Dark Skin

Dark skin, dark skin, the world's never preferred us

Lost in the thought that

In the sight of God, you've been gorgeous, sunkissed

Never lighten your emojis

No apologies for the image you were formed in

That image is important, yours the Lord's gift

Oh, yes, coarse hair, beautiful without that potion

But I just saw my daughter

Tryna scrub the black off her skin underwater

Running from the Sun, she ain't tryna get darker

Haunted, will anybody want her?

'Cause they don't want her for the road, they don't want her for the show

Don't want her for the vote

They'll take her for the night, but they don't want her for a home

Uh, listen

Bigger than the blacks in America

Asian folks struggle with their skin that ain't fair enough

More than those in South America declaring only barrier been buried by the cross that can carry us

He will not ignore this, widow and the orphan

Only true religion, you ain't with it then you lost it

Skin-bleaching cream is supreme in the poorest

Gospel can erase all the color line drawing, yeah

Lately, we been feelin' it the hardest

Dead in the street with a knee on his jaw and

Never been a felon, but I'm treated like it often

I don't want to be a hashtag out joggin'

Where can we take all the hate that we haulin'?

Laws only here but they never could dissolve it

We need to die and resurrect where the heart is

On earth as it is in heaven, are they gonna solve it?

I am on my calling

Support them, but my hope is not in law enforcements

Stay the course, of course, and I don't need endorsement

Empowered young man, that's a caution, caution

I believe the power of the church and the Artist

We the least expected, like a new apartment

The Gospel's more potent than they ever wanted

The boat can't be sunk when Jesus is sleepin' on it, uh

Church are you hearin' me?

Invest in your neighbor not conspiracies

How you politicize the mouth of the reverend?

Ain't a left or a right side up in heaven, no

Faith is where we stand up

I pledge allegiance to the blood-stained banner

Yes, I love America, but heaven is the standard

Nations come and go, but His glory can't be damaged, woo

I say Jesus is the answer

Do what He commands us

And maybe for the first time, humble our pride, see the God that can mend us

God that can mend us

God that can mend us, yeah

He's the answer