[Intro]
In His image He made us, and it was black as heaven
I've been kissed by the sun, and I am black as heaven
My laugh, my joy, my perseverance is black as heaven
[Verse 1: Sho Baraka]
Our Father who art in heaven
Beat the drum, kingdom come, will be done
Holiness and grace and love blesses us
May I raise the blackest son
From rich or slum, smart to dumb
We don’t beg, we are fed daily bread
We don't find, You don't lie, You provide
On the sparrow You got eyes
Devil doubles down to trouble man
I humbly stand with the double-edge
Here’s the truth, cross the line
If you false, cut you off, watch your head
Black as coal, black as gold, can't be sold
They just wanna mine my soul
Hot or cold, God's invo, Three-in-One
I'm tryna learn my foes
We Joseph with the dreams
Mansa Musa with the cream
Make Your name more complete
Martin Luther with the King
Gimme Ezana, gimme Lalibela
Gimme Yahweh, He ain't never fail us
Gimme a choir, praisin' with the fire
Mahalia cryin', singin' a cappella
Meditation over medication
Heart and head with my education
More melanated Athanasius
Retroactive with the reparations
This AME, this Pentecost
This rock-hewn, this Aksum
Hair of wool, feet of bronze
Lord of lord bein’ tattooed
[Chorus: Sho Baraka]
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It’s always God we trust (Trust)
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
You can’t gentrify heaven, nah
You can't gentrify heaven, nah, nah, nah
You can't gentrify heaven
You can't gentrify heaven, nah
[Verse 2: Sho Baraka]
Bethune for the schools, George with the tools
Walker for the fools, Edna cookin stew’s
Goodson takin' notes, Tharpe singin' blues
G. E. Patterson preachin' to the pews
Black as the soil that nourish the crops
Black as the coil that nap up my locs
Black as introductions, I don't need instructions
I just need a nod, that means a lot
We just change it up, dap, dap, dap
Fix the locks and then move on
Mother, father, sibling, newborn
Black as heaven, where is you from?
Righteousness is the ambience
Yo' ignorance I am way beyond
Your approval's late, I know I'm great
Your acceptance I ain't waitin' on
Can't erase the global face of a global faith
Tell your neighbor to praise the Lord
Every tribe, every race, ride the wave
God is faithful, all aboard
Black, brown, yellow, white, Creole
Prophet, poor, teacher, preacher, griot
Take your lies, sacred crimes
Close your eyes and take your dive all the way to Sheol
[Chorus: Sho Baraka]
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
[Verse 3: Mag44]
It's Mister Mando
Turnin' up, twenty-five second
I be chillin' in the black heaven
Future, past, and present
Time's irrelevant when my God's riffin'
Free will, I am legend
Free will, yes, loud acceptance
Zero to hundred in five seconds
I will turn it up
Clean on the outside but they dirty cups
That's who our babies are learnin' from
Want a Bible, my baby, you fed you up?
Be right, grace and peace
Where you from . . . Jesu Crist
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Black or white, Jew or Gentile
This is the kingdom, black as heaven
[Chorus: Sho Baraka]
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
(Woo, woo)
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This is black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bus (Bus)
It's always God we trust
