Paul Willis - What It's Worth (Every Sunday) [feat. Dre-T] Lyrics

Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way

Growing up, I was the biggest flirt in church
Vena, I don't remember her last name
We're taught traditions of marriage and love first
But not how to love her without shame
And yet we take vows of commitment
With little to no resistance
And expect her to take our last name
How do you outrun the pain and resentment
When my penance communicates only one way
Every Sunday, we prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
I watched your body break down from the physical
Heaven was the feeling that I knew I would get from you
I would see you when I could, I snuck away
From the this and that and such, had much to say
And much to learn, so much to learn
When I heard you passed, got on my knees to pray, for what it's worth

Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way
Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way

Race, religion and love intersect
Interracial dating now in effect
Love has no limits, but you have commandments
With no disrespect, I can't stand this
I love her, maybe more than I love you
Fatherless son, but my Father, I still love you
Wrote about queens but wouldn't let one write a chapter
Eve was created with Adam, but not considered a factor
That's a little bit truth from a serpent
Your Man lied to you, on purpose
Imagine lying with Eve with his legs in between
And throwing her under the bus in the garden scene
It's the great betrayal
What say you
What's the gender of the God that you pray to
She might've birthed you, He could've raised you
But it was the universe that made you unfaithful

Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way
Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way

We talking love and lust, a chemical imbalance
Faith and mistrust is connected through absence
It's traumatic, the heart grows more fond with distance
So I guess that's why there's hate filled Christians
How could you hate me? Did I oppress you
Did the richness of Africa's soil depress you
Was our family neglectful? Science made you a miracle
Consumed in your own body, over time became fearful
You got genes of isis, not ice in your heart
This disconnect is disrespect, you been lying from the start
Allegory of caves, we been through some dark days
But in the future, we'll only recognize the dark shades
Not a prophet, I watch the ways
The arc of justice, it bends and it sways
When I think about today and see all this pain
Love was all we ever had and all that will remain

Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way
Every Sunday I prayed for a miracle
Consumed the body, over time I grew near to you
Every time I got near to you, I felt ashamed
God never taught me to feel this way