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The Robert Glasper Experiment & Lalah Hathaway - Jesus Children (Live NSJ 2014)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Robert Glasper Experiment
Robert Glasper Experiment
Performer
Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
Piano
Casey Benjamin
Casey Benjamin
Saxophone
Derrick Hodge
Derrick Hodge
Bass
Mark Colenburg
Mark Colenburg
Drums
Jahi Sundance
Jahi Sundance
Turntables
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
Producer
Keith Lewis
Keith Lewis
Recording Engineer
Marcus Johnson
Marcus Johnson
Assistant Recording Engineer
Qmillion
Qmillion
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hello, Jesus, Jesus children
Jesus loves you, Jesus children
Hello, children, Jesus loves you
Of America
[Verse 2]
Are you hearing what he's saying?
Are you feeling what you're praying?
Are you hearing, praying, feeling what you say inside?
[Verse 3]
You'd better tell your story fast
And if you lie, it will come to pass, hey
(Na-na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)
[Verse 4]
Hello, Jesus, Jesus children
Jesus loves you, Jesus children
Hello, children, Jesus loves you
Of America
[Verse 5]
Are you hearing what he's saying?
Are you feeling what you're praying?
Are you hearing, praying, feeling what you say inside?
[Verse 6]
You'd better tell, yeah, your story fast
And if you lie, yeah, it will come to pass
Hey, you better tell your story fast
And if you lie, yeah, it will come to pass (Pass)
(Hey, yeah)
[Verse 7]
Choirs of young lives singing silly songs of laughter
And the life after, hurt, ego and misguided pride
Which lead to lies the soul can no longer stand to bear
But I see twenty children standing there
Beaming me bright to angel light
As they take flight
(So you better tell it)
[Verse 8]
Together, they smile, the type sunlight that makes the devil backtrack
Into his lair, yeah, these young souls are soothsayers
Spiritual players, accelerated graduators of this game called life
(Na-na-na-na-na-na)
Spitting sixteens making Biggie breakdance and Franklin seen
Like Layla's dad, with ten thousand other souls watching
True love withhold nothing
[Verse 9]
And through dry tears, we'll spend the next few years
Silently screaming, why?
Until we realize that their spiritual awakening already understood
Their undertaking, the moment they appeared
In the womb, playing Rumba Room
Creating heated debates that should've been sparked sooner
Than the dark hell of December 2012
[Verse 10]
And now, now
Now they dance the story of masters
Much faster than the polygamous pastor can tell a lie
Faster than you can wipe from your eyes the soot of deceit
All these kids dance to story that tell us to delete the feeling
Of being incomplete from our consciousness
To let these 6 and 7 year olds take a hold of our consciousness
To remind us to laugh, scream, and let our inner child fly
Higher than deferred dreams seldom seen
Through the lens of love and gratitude
Let's give our children love and gratitude
Fly high
Shine, and fly high
And fly high (And fly high)
Written by: Stevie Wonder

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