Ja Rule – One of Us

(One of us) Yeah
Rule
(One of us) Yeah!, niggaaaaaaa!
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 hollerin’, “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 freak and 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 (Yo) he could breathe again? (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 hustlin’, the struggling
Live amongst dope heads
Raisin’ your kids and runnin’ from the Feds
We’d be bound to bump heads, ’cause you livin’ my life
All righteous, and you said livin’ 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 goin’ 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 freak and live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (Yeah!, yeah!) (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us) (Yeah, yo)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?

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 answerin’
Now you hang up the phone, Lord, pick up the chrome, Lord
Can I blame you, Lord, for needin’ 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 bein’ a Fair God, when life is so hard
I know what’chu goin’ 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 (Yeah) (One of us)
Would he freak and live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (Uh) (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 (Yeah!) (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freak and live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us) (Uh)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know
If God (Yeah) were one of us (Come on) (One of us) (Tell me)
Would he believe that he could breathe again?
If God were one of us (One of us) (Hahahahahaha)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us) (Murder Inc. shit)
Would he freak and live (Niggaaaaa) his life? I wanna know (Ain’t nuttin’ touchin’ me)
If God were one of us (One of us) (J to A-R-U-L-E, niggaaa)
Would he use his name in vain? I need to know (Come on)
If God were one (Come on) of us (One of us) (Ah, ah)
Would he believe that he could breathe again? (Come and get meeeeeeeeeeee!)
If God were one of us (Niggaaaas!) (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie? I wanna know
If God were one of us (yeah, yeah) (One of us)
Would he freak and live his life? I wanna know
If God were one of us (Tell me) (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain? (Tell me) I need to know
If God were one of us (Can you hear me?) (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again? (Would he believe that he could breathe againnnnnnnn?!
Niggaaaaas!)

Murda Inc. shit
Heh
Ja Rule (One of us)
Lil’ Rob
Irv Gotti, Rebel, uhh, get it right (One of us)
Black Child, day’s on
We all in here, Big D (One of us)
Tarik
Huh, uh, Chris Gotti!
What’s happnin’ nigga (One of us)
Uh, it’s murda, uh, it’s murda, uh, it’s murda, heh (One of us)
Niggas ain’t fuckin’ wit me
(fhhh) yeah (One of us)
(shhh) we out
(shhh) we out (One of us)
(One of us)
(One of us)
(One of us)
(One of us)