Testo Faithful - Encore
Testo della canzone Faithful (Encore), tratta dall'album Layover
Even after my shahada I stood out of the deen
I can't front, a brother still got hang-ups
So say what you want
I gotta deal with it the best that I can
I follow Allah's will
My problem's I'm forever testamans-ing
What he stands for
Religion or politics, neither can hold me
I operate on faith solely
Boldly go where no man who swears they're holy's prepared to
You gotta trust but fear truth
To spare you the gory details of blood spill, right?
Too late to paint the foundation under what's built
Fuck that, it's what's real
Just cause some try to hide
Won't keep me tongue-tied
Lies are why some young die
Blind to the cards being dealt
You need a poker face to hold the ace and comprehend self
It spells G-O-D
I know some try to find him in wealth
But got himself in taking C-O-Ds
Faithfully, faithfully
I can call on you when I need you
And you came through
It spells G-O-D
Glad you did what you did
I know some try to find him in wealth
But got himself in taking C-O-Ds
Faithfully, faithfully
I can call on you when I need you
And you came through
Glad you did what you did
What you did when you did it
Funny to see how far we've come
Married to money and now assume
We on our honeymoon with freedom
Acting like we dumb
Pacified like sucking our thumbs
Untouchable when we seen the slums
But I still see me in these slums
Whether the G's come or not
I'd rather rot than become choir
Preaching to the choir, maybe
Some reach high but stretch lazy
Who am I to teach the folks that made me so shady?
I try to live my life with no maybes
But it's hard
I like to hold my cousin's baby knowing she won't be scarred
But even when she try to focus on God
She gotta hold up her guard
Starts life taught to have a cold heart
Forgive me if I seem preachy, far from it
I'm coming from an angle that's awfully humbling
It's got me tumbling
Falling on shaky ground, the future is now
Either you stay lost or choose to be found
Yeah, I've been lost for a while
Talk about it
So glad I've been found
Glad I've been found
We falling on shaky ground, the future is now
Either you stay lost or choose to be found
Found, oh, yeah, yeah
Hey G, I think I got one more, homie
Found, oh, found, oh
Between bougie blacks and militants
I'm looking for a movement with due diligence
Something that'll move millions
Something that'll move children
Away from PlayStations and Xbox
Mental vacations and off the next block
I'm talking set shots, fundamentals
Black folks, we lack focus
We trying to dunk before we learn to dribble
I know we stay creative
But how much longer can we stay sedated?
Treading water, never can we say we made it
It's still Eric and Parrish up in this piece strictly
Unfinished business as usual 'til we free
Free from the self-hate
The same jail cell that hell made
It's almost fail-safe
But fuck that, we will escape
Faithfully, faithfully
I can call on you when I need you
And you came through
Glad you did what you did
What you did when you did it
Faithfully, faithfully
I can call on you when I need you
And you came through
Glad you did what you did
What you did when you did it
Faithful
Gotta be faithful, yeah
Gotta be faithful
Gotta be faithful
Gotta be faithful
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Writer(s): Peter Cox, Richard Drummie, Martin Page
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