And this is God's plan
And this is God's plan
If this was God's plan
Tell me, tell me

If this was God's plan
Man I wish he woulda told me
Could've gave a couple little pointers to the old me
No signs are coming that you know how to read
But you can feel it in your bones that you gotta
Up and leave, and it's okay
The fam will be okay, let energy rotate
Take it in put something on your plate
Life doesn't prorate, the battery sulfates
Twenty-seven's coming you about to be so late
My vision 20-20 in 2020 I'm chasing money
No time for business that's funny honey I'm running something
Run the check up, the balance is due
'Cause I've been tryna work this music and balancing you
I got no crowd to groove with, but found me a few
And if you caught up on a female I'm challenging you
There's more to life than hoes, vices and devices
Got a lot of drama with ICE and with ISIS
Police pulling triggers like that's just what life is
Neutralize the threat of a child he goes lifeless
We the judge and jury don't like it then go try us
Fight us in the courts if you like, but they like us

Something ain't right up in this hen house
Encouraging these white folks to show us what they been 'bout
It was right under my nose, the shit smells now
If y'all was really tryna to fix it, it would've been out
Stanley Steamer couldn't get this country cleaner
Deep routed in hate and this fake demeanor
If freedom means for all
Then why these private prison systems looking like a cotton yard
Someone's getting paid by the state to make plates
By drug dealers who probably won't ever get a date
All for a little bit of weed that will put them in a place
That's harder than on the streets they was raised
The time adds up, the math gets long
His daughter's getting grown without him and that's hard
Genetic Repo money she selling her body parts
'Cause her mama can't afford to pay rent by the 24th

All for a little weed
Is that what you want to see
If you someone that believes
Tell me, tell me

If this was God's plan
Man I wish he would've told me
I wish he would've told me
Tell me, tell me

If this was God's plan
Man I wish he would've told me
Could've gave a couple little pointers to the old me
Stand up for what's right and play your part
Don't be soft when this situation takes being hard
Try to see life from all angles and sides
Got it rough and I see the way you take it stride
'Cause you strong don't mean you gotta hold it inside
When you older it gets harder to cry
When the nights get lonely
And the days get quiet
And your job gets hard
And the money gets tight
And your brothers ain't 'round
And your girl said bye
I just hope they was right

And this was God's plan
And this was God's plan
This was God's plan
Tell me, tell me
Dear Lord