[Chorus]
God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God got the building
'Body could take advantage
God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
Nobody could take advantage
[Verse 1]
I'm no longer the victim, I'm the victor
I'm the victor, this is the victory for the histo'
Soft phone on the reed, so the tisto
Soft I couldn't read, I was mistaught
Yik nos the knees on the tisto
Duff on from need for the fist though
I play on land that was not on
For a hundred years it wasn't my own
Duff America, it wasn't my home
South on the sun, what am I on?
Black is just a color, can you see?
Orange and yellow is my 23andMe
How am I related to peach?
Go ahеad, Ye, preach
Every contract gеtting breached
Every young nigga getting teached
Was that miscorrect English?
Should I speak more distinguished?
Should I speak how you want me to?
I never did what they want me to
[Chorus]
'Cause God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
Nobody could take advantage
'Cause God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God run the building
Nobody could take advantage
Should I say it in Spanish?
[Verse 2]
No hable inglés
I no speak too good
Nigga, I go back and buy the whole hood
What I do for the hood? Get him out the hood
It's a bunch of free land, you a free man
We aliens, it all depend on where we land
"Yeah, we can" Nigga, yes, I can
Yes, we can, but did we? You get me?
Aye, ayo
[Chorus]
God run [?], God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
Nobody could take advantage
[Verse 3]
Billionaire talk, fuck money
Fuck your points, fuck your coins
NFTs (Pshh)
That's not the need
I need my people, all my people free
I need my people, all my people free
I need my people, God run the building
Every white person say we make too many children
They say Mexicans make too many children
They say Black people make so many children
The reason why we kill our children rather than opportunity
The reason why we kill our children, 'cause there's no community
Just give us forty acres and more paper
And we'll have more land instead of more neighbours
And we'll have more friends instead of more flavour
And we'll have more plans instead of more pay, ah
[Chorus]
God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
Nobody could take advantage
Nobody could take advantage
[Verse 4]
There's no such thing as unwanted pregnancy
That's the thing, they be killing our legacy
How your children? Raise your kids up
Raise your cribs up. Them niggas did what?
They made Planned Parenthood just to kill us
And if we say it out loud, they don't feel us
They mass genocide under a woman's choice
And they will not let a man, it's a woman's voice
Where the niggas go? How they bring drugs to the hood
And they create a war on drugs, nigga?
How they bring the thugs to the hood, uh
And then tryna lock up all the thugs? Uh
Tellin' all the sonnets what it was, uh
I'ma gonna [?] for my cous', uh
And locked up for twenty-five to life, nigga
I don't wanna sonnet if it's right, nigga
Just living my life, if ya
Feel something different, then write. Type
Nigga, what you gon' do if you type, niggas
That don't affect me
Fuck all of y'all, I elect me
When the media try to dissect me
You ain't never seen nothing like this. mean nothing like this
God, use me
God, use me in this moment
God, use me, reuse me with a poem
Use me in the beat, use me in the street
Use me in the tune, use me for the new
God, use me, use me in the news
Use me when I only see my kids only two
Days outta the week, day outta the three
Day outta the three, stay outta the day
God, use me
God, use me
'Cause I know
[Chorus]
God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
God got me, God got the children
Devil run the playground, God own the building
[Verse 5]
I jumped up out of my body
I ran with some for no money
I do music for a hobby
No, nigga, this is the 90
Bump the show this is the 90
Music is not a hobby
Music is just my calling
I hear the spirits calling
Everything I say is on me
Can't be handled by handlers
Can't be scammed up by scramblers
Get so soft, get bananas
They asking me how Japan was
Well, it was like an Atlantis
La, da, da, da, na, na, na, na, na, na
I'm no longer victim, this is the victory
This will make history, it's no longer a
"Mister, sir, can we hire you?"
The electoral college is based off slaves
They ain't got no something on it based off hate
Go ahead, give me haze
I don't wanna sign it, I don't need all the praise
I ain't gotta be on they label
I ain't gotta play on they chord
I ain't gotta do the NBA shit
Listen to Ye when he say shit
All respect to James Harden
I know out here getting hard win
These owners will give us a loan, uh
And if we do good, then, boy, here's a bonus
Here, boy, here's a bonus
[Chorus]
God got me, baby, God got the children
The devil run the playground, but God own the building
We will not be taken advantage of
Boy, we got the advantage of
[Verse 6]
Donald's son for like the nanana
Build the full family, that's like Spanish love
Mamacita, oh
Puerto Rico, oh
Kittito, oh
Mike and Tito, oh
These Doritos go
So hard in Taco Bell
With the nacho shell
[Verse 7]
Jahmal
My homegirl, right? She, she fighting for Palestine 'cause it's her people
And she said, "You have no idea how much this means to me
It's been a conversation for me and my family since my father was taken from his home of Palestine in 1948
And I will never back down, and I will always stand up for humanity, no matter the backlash
Because I know at my heart what is right, regardless of what people think of me"
And I said, "You in full mode, kid, very few know
What it means to have a number one spot in their profession
And not be afraid to fight for their beliefs
You like the warrior queen on a frontline for your people
This strength is something different
Non-superficial, God given"
She said, "Made me smile, thank you, I'm trying my best
I know I was put in the s—, I know I was put on this universe for a purpose
And these words, they just come through me, not from me
It's a disservice to myself and my people to not speak
We should always be a voice for the oppressed, so thank you for standing by me, Ye"
I will always remember this
[Verse 8]
(Love is, love is)
Love is filling the room and everyone's eyes are filled to man
Love is, love is filling the room and everyone, everyone fresh out the tomb
They say, "Love is, love is filling the room and every, everyone's fresh out the tomb" and—
Love is, love is filling the room and ev', everyone fresh out the tomb and—, mhm
Like the Kimbe Mutombo Tux on some for the humble
Get ding tongues, get tunnel
Let the farm for the tunnel
Let the vision be tunnel
Let the mission be tunnel
Don't sound dumb like it's Susan D's tunnel
Let the opposition be crumbled
Block all the plans like the Kim-Bama tumble
Let the vision be tunneled
Let the vision be none-o
Some fun of one-o as the sun is on the tunnel
Opposition be crumbled and the sinners gonna stumble
Block like a...
May the devil plans, may the devil plans be blocked, blocked like Nakimbe Mutombo
May the vision be tumbled, opposition be crumbled
Thine sons stumble like a son of Reed Tunnel
Much ripper's distinctive, but I cannot stumble
Respect to Kendrick, but I could never be humble
Not when my people is dying
Not when the leaders is lying
Not when they're keeping denying
When Kasona's on for the iron
Not with the man that I am
Not when God wanna fly in
Hold the light up
Hold the light down, they can't deny us
Hold the line up
Hold the line, oh, they can't deny us
[Outro]
[Mumbling]
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