Drums make the folks go And make the folks go Horns make the people up Yeah it the people turn up up, turn up We the people turn up Church keys make the church folks Church folks sing, church folks
Love over hate, love hate I'm here for Real over fake, real fake I'm for that 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 you're for the love, if you're here 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 you're for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
Don't be afraid this is the I you ain't met, I'll introduce 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 year in bow ties and I just go to church in an all white tux Yeah ya boy fly so you know up Can the say amen? I'm here for When the system love us, justice for the brothers Yeah, yeah I'm for that You can tell all the haters with no hesitation take the reparation I'm for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder drugs in their 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 for that Give the children a little Tell the politicians they us Make them nervous, I they heard us 'em we came here for the turn up
Love over hate, love over I'm here for Real over fake, real fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm for that 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 here for the love, for the love (amen, amen) 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 here for the love, for the (amen, amen)
What up Just old times, right? Look, I'm here for the with they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?" Nothin' lacking on the corner, stacking Pray to God that have to toe tag 'em He ain't be in a minute Use the re-up for the tithes and the rent Told his baby momma that he her any minute Pastor dipped him in that water after he told him he don't need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he made the deacons We just learn a word and keep from getting murdered We be on that Kirk and Kendrick Sunday service You can it worship, Tamir Rice done got us nervous Innocent and killed Christ is how they hurt us But I'm here for Probably ain't get a lot of cheers for that
I do it for the love, I do it for the love (I do it) I do it for the broke and the poor, those all feel I'm for that Tell 'em we woke and we now I there's healing for your hurt now Yeah, tell 'em we came to put in now Yeah, can I get a amen the church now?
over hate, love over hate I'm here for over fake, real over fake I'm for that Truth and faith, and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm for that 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 here for the love, for the love 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 here for the love, for the
For my who be fighting for that justice, uh, I'm here for that fathers, loving 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 still live in the A homeboy, I'm here for When I walk on the courthouse feel the case out, definitely here for that when that unexpected check comes in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that Always for that Uh, always I'm for that Gotta it, gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding that black 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 love 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 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 that 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, y'know we are corporate, y'know, CEO board We are advocates, we need our brothers to stand up and defend black silence us, y'know, be happy that we are here to enable you, to empower you But we also need that empowerment to go both