I pray even if
I take no part
My aim
Takes place
In the aimless heart
And oh, our secrets will
Find the day
And oh, our love is pure
Put poison
And oh, our bitters pure
Even in devour

I wouldn't pray for you
If I only knew love's way

I stay even if
I don't believe
My aim
Takes place
In the aimless heart
And oh, our secrets will
Find the way
And our sides
Poison's heart
And oh, our bitters pure
Even in devour

I wouldn't pray for you
If I only knew love's way
I wouldn't pray for you
If I only knew love's way

[spoken interlude: preacher]
No woman is getting in the right situation
With a man who already tells her
By his actions, that whatever I wanna do
And whenever I wanna do it
You will have no say even over your own body

What goes wrong with us is, for whatever reason
We begin with compromise
Because only god can give you
Proper compatibility

Since he knows you better than anybody else
And you can find his giving gifts
The first thing you have to do
Is not compromise

Now, I'm gonna go real wild on this one
In order for you to get
What god would've had you to have
You have to be prepared
Not to have anything at all

I might be a little crazy, y'know
But your mindset has to be
If you don't give it all
I don't want it

That's what your mindset has to be
You have to be prepared to hold out
So now psychologically
You have to understand that many of us
In here are not by ourselves
Because we have to be

Neither are you by yourself
Because you're below standard
Some folk are by themselves
Because they are special

And ain't nobody measure that!
And you gotta quit going down
Oh, I wish I could talk to ya
And let's all come up!

I'm up here, and I ain't going down there
I've been through too much hell to get up here
And I sure ain't going back down there! hmm