Uh I take a sip of Hennessy And then get pissy drunk I ain't a drinker I'm a thinker Call it what you want But if you turn your back Know that you just missed your chance To witness the realest **** that's ever been told to man I found myself losing focus At a Sunday service Embarrassed so I started questioning God What is my purpose He say to live the way he did That's all he want from me Spread the word and witness He rose on the first Sunday I said alright Enthused that my Lord gave a listen I opened my bible and searched To be a better Christian And this from a person that Never believed in religion But **** my life is so ****** up man I can't help but give in I'm giving testimonies To strangers I never met Hopped on the pulpit And told 'em how I was truly Blessed Felt like I'm free from all My sins when the service was over Walked out the church then Got a call that my homie was murdered And lost my faith again What am I gonna do Gotta have faith Life is too much Understood Where is your faith Oh faaaaaaaith All you need is the size Of a mustard seed Single black parent from Compton raising children of four That's four innocent bastards Cause papa they don't know Her day consists of working back And forth with babysitters Can't find no one to watch Her kids so she pay her sister Her baby daddy ain't bout **** That ***** ain't bout **** Spent his daughter milk just To cop a new outfit She pray to God every night Hoping that he'll mature And maybe one day his kids Something that he'll live for Baby wanna go back to school But she need some help Because it's hard tryna pay The bills when you're by yourself She thought about credit card Scams till she heard a voice That said the Devil is a lie Make a better choice And so it's back to McDonald's And every month dealing With them crazy ass people At the county building Looked to the heavens and asked 'em To make a better way Then got a letter in the mail Lost her section 8 Then lost her faith again What am I gonna do Gotta have faith
Life is too much Understood Where is your faith Oh faaaaaaaith All you need is the size of a mustard seed Kendrick I had dreams of holding A nine-milla to raise Killa Ask him why as my eyes fill up Each day it gets more realer Orangutans bang like gorillas It's jungle when the ****** ensue The rat's lurking Vulture's circling the serpents Cats lying through they teeth My ***** didn't deserve it I flirted with the idea Of caressing the steel To make karma come faster Than she normally will It's ill to see my faith Try and leave me It's so hard to get it To get rid of it is easy I'm tryna reach cloud nine That's what my ****** bout But it never rain In California 'less them pistols out Until then my feet Planted on the ground Shadowboxing my conscience Till my faith start responding And if I get no answer Just know I tried I should have never Looked into his son's eyes Ray Charles voice What am I gonna do Gotta have faith
Life is too much Understood Where is your faith Oh faaaaaaaith All you need is the size of a mustard seed This for my people that Stressing whenever times is hard Your mind's slipping Wondering is there really a God Knowing you shouldn't think That way and tryna freeze your brain But whenever it's pain That feeling forever remains We can't believe what we can't see And reality seems stronger than prayer Cause you tried to change your life And now you live in a wheelchair And your son was born with cancer And he live in urgent care At the tender age of twelve And you feel that no one cares Searching for answers that's human nature You ain't in the wrong Just know when you feeling That way his spirit's in the room I watched people I know pray And catch the Holy Ghost And wonder why I ain't never Caught that feeling before Maybe they know him better Or I don't know no better But what I do know is that He's real and he lives forever So the next time you feel Like your world's about to end I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again
I'd rather not live Like there isn't a God
Than die and find out there really is Think about it
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