Jesus Lord pt 2 – English Lyrics

• By: Kanye West

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the intersection of faith and modern music with 'Jesus Lord pt 2.' This song is a fantastic tool for learners to pick up spiritual vocabulary and emotive expressions in English, all while experiencing the grand scale of contemporary Gospel production.

[English]

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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Now we've been through a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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He lives in a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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Been through a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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Sittin' by myself, I'm just thinkin'

About all I've been through, I wish I was dreaming (Jesus)

Man, it's hard to be an angel when you surrounded by demons (Lord)

I watched so many people leave (Jesus, Lord)

I see 'em change by the season, that's mama's seasonin'

God got you, the devil's watchin', he just peekin' in

I know I made a promise that I'd never let the reaper in (Jesus)

But lately, I've been losing all my deepest friends (Lord)

And lately, I've been swimmin' on the deepest end

It's just drugs, it ain't no hugs, it ain't no love there

You been down so much you don't even know what's upstairs (Jesus)

Suicidal thoughts got you wonderin' what's up there (Lord)

And while they introduce a party, they say it's up there

Too many pills, so much potions, so much pain, too many emotions

And everything that you do good, it just go unnoticed (Jesus)

Then they tell you that you good, and just stay focused (Lord)

Mama, you was the life of the party

I swear you brought life to the party

When you lost your life, it took the life out the party (Jesus)

That woman rode with me like a Harley (Lord)

Visions of my cousins in a cell really scarred me

Movin' to the hood was like signin' up for the army

'Cause they been killin' n-, since n- was watchin' Barney (Jesus)

You want dreams to come true? But I had nightmares (Lord)

'Cause if that come to life, then I might not be right here

Been in the dark so long, don't know if the light here

But I'm just reaching for the stars like Buzz Lightyear (Jesus)

And now I'm lightyears ahead of those nightmares (Lord)

I deaded those night tears when the night clears

And if I talk to Christ, could I bring my mother back to life?

And if I die tonight, will I see her in the afterlife? (Jesus)

But back to reality, where everything's a tragedy (Lord)

And better have a strategy or you could be a statistic

Little boy dies, he's just one of the mystic

And mama steady crying, 'cause she really the victim (Jesus)

Now she's getting high and she's getting addicted (Lord)

And her older boy just stuck with the picture, painted vivid

That's a family portrait, and her daughter just absorbed it

16, pregnant, baby daddy say she should abort it (Jesus)

But we can't afford it, so she decides to move forward (Lord)

Baby shower time, father didn't show up

Now she just feeling nauseous like she finna throw up

The water flows down her legs, yeah, it's finna go up (Jesus)

A year done went by, her daughter just turned one (Lord)

And she's still dependent on her mom

Big brother in the streets, he went and bought him a gun

He want revenge 'cause the pain, feelin' numb (Jesus)

And her mom still doing drugs 'cause that's the only time she feel loved (Lord)

But is it real love? Do the scars really heal up?

From all the pain that done built up, but they don't feel us (Jesus)

A week done flew by, big bro ridin' then he see the guys (Lord)

Left his little brother on the side, bleeding from the side

He seein' red it's like he's bleeding through his eyes

To see him dead, the only thing that'll help the grieving up inside (Jesus)

He even let him get they last meal

He done with the streets after this, this his last kill (Lord)

He gotta show him that it's that real

He ran up on him with the pipe like, "N-, stand still" (Jesus)

"You took my brother life, you made my mother cry" (Lord)

"Tell me one reason I shouldn't send you up to Christ"

He said, "Go 'head, take my life, I've seen everything but Christ"

Then big bro just blacked out and all you seen was just the light (Jesus, Lord)

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Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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Uh-huh, in the name of the true and living God

The beneficent, the merciful (hallelujah)

Thank you for bringing me up the rough side of the mountain like Ertuğrul (Jesus)

Every knee bowed and every tongue confessed and paid homage (Lord)

To the monk who visited Rothschilds like Thelonious did Pannonica

It's Jay Elec-entendre-nica comin' through your monitor (sheesh)

Back from the great beyond, the son of man and the son of Donda (Jesus)

I never rolled the GXSR or the R6 or the Honda (Lord)

