Drums the folks go dumb And make the folks go Horns make the turn up it make the people turn up Turn up, up We the people turn up Church keys make the folks sing Church 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 and grace, beauty and grace I'm here for 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)
be afraid this is the future I know you ain't met, I'll ya might be cool but we are cooler We got class so let us ya Fresh to death, a million bucks I might just go a year in bow and chucks I might go to church in an all white tux Yeah ya boy fly so you know 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 with no hesitation take the reparation I'm here for And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder sell 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 the children a little purpose Tell the politicians 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, 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 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) 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 here for the love, for the (amen, amen)
What up like old times, right? Look, I'm here for the with they pants saggin' And is flaggin, some say 'What up 'cause?' or 'What's bracking?'' Nothin' on the corner, bread stacking Pray to God nobody have to toe tag 'em He be trapping in a minute Use the re-up money for the tithes and the Told his baby momma he love her any minute Pastor dipped him in water after he repented Granny told him he need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he made the nervous We just tryna learn a word and from getting murdered We be on that Kirk and Kendrick Sunday service You can call it worship, Rice done got us nervous Innocent and killed like Christ is how they us But I'm for that 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, all feel ignored I'm for that 'em we woke and we alert now I promise there's healing for your 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 here for Real over fake, real fake I'm here for and faith, truth and faith I'm for that Beauty and grace, and grace I'm here for 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 If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (can the say amen?) If here 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 here for Real fathers, loving on they wives and kids, I'm for that My wife is classy but a little ratchet, yeah I'm for that West coast feeling but I still live in the A homeboy, I'm for that When I on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely here for that Y'know when that check comes in the mail, 'cause, I'm here for that here for that Uh, I'm here for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta it
It means to be broadened, y'know, beyond the understanding that black 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 But we are also human, that mean's we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, like 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 That many people are not 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, 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 happy that we are here to you, to empower you But we also need that to go both ways