ft. John Legend


(Verse)
If I had to play God for a day I would open up the gates let the world see my face
Remove all doubt from the ones without the faith
And put em on the path of the straight
A safe place, for the young to come out if they wanna play
I let their momas know that they ok
And when y'all pray, I'll respond so you can all see a sign
And answer every pray one at a time
If I'm God 
All the stabbings all the war would come to cease
My whole entire hood would be at peace
No more beef
And you could sleep without the fears of bein woke
By the sounds of sirens, screams of people bein smoke
No more dope you don't need it
You'll be cured of all diseases
Your whole entire life would be deleted
Please forgive me I've been dreamin
And rudely interrupted by the demons
Laughed at the picture I was seein on the ceilin

(Hook)
Who listens when we pray?
Who pulls the strings of the world as we struggle today?
Will you show your face?
I don't wanna wait wait, wait 'til I die
Wait, wait, wait for my eyes to close
Smile on your own child's nose
God has a face

(Verse)
Just imagine if the devil had a day
And God had took a break and walked away
Would you feel safe?
If everythin you loved turned into hate
Will the dark angel's evil show you grace
Only to be eaten by a snake
One life, one mistake
Be careful of the choices that you make
Cuz one day you'll be standin on your feet and then the next
You're underneath the sheet greetin death
I wonder when I sleep is he there sittin on my chest, stealin breath
Shortenin my days even less
More souls never rest
A killer walks the streets seekin flesh
A adolescent hangs she depressed
A priest who confessed
A judged typin a nigga in a text
Your honor what the fuck did you expect
A father kills his son look at life it's a mess
Just imagine what would happen if the lord up and left

(Hook)

(Verse)
When all that you believed in was a lie
Are you willin to accept it when you find out
Or try to reason with yourself that's what it is when it's not
And all the whole while it's been a plot
To poison our minds and leave us blind to the fact
That they keep us in the dark know they act
We react all surprised and not realize that
This shit a trap
Thought religion was the answer but the answer wasn't that
The church and these politics they all full of crap
It's a shame but that's how were blamin it's for the scratch
So I don't knock I'm trynna to put a black card in my wallet
But some dollars in my pocket ain't the topic
Y'all need to stop it
This is just crazy these little babies tickin time bombs
Walkin around the lunchroom pullin guns
If mama and daddy took the time to raise their son
Then the sister wouldn't be the mom before she 21 huh

(Hook)