Drums the folks go dumb And make the folks go make the people turn up Yeah it the people turn up Turn up, up We make the turn up Church keys make the church sing Church folks sing, folks sing
Love hate, love over hate I'm here for Real over fake, real over I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm here for If you're here for the love, if you're 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 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 here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
Don't be afraid is the future I know you ain't met, I'll ya They might be but we are cooler We got class so let us ya to death, like a million bucks I might just go a in bow ties and chucks I might just go to church in an all tux Yeah ya boy fly so you what's up Can the say amen? I'm for that When the system don't love us, justice for the Yeah, yeah I'm here for 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 their I ain't feelin' that Woo, I just do it for the love, I do it for the (I do it) I do it for the nerds and the thugs, overcoming drugs I'm for that Give the children a little Tell the they serve us Make them nervous, I they heard us 'em we came here for the turn up
Love over hate, over hate I'm here for over fake, real over fake I'm for that Truth and faith, truth and I'm here for Beauty and grace, and grace I'm here for If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love (amen, amen) If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the church say amen?) If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
What up like old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns they pants saggin' And is flaggin, some say 'What up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?" Nothin' lacking on the corner, bread Pray to God 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 Pastor dipped him in that after he repented told him he don't need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he made the deacons We tryna learn a word and keep from getting murdered We be on Kirk and Kendrick Sunday after service You can call it worship, Tamir Rice done got us Innocent and like Christ is how they hurt us But I'm for that ain't gonna get a lot of cheers 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 woke and we now I promise healing for your hurt now Yeah, tell 'em we to put in work now Yeah, can I get a amen the church now?
Love over hate, love over I'm here for Real fake, real over fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, and grace 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 here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the (can the church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're for the love, for the love
For my sisters who be fighting for that justice, uh, I'm here for Real fathers, loving on they and kids, I'm here for that My wife is but a little ratchet, yeah I'm here for that West coast feeling but I still live in the A homeboy, I'm for that When I walk on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely here for Y'know when that unexpected comes in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that Always for that Uh, always I'm here for Gotta love it, gotta it, gotta love it, gotta love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding black women are strong Body and souls and so we're not only strong, we are, we are helpers, we are lovers, we are fighters, y'know, we, we strong But we are also human, y'know mean's we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, we ache, like everybody else We need somebody, to, to be strong for us when we are taking the bumps, the bruises here on the frontlines, fighting so many battles that many people are not privy to and so I think that So y'know we are sisters, we are aunts, y'know we are deaconesses, we are in our churches, y'know, we are speakers, we are writers, y'know 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 also need that empowerment to go both