Drums make the go dumb And make the folks go Horns make the people up Yeah it the people turn up up, turn up We make the turn up Church make the church folks sing folks sing, church folks sing
Love over hate, love hate I'm here for Real over fake, real over I'm for that Truth and faith, and faith I'm for that and grace, beauty and grace 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 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 for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
Don't be this is the future I know you ain't met, introduce ya might be cool but we are cooler We got so let us school ya to death, like 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 say amen? I'm here for When the system don't love us, for the brothers Yeah, yeah I'm for that You can tell all the with no hesitation I'll take the reparation I'm here for And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder drugs 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 purpose the politicians they serve us Make nervous, I know they heard us Tell 'em we here for the turn up
Love over hate, love hate I'm for that Real over fake, real fake I'm here for Truth and faith, truth and I'm here for Beauty and grace, 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 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 you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the (amen, amen)
What up like old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, say 'What up 'cause?' or 'What's bracking?'' Nothin' on the corner, bread stacking Pray to God that nobody to toe tag 'em He be trapping 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 Granny told him he don't need a souvenir in up out the street, think he made the deacons nervous We just tryna learn a word and keep getting murdered We be on that Kirk and Kendrick Sunday after You can call it worship, Tamir done got us nervous 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 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 'em we woke 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 amen the church now?
Love over hate, over hate I'm here for Real over fake, real over I'm here for Truth and faith, truth and I'm for that Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm here for 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 (can the church say amen?) If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love
For my sisters who be for that justice, uh, I'm here for that Real fathers, on they wives 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, 'cause, I'm here for that Always here for Uh, I'm here for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta it
It to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding that black women are strong Body and souls and so we're not only strong, we are, we are We are lovers, we are fighters, y'know, we, we love But we are human, y'know that mean's we are vulnerable we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, like everybody else We need somebody, to, to be for us when we are taking the bumps The bruises here on the frontlines, fighting so many battles That people are not privy to and so I think that So we are sisters, we are aunts, y'know we are deaconesses We are leaders in our churches, y'know, we are We are writers, y'know we are corporate, y'know, CEO board We are advocates, we need our to stand up and defend black womanhood Don't silence us, y'know, be happy that we are to enable you, to empower you But we need that empowerment to go both ways