Do Not Be Deceived

Intro

Oh-oh (hallelujah), oh-oh (amen)

Awo! Yebo! Eh-eh

Lead: Come on, sing it out — (hey!)

Choir: Hey! (hey!)

Verse

Leader: Brothers, sisters, listen close, open up your ear

Choir: Open up your ear (open up, open up)

Leader: When the road is bending, when the night seems near

Choir: When the night seems near (when the night)

Leader: There is a voice that warns us, gentle as a dove

Choir: Gentle as a dove (ah-ah)

Leader: Do not be deceived, walk in truth and love

Choir: Walk in truth and love (walkin')

Pre-chorus

Leader: Temptation comes with pretty words, smiles that steal your sight

Choir: Pretty words, pretty words

Leader: But the Spirit cries like thunder, bringing us into the light

Choir: Into the light (into the light)

Chorus

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Choir: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Leader: Hold fast to what is holy, keep your lamp alight (keep it burning)

Choir: Keep your lamp alight (keep it, keep it)

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Choir: Do not be deceived, my beloved (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Leader: Stand firm, stand firm, in the way of truth tonight

Choir: Stand firm, stand firm (stand firm, yeah)

Verse

Leader: Sister, when your sister calls, when the story bends her mind

Choir: Bends her mind (mm-mm)

Leader: Brother, when the money talks and the path is lined with lies

Choir: Lined with lies (no-no)

Leader: Hear the ancient counsel, feel the Maker’s plan

Choir: Maker’s plan (aye-aye)

Leader: Straighten up your steps, walk by the strongest hand

Choir: Strongest hand (strong, strong)

Pre-chorus

Leader: There’s a rhythm in our bones that tells us what is true

Choir: What is true (what is true)

Leader: Let the living water wash the doubt right through

Choir: Right through (right through)

Chorus

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Choir: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Leader: Hold fast to what is holy, keep your lamp alight (keep it burning)

Choir: Keep your lamp alight (keep it, keep it)

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Choir: Do not be deceived, my beloved (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Leader: Stand firm, stand firm, in the way of truth tonight

Choir: Stand firm, stand firm (stand firm, yeah)

Bridge

Leader: When lies dress pretty, when they call them good

Choir: Call them good (call them good)

Leader: When promises are rivers that dry up from the wood

Choir: Dry up, dry up (no-no)

Leader: We will clap our hands, we will shout the name of light

Choir: Clap! (clap)

Leader: We will march together, left and right, left and right

Choir: Left and right (left, right)

Chorus

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Choir: Do not be deceived, my beloved (do not be deceived)

Leader: Hold fast to what is holy, keep your lamp alight (keep it burning)

Choir: Keep y