Drums the folks go dumb And make the go dumb Horns the people turn up it make the people turn up Turn up, up We the people turn up Church keys the church folks sing Church sing, church folks sing
Love over hate, love over I'm here for Real over fake, real over 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 for the love, for the love (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 (can the church say amen?) If here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
Don't be afraid this is the I know you ain't met, I'll ya They might be cool but we are We got class so let us ya Fresh to death, a million bucks I might go a year in bow ties and chucks I might just go to church in an all tux Yeah ya boy fly so you know up Can the church say I'm here for When the system don't love us, justice for the Yeah, yeah I'm for that You can tell all the haters no hesitation I'll take the reparation I'm here for And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' murder sell 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 and the thugs, those overcoming drugs I'm here for Give the children a little Tell the they serve us Make them nervous, I know they us Tell 'em we here for the turn up
Love over hate, love over I'm for that Real over fake, real over I'm for that and faith, truth and faith I'm here for Beauty and grace, beauty and 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 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 here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen)
What up Just old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns with they saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say 'What up 'cause?' or 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 money for the tithes and the Told his momma that he love her any minute Pastor dipped him in that water after he told him he don't need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he made the nervous We just tryna learn a word and keep getting murdered We be on Kirk and Kendrick Sunday after service You can call it worship, Tamir Rice done got us Innocent and killed Christ is how they hurt us But I'm here for Probably ain't gonna get a lot of cheers for
I just do it for the love, I do it for the (I do it) I do it for the broke and the poor, all feel ignored I'm here for Tell 'em we 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 from the church
Love over hate, over hate I'm for that Real fake, real 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 fighting for justice, uh, I'm here for that Real fathers, loving on wives and kids, I'm here for that My wife is classy but a ratchet, yeah I'm here for that West coast but I still live in the A homeboy, I'm here for that When I walk on the courthouse feel the case out, definitely here for that Y'know when that unexpected check in the mail, 'cause, I'm here for that Always for that Uh, always I'm for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta it
It means to be broadened, y'know, 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 strong But we are also human, y'know that we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, everybody else We need somebody, to, to be strong for us when we are the bumps The bruises we're here on the frontlines, fighting so many many people are not privy to and so I think that So y'know we are sisters, we are aunts, y'know we are 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 brothers to stand up and defend black Don't silence us, y'know, be happy we are here to enable you, to empower you But we also need that empowerment to go both