Lyrics Church - De La Soul

Church

Peace — this is Spike Lee
A.k.a.
Shelton Jackson Lee
A.k.a.
loving husband and father
of Tonya and Satchel and Jackson
I’m here with De La Soul
A.k.a.
De La, a.k.a. The Plugs
We’re about to get in this song, «Church»
A.k.a.
«It's Reality»!
Aiyyo, wake up!
Wipe the sleep from ya eyecracks
It’s time to focus y’all, fix ya I-MAX
In other words, listen to the brother’s words
Ingest these anecdotes with HOPE
and ya ass, may learn how to COPE
It’s not always good just to get by Who’s coverin’ya stakes when ya bet high?
You’re cha-sin', cars, clothes and rocks
Identify with the goods you got
Make sure it’s V-S-One, not
and perfect, leavin’you one clear
I really don’t care to see ya tattoos there
I’d rather see you graduate the school year
Black folk, go put a book in ya face
But first give the hook a taste
Bring the preacher in!
Heal!
Heal, y’all!
We comin’healin'!
It’s real!
It’s real!
It’s realer than real, realer than real
Heal!
Heal, y’all!
We comin’healin'!
It’s real!
It’s real!
It’s realer than real, realer than real
It’s a sick world that we live in, let some tell it Some put it in books, some yell it You need to make your own choice, be your own voice
Set ya soap-box up, let your talk fight
Pull ya socks up, get ya walk right
Or the chalk might outline ya one day
You oughta try steppin’outside you one day
You circle round yourself like you the answer
To the question of your inner son
But keep ya falsehoods to a minimum (minimum *echoes*)
We all need a little church
A life update, keyword — update
If they don’t serve change, don’t bite the bait
Instead’a givin’you a share, servin’you a dish
I lead you to the water, show you how to fish
Ain’t nothin’wrong makin’that bread wid’it
But don’t let the bread get to ya head, geddit?
Admit it, when you can’t stand alone
I wanna stand up, give all the pretend up And get a full blast of my demands of the rhyme runner said the man’s come
There’s something in our words that reveal (reveal *echoes*)
Sho 'nough real!
Heal y’all!
We come to heal!
So let it heal you!
It’s real!
It’s real!
It’s realer than real, realer than real
Heal y’all!
We gonna heal it!
So let it heal!
It’s real!
So real!
It’s realer than real, for real, for real
The early bird gets the worm in this rotten apple
But explore deep and you will the find the seed
Plant more ether, get your mind free
We roll passsionate, put your lights last in it You’re holdin fear too close, unfasten it!
And like old age invades youth
Invade falseness with truth
Replace rebelling with rebirth
Face new dwelling, that’s your turf
Lean back and put your feet up on the sofa
Relax!
(Relax! *echoes*) learn how to punch back
And do your work to the max
The payoff’s much sweeter than the payback
Even the haysack needle wouldn’t play that
So let’s pray at, church (church *echoes*)
Heal!
Heal, y’all!
We comin’healin'!
It’s real!
It’s real!
It’s realer than real, realer than real
Heal y’all!
We comin’healin'!
So let it heal!
It’s real!
It’s real!
It’s realer than real, realer than real
— (Repeat until beat fades)
Realityyyyyyy!
Realityyyyyyy-eeeeeeeeeee-reeeeaaall!