theBeatbreaker - Here, 2016 lyrics
[Intro: Sho Baraka] Drums make the folks go dumb And make the folks go dumb Horns make the people turn up Yeah it make the people turn up Turn up, turn up We make the people turn up Church keys make the church folks sing Church folks sing, church folks sing [Hook: Sho Baraka] Love over hate, love over hate I'm here for that Real over fake, real over fake I'm here for that Truth and faith, truth and faith I'm here for that Beauty and grace, beauty and grace I'm here for that If you're 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 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 church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen) [Verse 1: Sho Baraka] Don't be afraid this is the future I know you ain't met, I'll introduce ya They might be cool but we are cooler We got cla** so let us school ya Fresh to d**h, like a million bucks I might just go a year in bow ties and chucks I might just go to church in an all white tux Yeah ya boy fly so you know what's up Can the church say amen? I'm here for that When the system don't love us, justice for the brothers Yeah, yeah I'm here for that You can tell all the haters with no hesitation I'll take the reparation I'm here for that And tell all the rappers with the pimpin' pimpin' murder sell d** in their music I ain't feelin' that Woo, I just do it for the love, I do it for the love (I do it) I do it for the nerds and the thugs, those overcoming d** I'm here for that Give the children a little purpose Tell the politicians they serve us Make them nervous, I know they heard us Tell 'em we came here for the turn up [Hook: Sho Baraka & Lecrae] Love over hate, love over hate I'm here for that Real over fake, real over fake I'm here for that Truth and faith, truth and faith I'm here for that Beauty and grace, beauty and grace I'm here for that If you're 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 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 church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love (amen, amen) [Verse 2: Lecrae] Yeah What up Sho? Just like old times, right? Look, I'm here for the young'uns with they pants saggin' And homies is flaggin, some say 'What up cuz?' or 'What's bracking?'' Nothin' lacking on the corner, bread stacking Pray to God that nobody have to toe tag 'em He ain't be trapping in a minute Use the re-up money for the tithes and the rent Told his baby momma that he love her any minute Pastor dipped him in that water after he repented Granny told him he don't need a souvenir in church Straight up out the street, think he made the deacons nervous We just tryna learn a word and keep from getting murdered We be on that Kirk and Kendrick Sunday after service You can call it worship, Tamir Rice done got us nervous Innocent and k**ed like Christ is how they hurt us But I'm here for that Probably ain't gonna get a lot of cheers for that [Verse 3: Sho Baraka] I just 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 ignored I'm here for that Tell 'em we woke and we alert now I promise there's healing for your hurt now Yeah, tell 'em we came to put in work now Yeah, can I get a amen from the church now? [Hook: Sho Baraka] Love over hate, love over hate I'm here for that Real over fake, real over fake I'm here for that Truth and faith, truth and faith I'm here for that Beauty and grace, beauty and grace I'm here for that If you're 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 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 church say amen?) If you're here for the love, if you're here for the love, for the love [Verse 4: Sho Baraka] For my sisters who be fighting for that justice, uh, I'm here for that Real fathers, loving on they wives and kids, I'm here for that My wife is cla**y but a little ratchet, yeah I'm here for that West coast feeling but I still live in the A homeboy, I'm here for that When I walk on the courthouse judge feel the case out, definitely here for that Y'know when that unexpected check comes in the mail, cuz, I'm here for that Always here for that Uh, always I'm here for that Gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it, gotta love it [Outro] It means 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 helpers, we are lovers, we are fighters, y'know, we, we love strong But we are also human, y'know that mean's we are vulnerable Y'know we are, we hurt, y'know we ache, like everybody else We need somebody, to, to be strong for us when we are taking the bumps, the bruises we're here on the frontlines, fighting so many battles that many people are not privy to and so I think that So y'know we are sisters, we are aunts, y'know we are deaconesses, we are leaders in our churches, y'know, we are speakers, we are writers, y'know we are corporate, y'know, CEO board executives We are advocates, we need our brothers to stand up and defend black womanhood Don't silence us, y'know, be happy that we are here to enable you, to empower you But we also need that empowerment to go both ways