Drums the folks go dumb And the folks go dumb make the people turn up Yeah it make the turn up Turn up, up We make the people up Church keys make the church folks Church folks sing, church folks
Love hate, love over hate I'm for that Real over fake, real over I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm here for 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) If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the (can the church say amen?) If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
Don't be afraid is the future I know you ain't met, introduce ya They might be cool but we are We got class so let us ya Fresh to death, like a bucks I just go a year in bow ties and chucks I just go to church in an all white tux ya boy fly so you know what's 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 with no hesitation I'll take the reparation I'm for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' sell drugs in their music 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 here for 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, love hate I'm for that Real over fake, over fake I'm for that Truth and faith, and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm for that 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 you're here for the love, if 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 with they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, say 'What up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?" Nothin' on the corner, bread stacking Pray to God that nobody to toe tag 'em He ain't be in a minute Use the re-up money for the and the rent Told his momma that he love her any minute dipped him in that water after he repented Granny told him he don't a souvenir in church up out the street, think he made the deacons nervous 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 and killed like Christ is how they hurt us But I'm for that 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, all feel ignored I'm here for Tell 'em we woke and we now I promise there's healing for hurt now Yeah, tell 'em we came to put in now Yeah, can I get a amen from the now?
over hate, love over hate I'm for that Real fake, real over fake I'm for that Truth and faith, truth and I'm here for and grace, beauty and grace I'm for that 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 If you're here for the love, if you're 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
For my who be fighting for that justice, uh, I'm here for that Real fathers, loving on they wives and kids, I'm for that My wife is classy but a little ratchet, yeah I'm here for West coast feeling but I still in the A homeboy, I'm here for that When I walk on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely for that Y'know when unexpected check comes in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that Always for that Uh, always I'm for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta it, gotta love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding that black women are Body and souls and so not only strong, we are, we are helpers, we are lovers, we are fighters, y'know, we, we love strong But we are also human, y'know that mean's we are 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 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 executives We are advocates, we need our brothers to stand up and black womanhood Don't silence us, y'know, be happy that we are here to enable you, to you But we also that empowerment to go both ways