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
Our father - art in heaven /
Beat the drum- Kingdom come - thy will be done/
holiness - grace and love -
Blessed us - may thy raise the blackest sun /
From rich to slums - smart or dumb -
We don't beg -We are feed - Daily bread /
We do find - You don't lie - you provide /
On the sparrow you got eyes/
Devil doubles down- troubled man /
I humbly stand with the double edge /
Here's the truth, cross the line /
If youre false - cut you off - watch head/
Black as coal - Black is Gold /
Can't be sold - They just want to mine my soul /
Hot or cold - God's en vogue /
3 in 1, I'm just trying to learn my foes /
We're Joseph with the dream - Mansa Musa with Cream /
Make your name more complete - Martin Luther with a King /
Give me Ezana give me Lalibela /
Give me Yahweh- he will never fail us/
Give me a choir - praising with the fire
Mahalia crying singing a capella/
Meditation over medication /
Heart and Head with my education /
More melanting cthanasius /
retroactive with the reparations/
This cME - this Pentecost - this rock Hewns- this is cxum /
This hair of wool, this is feet of bronze - this Lord of Lord being tattooed/
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
Hook
You can't Gentrify Heaven, nah
You can't Gentrify Heaven, Nah, Nah, Nah (repeat)
Verse
Bethune for the schools/
George w/ the tools/
Walker for the Fools /
Edna cooking stew /
Woodson taking notes - Tharpe singing blues /
G.E Patterson preaching to the pews /
Black as the soil that nourish the crops /
Black as the coil that nap up the locs /
Black as the introduction - I don't need instructions /
Just need a nod - that means a lot /
We just change up the dap -dap dap
fist , lock, slap move on /
mother , father siblings new born
I'm Black cs Heaven, where you from /
Righteousness is the ambience /
Your ignorance I'm way beyond /
You're approvals late, I know I'm great,
You're acceptance I aint waiting on /
Can't erase, the global face of a global faith, tell your neighbor “Praise the Lord” /
Every tribe, Every race, ride the wave, got his favor...”cll aboard” /
Black, brown, yellow, white, creole /
Prophet, poet, preacher, teacher , griot /
Take your lies - sacred crimes -close your eyes- take a dive all the way to Sheol/
Hook
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
Black cs Heaven (12x)
Verse
turning up twenty five seven
I be chilling in the black heaven
future past and present
times irrelevant when my Gods Reverend
free will yeah I am legend
free will yeah I slap serpents
zero to hundred in five seconds
how we turn it up
clean on the outside but they dirty cups
that's who our babes are learning from
tryna ride with my baby you fetty wap
we ride grace and peace, where we from
bana ba Yesu Cristu
Ivo vinangu vilibe nchito
ndiye mfumu ndiye mwine ziko
black or white, Jew or gentile this is the kingdom
black as heaven
Hook
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
Black cs Heaven (12x)
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust /
This is Black truth - Look it up/
Black as Heaven look at us/
From the boats to the bus /
Its always God we trust