Drums the folks go dumb And make the go dumb make the people turn up Yeah it make the people up Turn up, up We make the turn up Church keys make the church folks folks sing, church folks sing
Love hate, love over hate I'm for that Real fake, real 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 here for the love, for the love (can the 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 here for the love, for the (can the church say amen?) If you're for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
be afraid this is the future I you ain't met, I'll introduce ya might be cool but we are cooler We got so let us school ya Fresh to death, a million bucks I just go a year 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 for that When the system don't love us, for the brothers Yeah, yeah I'm for that You can tell all the haters with no I'll take the reparation I'm for that And tell all the with the pimpin' pimpin' murder sell 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 and the thugs, those overcoming drugs I'm here for the children a little purpose Tell the politicians they us Make them nervous, I know they us Tell 'em we here for the turn up
over hate, love over hate I'm here for Real over fake, real fake I'm here for Truth and faith, and faith I'm here for and grace, beauty and grace I'm here for 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 here for the love, for the (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 here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
What up like old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns with they pants And homies is flaggin, some say up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?" lacking on the corner, bread stacking Pray to God nobody 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 love her any Pastor dipped him in that water he repented told him he don't need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, he made the deacons nervous We just tryna learn a word and keep from getting We be on Kirk and Kendrick Sunday after service You can call it worship, Tamir 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 cheers for
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 ignored I'm for that Tell 'em we and we alert now I promise there's for your hurt now Yeah, 'em we came to put in work now Yeah, can I get a from the church now?
Love over hate, love hate I'm for that Real over fake, real over I'm for that and faith, truth and faith I'm for that and grace, beauty 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 If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the 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 for that Real fathers, loving on they wives and kids, I'm here for My is classy but a little ratchet, yeah I'm here for that West coast feeling but I live in the A homeboy, I'm here for that When I walk on the courthouse judge the case out, definitely here for that when that unexpected check comes in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that Always here for Uh, always I'm here for Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it, love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding black women are strong 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 mean's we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, like everybody 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 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 up and defend black womanhood Don't silence us, y'know, be that we are here to enable you, to empower you But we also that empowerment to go both ways