Flesh-n-bone - Reverend Run Sermon lyrics

[reverend run] Now i said, now here this Thus sayesth the lord god And i believe, a lot of us Shouldn't even condemn these rappers Because if nobody would ah told me about god People would ah been The church folks would ah been Talkin bad about me I believe we gon' have people like Rev. snoop doggy dogg up here soon We gon' have rev. 2pac These brothaz need your encouragement They do not need you to pull them down I don't believe in bashin these people That are out there on the street I believe in encouraging them I believe in bringin'em in Because if nobody would ah helped me I'd been messed up Do unto others as you would want done to you If you see ya brothaz and sista out there On the street And you know they back slittin Don't just go tell sista so-and-so You heard what happened on that child Go and get her Bring her in, and this is the reason you seen her Cuz god wants you to go and get her God wants you to love your brothaz and sistaz Dis is not a game of hurtin each other It's a game of helpin each other You got to help one another You got to love one another You got to respect on another We have such a crab mentality these days You see somebody comin to the top ah the brow You wanna pull'em down But i believe we should help on another I'm tellin ya right now, saints I've given you my heart today I'm lettin you know all the secret things that happened to me It's not easy for to come out here and talk about The things that happened in the past But i want you to know somethin That god has completely turned my life around Let everyone stand Give the lord a hand clap Praise the lord