Scarface, John Legend - God lyrics

If I had to play God for a day
I would open up the gates
Let the world see my face
Remove all doubt from the
Ones without the faith
And put them on the path of the straight
A safe place, for the young to come out
If they want to play
I'd let their mommas know that they ok
And when y'all pray
I'll respond so you can all see a sign
And answer every pray one at a time
If I'm God huh
All the stabbings all the war
Would come to cease
My whole entire hood would be at peace
No more beef and you could sleep without the
Fears of being woke by the sounds of sirens
Screams of people being smoked
No more dope you don't need it
You'll be cured of all diseases
Your whole entire life would be deleted
Please forgive me I've been dreaming
And rudely interrupted by the demons
Laughed at the picture I was
Seeing on the ceiling

Who listens when we pray
Who pulls the strings of the
World as we struggle today
Will you show your face
I don't want to wait wait, wait 'til I die
Wait wait, wait for my eyes to close
Smile on your child so he knows
God has a face

Just imagine if the devil had a day
And God had took a break and walked away
Would you feel safe?
If everything you loved turned into hate
Will the dark angel's evil show you grace
Only to be eaten by a snake
One life one mistake
Be careful of the choices that you make
Cause one day
You'll be standing on your feet
And then the next
You're underneath the sheet greeting death
I wonder when I sleep is he
There sitting on my chest
Stealing breath, shortening my days even less
Lost souls never rest
A killer walks the streets seeking flesh
A adolescent hangs she's depressed
A priest who confessed
A judged typing a nigga in a text
Your honor, what the fuck did you expect?
A father kills his son look
At life it's a mess
Just imagine what would happen if
The lord up and left

Who listens when we pray
Who pulls the strings of the
World as we struggle today
Will you show your face
I don't want to wait wait, wait 'til I die
Wait wait, wait for my eyes to close
Smile on your child so he knows god has face

When all that you believed in was a lie
Are you willing to accept it
When you find out
Or try to reason with yourself that's
What it is when it's not
And all the whole while it's been a plot
To poison our minds and leave
Us blind to the fact
That they keep us in the dark on how they act
We react all surprised and not realize
That this shit a trap
Thought religion was the answer but
The answer wasn't that
The church and these politics they
All full of crap
It's a shame but that's how were
Blaming it's for the scratch
So I don't knock I'm tryna to put
A black card in my wallet
But some dollars in my pocket ain't the topic
Y'all need to stop it
This is just crazy these little
Babies ticking time bombs
Walking around the lunchroom pulling guns
If momma and daddy took the
Time to raise their son
Then the sister wouldn't be the
Mom before she twenty-one huh

Who listens when we pray
Who pulls the strings of the
World as we struggle today
Will you show your face
I don't want to wait wait, wait 'til I die
Wait wait, wait for my eyes to close
Smile on your child so he knows god has face