Shaun "Witness" Woods - B.O.T.H. Endz [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

1 st verse

Im seventeen years old I live in the hood
But the hood don't live in me I ain't giving in to it
God forbid I be ruined from sin erasing my purpose
Or fall victim to generational curses
My daddy deep in the streets my momma deep in church
She always pray that dad'll do better by me and her
She wants me to hang out with her older sister's kids
She think they can teach me how a teenage christian lives
Little do she know if I did I'd be ruined
Cause after church they do what everyone on the block be doing
Plus it's other things she don't wanna know
Like daddy selling weed to one of the deacons on the low
My cousins call me a loser my momma call me a winner
Church folk don't even know me but they call me a sinner
So where can I go I'm growing weary it's hard
All I wanna do is experience God

Chorus

How can the same hands that God gave healing
Be the same hands that push souls away
And where is the scale that weighs the pain one feels when
Those he care for go astray
See it from both ends
See it from both ends

2nd verse

I'm forty years old and I pastor a church
Which means I'm a professional at masking my hurt
Late in the night fighting tears I walk and pray
Tryna hold on to those determined to walk away
They say I oppress folk to go get new cars
But they ain't around when I go through this part
They criticize but don't have a clue of the price
This position'll cost ya when you're doing it right could you handle this?
Ready to serve at anytime they need me which means
Church family gets more of my time than my immediate
Hurt cause saints who had the fire burning back in the day are
Now turning their back on the Savior
They call me old school cause I remember
To hold fast to the standard that I was called to minister
Nine out of ten I show my heart they'll hurt it
But when that one reach God it was well worth it

Repeat Chorus

3rd verse

What's true is true stereotypes just pollute it
Every youngun living in the hood ain't living foolish
There are upright pastors that get accused of
Touching little boys in their study but they did't do it
Let's erase denomination and become a nation of worshippers
To let the glory of God show more
If people like dude in the first verse met shepherds like guy in the second
The body of Christ would grow more
I'm scared to become a pharisee
It's sad to see a church piled full of sadducees
The verdict be murder thee if it was her or me
But if it's them or their kin they beg for the mercy seat
Who prays for the preacher when he's depleted
Need to be the people deep in the need of what he's preaching
If you shun the lost the shepherds'll never reach em
Thats no hope no wins see it from both ends

Repeat Chorus