Drums the folks go dumb And the folks go dumb Horns the people turn up Yeah it the people turn up up, turn up We the people turn up Church keys the church folks sing Church folks sing, church sing
Love hate, love 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, and grace 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 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 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 They might be cool but we are We got so let us school ya to death, like a million bucks I just go a year in bow ties and chucks I just go to church in an all white tux Yeah ya boy fly so you know up Can the say amen? I'm for that When the system love us, justice for the brothers Yeah, I'm here for that You can tell all the haters with no hesitation I'll the reparation I'm for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder sell drugs I ain't 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, those drugs I'm here for Give the children a purpose Tell the politicians they us them nervous, I know they heard us Tell 'em we came here for the up
Love over hate, over hate I'm here for Real over fake, real over I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm here for 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 here for the love, if here for the love, for the love (amen, amen) 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 (amen, amen)
What up like old times, right? Look, I'm for the young'uns with they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say up 'cause?' or 'What's bracking?'' Nothin' lacking on the corner, stacking to God that nobody have to toe tag 'em He ain't be in a minute Use the money for the tithes and the rent Told his baby momma that he love her any Pastor dipped him in water after he repented Granny told him he don't a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, he made the deacons nervous We just tryna learn a word and from 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 Christ is how hurt us But I'm here for ain't 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, those all feel I'm for that Tell 'em we and we alert now I promise there's healing for your now Yeah, tell 'em we to put in work now Yeah, can I get a amen from the church
Love over hate, over hate I'm here for Real over fake, over fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and 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 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 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 little ratchet, I'm here for that 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 when that 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, gotta love it, gotta it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the that 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 strong 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 when we are 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 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 to stand 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 need empowerment to go both ways