From the recording Nation of Immigrants (The Album)
Life, the Mic & Beyond: The Making of (“Lord Knows”) from Nation of Immigrants (The Album) - https://youtu.be/Blbkn57EPtA
Lyrics
Chorus:
Take ‘em’ to … CHURCH
Take ‘em’ to … CHURCH
Global Gospel … on my knees in a hostile
Don’t let me find you … you know how I do …
Bridge:
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
Lord Knows I’m a …
VERSE ONE
1 Converting demons to nonbelievers, but what’s the reason
2 We all searching for meaning, feening for money and power, and so we all dreamers
3 One common cause in mind, .. what’s yours is mine
4 The thorns are fine, but the crown is mine
5 Down to die, for whatever it is
6 Long as succession is effective, with no beef between kids
7 If I speak it, it manifested, differential’s a split
8 Closing the Bible, on false idols, they bequeathing a myth
9 Issue a Cease-and-Desist to quash WASP undertones
10 Supremacy’s gimmick used to whitewash your wrongs
11 Even when I’m right, I’m still wrong, the stillborn’s
12 A product of you making us feel wrong, you still rebuilding from the last storm
13 Here comes another one,
14 Karma is better than any gun or bomb you can make or
15 Rules you make, … but fools can escape
16 Why don’t you return the jewels, this elaborate ruse is a fake
CHORUS
VERSE TWO
1 The National Heritage Act and the British Museum
2 Bans the return of stolen artifacts through loan agreements
3 From Greece to Ghana, gold to silver, and bodies
4 Adversely possessing the known treasures of the Ashanti and
5 Mummified bodies from Egypt, Bronze from Benin
6 The British Empire’s liar, the Colonial Dream
7 Even the Crown worn by the Queen is of suspect means
8 Why is the Queen’s face, on the currency, out in Belize?
9 The same way they hold Immigrants, at the bay, in the seas
10 Mis-patriated to nations, they never been, to deceive
11 Seeking the Church, for the truth about life, amongst other things
12 Like weaponizing religion to gain superior wealth
13 The Slave Preacher’s facetious but the believer blessed
14 The HeLa cells were stolen from Henrietta for health
15 From treatment to vaccinations, and all the patients she helped
16 Attribution and compensation, but they settled for less