Nas - God Love Us lyrics

Uhh uh speak without thinkin'
Speak without speakin' huh
Feel without reachin', uhh
That's what it's about
It's about that, inner, inner love
Yaknahmean?

God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas (I know)
And the killers, God love us good niggas
(I know)
'Cause on the streets is the hood niggas, uhh
And I know he feel us, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause he be with us in the prisons
And he takes time to listen, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas, uhh
But he forgive us



He who has ears, let him hear
And he who has sight, let him see
He who has life, let him be
See everything goes through change
Those who know don't talk
And those who talk don't know a thing
Men are born soft and turn tough
Dead lay a stiffened heart
I've been kissed by God
I've been hurt, I've been marked for death
Almost ripped apart
By the beast but he missed his mark
Alone in the dark my thoughts had sparked up
When I saw my body on the floor
From above I watch it all
Yo it came to me, the pain in me
Many slain empty skulls where
A brain should be
It strangely seemed, like it was a dream
But the si-rens had never woke me
Only reason I'm here now is
'cause God chose me
And to me, I'm only just a crook nigga
But God love us hood niggas

God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas (I know)
And the killers, God love us good niggas
(I know)
'Cause on the streets is the hood niggas, uhh
And I know he feel us, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause he be with us in the prisons
And he takes time to listen, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas, uhh
But he forgive us

Day by day by day I sit back and pray
My thugs get packed away, in a maxi-cage
They pass away, they went off the casket way
My gats will spray
But that won't bring 'em back today
So long my crimes now gone for eternity
The team we got left on the set
Now turn to me
Can't speak, tears in my eyes
Revenge in my mind
I ride past the church where they
Got his body and find
They takin' him to the hearse to
Put his body in dirt
That's it, pay my respects
Wipe my tears with my shirt
Now it's time to do work
Out of love and retribution
As loyalty, he would die for me, no excuses
Loadin' clips up, countin' bullets carefully
For self, though it feels like
He was there for me
Saw the enemy, I ate him, saw Jakes behind me
They ain't knock me
It's obvious that God's watchin' me

God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas (I know)
And the killers, God love us good niggas
(I know)
'Cause on the streets is the hood niggas, uhh
And I know he feel us, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause he be with us in the prisons
And he takes time to listen, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas, uhh
But he forgive us

Jealousy in the hood, felonies in the hood
Thugs with guns become celebrities
In the hood yo it's beef in the hood
Smoke trees in the hood
Little girls have seeds by OGs in the hood
It's food in the hood, it's drugs in the hood
You can choose if you would, coke to sniff
Dope to ooze in your blood, parolees
Ex-cons live in the hood
It's jobs in the hood
You can starve in the hood
Your best friends'll fuck your baby
Moms in the hood but it's good in the hood
I was raised in the hood
Was taught how to walk and
Duck strays in the hood i stays in the hood
Got my ways from the hood
Learned to play ball go to the NBA
In the hood
There's AIDS (uh) , in the hood (WHAT?)
Our lives are the worst, on top of that
We broke that's the main reason why God
Love us the most

God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas (I know)
And the killers, God love us good niggas
(I know)
'Cause on the streets is the hood niggas, uhh
And I know he feel us, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause he be with us in the prisons
And he takes time to listen, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas, uhh
But he forgive us
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas (I know)
And the killers, God love us good niggas
(I know)
'Cause on the streets is the hood niggas, uhh
And I know he feel us, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause he be with us in the prisons
And he takes time to listen, uhh
God love us hood niggas (I know)
'Cause next to Jesus on the
Cross was the crook niggas
But he forgive us, uhh