God (feat. John Legend)

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 them on the path of the straight, a safe place

For the young to come outside, they wanna play

I let they mamas know that they okay

And when y'all pray, I'll respond so that you all can see a sign

And answer every prayer, one at a time

If I'm God, huh

All the stabbings and the wars'd 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' smoked

No more dope, you don't need it, you'll be cured of all diseases

Your whole entire life has been deleted

Please forgive me, I was dreamin' and rudely interrupted by the demons

Laughin' at the picture I was seein' on the ceiling

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 till I die

Wait, wait, wait for my eyes to close

Smile on your child so he knows God has a face

Just imagine if the Devil had a day

If God had took a break and walked away

Would you feel safe if everything you love turnin' to 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 'cause 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, lost souls never rest

A killer walks the streets seeking flesh

And adolescent hangs, she's depressed, a priest who confess

A judge type a **** 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

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 till I die

Wait, wait, wait for my eyes to close

Smile on your child so he knows God has a face

When all that you believed in was a lie

Are you willing 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 if they keep us in the dark on how they act

We'll react all surprised and not realizin' 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

And it's a shame but that what we blamin'

It's for the scratch so I don't knock it, I'm tryna 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' timebombs

Walkin' round in lunchrooms pullin' guns

If the Mama and the Daddy took the time to raise the son

Then the sister wouldn't be a mom before she twenty one, huh?

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 till I die

Wait, wait, wait for my eyes to close

Smile on your child so he knows God has a face

God has a face

God has a face