Gods Work, Pt. 2

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I ain't much on history, I can't go back and change a thing My great great granddaddy was a rebel, some think I should be ashamed But he was seventeen when he volunteered and fought right down 'til the end If he ain't survived the whole damn thing, I never woulda met my friends I never woulda met my lady, I never woulda had my girls I never woulda seen Jones County, I never coulda rocked this world So I'll be screamin' every tension I'd a hate, you can point your fingers at mе But I'll keep doin' God's work in this world, just watch me if you don't believе Regardless of the history, just watch me if you don't believe [Verse 2] If I turned the TV off I wouldn't know anyone was mad I was taught to love at home, I learned from mama and dad Can't imagine my classmates ever seein' me as evil It's like the media's mission is to profit, seek and deceive you If you control the lies then you control the minds Then we get lost in our thoughts called the confines Then we divide ourselves down lines dependin' on race Anytime we talk about it it's like defendin' a case But let the evidence show I never committed this crime For those that did may God forgive I pray you learn in due time The Lord don't see color, Jesus ain't from Alabama He was a black lady that took the all-star game from Atlanta [Verse 3] I ain't much on history, I can't unsee the things I saw But them boys was my brothers when we were little just playin' ball I never thought twice about where they was from or what the color was of their skin I just wanted to hear when I got up to bat so our team could win And our team could win, our team could win [Outro] You know growin' up as a little kid in Jones County all my heroes besides my dad and Dale Murphy were black men. Hank Aaron, Otis Redding, Michael Jackson just to name a few. Nobody every told me or taught me there was anything wrong with it. Because there wasn't