Jesus Walks

We at war We at war with terrorism, racism But most of all, we at war with ourselves (Jesus, walk) God, show me the way because the Devil's tryna break me down (Jesus, walk with me) You know what the Midwest is? Young and restless Where restless (Niggas) might snatch your necklace And next, these (Niggas) might jack your Lexus Somebody tell these (Niggas) who Kanye West is I walk through the valley of the Chi where death is Top floor, the view alone will leave you breathless (gasps) Try to catch it (gasps) it's kinda hard Getting choked by detectives, yeah, yeah, now check the method They be askin us questions, harass and arrest us Sayin we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast Huh? Y'all eat pieces of shit? What's the basis We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases A trunk full of coke, rental car from Avis My mama used to say only Jesus can save us Well, mama, I know I act a fool But I'll be gone til November I got packs to move, I hope (Jesus, walk) God, show me the way because the Devil's tryna break me down (Jesus, walk with me) The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now (Jesus, walk) And I don't think there's nothin' I can do now to right my wrongs (Jesus, walk with me) I wanna talk to God but I'm afraid 'cause we ain't spoke in so long (Jesus, walk) God, show me the way because the Devil's tryna break me down (Jesus, walk with me) The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now (Jesus, walk) And I don't think there's nothin' I can do now to right my wrongs (Jesus, walk with me) I wanna talk to God but I'm afraid 'cause we ain't spoke in so long (Jesus, walk) So long (Jesus, walk) So long (Jesus, walk with me) To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers, even the scrippers (Jesus walks with them) To the victims of welfare, feel we livin' in Hell here, hell yeah (Jesus walks with them) Now, hear ye, hear ye, want to see Thee more clearly I know He hear me when my feet get weary Cause we're the almost nearly extinct We rappers is role models, we rap, we don't think I ain't here to argue about His facial features Or here to convert atheists into believers I'm just tryna say the way school need teachers The way Kathie Lee needed Regis, that's the way I need Jesus So here go my single, dawg, radio needs this They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus That means guns, sex, lies, videotape But if I talk about God, my record won't get played, huh? Well, if this take away from my spins Which'll probably take away from my ends Then I hope it take away from my sins And bring the day that I'm dreamin' 'bout Next time I'm in the club, everybody screamin' out (Jesus, walk) God, show me the way because the Devil's tryna break me down (Jesus, walk with me) The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now