TRACK

Amen

Release date: 13th September 2011

From Fear of God II: Let Us Pray

Hip-Hop Music Hip-Hop/Rap

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About This Track

'Amen' opens with a spiritual invocation, Shawty Redd's intro acknowledging the tension between material desire and moral reckoning. The track then pivots sharply, becoming a study in contradiction: a prayer framed as a boast, faith weaponised as swagger. Kanye West arrives first, trading in the familiar register of self-regard and cold-blooded ambition, before Pusha T takes over with a verse that moves between street violence, luxury consumption and the cost of survival. The song doesn't resolve the conflict between its title and its content; instead it inhabits it, letting the two impulses collide without apology. Pusha T's performance is particularly sharp, stacking images of designer goods, gang affiliations and moral compromise into a single breathless run. Young Jeezy punctuates the track as hype man, while the production wraps everything in a lush, almost devotional arrangement. The effect is unsettling by design: a song that asks for forgiveness whilst celebrating the very transgressions it supposedly regrets.

"Amen" is a track by Pusha T, from the album Fear of God II: Let Us Pray, released 13th September 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Amen

[Intro: Shawty Redd]

In the midst of negativity

A positive sight can be blurred

And the visions that we thought were good

Seems to let evil occur

While still possessing our human form

We live life searching for greatness since the day we was born

And as we bow our heads at night, rich, wealthy

Or poor with dislike, we pray, asking for

Forgiveness for our sinful ways

With mind, body, spirit and faith, we pray

Amen

[Interlude: Shawty Redd]

Yeah (amen) you like that right? (amen)

I wrote it myself by the way (amen)

Yo, Young, Jeezy, Jizzle, Snowman (amen, amen)

We gotta give the streets what they want, man (amen)

Fuck the goddamn shit (amen)

You gotta get it in, bruh, let's get it (amen)

[Verse 1: Kanye West]

You like that, don’t ya? I wrote it myself, by the way

And I don’t mean to be selfish, but I picture myself gettin' paid

And you might catch pneumonia, 'cause I'm colder than a elf on a sleigh

Uh, me and Pusha back on it, now everybody help us pray

Lord forgive my sins and all my friends

Dollars make sense, I’m tryin' to get paid

[Verse 2: Pusha T]

Tryna get saved? (Too late!) time to get paid

Got a gun and a stockin' mask, niggas thought I was tryna get waves

I’ma let all y'all niggas pray for it, my young niggas knockin' off a K for it

Sold my soul on the back end, only fuckin' way I’ma pay for it

Front that shit you put a flame on, my niggas locked in a cage for

They keep tellin' me to go hard, number one spot you was made for

Yuugh! I made more, front of the grill, got a racehorse

California Crayola red, "Glow In The Dark" like a Ye tour

Fuck niggas steppin' in my lane for, not knowin' that it’s a landmine?

Soon as a nigga feel a cool breeze, throw the top up like a gang sign

Red or blue, Crip or Blood, solitaires, diamond studs

Like chandeliers, I’ma flood, black Jesus piece like it’s dipped in mud

Fashion gods, notice mine, rollerball spikes, I’m Pokémon

Paris shit, Louis Vuitton, under bright lights, where do you belong?

[Chorus: Shawty Redd]

Please Lord, yeah, it’s gettin' realer everyday

Niggas killin’, niggas starvin', ayy, 'cause they can’t find no yay

See the first they roll around and their bills they cannot pay

So some be trappin', some be dyin', bow our heads and let us pray

Amen

[Verse 3: Kanye West]

Amen, how many people do you know hatin’

On your downfall, sittin' there, waitin’?

When you shine, I don't know what they gon' say then

Everything I do now stadiums

So tell me what they really gon’ say to him

And I’m headed straight to the ATM

Finna go HAM, nigga finna go in

Nigga you'll get it when pigs fly

When Yeezy fake, Devil’s pie

Piece of cake, Kit-Kat

I need a break, God’s child

Jesus Christ, club like a broken neck

I need the ice, I need the lights, uhh

In Egypt they fightin’ for freedom

Cop pull you over, no reason, beat 'em

[Chorus: Shawty Redd]

Please Lord, yeah, it’s gettin' realer everyday

Niggas killin’, niggas starvin', ayy, 'cause they can’t find no yay

See the first they roll around and their bills they cannot pay

So some be trappin', some be dyin', bow our heads and let us pray

Amen

[Verse 4: Jeezy]

I got them units packed in that black van like the A-Team

Even seen 'em come 2-tone like a Saleen (Saleen?)

Saleen, yeah that’s a Mustang

Break ‘em down in the night, that's what I call hustlin'

They say they want that dumb shit, well, this is ignorant

Condo on the timepiece, yeah, now that's ignorant

They like, "Young, you a fool", yeah I coulda bought some real estate

Instead I bought a half a block and tried to sew up half the streets

I’m on 75-75, when they was going for the 25

Guess who’s pickin’ up a trey? Just an ordinary day

With extraordinary pay, extraordinary risk

Can’t even explain, got an extraordinary wrist

I talk it 'cause I lived it' man, this shit ain't really nothin' to me

Tell ya like Sosa told Tony, “Don't you fuck with me”

[Chorus: Shawty Redd]

Please Lord, yeah, it’s gettin' realer everyday

Niggas killin’, niggas starvin', ayy, 'cause they can’t find no yay

See the first they roll around and their bills they cannot pay

So some be trappin', some be dyin', bow our heads and let us pray

Amen

[Outro: Shawty Redd]

Amen, amen, amen, amen

Amen, amen, amen, amen

Amen, amen, amen, amen

Track details

From Fear of God II: Let Us Pray

2011

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