Facts Lyrics - Lecrae

Peace does not come before salvation and salvation does not come without truth 

I will only tell the truth 

I will only tell the truth 

Incoming! 

Truth, truth, truth, truth 

Truth, truth, truth, truth, truth 

People wonderin', "Is he woke or just a new slave?" 

Old religion, he just covered it with new chains 

Choppin' out to church, he ain't really fake 

He divisive, he don't rep the King, he just want the fame 

Aw man, now they actin' like I'm suddenly political 

Told me shut my mouth and get my checks from Evangelicals 

Where my momma raised me, on Angela and Eldris 

Chuck Berry made it, but the credit went to Elvis 

Know you never knew that, know you think I'm too black 

I just think I'm too real, I grew up on 2Pac 

You grew up thinkin' that the Panthers was some terrorists 

I grew up hearin' how they fed my momma eggs and grits 

"'Crae, they say you should follow in the steps of King" 

I say, "You've forgotten how they shot him in the streets" 

I ain't really changed, it's the same old rebel 

Still a radical, I'm passionate, it's just another level (leggo!) 

AT told me I should fight back 

They don't like that (they don't) 

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Just know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft (what?) 

BJ told me I should fight back 

They don't like that 

Just know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft, woo! 

I will only tell the truth (facts) 

People can't abide by a truth. They prefer fantasy over reality. (facts) 

I will only tell the truth 

I am for truth no matter who tells it 

I will only tell the truth 

I am for justice no matter who it is for or against (facts) 

Photos 

Rose up out the dungeon 

I was feelin' haunted 

Now I'm bein' hunted 

And I'm on a hunnid 

Hit the gas, gunning 

Skip the past running 

Tell 'em they could bring that 

If they really want it 

I, I'm on the hometeam 

You just running with the wrong team 

Never take 'em with the heavyweights or, boy, you'll die and need a little protein 

Southside on the Yellowstone, had a ham bone and a white tee 

And a 12-pack of that real talk and I'm drunk, tell 'em, "Come find me" 

Draped up, dripped out, covered in the blood 

Man, I hang where they cripped out, sippin' on a mug 

Where they swingin', got the whips out, watch 'em pop trunk 

Yeah, I know it's hella dark, but I'm tryna light it up 

Now these people swear they on me, sendin' out threats 

Told me keep my mouth shut, told me be a Stepin Fetchit 

I will not oblige to your colonized way of faith 

My Messiah died for the world, not just USA 

They say, "Jesus was Conservative" 

Tell 'em, "That's a lie" 

No, he not a Liberal either if you think I'll choose a side 

They say, "'Crae, you so divisive, shouldn't be a black church" 

I say, "Do the math, segregation started that first!" 

Hey, you want unity? Then read a eulogy 

Kill the power that exists up under you and over me 

I said, you want unity? Then read a eulogy 

Kill the power that exists up under you and over me, woo! (facts) 

So reconciliation or conciliation requires defrauded parties to be made whole. Not just apologizing for the offense 

I was waitin' for the right time to tell y'all how I feel 

And, yeah, I know that it hurts, but look, it's gon' heal 

I waited 'til I was on prime time before I let y'all know 

And you prolly won't wanna hear my music no more 

But it's all good, man, I love y'all 

Hope you know that I'm black black 

Traded my Smart Car for a Cadillac, can you handle that? 

And I love God 

I love Jesus, the one out of Nazareth 

Not the European with the ultra perm and them soft eyes and them thin lips 

And I'm still hood 

Been in the 'burbs for quite some time 

But I still might hit the gas station for the Lemonheads and the pork rinds 

And I'm on one 

Yeah, 116 been real 

Binghamton, Tennessee, from Third Ward to Ceiling Hill 

And I live in multiple world, call me a hybrid 'cause I'm so black 

Young theologian who educated, but still be at that Chicken Shack, yeah 

Lemme get two beats