Church Lyrics - De La Soul

[Spoken Intro - Spike Lee] 

Peace - this is Spike Lee 

A.k.a. Shelton Jackson Lee 

A.k.a. loving husband and father 

of Tonya and Satchel and Jackson 

I'm here with De La Soul 

A.k.a. De La, a.k.a. The Plugs 

We're about to get in this song, "Church" 

A.k.a. "It's Reality"! 

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[Verse 1] 

Aiyyo, wake up! Wipe the sleep from ya eyecracks 

It's time to focus y'all, fix ya I-MAX 

In other words, listen to the brother's words 

Ingest these anecdotes with HOPE 

and ya ass, may learn how to COPE 

It's not always good just to get by 

Who's coverin' ya stakes when ya bet high? 

You're cha-sin', cars, clothes and rocks 

Identify with the goods you got 

Make sure it's V-S-One, not 

and perfect, leavin' you one clear 

I really don't care to see ya tattoos there 

I'd rather see you graduate the school year 

Black folk, go put a book in ya face 

But first give the hook a taste 

Bring the preacher in! 

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[Hook] 

Heal! Heal, y'all! 

We comin' healin'! {It's real!} 

It's real! {It's real!} It's real! 

It's realer than real, realer than real 

Heal! Heal, y'all! 

We comin' healin'! {It's real!} 

It's real! {It's real!} It's real! 

It's realer than real, realer than real 

[Verse 2] 

It's a sick world that we live in, let some tell it 

Some put it in books, some yell it 

You need to make your own choice, be your own voice 

Set ya soap-box up, let your talk fight 

Pull ya socks up, get ya walk right 

Or the chalk might outline ya one day 

You oughta try steppin' outside you one day 

You circle round yourself like you the answer 

To the question of your inner son 

But keep ya falsehoods to a minimum (minimum *echoes*) 

We all need a little church 

A life update, keyword - update 

If they don't serve change, don't bite the bait 

Instead'a givin' you a share, servin' you a dish 

I lead you to the water, show you how to fish 

Ain't nothin' wrong makin' that bread wid'it 

But don't let the bread get to ya head, geddit? 

Admit it, when you can't stand alone 

I wanna stand up, give all the pretend up 

And get a full blast of my demands of 

the rhyme runner said the man's come 

There's something in our words that reveal (reveal *echoes*) 

Sho 'nough real! 

[Hook] 

Heal y'all! We come to heal! 

So let it heal you!{It's real!} It's real! 

{It's real!} It's real! 

It's realer than real, realer than real 

Heal y'all! We gonna heal it! 

So let it heal! {It's real!} It's real! 

{It's real!} So real! 

It's realer than real, for real, for real 

[Verse 3] 

The early bird gets the worm in this rotten apple 

But explore deep and you will the find the seed 

Plant more ether, get your mind free 

We roll passsionate, put your lights last in it 

You're holdin fear too close, unfasten it! 

And like old age invades youth 

Invade falseness with truth 

Replace rebelling with rebirth 

Face new dwelling, that's your turf 

Lean back and put your feet up on the sofa 

Relax! (Relax! *echoes*) learn how to punch back 

And do your work to the max 

The payoff's much sweeter than the payback 

Even the haysack needle wouldn't play that 

So let's pray at, church (church *echoes*) 

[Hook] 

Heal! Heal, y'all! 

We comin' healin'! {It's real!} 

It's real! {It's real!} It's real! 

It's realer than real, realer than real 

Heal y'all! We comin' healin'! 

So let it heal! {It's real!} 

It's real! {It's real!} It's real! 

It's realer than real, realer than real 

[Backing Singers] - (Repeat until beat fades) 

Realityyyyyyy! 

Realityyyyyyy-eeeeeeeeeee-reeeeaaall! 

*harmonizing and clapping to fade* 

[Spoken outro] 

You know what I mean? Rap outsold crack 

You know, so rap... or hip-hop culture 

however you wanna dice it, you know what I'm sayin' 

it's the most powerful drug there is, man 

it changed corporate America, it changed the way you feel about me 

it change the way I, I do my thing now 

Busta was the one who came out, on the award show and said that 

hip-hop provides jobs for people who don't even love the shit 

I mean, come one man, I mean what else is there to say?!