Lecrae - Facts

I will only tell the t^Amruth ^EmI will only tell the trut^Amh Incoming! ^AmTruth, truth, truth, truth ^AmTruth, truth, truth, truth, truth

^AmPeople wonderin', "Is he woke or just a new slave?" ^AmOld religion, he just covered it with new chains ^AmChoppin' out the church, he ain't really fake ^AmHe divisive, he don't rep the King, ^Emhe just want the fame ^AmAw man, now they actin' like I'm suddenly political ^AmTold me shut my mouth and get my che^Emcks from Evangelicals ^AmWhere my momma raised me, on Angela and Eldridge ^AmChuck Berry made it, but the cr^Emedit went to Elvis ^AmKnow you never knew that, know you think I'm too black ^AmI just think I'm ^Dmtoo real, I grew up on 2^EmPac ^AmYou grew up thinkin' that the Panthers was some terrorists ^AmI grew up hearin' how they fe^Emd my momma eggs and grits ^Am"'Crae, they say you should follow in the steps of King" ^AmI say, "You've forgot^Dmten how they sho^Emt him in the streets" ^AmI ain't really changed, it's the same old rebel ^AmStill a radical, I'm passionate, it's ju^Dmst another ^Emlevel (leggo!) ^AmAT told me I should fight back ^AmThey don't like that (they don't) ^AmJust know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft (what?) ^AmBJ told me I should fight back ^AmThey don't like that ^AmJust know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft, woo!

^EmI will only te^Amll the truth (facts) People cannot abide by a truth. They prefer fantasy over reality... (facts) ^EmI will only tell the t^Amruth ^AmI am for truth no matter who tells it ^AmI will only tell the truth I am for justice no matter who it is for or against (facts)

^AmRose up out the dungeon ^AmI was feelin' haunted ^AmNow I'm bein' hunted ^AmAnd I'm on a hunnid ^AmHit the gas, gunning ^AmSkip the past running ^AmTell 'em they could bring that ^DmIf they really w^Emant it ^AmI, I'm on the hometeam ^AmYou just running with the wrong team ^AmNever take 'em with the heavyweights or, boy, you'll die and need a little protein ^AmSouthside on the Yellowstone, had a ham bone and a white tee ^AmAnd a 12-pack of that real talk and I'm drunk, tell 'em, "Come find me" ^AmDraped up, dripped out, covere^Dmd in the b^Emlood ^AmMan, I hang where they crip^Dmped out, s^Emippin' on the mud ^AmWhere they swingin', got the whips out, watch 'em pop trunk ^AmYeah, I know it's hella dark, but I'm tryna light it up ^AmNow these people swear they on me, sendin' out threats ^AmTold me keep my mouth shut, told me be a Stepin Fetchit ^AmI will not oblige to your colonized way of faith ^AmMy Messiah died for the world, not just USA ^AmThey say, "Jesus was Conservative" ^DmTell 'em, "That's a l^Emie" ^AmNo, He not a Liberal either if you think I'll choose a side ^AmThey say, "'Crae, you so divisive, shouldn't be a black church" ^AmI say, "Do the math, segregation ^Dmstarted that fir^Emst!" ^AmHey, you want unity? Then read a eulogy ^AmKill the power that exists up under you and over me ^AmI said, you want unity? Then read a eulogy ^AmKill the power that exists up under you and over me, woo! (facts)

^AmSo reconciliation or conciliation requires defrauded parties to be made whole. Not just apologizing for the offense [Verse 3]

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I was waitin' for the right time to tell y'all how I feel

N.C.

And, yeah, I know that it hurts, but look, it's gon' heal ^CmI waited 'til I was on prime time before I let y'all know ^FAnd you prolly won't wanna h^Dmear my music no mo' B^Gmut it's all good, man, I lo^Cmve y'all ^FHope you know that I'm black black ^DmTraded my Smart Car for a Cad^Gmillac, can you handle that? ^CmAnd I love God I love Jes^Fus, the one out of Nazareth Not the Europ^Dmean with the ultra perm and them soft eyes and them thin lips And I'm st^Cmill hood ^FBeen in the 'burbs for quite some time But I s^Dmtill might hit the ga^Gms station for the Lemonheads and the pork rinds And I'm ^Cmon one ^FYeah, 116 been real ^DmBinghamton, Tennessee, from ^GmThird Ward to Ceiling Hill ^CmAnd I live in multiple world, call me a hyb^Frid 'cause I'm so black ^DmYoung theologian who educated, but still be at that C^Gmhicken Shack, yeah

^A#Lemme get a two piece