How Great
Chance the Rapper Lyrics

How great is our God
God is better than the best thing that the world has to offer

Sing with me, how great is our God
Join me in praising God's greatness

All will see how great is our God
Everyone will witness God's greatness

Name above all names
God's name is the highest of all

Worthy of all praise
God deserves all the admiration

And my heart will sing how great is our God
I will express my love for God's greatness

How great
God is truly great

Sing with me, how great is our God
Join me in praising God's greatness

All will see, how great, how great, is our God
Everyone will witness the immense greatness of God

Magnify, magnify, lift it on high
Enlarge and elevate God's name to the highest level

Spit it Spotify to qualify a spot on His side
Rap or sing praises to God to be considered worthy of a place by His side

I cannot modify or ratify, my momma made me apple pies
I cannot change or approve anything, but my mother made me delicious pies

Lullabies and alibis
Songs to put people to sleep and excuses to defend oneself

The book don't end with Malachi
The Bible does not conclude with the last book in the Old Testament

Devil will win employee of the month by the dozen
The devil tempts and deceives many people

'Til one score and three years from the third when he doesn't
Until he fails to accomplish his goals 23 years after his third attempt

My village raised 'em a child, come through the crib and it's bustin'
My hometown raised me, and if you come to where I live, you're in for a surprise

You meet anyone from my city, they gon' say that we cousins
People from my town are close-knit and consider everyone as family

Shabach Barak, edify
Praise the Lord, give blessings, and teach others

Electrify the enemy like Hedwig 'til he petrefied
Shock the enemy like a magical owl until he becomes petrified

Any petty Peter Petigrew could get the pesticide
Any small-minded traitor could get the poison

79th, 79th, I don't believe in science
I live on 79th street and do not believe in scientific theories

I believe in signs
I believe in indications or directives from God

Don't believe in signing, I see dollar signs
I don't believe in contracts, but I focus on making money

Color white collar crime
Financial crimes committed by white-collar employees

Good God, the gift of freedom
Thank God for the blessing of freedom

Hosena Santa invoked and woke up slaves from south Hampton to Chatham Manor
People called upon God for salvation and freedom from slavery in the southern coast of New York to Virginia

My dream girl's behind me, feel like I'm James Early
The woman of my dreams is supporting me like Effie supported James in Dreamgirls

The type of worship make Jesus come back a day early
Such powerful devotion that Jesus would return to the world earlier than expected

With the faith of a pumpkin-seed-sized mustard seed
With the smallest amount of faith

Here, for I will speak noble things as they trusted me
I will speak wisely because they put their trust in me

Only righteous, I might just shrug at the skullduggery
I only care about doing what is morally right, and I might ignore the underhandedness

I couldn't stand to see another rapper lose custody
I couldn't bear to see another rapper lose ownership or control of their music

Exalt, Exalt, glorify
Praise and honor God

Descend upon the earth with swords and fortify the borders where your shoulders lies
God should protect and secure the land where his followers stand

I used to hide from God
I used to run away from God's presence

Ducked down in the slums like "shhh"
Hiding in the poorest parts of town in silence

I was lost in the jungle like Simba after the death of Mufasa
I was lost and didn't know what to do, just like Simba after his father's death

No hog, no meerkat, Hakuna Matata by day
No pigs, no meerkats, just carefree living during the day

But I spent my nighttime fighting tears back
I spent my nights trying not to cry

I prayed and prayed and left messages but never got no hear back
I prayed repeatedly and tried to communicate with God, but received no response

Or so it seemed
At least that's what it appeared to be

A mustard seed was all I needed to sow a dream
All I needed was a tiny bit of faith to plant a dream

I build the ark, gently, gently, rowed my boat down Noah's stream
I worked carefully and built something great, just like Noah's ark, and continued to move forward in life like Noah on a boat

Sometimes the path I took to reach my petty goals was so extreme
Sometimes I took drastic measures to achieve my small ambitions

I was so far down in the mud couldn't even let my light shine
I was in such a low place that I was unable to express myself

But she was always there when I needed to phone a friend or use a life line
Someone was always available when I needed help or support

From a lofty height to wage war
From a high position and with great power to fight

On the poltergeist with the exalt of Christ
On the evil spirits with the elevation of Christ

Spark the dark with the pulse of light
Illuminate the darkness with the beating of light

Strike a corpse with a pulse of life
Bring back to life the dead with the energy of life

I spit on the Tidal of tidal waves
I rap and create music that surpasses everything else

I spit on the Apple and kill a worm
I insult and disregard Apple, even if it brings harm to it

A fire in Cali will swallow a valley for every African village burned
A wildfire in California will destroy an entire valley, as every African village has been burnt before

Jay Elect would've never made it
Jay Elect wouldn't have succeeded

O' son of man, O' son of man
Calling out to Jesus, as he was human like us

Who was the angel in Revelations with the foot on water and the foot on land
Referring to the archangel who appeared in the book of Revelations and was depicted with one foot on water and the other on land

Who was the angel that rode a Harley from the project to the house of Parliament
Referring to some unknown angel who travelled from a poor neighborhood to the British Parliament on a motorcycle

And opened the book in the Devil's chamber and put the true name of the Lord in it
This angel went to Satan's abode, opened a book with God's true name, and included it

Old Jerusalem, New Jerusalem
Referring to the two sets of cities in the Bible

Cuff lights these beats with a ball of fire
The artist creates high-quality music with intense passion

They poisoned the scripture and gave us the pictures of false messiahs
They corrupted the holy texts by providing us with false depictions of saviors

It was all a lie
It was all false

Mystery Babylon, tumbling down
The city that misleads people in the Book of Revelation is falling apart

Satan's establishment crumbling down
Satan's ways of deceiving people are collapsing

This is the year that I come for the crown
This is the year that I'm going to win the top prize

Bury my enemies under the ground
Defeat my enemies and bury them in defeat