Hook 1 (Rick Trotter):
(Go Through the Motions)
Steppin' in and I'm checkin' out the scene,
Fresh pressed, creased out, man you know yo' boy be clean (clean);
Hand claps, toe tappin' while the choir raise a song,
Folks shoutin' now the reverend's up you know it won't be long
Pa**a holler bout a hour and I'm thankin' bout the game
People peepin at the clock (whoop) every Sunday it's the same
Alter call, preacher's hoopin', church open up the doors
Leave a tip then I dip, next week I'm back fo' mo'
Church! Verse 1 (Tedashii):
Steppin' out the house so fresh, clean/
Tailored suites and gator boots/Italian names in the inseam
summer heat encumber teens, forced to wear them pants with pleats/
Sunday morning uniform/like we soldiers, like Marines/
off to Sunday School with mama 'nem/like it was a job for them/
I'd hear the same Word but different meanings like with h*monyms/
time and time again/cause I'm praying that the time would end/
man Saturday must be my crime/my Sunday's doing time again/
you feel me man, I know you do/some of y'all still going through/
most of us just learn the motions just so we can make it though/
I mean, no one ever showed us how this thing was vital for life/
and that the church was not a building/but the body of the Christ/ Dialogue (Jacki Walker):
Man, you hear that?
Did you hear that?
It's so dope.
But we just don't get it.
Something this good... man. Hook 2 (Rick Trotter):
(Go through the motions)
Same time each week
Jesus must know me
'Cause I'm heatin' up a seat
In the church, church
(Sunrise, eleven thirty
You can be late but don't leave early)
(Go through the motions)
The Devil is a hater
He can't touch me
'Cause I'm blessed and highly favored
Church, church
(I've got to be in that place
Sunday I'm go'n show my face in the church)