No Church In the Wild
JAY Z & Канье Уэст Lyrics

Human beings in a mob
A group of people together is just that, and nothing to compare to a king.

What's a mob to a king?
A mob is nothing compared to a king's power.

What's a king to a God?
Even a king is insignificant compared to a god's power.

What's a God to a non-believer
If a person doesn't believe in any religion, then god has no meaning for them.

Who don't believe in anything?
There are people who don't believe in anything, including god.

Will he make it out alive?
Will this non-believer survive without believing in anything?

Alright, alright
Everything is okay.

No church in the wild
There is no form of religion or belief system in this society.

Tears on the mausoleum floor
There is sadness in the place of the dead.

Blood stains the Coliseum doors
There is violence in the arena.

Lies on the lips of a priest
The person who is supposed to be truthful is speaking falsehoods.

Thanksgiving disguised as a feast
A celebration that claims to be about gratitude is really just about excess.

Rollin' in the Rolls-Royce Corniche
Riding in luxury cars that only doctors have access to while hiding from the police.

Only the doctors got this, I'm hidin' from police
Luxury cars are only available to doctors, and I'm hiding from the police while in one.

Cocaine seats
Seats made of white leather, resembling cocaine.

All white like I got the whole thing bleached
Dressed head-to-toe in white as if I have bleached everything I own.

Drug dealer chic
Dressing stylishly like a drug dealer.

I'm wonderin' if a thug's prayers reach
Questioning if someone who has lived a life of crime and violence can truly be saved by prayer.

Is Pious pious 'cause God loves pious?
People who go to church and claim to be religious may not actually be good people in the eyes of god.

Socrates asks, "Whose bias do y'all seek?"
Socrates asked whose perspective we should be looking at to determine truth in a situation.

All for Plato, screech
Agreeing with Plato, making a screeching sound for emphasis.

I'm out chere' ballin', I know y'all hear my sneaks
I'm out here being successful, and you can hear my footsteps as I walk with confidence.

Jesus was a carpenter, Yeezy, laid beats
Comparing himself to Jesus, who was a carpenter and Kanye West, who makes music.

Hova flow the Holy Ghost, get the hell up out your seats, preach
Hova's (Jay Z's) rapping style is so good that it feels like the Holy Ghost is speaking. Get up and dance, preach!

I live by you, desire
I live for my loved one's love.

I stand by you, walk through the fire
I support you through difficult times.

Your love is my scripture
Your love is my guiding principle.

And let me in through your encryption, yeah, yeah
Allow me to understand what's in your heart, help me to decode the mystery.

Coke on her black skin made it stripe like a zebra
Cocaine on someone's dark skin appears like the stripes of a zebra.

I call that jungle fever
Attraction to someone of a different race or background is known as 'jungle fever'.

You will not control the threesome
The situation won't be controlled by any one person.

Just roll the weed up until I get me some
Let's just smoke some marijuana and have fun until we get what we want.

We formed a new religion
Our unconventional lifestyles and beliefs create a new way of life, which is religious for us.

No sins as long as there's permission
There is no wrongdoing if everyone gives their consent.

And deception is the only felony
Lying is the only punishable offense.

So never fuck nobody without tellin' me
Don't have sex with anyone without informing me first.

Sunglasses and Advil
A hangover remedy of sunglasses and painkillers.

Last night was mad real
Last night's events were unbelievable and amazing.

Sun comin' up five AM
The sun is rising at 5 AM.

I wonder if they got cabs still
Wondering if there are still taxis available to take me home.

Thinkin' 'bout the girl in all-leopard
Thinking about a woman wearing leopard print clothing.

Who was rubbin' the wood like Kiki Shepard
Thinking about a woman who is good at giving sexual pleasure.

Two tattoos, one read "No apologies"
One tattoo of mine says "No apologies".

The other said "Love is cursed by monogamy"
Another tattoo of mine says that love is limited by the idea of being with one person.

That's somethin' that the pastor don't preach
These ideas are not taught in church.

That's somethin' that a teacher can't teach
A teacher can't teach these life lessons.

When we die, the money we can't keep
We can't take our money with us when we die.

But we prolly spend it all 'cause the pain ain't cheap, preach
But we spend it all anyway because the pain we're trying to numb is expensive. Preach!

No church in the wild
In this society, there is no specified place for religion or belief system.

No church in the wild
In this society, there is no specified place for religion or belief system.

No church in the wild
In this society, there is no specified place for religion or belief system.