Listen to The Gospel by Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean & Chris Lee

The Gospel

Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean & Chris Lee

Soundtrack

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Maleah Joi Moon

Maleah Joi Moon

Vocals

Shoshana Bean

Vocals

Chris Lee

Performer

Adam Blackstone

Adam Blackstone

Keyboards

Aaron Romero

Electric Upright Bass

Belinda Whitney

Belinda Whitney

Violin

Ben Weiss

Guitar

Carla Fabiani

Viola

Chad Carstarphen

Chad Carstarphen

Vocals

Darryl Yokley

Saxophone

Enrico de Trizio

Enrico de Trizio

Drum Programming

Erskine Hawkins

Erskine Hawkins

Keyboards

Gabriela Rengel

Gabriela Rengel

Violin

Jackie Leon

Vocals

Jakeim Hart

Vocals

Jaylen Petinaud

Jaylen Petinaud

Drums

John Walsh

Trumpet

John Yun

Keyboards

Lamont Walker II

Lamont Walker II

Vocals

Lily Ling

Music Director

Linda Aziza Miller

Linda Aziza Miller

Keyboards

Marc Malsegna

Guitar

Melissa Westgate

Melissa Westgate

Cello

Mike Reid

Drums

Nyseli Vega

Vocals

Randy Cohen

Programming

Rema Webb

Vocals

Vanessa Ferguson

Vanessa Ferguson

Vocals

Victor Pablo

Percussion

Willie Applewhite

Willie Applewhite

Trombone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Alicia Keys

Songwriter

Mark Batson

Songwriter

Lamont Jody Hawkins

Lamont Jody Hawkins

Songwriter

Kasseem Dean

Songwriter

Shawn Martin

Songwriter

Robert Diggs

Songwriter

Corey Woods

Songwriter

Dennis Coles

Songwriter

Jason S. Hunter

Jason S. Hunter

Songwriter

Adam Blackstone

Adam Blackstone

Vocal Arranger

Tom Kitt

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Alicia Keys

Producer

Adam Blackstone

Adam Blackstone

Producer

Tom Kitt

Producer

Ann Mincieli

Recording Engineer

Brendan Morawski

Brendan Morawski

Mixing Engineer

Dave Kutch

Mastering Engineer

Eric Schilling

Mixing Engineer

Frank Holland

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jill Dell'Abate

Jill Dell'Abate

Studio Personnel

Ken Lewis

Mixing Engineer

Robert Regeiro

Assistant Recording Engineer

Steve Tejeda

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

It's like

Like all of New York City is singing to you

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]

I said we're all God's children

Products of the ghetto

Mama cooked the soup

Daddy did the yelling

[Verse 2]

Uncle was a drunk

Cousin was a felon

And when he got pinched

He told 'em he wasn't tellin'

[Verse 3]

Auntie was a cook

Her husband was a crook

'Cause every job he had

They be payin' him off the books

[Verse 4]

Ghetto University knowledge is all it took

In the tenement, I was listenin' to the hook

[Verse 5]

Change gon' come, spirit of Sam Cooke

And when the feds comin', everybody be shook

[Verse 6]

Now we doing life like Eddie Murphy and Martin

On the chain gang, I was singing into the coffin

[Verse 7]

Roaches and the rats

Heroin in the cracks

Couldn't blame me

I'm just giving the facts

[PreChorus]

I'm tryna hit the top 'cause the bottom ain't where it's at

Everybody got a past, but you can never go back

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 8]

I'll tell it like it is

How we ever gon' live?

If we ain't gettin' money

How we feedin' the kids?

[Verse 9]

It's a revolving door

When brothers be doing bids

I know it sound wrong, but the dope'll be what it is

[Verse 10]

Survival of the fittest, this poor girl's the illest, uh

Broke mirrors and black cats give me heebie-jeebies

[Verse 11]

Life seems hard, but nothing ever come easy

Whatever's in the dark will always become the light

If you ain't in the battle, how you gon' win the fight?

[Verse 12]

Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth

The streets be flyin' birds, but they don't be on the roof

[Verse 13]

Poverty is a pain like you pullin' a tooth

Told the streets, "Don't let me go"

Like I'm Bishop in Juice

[Verse 14]

Roaches and the rats

Heroin in the cracks

Couldn't blame me

I'm just giving the facts

[PreChorus]

Tryna hit the top, bottom ain't where it's at

Everybody got a past, but you can never go back

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Sing

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You gotta sing

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Just as a king

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]

Enough! Ali, upstairs now!

Written by: Alicia Keys, Corey Woods, Dennis Coles, Jason Hunter, Kasseem Dean, Lamont Jody Hawkins, Mark Batson, Robert Diggs, Shawn Martin

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