MASTERCARD MENTALITY
IF WE WOULD STOP AND THINK A BIT
OF WHAT TOMORROW HOLDS;
WE'D NOT BE SO QUICK TO ACT
AND LET OUR WRATH UNFOLD.
WE'D SURELY BE MORE CAUTIOUS:
NOT GIVE OUR FLESH FREE COURSE.
COMPARING SEED WITH HARVEST FULL;
WE'D HOLD OURSELVES BY FORCE.
GET IT NOW AND LATER PAY:
THE MENTALITY OF TODAY.
DON'T COMPARE PRODUCT AND COST,
JUST HAVE IT NOW DESPITE THE LOSS.
NOW, MY FRIEND, YOU MUST SEE
HOW THIS AFFECTS BOTH YOU AND ME;
HOW IT SPANDS FROM SEA TO SEA,
THIS MASTERCARD MENTALITY.
THIS STYLE OF THOUGHT WITH ALL ITS SIN,
COME FROM A LACK OF DISCIPLINE.
THINKING WE MUST HAVE IT NOW,
NOT WISELY WEIGHING THE PRICE:
IF WE COULD SEE BOTH SIDE BY SIDE,
IT WOULD NOT SEEM SO NICE.
THIS STYLE OF THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW
BRINGS MUCH PAIN AND SIN.
IT'S FROM A LACK OF CHARACTER:
OLD FASHIONED DISCIPLINE.
YES, HAVE IT NOW, THAT CRUEL REMARK:
BE SELFISH IN WHAT YOU SAY.
YOU'VE DONE YOUR DEED ON CREDIT;
BUT DON'T FORGET YOU'LL PAY.
THAT PLEASURE YOU SO THINK YOU NEED,
MUST HAVE IT RIGHT AWAY;
YOU'VE GOT IN NOW ON CREDIT;
YOU'LL PAY THE COST SOMEDAY.
TAKE IT NOW YOU LITTLE THIEF:
CAN'T WAIT TO EARN IT RIGHT.
ALL THE TIME GOD'S LOOKING ON;
IT'S ALL WITHIN HIS SIGHT.
FORNICATION MAY GIVE YOU CHILLS,
THRILLS ON CREDIT-PLEASE NOTE.
THE PRICE IS HIGHER THAN IT'S WORTH;
"SIN DONE SUNK YER BOAT."
SIN NOW AND LATER PRAY;
SOUNDS REAL NICE TO SOME.
GET IT NOW AND LATER PAY;
COULD NOT BE MORE DUMB.
IF HELL WERE SET BESIDE YOUR SIN,
IT WOULDN'T LOOK SO FUN;
YET HELL IS COMING NOW THE SAME
WHEN YOUR LIFE IS DONE.
COUNT THE COST BEFORE YOU SIN.
COMPARE THE TWO FIRST THING.
THEN SIN WILL LOSE ITS GLAMOUR;
AND TO THE RIGHT YOU'LL CLING.
WHEN THE SIN AND CONSEQUENCE
ARE SET UP SIDE BY SIDE;
WITH REPENTANT TEARS YOU'LL POUR
CONTEMPT ON ALL YOUR PRIDE.
ALL SIN IS DONE ON CREDIT,
PUNISHMENT TARRIES STILL;
AND HELL AWAITS EVERY MAN
WHO LIVES IN HIS OWN WILL.
BUT, HELL IS NOT THE ONLY PRICE;
SIN PAYS IN THIS LIFE TOO:
THROUGH HEARTACHE, FEAR, AND MISERY,
IT NEVER IS QUITE THROUGH.
"HAVE FUN NOW AND LATER PAY",
IS A FOOLISH PATH TO TAKE.
LOOK AHEAD AND SEE THE WOE,
AND TURN FROM JESUS' SAKE!
MARK BULLEN