Kendrick Lamar, BJ The Chicago Kid, Punch - Faith lyrics

I take a sip of Hennessy
And then get pissy drunk
I ain't a drinker, I'm a thinker
Call it what you want
But if you turn your back
Know that you just missed your chance
To witness the realest shit that's
Ever been told to man
I found myself losing focus
At a Sunday service
Embarrassed so I start questioning God
"What is my purpose?"
He said to live the way he did
That's all he want from me
Spread the word and witness
He rose on the first Sunday i said alright
Enthused that my Lord gave a listen
I opened my Bible in search
To be a better Christian
And this from a person that
Never believed in religion


But shit, my life is so fucked up
Man I can't help but give in
I'm giving testimonies to strangers
I never met
Hopped on the pulpit and told them
How I was truly blessed
Felt like I'm free from all my
Sins when the service was over
Walked out the church
Then got a call that my homie was murdered
Then lost my faith again

What am I gonna do gotta have faith
Life is too much i'm just through
Where is your faith?
(Don't you give up don't you give in) faith
All you need is the size of a mustard seed

Single black parent from Compton
Raising children of four
That's four innocent bastards 'cause, papa
They don't know
Her day consists of working back
And forth with babysitters
Can't find no one to watch her kids
So she pay her sister
Her baby daddy ain't 'bout shit
That nigga ain't 'bout shit
Spilt his daughter milk just to
Cop a new outfit
She pray to God every night
Hoping that he'll mature
And maybe one day his kids
Something that he'll live for
Baby wanna go back to school
But she need some help
Because it's hard trying to pay the
Bills when you're by yourself
She thought about credit card scams
'til she heard a voice
That said, "The Devil is a lie
Make a better choice"
And so it's back to McDonald's
And every month dealing
With those crazy ass people
At the county building
Looked to the heavens and asked Him
To make a better way
Then got a letter in the mail
Lost her Section 8 then lost her faith again

What am I gonna do gotta have faith
Life is too much i'm just through
Where is your faith?
(Don't you give up don't you give in) faith
All you need is the size of a mustard seed

I had dreams of holding a
9 milla to Ray's killa
Ask him why as my eyes fill up
Each day it gets more realer
Orangutans bang like gorillas
It's jungle when the niggas in zoo
The rats lurking
Vultures circling the serpents
Cats lying through they teeth
My nigga didn't deserve it
I flirted with the ideal
Of caressing the steel
To make karma come faster
Than she normally will
It's ill, to see my faith try and leave me
It's so hard to get it
To get rid of it is easy
I'm tryna reach Cloud 9
That's what my niggas 'bout
But it never rain in California
Unless the pistols out
Until then, my feet planted on the ground
Shadowboxing my conscience till my
Faith start responding
And if I get no answer, just know I tried
I should have never looked
Into his son's eyes rayshawn Boyce

What am I gonna do gotta have faith
Life is too much i'm just through
Where is your faith?
(Don't you give up don't you give in) faith
All you need is the size of a mustard seed

This for my people that stressing
Whenever times is hard
Your mind's slipping, wondering
"Is there really a God?"
Knowing you shouldn't think that way and
Trying to freeze your brain
But whenever there's pain
That feeling forever remains
We can't believe what we can't see
And reality seems stronger than prayer
Cause you tried to change your life
And now you live in a wheelchair
And your son was born with cancer
And he live in urgent care
At the tender age of 12
And you feel that no one cares
Searching for answers, that's human nature
You ain't in the wrong
Just know when you feeling that way
His Spirit's in the room
I watched people I know pray
And catch the Holy Ghost
And wonder why I ain't ever
Caught that feeling before
Maybe they know Him better
Or I don't know no better
But what I do know
Is that He's real and He lives forever
So the next time you feel like
Your world's about to end
I hope you studied because He's
Testing your faith again

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God
Than die and find out there really is
Think about it