John 3:16 - Wyclef Jean: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

John 3:16

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John 3:16 was released on March 4, 1997 by Columbia as a part of the album Muggs Presents... The Soul Assassins Chapter I

Song Details

AlbumMuggs Presents... The Soul Assassins Chapter I

Release DateMarch 4, 1997

LabelColumbia

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM93

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Wyclef Jean

Performer

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Arranger

N. Jean

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Producer

Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo

Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo

Mixing Engineer

Jason Roberts

Additional Engineer

Ross Donaldson

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

This is not the burial, it's the resurrection

Hey kids, gather 'round (All around the world)

It's DJ Muggs, with Wyclef (Yeah, all around the world)

I got a story to tell (All around the world)

Check it out, c'mon

[Verse 2]

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

Says the boy to the fiend

What do you mean? Huh?

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

I wanna wake up from this dream

(I wanna wake up from this dream) Check it out

[Verse 3]

I caught the bullet, I was stubborn like a mulet

Drink, White Russian

Game? Russian roulette

Fly Continental, six o'clock in the mornin'

Briefcase full of cocaine, on my way out, I tipped the doorman

Jumped into the cab, said, "Hail Mary, full of Grace"

Yesterday, communion was the Mafia's reunion

Confessed to the priest, Eve ate the apple, I ate the peach

Slept with Vanity, sold my soul to Robin Leach

Devil music in my ear, no fear, I'm pumpin' Def Leppard

Slow down, here comes the narc with the German shepherd

I got the plan, man, meet me in the van

I got this kid from the Sudan bringin' Tecs from Iran

[Verse 4]

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

Says the boy to the fiend (All around the world)

What do you mean? What do you mean?

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

Says the boy to the fiend

So in the streets, the product must be clean

[Verse 5]

Five-eleven, the young one went to Heaven

With the gun to his head, yo, he was already dead

Sunday mornin' in the court, the judge got Wyclef confessin'

"Yo, I murdered Steve Austin"

Now I'm wanted by Bionic Woman

Women bring you more miseries, like that movie

Stress go to India, smoke hashish with Gandhi

My bill of rights is to make sure you're alright

Superman left the gang, 'cause his weakness was Crips, tonight

Godfather got the cotton balls to his cheeks

Pig couldn't fly straight, so you die in your sleep

I stay awake only to see Nicodemus

The young 'un got murdered, the day was the Sabbath

[Verse 6]

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

What do you mean, says the boy to the fiend

Why we killin' for the green?

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

Says the girl to the fiend (All around the world)

I wanna wake up from this dream

[Verse 7]

I know this drug dealer who drive a black beamer

Dreadlock cut off once by this girl named Delilah

Pretty little dancer, voice like Tina Turner

Chickenheads, are you a virgin? (Yeah right, so was Madonna)

S-s-sinner, sinner, seek the master

If not, feel the explosion from the day after

Bit by the vampire, worked for the mobster

Two to the head, and now you swimmin' with the lobsters

We gotcha, gotcha, set up in Oklahoma

You caught a bad one like a kid catchin' pneumonia

So storyteller, what's the moral of this story?

Live reality and don't get caught up in your fantasy

[Verse 8]

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16

Says the boy to the fiend (All around the world)

Aren't we all human beings?

What do you mean, John 3:16?

For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16 (M-16)

But the dream is still for green

So we die in the steam

[Verse 9]

What do you mean, John 3:16?

This is how it is around the way, know what I'm sayin', Muggs?

Wyclef, and it don't stop

Refugee Camp, bing

What do you mean, John 3:16?

Written by: DJ Muggs, N. Jean

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