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[Verse] So in closing, I'll repeat this statement again This society wasn't built for poor people to win And I appreciate y'all letting me talk to you today So right now I'll open up the floor for some Q&A Peace, K, my name is David What up? Well, I've been listening to you talk about the importance of raising us up You always speak on a higher power, creation and stuff My question is how do we know they ain't just making this up Murdering perverts are crazy corrupt And it's like the more we give love, the more they show hatrеd for us And it's not getting better and honеstly, I'm starting to doubt it will 'Cause the way that life is, I'm wondering if God is real Thanks for your question, man, here's what I'm gonna do Let you know first that I understand your point of view Yeah, life is wild and some evil things happening But to know why, there's other things you gotta factor in As men and women, we are morally flawed So we denounce God when we're the ones ignoring his laws His intention is to remake us and teach us and save us But our behavior is the misuse of freewill that he gave us So when he created man, he blessed us with power So when it comes to right and wrong, that decision is ours When you blame God for people leaving others in ruins Make sure you question him for not stopping the wrong you be doing Well, I'm hearing what you said, people gon' do what they feeling But I ain't hurting no babies and I ain't serial killing So you're saying he should step in when a sin's enormous But ignore when you do wrong because your wrong is harmless? Listen, out of the planet, stars, water and land And animals, the greatest thing that he created is man Formed after his own self with intelligence plus So if we choose to be evil, that ain't him, that's us Next question, Peace, K, I made a conscious decision See, I believe in God, but I don't believe in religion For years I was a follower and so in denial 'Til I discovered all the lies I was told as a child Had to step back and question who was the beast 'Cause these pastors be shadier than dudes in the streets And when you look at how the church house gets You got a million denominations and people still shady and sick And when you challenge them, they scared to respond A thousand different gods out and everybody saying theirs is the one So everyone of them I'm swearing them off 'Cause the same people killing us in the streets be wearing the cross I got ya, see, a trick's been played on the masses Religion ain't one title, it's a personal practice A commitment to a lifestyle over a course So whatever you commit to, well, that would be yours See, the multiple religious names that you just went through Men created them to fit the sh** they was into Some cultures took the true teachings and warped them Morphed them into lies then on people they forced them To many parts of the world we can trace them and source 'em Murder, torture and money 'cause men to endorse them To fool you to accept, and it's used as a weapon Instituted and kept as a tool of deception Rooting our every step with dishonest suggestions Telling us the creator doesn't want us to question Set up to fail, be lost and live in a cell And steady promise us heaven while they're giving us hell So these manmade versions got us disconnected Once again, our disappointment is misdirected I'ma tell you something simple but integral Don't get caught up in religious labels, focus on the rules and principles