One of Us

(album: Rule 3:36 - 2000)

(One of us) Yeah, Rule
(One of us) Yeah, nigga
If God were one of us
(One of us) What about that?
What if he was?
What if he was me?
(One of us) What the fuck would I do?

Lord, when I die pacify, crucify me
I rock a Devil cross, one's for the soul one's for the body
If I'm built then God dies, I wanna see God cry
Real tears from a burned out life in ten years
I swore I got the Devil in me, with no fear
If I hear I can't see, if I see I can't hear
It's the eerie little thing between deathness and blindness
Weakness and kindness, rejects and primaz
I'm on this when I'm hollering, "Dear Lord, take me" (One of us)
(Baby) 'Cause I ain't really happy here, can you blame me?
This game done changed me, made me an animal
I can't even laugh no more, my kids smile for me now
I'm the one-and-only, my momma's only child
Lord, save me before I go crazy
'Cause if you, live through the strain
Just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again?

If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?

Yo, yo, now let's look at things through my right hand
What if you was that man?
Would you run with me? Gun with me?
Would you understand the hustling, the struggling
Live amongst dope heads, raising your kids and running from the Feds
We'd be bound to bump heads, 'cause you living my life
All righteous, and you said living righteous was right
But there's two sides to life – one dark, one light
If you lighten up forever you can dig to the night
Wrap them guns over there, and bring 'em on ova' here (One of us)
'Cause my God is bigger down your god down here
Now we ride jet sled baby, bubble in Ba-Namb
'Cause Rule and the Lord got it going on
Been, known to do bad shit, I'm so heavenly, but so devilish
If, you, live through the strain just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again?

If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yo
Let's trade places, Rule be Spirit, God be flesh
And let's see just how, weak the flesh gets
Now you call on me, "Every night bend your knee"
Until you start to realize I ain't answering
Now you hang up the phone, Lord, pick up the chrome, Lord
Can I blame you, Lord, for needing a feed what's yours?
Got a wife that you love, yet you still lust whores
And I'm supposed to judge you, on earth where it's ugly
You might as well aim at the sky, slug me (One of us)
'Cause I ain't being a fair god, when life is so hard
I know what you going through, every move you make
Every crime committed every little mistake
I still got love for ya, fair is fair
As long as you repent you'll be good up here (Baby)
'Cause if you, live through the strain
Just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again?

If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freaking live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?

Yeah, uh
Yeah, uh, yeah, c'mon, tell me
Uh, man, c'mon tell me
One of us, heheahah
If God were one of us
Murda Inc. shit
Nigga, ain't nothing touching me
J to A R-U-L-E nigga
C'mon, c'mon
Ha, ha, come and get me, niggas
I wanna know
Yeah, yeah
Tell me, tell me
Can you hear me?
Would he believe that he could breathe again?
Niggas

(One of us, one of us)
(One of us, one of us)
(One of us, one of us)
(One of us, one of us)
(One of us, one of us)
(One of us, one of us)

Murda Inc. shit
Heh, Ja Rule, Slow Rob
Irv Gotti, Rebel, uh
Get it right
Black Child, day's on
We all in here, Big D
Tauric
Huh, uh, Chris Gotti
Wuss' happening nigg
Uh, s'murda, uh, s'murda, uh, s'murda, uh
This ain't fucking with ya