Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up (pick it up) I'm spying the liar, the cowards, the biased The powers that's prowling around in the lake Follow the Bible or try to debate Follow the Bible or vibe with the snake If it's His will that it's better than better Then why would I skate? Why would I coddle the fake? I'm awaking, I'm twinnin' 'em In the mirror, I'm Mary or Kate or Ashley If I'm sinning, I'm synonym Double the trouble, you hustling sugar You keeping it sweet like it's cinnamon I tussle with sentences Not trusting in Benjamin Button The enemy, God of this age God of the Bible, the body a page Read 'em and tell if it's light or it's shade Darker the berry, the better the grape Out in the field and I'm picking through wiccans The rituals, flicking through mentions from the slaves Give 'em this wisdom, they listen to sage Twisting and turn till they burn in the lake Uh, energy, energy, energy No, I'm not Timothy or married to Kennedy Jackie Onassis, a beanie, a hoodie, and Dickie jeans The drip is a liberty Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up (pick it up) Pick it up The drip is a liberty, freedom of speech Yes, I'm a woman with freedom to preach P is Aquila, Priscilla is me We ain't the one, but the one who begets is the one in the three Cece's be wining for free Juanita Bynum's be finding these sheets I'ma remind 'em that time is a common denominator Lady, day is a lease 'Cause we walk, yeah, I ain't too far from God Yeah, sometimes we ain't gon' talk Yeah, you ain't the friend I want Yeah, I done surrendered a lot Yeah, now I gotta go, give it up They ain't putting no fear in us I don't think that they hearing us 'Cause we walk, yeah, I ain't too far from God Yeah, sometimes we ain't gon' talk Yeah, you ain't the friend I want Yeah, I done surrendered a lot Yeah, now I gotta go, give it up They ain't putting no fear in us I don't think that they hearing us Pick up your Bible, let it light your way Every single day, it's here to stay