Credits
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bryan Paul Thomas
Songwriter
Songtexte
They say Jesus walked across the Sea of Galilee
And Matthew and Mark and John
Each tell the tale a little differently
But Luke? He skipped it in its entirety
Lord, make me water
Lord, help me to me flow
Lord, make me water
Lord, help me to me flow
Maybe Luke was just jealous of Jesus' abilities
Maybe Luke's suspicious mind engendered a certain disbelief
Maybe Luke thought the brotha was
Too much showing off His divinity
Lord, make me water
Lord, help me to me flow
Lord, make me water
Lord, help me to me flow
So she says
What you mean, you wanna flow like water
Brotha, we are already water
The Lord, that day, He made the human brain
About seventy-five percent water
And the Lord, from the start, He made the human heart
About seventy-five percent water
So what I'm saying is
We are all already water
We are all already divine
So open up that bottle
Tonight, let's just be wine
I am falling behind
Y'all got me unstuck in time
Sending me back to the future
Like I'm some big black Marty McFly
I am dropping this beat
For the city of my birth
The city that lights and hauls
The Planet Earth
See, we be just around the way
From where my family used to went to church
At Friendship Baptist, where daddy
Had his trial sermon and began to serve the Lord
Teachers on strike
Momma's walkin the picket line
Granddaddy called this place Scheneticutt
Mohawks called it the Place Beyond the Pines
And my day care was around the way
With Sister Dix at Refreshing Springs.
And messing around on Proctor's stage for graduation
Cuz my band picked a song I can't sing
I am unstuck in time, as Vonnegut says
And so it goes
We chased Sambo's out this town
To catch a Jolly Tiger by the toe
We did it generally and electrically
Like Thomas Alva Edisonally
I see some of y'all rolling your eyes talkin' about
That's just being all politically correctically
But it's really just about opening yo heart
And treating other mother fuckers respectfully
So raise your cape
And open your heart like sesame
This town got the best of me
Y'all can see how it's effected me
Cuz I will cut you like a vasectomy
If your heart ain't big enough for Schenectady
Lord, make me water
Lord, make me water
Lord, make me water
You're too big for Schenectady
Lord, make me water
You're too big for Schenectady
Lord, make me water
You're too big for Schenectady
Lord, help me to me flow
Jesus, walkin' on the water
Written by: Bryan Paul Thomas
