The unconditional, critical mission, listen to The indivisible, mystical, it was meant for you And meant for me infinitely Even been to prisons to visit you Ask, what would Christians do? Well, some are harassing Native Americans If God is love, why is hate in the arrogant? Search for Samaritans in the hood, misunderstood A savior comes, will he only come for the good? The lost tribe is your past and the second class God, I see you in the streets where the checks is cash Hit you in the heart, be hoping the love will last I know you in the words where the first is last They try to use math to quantify you In 2005, it saved lives by the bayou I know you in the mouth of the spouse singing I do, the most vital is how I describe you Even when the hard times come I'll be standing in your love Grateful, grateful for this life You turned on the light Even when the hard times come I'll be standing in your love Grateful, grateful for this life You turned on the light We were buffalo soldiers, dreadlocked rosters Praying to Jehovah, Rafa in the back of cop cars Even then, we knew that love was not far It's in the passion of the teachers and the rock stars The Muslim sisters saying Allah, you Akbar It's coming from where Maya and Pop are It's in the grandchild's stare up in Pop Pop Love is love became the mantra, the montage for creation We need it in relation, when two ships pass One love is the flotation It's what God used to put the planet in rotation It's what the culture used to build a hip hop nation From the basement to the attic, what could we show for magic It's what we told the world when we said our lives mattered Turn a student to a master, hustler to a pastor It's why I'm a rapper, it's all that I'm after Even when the hard times come I'll be standing in your love Grateful, grateful For this life, you turned on the light Even when the hard times come I'll be standing in your love Grateful, grateful For this life, you turned on the light When it's hard, I know you're right there Rest it all at your feet I don't know what tomorrow brings Without your grace But I know I am so grateful I am so grateful Cause you are the light *