Verse 1
GMy wife said, I can't say no to nobody
DAnd at this rate we gon' both die broke
EmGot friends that ask me for money knowin' I'm in debt
CAnd like my wife said, I still didn't say no
GPeople tryna say I'm goin' crazy on Twitter
DMy friends' best advice was to stay low
EmI guess it's hard to decipher all of the bills
CEspecially when you got family members on payroll
GThe media said it was outlandish spendin'
DThe media said he's way out of control
EmI just feel like I'm the only one not pretendin'
CI'm not out of control, I'm just not in they control
GI know I'm the most influential
DThat TIME cover was just confirmation
EmThis generation's closest thing to Einstein
CSo don't worry about me, I'm fine
GI can see a thousand years from now in real life
DSkate on the paradigm and shift it when I feel like
EmTroll conventional thought, don't need to question
CI know it's antiquated so sometimes I get aggressive
GThank God For Jay Electra, he down with the mission
DDid it with with no permission, on our own conditions
EmMost Blacks with money have been beaten to submission
CYeezy with the big house, did it way different
GNever listen to Hollywood producers
DDon't stare at money too long, it's Medusa
EmThe ultimate Gemini has survived
CI wasn't supposed to make it past 25
Hook
GAnd you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
DWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
EmOh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
CAnd you wonder where is God in your nightlife
GYeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
D(Father, father, father...)
EmWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
CThe night sky, yeah, I feel like I'm home, yeah
Verse 2
GI've been wakin' the spirits of millions more to come
DA million illegally downloaded my truth over the drums
EmI believe in the children, listen to the kids, bro
CIf the phone ringin', go and get your kids ho
GBrother Don Muhammad told the minister about the presentation
DHe sat back and smiled
EmBlack on black lies is worse than black on black crime
CThe Jews share their truth on how to make a dime
GMost black men couldn't balance a checkbook
DBut buy a new car, talkin' 'bout "how my neck look?"
EmWell... it all looks great
CFour hundred years later, we buyin' our own chains
GThe light is before us brothers, so the devil workin' hard
DReal family stick together and see through the mirage
EmThe smokescreens, perceptions of false reality
CWho the real owner if your boss gets a salary?
GI am one with the people
DI am one with the people (real)
EmI've been woken from enlightened man's dream
CCheckin' Instagram comments to crowdsource my self esteem
GLet me not say too much or do too much
DCause if I'm up way too much, I'm out of touch
EmI'm prayin' a out-of-body experience will happen
CSo the people can see my light, now it's not just rappin'
GGod, I have humbled myself before the court
DDrop my ego and confidence was my last resort
EmI know, I know he got a plan, I know I'm on your beams
COne set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
GWhen I turned on the news and they was buryin' me
DOne set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
EmWhen I was negotiatin' with Apple, it was Larry and me
CTold Tim Cook to call me, I was scary to see
GI would've took a hundred million and gave 20 to Hov
DI heard it's the way they did it when we only had a stove
EmBut it's better that I stayed at home with my folks
CCause if Jay a billionaire then I'ma never go broke
GOnly thing I ask is next time I'm on stage we all go
DWe all go
EmNot just by myself, lookin' for n***** like where's Waldo
CShe got the same shoes as my wife but she copped 'em at Aldo
Modern day MJ with a off the wall flow
Bridge
GMy life, walk all over me
DWalk all over me
EmI'm deliverin' everything I've ever sent to you, bring
CFly, fly, fly overseas
Fly overseas
Oh, anywhere, everything but in between
Hook
GYeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
DWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
EmOh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
CAnd you wonder where is God in your nightlife
GYeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
DWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
EmOh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
CAnd you wonder where is God in your nightlife
Verse 3
GPlease face me when I speak
DPlease say to me somethin' before you leave
EmYou've been treatin' me like I'm invisible
CNot visible to you
GOh the invisible truths they sold
DI can't quite understand the games you play
EmUnderstand, understand
CUnderstand I'm standin' under oath
GAnd I promised I, I wouldn't fall anymore
DBut I'm cryin' at the bar
EmI'm wishin' that you saw my scars
CI'm wishin' that you came down here
GAnd stood by me
DLike you knew me
EmBut I feel so alone
CLike I don't know anyone but the night sky
Hook
GYeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
DWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
EmOh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
CAnd you wonder where is God in your nightlife
GYeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
D(Father, father, father...)
EmWonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
COh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
(Father, father, father...)
