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Holy Water (feat. Denzel Ross)

from All​-​American Villain, Vol. 1 by Sly deSilva

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[Intro - Denzel Ross]
This world is flaming and blazing
Think it needs some dousing
In that holy water
I walk the line my momma showed me
But shit’s getting crazy
Tempt to find another
Oh, no, no, no

[Verse 1 - Sly deSilva]
No God but the devil walks the earth
Now The Bad Guy finna take yo’ ass to church
Where the truth is Him, where the profits big
Where the youth pastor been touching up your kids
Well-dressed demons wearing clerical collars
Offer your soul salvation in exchange for a dollar
Follow what the pastor say, listen to the Father
As the shepherds of the flock lead they lambs to the slaughter
I wash my hands of blood in this holy water
In Jesus’ name, the rich will prosper
The new apostle, preach prosperity gospel
While the poor die quick in an understaffed hospital
Shoulda been richer, shouldn’t have been such a sinner
If you had God’s blessing your pockets woulda been bigger
Guess the Lord smiling on me, ‘cause all this money is for me
Keep killing God’s children and my profits keep soaring

[Interlude - Denzel Ross]
Chasing highbeams that your eyes see
Running head first into a glass screen

[Verse 2 - Sly deSilva]
Tryna paint my descriptor in the holy scripture
Egyptian slaves looking white in pictures
And Jesus saves, but his race been switched
So now his lily-white face looking like his depicters
Straight outta Nazareth where the demographics Arabic
And accurately no one look like me or B. Rabbit
But it’s iconoclastic to say he got brown skin
So better believe it, or we say you don’t believe Him
A Galilean seems European
If not, then you a heathen
And Moses white too, leading white slave Jews
So you see, it’s not the same as Ms. Tubman
I love it
I made whiteness divine, now your soul mine
Internalized all my lies inside of your mind
That white’s righteous cause we made in his image
So them cursed dark folks musta really been sinning (heh)
I’m Satanic, causing Islam panic
Now bombed homes are collateral damage
Pillaged the Middle East and I left it in pieces
‘Cause we dehumanized those who look like Jesus

[Interlude - Denzel Ross]
And while you scheming and thirsting
The drought will roll in
Gonna need some holy water
Holy water

[Verse 3]
Blessed be ye poor, for yours the kingdom of God
But on this Earth it’s all mine, every dime that you got
Taking it while I’m laughing, the opiate of the masses
Got you doped up thinking you should lower my taxes
Make you think a war for oil that new crusade
When civilians get bombed, Sly deSilva gets paid
And all the good Christians would pray for me
But I’m the wolf from John 10
Ya’ll prey for me

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from All​-​American Villain, Vol. 1, released July 4, 2020
Produced by Corbett
Written by Sly deSilva and Denzel Ross
Recorded by Ted Onyszczak at Silverbirch Productions
Mixed by Sendai Mike
Mastered by Adam Straney at BreakPoint Mastering

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