Amen on the Beat

Intro

Choir: (ooh) Amen, oh-oh, amen (yeah)

Organ hums, hands clap — uh-huh, clap, clap

(come on, come on)

Verse

I lace the cadence like laces on Sunday shoes, yuh

Pews to pavement, ledger to loose change, I move, yuh

Old hymn book folded in the back pocket of my youth

Pages worn with names, with prayers, with hard truth

I learned to keep time to the organ and the street drum

Two worlds collidin' where hallelujah meets the snare, brum

Sermon in my syllables, scripture in the scheme

Testify in bar lines, baptize the beat with steam

I got calluses from climbin' up the choir loft ladder

And calluses from hustlin' when the nights got sadder

Mama said, "Sing steady," pastor said, "Stand firm"

Preacher hands like traffic lights—stop, rise, return

My rhymes wear the collar and the hood at the same time

Salvation on the corner where the shop lights blind

I catalog redemption in stanzas and street signs

Metronome heart, mettle in my headlines

I pray for pennies, plan for plenty, pivot, survive

I write hymns for the hungry tryna keep hope alive

Gotta shout in the chorus, gotta fight in the verse

Gotta pass the plate and the mic — reverse the curse

Amen in my breath, ambition in my chest

I fold scripture with swagger and call it my best dress

Yuh, church bells to car horns — symphonic, it's true

Old hymns in my headphones like glue, like truth

Pre-chorus

(oh) We raise the roof and we raise our hands (raise 'em)

(oh) We make a vow and we make a stand (make a stand)

(come on)

Chorus

Sing it loud, sing it loud, amen on the beat

Sing it loud, sing it loud, make the pavement pray, (pray)

Sing it loud, sing it loud, amen on the beat

Sing it loud, sing it loud, say it with me — amen

Sing it loud, sing it loud, amen on the beat

Sing it loud, sing it loud, make the pavement pray, (pray)

Sing it loud, sing it loud, amen on the beat

Sing it loud, sing it loud, say it with me — amen

Verse

I count my blessings like measures, like bars in a song

Verse after verse after verse — keepin' faith strong

We trade sermons for soundchecks, psalms for playlists

Grandma's hymn line in my hook — can't resist, don't miss

I hustle holy, pray politely, hustle louder

Streetlights like stained glass, cast color on the powder

Of footprints, of prayer-prints, of pavement baptisms

We dip toes in the gutter then step into Christmas

Choir to crib to corner store, we harmonize

Forgiveness in my pockets, ambition in my eyes

Rhymes read like rubrics, rituals in rhythm

I write out my repentance, sign it with prism

Of city reflections — windows, water, glass

Every chorus is a contract: learn, fail, surpass

I spit parables, particulars, precious, precise

Commodity of courage sold at dawn's price

Where hymns meet hi-hats and hallelujah meets hustle

I stitch sacred to streetwear, never let it rustle

Church keys to car keys — unlock what we can

Lead the lost in a loop, give the bl