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Preach

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Preach was released on February 15, 2019 by Columbia as a part of the album Preach - Single

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

John Legend

Performer

Sarah Aarons

Background Vocals

Greg Kurstin

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sarah Aarons

Composer

Greg Kurstin

Composer

John Roger Stephens

John Roger Stephens

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Greg Kurstin

Producer

Julian Burg

Recording Engineer

Alex Pasco

Recording Engineer

Serban Ghenea

Mixing Engineer

John Hanes

Mixing Engineer

Randy Merrill

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Every day I wake and

Everythin' is broken

Turnin' off my phone

Just to get out of bed

[Verse 2]

Get home every evenin'

And history’s repeatin'

Turnin' off my phone

'Cause it’s hurtin' my chest

[PreChorus]

Hey

And heaven knows I’m not helpless, yeah

But what can I do?

I can’t see the use in me cryin'

If I’m not even tryin' to make the change I wanna see

[Chorus]

I can’t sit and hope, I

Can’t just sit and pray, that

I can find a love, when

All I see is pain

Fallin' to my knees

Though I do believe

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

[Verse 3]

All I hear is voices

Everybody’s talkin'

Nothin' real is happenin'

'Cause nothin' is new

[Verse 4]

Now when all is tragic

And I just feel sedated

Why do I feel numb?

Is that all I can do?

[Verse 5]

Yeah

And heaven knows I’m not helpless, yeah

But I’m only human

I can’t see the use in me cryin'

If I’m not even tryin' to make the change I wanna see

[Chorus]

I can’t sit and hope, I

Can’t just sit and pray, that

I can find a love, when

All I see is pain

I'm fallin' to my knees

And though I do believe

Though I still believe

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

[Bridge]

And heaven knows I’m not helpless

What can I do? Yeah

Can’t see the use in me cryin'

If I’m not even tryin' to make the change I wanna see

[Chorus]

I can’t sit and hope, I

Can’t just sit and pray, that

I can find a love, when

All I see is pain

I try to do the things, that

Baby, I believe

I do believe

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

[Outro]

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

Fallin' to my knees

And though I do believe

I can’t just preach, baby, preach

Written by: Greg Kurstin, John Roger Stephens, Sarah Aarons

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