But I flew my Ducati through North America like Wakanda

Earthquakes will strike this nation for what Bush did to Rwanda (facts)

What the Clintons did to Haiti and Downing Street did to Ghana

In Tenochtitlan they call me Terremoto, El Negro Loco

I shake the tectonic plates of the game if I lay one vocal

The God is interstellar while you fellas remain local

My bars is like the pyramid temples of Pacal Votan (Jesus)

As sure as the DOJ confirmed Ezekiel's Wheel (Lord)

I could change the world like Yakub with two pieces of steel

My sword or my microphone, I swore to the Christ's throne

But when you great, they wanna say you took an L, José Castillo (Jesus)

I'm in the fight here, fight here, for what seemed like lightyears (Lord)

My rugged cross and thorny crowns squeeze out Christ tears

30 pieces of silver clout, my Pierre price tier

It's a war outside, it's a war outside (Jesus)

It's like the last days of Sodom and Gomorrah outside (Lord)

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Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

Donnie, Ye, what up, n-?

Get that money you n- forget 'em

I ain't need 'em, but my mom's is with 'em (Jesus)

38, look how the streets did 'em (Lord)

All these trophies, but where do I sit 'em? (Woo)

I was born to rock a crown, h- yeah, I knocked it down

Holy water, n-, but out here, we turn to brown (Jesus)

Donnie, if you ain't loyal, you from a different soil (Lord)

Your flame too low for that water to boil (you ain't hot)

If I wasn't rappin', the calls would stop (haha)

You ain't really happy for me, you mad that I pop (Jesus)

F- a car, five houses like, "Look what I copped" (Lord)

Devil like, "Jesus Christ, he gotta be stopped"

I don't say, "What's up?", you basically blocked (facts)

You see it on my head, just know that it's copped (Jesus)

Always look 'em in the face when I deal with my opp (Lord)

I'm from the bottom but Lord knows it's better up top, n-

Yeah, viral pictures (viral), Bible scriptures

One thing about the devil, he's liable to get you (Jesus)

Long as my good days outweigh my bad days (Lord)

I don't count the money, I just know how much the bag weighs (I know)

Broke down soon as I seen him bring the coffin in

Lord knows, I just really wanna see you walk again (Jesus) (uh)

Million dollars cashiers check to the offerin' (Lord)

They can talk about me all they want, I'ma talk to Him (uh-huh)

Some n- get shot in they mouth, never talk again (yuh)

After that, they go and get veneers or the porcelain (Jesus)

We all need Him, is you ready to meet Him? (Lord) (you ready?)

Doin' dumb sh- but keep tryin' for your freedom

Uh, if you don't die, then you try again (yeah)

You get your angel wings then you fly again (Jesus, fly)

Ain't no "I" in 'team', it's a "I" in win (Lord, win)

They got they eye on me, I got my eye on Him ('sup)

Some fam died, some friends died

I am feeling rage on the inside, where is mine? (Jesus)

Love and hate is a thin line, get two for the tenth time (Lord)

Dyin' on the 11th, my n- (my n-)

I'm just down here stuntin' on the 7th, my n- (stuntin')

By the way, is a ghetto up in Heaven, my n-? (Jesus)

If it is, keep the chariot revvin' my n-, yeah (keep it revvin', Lord)

That's what my momma be sayin'

And before you roll to war, know it's honor in prayin' (know it's honor)

There'll be vomit on the toilet after last night (bet that)

These n- born and they move (Jesus)

Yeah, they gotta be playin', not the lottery (Lord)

I am in the flower, f- the pottery (Haha)

Jargon is angelic, you don't get it, then pardon me

Got coke from Jesus, now I'm talkin' to Jesus (Jesus)

Real shallow n-, probably pray for a gray coupe (Lord)

Maybe the Lykan, or a mansion out in the Seychelles

Ghost

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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And we done been through a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

...

