\/span>Shouts out to that old lout!
\n<\/span>\u2018Wipe the frown from your face
\n<\/span>And, like come down from that place.
\n<\/span>All the rooms will be sold out.
\n<\/span>Your house is my base.\u2019
\n<\/span>The crowd thinks, \u2018he\u2019s sold us out!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
\nZak can\u2019t see how can\u00a0<\/span>this<\/i>\u00a0be.
\n<\/span>Thinks, \u2018Josh\u2014he should diss me!
\nHe\u2019s the hero, he can\u2019t fail.
\nI\u2019m a zero on that scale.
\nYet he\u2019s barkin\u2019 up\u00a0this<\/i>\u00a0tree,
\nThough my soul was for sale;
\nMakin\u2019 friends\u2014it\u2019s a mystery!\u2019<\/p>\n
\nNow he\u2019s treading on true ground.
\n<\/span>He\u2019s hearing a new sound.
\n<\/span>When The Chosen One, really
\n<\/span>Says, \u2018I\u2019m choosin\u2019 you freely.\u2019
\n<\/span>Then the shock goes all through town.
\n<\/span>(They hearin\u2019 it clearly?)
\n<\/span>But it starts turning\u00a0<\/span>you<\/i>\u00a0around.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Now that he\u2019s spelt it out
\n<\/i>You\u2019ve melted right down.<\/i><\/p>\n
\nHe was rich, now he\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>more<\/i>\u00a0so;
\n<\/span>He could let it all go.
\n<\/span>He\u2019ll give away half of it;
\n<\/span>A giveaway heart for it.
\n<\/span>What\u2019s stole; he\u2019ll pay four-fold.
\n<\/span>He wants no more part of it.
\n<\/span>His heart\u2019s got a warmer glow.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u2018We don\u2019t want him on this side.\u2019
\n<\/span>Josh came down on his side.
\n<\/span>\u2018True son of my nation,
\n<\/span>He\u2019s come by salvation.\u2019
\n<\/span>But Josh is like wrist-tied,
\n<\/span>That stand they\u2019ve all taken.
\n<\/span>He wants \u2018em to ditch their pride.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>\u2018Cus I\u2019m takin\u2019 scum \u2018n\u2019 makin\u2019 sump\u2019n
\n<\/i>Outa them see.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n