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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kanye West
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kanye West
Songwriter
Fred Hammond
Songwriter
Federico Vindver
Songwriter
Angel López
Songwriter
Aaron Butts
Songwriter
Timothy Mosley
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Producer
Federico Vindver
Producer
Angel López
Producer
Timbaland
Producer
Josh Berg
Recording Engineer
Josh Bales
Recording Engineer
Randy Urbanski
Recording Engineer
Jamie Peters
Recording Engineer
MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer
Jess Jackson
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hand 'em
Hands up high, hands on, hands on
Hands on, hands up
In your face, the reason
Hands on, yeah, hands on
[Verse 2]
Cut out all the lights, He the light
Got pulled over, see the brights
Whatchu doin' on the street at night?
Wonder if they're gonna read your rights
Thirteenth amendment, three strikes
Made a left when I should've made a right
Told God last time, on life
Told the devil that I'm going on a strike
Told the devil when I see him, on sight
I've been working for you my whole life
Told the devil that I'm going on a strike
I've been working for you my whole life
[Verse 3]
Nothing worse than a hypocrite
Change, he ain't really different
He ain't even try to get permission
Asked for advice and they dissed him
Said I'm finna do a Gospel album
What have you been hearing from the Christians?
They'll be the first one to judge me
Make it feel like nobody love me
They'll be the first one to judge me
Feeling like nobody love me
[Verse 4]
Told people God was my mission
What have you been hearing from the Christians?
They'll be the first one to judge me
Make it feel like nobody love me
Make it feel alone in the dark
And you never see the light
Man, you're never seeing home
And you'll never see the domes
I can feel it when I write
Point of livin' in the right
If they only see the wrongs
Never listen to the songs
Just to listen is a fight
But You with me for the fight
It's so hard to get along
If they only see the slight
From the love of religion
[Verse 5]
What have you been hearing from the Christians?
They'll be the first one to judge me
Make it seem like nobody love me
I'm not trying to lead you to Visas
But if I try to lead you to Jesus
We get call 'Halfway believers'
Only halfway read Ephesians
Only if they knew what I knew, ah
I was never new till I knew of
True and living God, Yeshua
The true and living God
[Verse 6]
Somebody pray for me
[Verse 7]
Hand 'em
Hands up high, hands on, hands on
Hands on, hands up
In your face, the reason
Hands on, get hands on
[Verse 8]
I deserve all the criticism you got
If that's all the love you have, that's all you got
To sing of change, you think I'm joking
To praise His name, you ask what I'm smoking
Yes I, understand your reluctancy, yeah
But I have a request, you see
Don't throw me up
Lay your hands on me
Please, pray for me
[Verse 9]
Hold myself on death
Hold it down
All fallen down
[Verse 10]
Somebody pray for me
[Verse 11]
Hand 'em
Hands up high, hands on, hands on
Hands on, hands up
In your face, the reason
Hands on, yeah, hands on
Written by: Kanye West, Fred Hammond, Federico Vindver, Aaron Butts, Timothy Mosley