He lives in a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

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Been through a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone that needs (Jesus, Lord)

What up, Ye? This Larry Hoover Jr

First and foremost, I wanna thank you

For taking the fight for my father to the Oval Office

You might not have been the only one that could've did that

But you were the one that did do that

And with your assistance

We can continue to let the world take part in this fight

You know to me it kinda feels like, me, my mother, my brothers

And my kids have all been incarcerated through this journey

And we haven't even been to jail

We've been looked at and treated as criminals, for being a part of this family

My father's truth and the reality that he raised me in

Is that he wanted to make a change in this community

'Cause the conditions in this capitalist society

Is what made him, and it's what made the children of today

After 25 years of bein' locked down, 23 and 1

My father has not called any shots

From one of the most secure and segregated prisons in the world

And will not, once released

Call any of the shots for the Gangster Disciples

If my father's intentions were to lead us to death, destruction

Into the hell that he has had to live in for the past 26 years

Man, he would be dead to me

I didn't sign up for that

I didn't stay on this journey this long for that

All my life, man, I've been waitin' for my father to come home

They told me when I graduate eighth grade, he would be home

Then they told me when I graduate from high school, he would be home

I went away to Morris Brown, I graduated and he still ain't home

Now I'm a adult, and my daughter went away to college and graduated

He still not home

Now even more than that, my son

He graduated eighth grade and we still waitin'

Matter of fact, he hasn't hugged

Kissed, or touched any of his grandchildren

And they haven't been able to touch they grandfather

Even though it is not seen that way for some of us

But for many of us, Larry Hoover is a beacon of hope for his community

Who deserves to breathe free air

Free my father (Jesus), Mr. Larry Hoover Sr. (Lord)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
demon /ˈdiːmən/ B2	noun - an evil spirit or devil
reaper /ˈriːpər/ C1	noun - a person or machine that harvests crops; often personified as Death
suicidal /ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdl/ B2	adjective - deeply unhappy and having thoughts of ending one's own life
tragedy /ˈtrædʒədi/ B1	noun - an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress
statistic /stəˈtɪstɪk/ B2	noun - a fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data
vivid /ˈvɪvɪd/ B2	adjective - producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind
nauseous /ˈnɔːziəs/ B2	adjective - affected with a feeling of sickness in the stomach
grieving /ˈɡriːvɪŋ/ B2	verb - feeling intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death
merciful /ˈmɜːrsɪfl/ C1	adjective - showing or exercising mercy
homage /ˈhɒmɪdʒ/ C2	noun - special honor or respect shown publicly
interstellar /ˌɪntərˈstelər/ C1	adjective - occurring or situated between stars
rugged /ˈrʌɡɪd/ B2	adjective - having a broken, rocky, or uneven surface; tough
loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ A2	adjective - giving or showing firm and constant support
scriptures /ˈskrɪptʃərz/ B2	noun - the sacred writings of a religion
incarcerated /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪd/ C1	verb - to imprison or confine

Key Grammar Structures

• Now we've been through a lot of things

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Used to describe experiences or actions that happened at an unspecified time in the past and continue to affect the present.

• Man, it's hard to be an angel when you surrounded by demons

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ The phrase 'when you are surrounded' is shortened to 'when you surrounded' (common in AAVE), where the auxiliary verb is omitted.

• I know I made a promise that I'd never let the reaper in

  ➔ Past Perfect / Reported Speech logic

  ➔ The structure 'I'd' (I would) is used here to indicate a future-in-the-past intention or a hypothetical promise.

• You been down so much you don't even know what's upstairs

  ➔ Zero Conditional / Present Simple for habitual states

  ➔ Used to describe a consistent result of being in a low mental state; 'You been' is colloquial for 'You have been'.

• I'm just reaching for the stars like Buzz Lightyear

  ➔ Present Continuous for current action

  ➔ The speaker is describing an ongoing, current effort or ambition.

• If I talk to Christ, could I bring my mother back to life?

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical)

  ➔ Used to discuss a highly unlikely or impossible hypothetical situation.

• You might not have been the only one that could've did that

  ➔ Modal Verbs of Deduction/Possibility (might have been)

  ➔ 'Might not have been' expresses uncertainty about a past state. 'Could've did' is an AAVE variation of 'Could have done'.

• My father has not called any shots from one of the most secure prisons

  ➔ Present Perfect Negative

  ➔ Describes an action that has not happened at any point up to the present.