Hustle & Flow 2: Popes Up, Heretics Down

Chorus 2X:

You know it's hard out here for a pope (you ain't knowin)

When he tellin' us we saved in hope (you ain't knowin)

Holdin' fast to the teachings that He wrote (you ain't knowin)

Because The Man be splittin' sheep from the goats (you ain't knowin)

And we'll have a whole lot of sinners who won't know (you ain't knowin)

In my life I done come a long way to this See

Runnin' the VC with the power of the Keys

But I gotta keep my hand strong, yeah stronger than King Kong

Like clown Masses and liturgical dancin', no that can't last long

Makin' to raise the roof like a baller

Ain't easy fo' an infallible shotcaller

It's messed up where we live, but that's just how it be

It might be new to you, but it's been like this since Eve

But I can't leave cause you know I'm Pope till I die

Sufferin' like a fool for Christ not really knowin' why

I'm tryin to save souls but it's hard fo' a pope

But I'm prayin and I'm hopin to God I can cope, yeah

[Chorus]

Man it seems like I ain't even got time fo' a prayer

The stakes is Armageddon if youse a true player

But you gotta stay straight, can't back down from their stare

Haters comin' from all sides, time to speak from the Chair

Successor of Peter, that's who I am

Gotta steer the ship right or maybe end up damned

Some homies want to back down, but where I'm led

By the Logos Incarnate, I know I'm already dead

Think you can step to this? Think you can handle?

Best check yo' self, I got bell, book, and candle

That's the way the game goes, with these heresies I'm dustin'

Gotta have my hustle tight, makin off like Augustine, yeah

You know it's hard out here for a pope (you ain't knowin)

When he tellin' us we saved in hope (you ain't knowin)

Holdin' fast to the teachings that He wrote (you ain't knowin)

Because The Man be splittin' sheep from the goats (you ain't knowin)

And we'll have a whole lot of sinners who won't know (you ain't knowin)

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