Artist: Ice Cube
Album: Lethal Injection
Song: Heaven
Verse One:
Listen to the preacherman
But are you talkin' to me
I can’t hear you with a mouth full of pig’s feet
If I should need the swine flesh
Your body is a mess, but you’re blessed
With a father, son, spirit and the holy ghost
But my whole neigborhood is comatose
Lookin' for survival
The devil made you a slave and he gave you a bible
400 years gettin' our ass kicked
By so-called christians and catholics
But I watch 'em burn in a fire
See I’m a g, that’s why I ain’t in your choir
Cause I see, cause I know
The church ain’t nothin' but a fashion show
Get the devil to a 187
And they won’t call me a nigga when I get to heaven
Verse Two:
You’re waitin' for the devil to come from the ground
Clown, take a look around
Just look at the cross that the priest is holdin'
A beast in sheep’s clothing
But I’m rollin' with that knowledge of self
Cause heaven ain’t just wealth
So mister preacher, if I couldn’t pay my tithe
Do I have to wait outside?
White man, please take another look
Cause we couldn’t be readin' out of the same book
Cause youse a crook and I’m a brother
King James had sex with his mother
Is that your edition? Is that your religion?
Black man, you gotta make a desicion
Cause God is comin' on day number seven
And he won’t call me a nigga when I get to heaven
Verse Three:
The same white man that threw me in the slammer
He bombed the church in Alabama
So if I cock the hammer, God won’t mind
If I have to kill the human swine
Cause God is a killer from the start
Why you think Noah had to build his ark
And God is a man from his feet to his hair
That’s why you say 'amen' after each and every prayer
I just stare at the church man
Spendin' more money on the church band
But Elijah’s got a plan
Got the white man screamin': 'Damn that Farrakhan!'
Cause one day these babies are uprise
Much more than bowties and bean pies
Kickin' knowledge at 7−11
And they won’t call me a nigga when I get to heaven
I was in my teens the last time I sat and listened to this song and I can honestly say it blew my mind open ....next stop were the books message to the black man, and then behold a pale horse,i stayed wokeFrom that point on ! Cube has paid so much dues so early on I could never be mad at him for getting to the money now!
Wish more people would hear this and actually learn from it. Religion has been used to manipulate the masses for far too long, we need to rise above it.
All of you should lose religion and be your own son of man created by The Most High. Take the chains off from religious slavery and fear of the unknown and trust in The One that made You for Himself... I Am