{"id":227234,"created_at":"2021-07-19 21:38:14","updated_at":"2025-06-18 12:04:48","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2021-07-19 21:38:14","original_id":null,"artist_id":88293,"title":"Playing Church","slug":"playing-church","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"[Verse1] \r\nOkay 1st thing's 1st\/\r\nPsalm 16 that's a life time verse\/\r\nthat's what mama told me when she drag ma ass to church, & it really hit a nerve when her body hit the dirt, yuh\/\r\n& just wanna purge\/ \r\nseason after season after seaon on a verge\/ \r\nwatchin mama serve, watched her buildin up a church\/ \r\nlast words, why she gave em more than they deserved, why?\/ \r\nour father's up in heaven no it's not the reverand\/ \r\nthat's why you never got a blessing when you praise a servant\/ \r\n& the preacher in a Phantom pullin down th curtains tell you pray, the Holy ghost is always at your service\/ \r\nhow you stay with faith when ya pockets always hurtin\/ \r\nhow you stay with faith when the church now a circus\/ \r\nhow you stay with faith when your spirit's bein tampered\/\r\nhow you stay with faith when the preacher servin serpents\/\r\n\r\n[Hook] \r\nUh uh, i never go to church again \r\nUh uh, I'm never givin offering \r\nUh uh, i never let you lay ya hand \r\nUh uh, you niggas all charlatans X2\r\n\r\n[Verse2] \r\nI'm in a spiritual realm, that's a natural element not a pyramid scam, ayye\/\r\nthe false prophets at the pinnacle now, say you gotta pay a fee to get your miracles out, yuh\/ \r\nbut it's moles in th ground, all the seed you finna plant should go to orphanage house, why?\/ \r\nthat's the ones you gatta worry about, you know it's hard to go to bed without some food in your mouth, yuh \r\nwhy you compromise your culture for a new tradition\/ \r\nwhy you think ya spirit guides will never take you serious\/ \r\nyou should focus on ya spirit make it more efficient\/ \r\nfocus on ya aura keep a serpent at a distance\/\r\npay attention find ya purpose serve 'em in the kitchen\/ \r\nthat's how you let your story turn a coping mechanism\/ \r\nlisten to your voice & always trust your intuition\/ \r\nwatch ya moves around these Africans with science fiction\/ \r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\nUh uh, i never go to church again \r\nUh uh, I'm never givin offering \r\nUh uh, i never let you lay ya hand \r\nUh uh, you niggas all charlatans X2","download_count":363,"play_count":12,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2025-06-18","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/60f\/5d4\/7a0\/thumb_707185_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}