Devil's Work (Explicit)-Joyner Lucas

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[00:00.00]Devil's Work (Explicit) - Joyner Lucas
[00:18.17]Father forgive me
[00:20.85]I'm staring at this Bible as I keep glancing
[00:23.30]Dear Lord I got questions and I need answers
[00:25.81]Tryna understand your vision all I see is damage
[00:28.39]Just a bunch of dead bodies in the street camping
[00:31.00]A bunch of lost souls on their feet standing
[00:33.34]We supposed to be your children I thought we family
[00:35.81]You're supposed to be my Father bruh I need answers
[00:38.14]We don't need to die young we just need chances
[00:40.75]Tired of living on the edge so we keep scrambling
[00:43.25]Tryna talk to these strippers but they keep dancing
[00:45.58]We just wanna be number one like Steve Francis
[00:48.17]Bow our heads say a prayer now the seed's planted
[00:50.60]Everywhere I turn I'm seeing emcees vanish
[00:53.20]Lot of good n***as gone I don't understand it
[00:55.60]Lot of families lost and they seem stranded
[00:58.16]I ain't tryna disrespect you I just need answers
[01:00.53]I know you're watching us from heaven thinking
[01:02.11]Who to save
[01:02.92]Cherry pickin' who should go next and who should stay
[01:05.40]I'd be on my way to heaven if I knew the way
[01:07.78]And bring back every good n***a you choose to take
[01:10.35]They say you never wrong but you done made a few mistakes
[01:12.88]'Cause you taking the wrong n***as maybe you should trade
[01:15.37]Trade us back all the real ones remove the fakes
[01:17.93]I think you should trade
[01:19.28]Give us 2Pac back and take that n***a Suge
[01:21.47]Ooh
[01:21.76]Let the legend resurrect and he gon' live for good
[01:23.92]Ooh
[01:24.16]I been screaming Thug life
[01:25.32]In every different hood
[01:25.93]Thug life thug life
[01:26.68]If only you could bring him back Lord I wish you would
[01:29.14]Give us Biggie give us Pun give us triple X
[01:31.51]Take that n***a Trump with you that's a bigger threat
[01:34.05]There's too much power for a coward with no intellect
[01:36.63]That's a bigot with a collar there's a disconnect
[01:38.98]N***as dying Mama crying Grandma need a tissue
[01:41.68]N***as shootin' up a church now I need a pistol
[01:44.13]All them n***as still livin' you don't see the issue
[01:46.65]But how you take Selena and then you take Aaliyah with you
[01:49.15]I ain't tryna disrespect
[01:50.23]Just need to meet up with you
[01:51.57]Lord
[01:51.81]I ain't tryna overstep
[01:52.71]Just want to reason with you
[01:53.78]Lord
[01:54.23]Give us back our loved ones
[01:55.32]And take the evil with you
[01:56.43]Lord
[01:56.64]Send them suckers straight to hell
[01:57.90]They don't need a vigil
[01:59.06]Woo
[01:59.22]I need you to give us back Martin Luther
[02:01.33]Take Martin Shkreli
[02:02.52]Take
[02:02.68]Give us back Malcolm take R. Kelly
[02:05.26]R.I.P. Lil Snupe give that boy his life back
[02:07.84]Take Eric Holder give us Eric Wright back
[02:10.30]I'm sending you this message
[02:10.95]Lord I hope you hit me right back
[02:12.67]They say I'm on the wrong train
[02:13.77]I know I'm on the right track
[02:14.96]Yeah
[02:15.25]'Cause Trayvon gone and all he did was tryna fight back
[02:17.80]Zimmerman walk around free
[02:19.15]We don't like that
[02:20.26]Why you take our mothers from us
[02:22.00]Our fathers and our sisters and our cousins from us
[02:24.13]Got these children
[02:24.82]Getting murdered while they double dutchin'
[02:26.65]Wonder why the f**k you take Nipsey Hussle from us
[02:29.13]D**n you took a true king a true brother from us
[02:31.70]This a f**kin' marathon but they runnin' from us
[02:34.15]Now everybody got guns n***a's up to something
[02:36.65]And every gangsta wanna prove that they tough or something
[02:39.21]You know it's not fair tell the truth
[02:41.06]I've been in my feelings too
[02:42.26]But if you took Emmett Till at least take Dylann Roof
[02:44.82]At least take James Holmes
[02:46.11]I ain't even mad at that
[02:47.10]Just bring back Whitney
[02:48.43]And give us Michael Jackson back
[02:49.91]Feds want me in the slammer d**n
[02:52.63]Ain't no justice for Sandra Bland
[02:53.79]We up like the ceiling fan
[02:55.47]Lord if you listenin'
[02:56.19]I'm just lookin' for a hand to hand
[02:57.89]Take out the f**k n***as and give us back our fam again
[03:00.96]Drownin' in my tears tryna pray for something
[03:02.63]Woo
[03:03.21]Wonder why you give us life
[03:04.11]For you to take it from us
[03:05.22]Woo
[03:05.73]Wonder why you give us family
[03:06.59]Then erase them from us
[03:07.79]Woo
[03:07.96]Maybe hopefully you can have a conversation with us
[03:10.23]Yeah
[03:10.67]Maybe I'm just probably tripping
[03:11.86]'Cause I need a hug
[03:12.53]I need a hug
[03:13.29]The hood can't find jobs
[03:14.25]Now we need a plug
[03:15.13]We need a plug
[03:15.85]Everybody and their mama tryna be a thug
[03:18.09]I don't go to church 'cause I'm afraid of being judged
[03:20.73]I've been starin' at the ceiling as I lie in bed
[03:23.03]Watchin' n***as follow trends like Simon Says
[03:25.22]Yeah
[03:25.61]I pray you give us back the real ones and try again
[03:28.25]Or maybe take them n***as that deserve to die instead
[03:30.78]Tomi Lahren run her mouth and then she get defensive
[03:33.18]Laura Ingraham laughin' at death and disrespectin'
[03:35.70]I really feel like you should
[03:36.58]Teach them stupid h*es a lesson
[03:37.74]Either that or give us back
[03:38.78]Somebody who deserve the blessings
[03:40.73]I left out a bunch of names that I forgot to mention
[03:43.26]Cost too much to pay attention then it got expensive
[03:45.70]Father forgive me for I know not what I do
[03:47.39]And now I'm reachin' out to you
[03:48.62]Hopin' you hear me and return the message
[03:50.80]I know that you got our back
[03:51.66]And that you're not against us
[03:53.11]Or maybe you just love us so you doin' s**t to test us
[03:55.74]I just kinda thought that you would do more to protect us
[03:58.11]They say that the good die young
[03:59.27]And I ain't on the guest list
[04:00.68]I've been drinkin' Lord forgive me
[04:01.82]It's my blood racin'
[04:03.39]I don't know what I'm thinking I'm just frustrated
[04:05.71]I don't mean to question you
[04:06.73]I'm just confused
[04:07.49]I don't know what else to do
[04:08.76]I've been patient and it sucks waiting
[04:10.96]Took my mans from me that forever hurts
[04:13.19]But puttin' the blame on you that'd never work
[04:15.80]I know this ain't your fault it's the devil's work
[04:19.52]Devil's work