(Intro)
One two, one two
One two, one two
(Chorus)
If God is real why do we hate each other
If God is real why are you afraid to die
If God is real why do people suffer
If God is watching us why do we go to war and steal and lie
Oh and it's a funny kind of thing to sing
(Verse One)
Well God let your daddy get cancer
And God ain't doing nothing
And God let my mama go crazy
And all type of terrible things you face
Down at the bottom of the barrel
Oh you could hear the old timers sing
How God got a eye on the sparrow
Yet turn the other eye on the human race
You and me got a lot of problems
Sunday morning doing our thing
But ain't nobody walking out of wheelchairs
Make you wonder what we really doing here
Nothing makes sense so simple
Why are we placed in this confusing place
Waking up slaves in the morning
Go to bed slaves to work another day
(Chorus)
If God is real why do we hate each other
If God is real why are you afraid to die
If God is real why do people suffer
If God is watching us why do we go to war and steal and lie
Oh and it's a funny kind of thing to sing
(Verse Two)
Racism and religion keep us busy
And they are only superficial things
You rather take a drink from the bottle
And be saved from all the joy it brings a man
I wonder why we can't live forever
I wonder why I never had love
I wonder why we never hear a peep
From the ones that's supposed to be flying in the sky above
Some people smoke dope and get high
Some people have a fling to get by
Yet all it really proves is we need a little excitement
Yes something just to bide the time
God don't ever talk to lonely
Walk but don't know where we going
Up and down and around again
Oh what am I really trying to say
(Chorus)
If God is real why do we hate each other
If God is real why are you afraid to die
If God is real why do people suffer
If God is watching us why do we go to war and steal and lie
Oh and it's a funny kind of thing to sing
(Bridge 1)
And this is how I feel (If God is)
I can't explain
Oh what am I really trying to say
And this is how I feel (If God is)
I can't explain
What am I really trying to say
And this is how I feel (If God is)
I can't explain
Oh what am I really trying to say
And this is how I feel (If God is)
I can't explain that thing
Oh what am I really trying to say
(Bridge 2)
Real and hey hey hey
Oh and it's a funny kind of thing to sing
Come on
Real and hey hey hey
Oh and it's a funny kind of thing to sing
Come on