Drums make the go dumb And make the go dumb make the people turn up Yeah it make the turn up up, turn up We the people turn up Church keys make the church sing folks sing, church folks sing
Love over hate, love over I'm here for over fake, real over fake I'm here for Truth and faith, and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm here for If you're here for the love, if here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love (amen, amen) If you're here for the love, if here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
be afraid this is the future I know you met, I'll introduce ya They might be cool but we are We got so let us school ya Fresh to death, like a bucks I might just go a in bow ties and chucks I might go to church in an all white tux Yeah ya boy fly so you what's up Can the church say I'm here for When the system love us, justice for the brothers Yeah, I'm here for that You can tell all the haters with no hesitation I'll take the I'm for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder sell drugs in music I ain't feelin' that Woo, I do it for the love, I do it for the love (I do it) I do it for the nerds and the thugs, overcoming drugs I'm here for Give the children a little Tell the they serve us them nervous, I know they heard us Tell 'em we came for the turn up
Love over hate, love over I'm for that Real over fake, over fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, and grace I'm for that If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
What up Just old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?" Nothin' on the corner, bread stacking to God that nobody have to toe tag 'em He ain't be in a minute Use the re-up money for the tithes and the Told his momma that he love her any minute dipped him in that water after he repented Granny told him he need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he the deacons nervous We just tryna learn a word and keep from getting We be on that Kirk and Kendrick Sunday service You can call it worship, Tamir Rice done got us Innocent and killed like is how they hurt us But I'm here for Probably ain't gonna get a lot of for that
I just do it for the love, I do it for the (I do it) I do it for the broke and the poor, those all ignored I'm here for Tell 'em we and we alert now I promise there's healing for hurt now Yeah, tell 'em we to put in work now Yeah, can I get a from the church now?
over hate, love over hate I'm for that Real fake, real over fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm for that If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love
For my sisters who be fighting for that justice, uh, I'm here for Real fathers, on they wives and kids, I'm here for that My wife is classy but a ratchet, yeah I'm here for that West coast feeling but I live in the A homeboy, I'm here for that When I on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely here for that Y'know when that unexpected check in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that here for that Uh, I'm here for that Gotta love it, love it, gotta love it, gotta love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding that black women are Body and souls and so we're not strong, we are, we are helpers, we are lovers, we are fighters, y'know, we, we love strong But we are also human, that mean's we are vulnerable we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, like everybody else We need somebody, to, to be strong for us when we are taking the bumps, the bruises we're here on the frontlines, fighting so many battles that many people are not privy to and so I think So y'know we are sisters, we are aunts, y'know we are deaconesses, we are leaders in our churches, y'know, we are speakers, we are writers, we are corporate, y'know, CEO board executives We are advocates, we need our brothers to stand up and defend black Don't silence us, y'know, be happy that we are here to enable you, to you But we need that empowerment to go both ways