Drums the folks go dumb And make the go dumb make the people turn up Yeah it the people turn up up, turn up We the people turn up keys make the church folks sing Church folks sing, church folks
Love over hate, love over I'm here for Real over fake, real fake I'm for that Truth and faith, and faith I'm for that 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 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 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)
Don't be 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, like a million I might just go a in bow ties and chucks I might just go to church in an all tux ya boy fly so you know 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 here for You can tell all the haters no hesitation I'll take the reparation I'm for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' murder sell drugs 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, those drugs I'm here for Give the children a little Tell the politicians they us them nervous, I know they heard us Tell 'em we here for the turn up
over hate, love over hate I'm here for Real fake, real over fake I'm here for Truth and faith, and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and I'm for that If you're 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 you're 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)
What up Just old times, right? Look, I'm here for the with they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say 'What up 'cause?' or 'What's Nothin' 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 that he love her any minute Pastor dipped him in that after he repented Granny 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 and Kendrick Sunday after service You can it worship, Tamir Rice done got us nervous Innocent and like Christ is how they hurt us But I'm here for Probably gonna 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, all feel ignored I'm here for 'em we woke and we alert now I promise there's 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 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 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 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
For my sisters who be fighting for justice, uh, I'm here for that Real fathers, on they wives and kids, I'm here for that My wife is classy but a little ratchet, I'm here for that West coast feeling but I still live in the A homeboy, I'm here for When I on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely here for that Y'know when unexpected check comes in the mail, 'cause, I'm here for that Always here for Uh, always I'm for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, love it, gotta love it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the that black women are strong 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 that we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, we ache, like everybody else We somebody, to, to be strong for us when we are taking the bumps The we're here on the frontlines, fighting so many battles many people are not privy to and so I think that So 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 We are advocates, we need our to stand up and defend black womanhood Don't silence us, y'know, be happy that we are here to you, to empower you But we also need that empowerment to go both