Power Trip Lyrics

[Verse 2: Lecrae]
It was all a dream
I grew up readin’ hip-hop magazines

Double-XL got me wantin' to excel
They tellin’ me it ain’t hard to tell, I rock well
And now with every sale I'm feelin’ my head swell
Well, I'm a genius in my dreams
Even if I was, it was stitched inside my genes
(get it)
I’m self-inflated, self-infatuated
And somehow I convinced myself I finally made it
The truth is I was made like the mob

Geppetto put me together; my strings lead to God
Pride come befo’ the fall, I seen it in the script (seen it)
So if you see me fallin’, prolly a power trip


[Hook: Lecrae & Andy Mineo]
Who’s got the power?
(Do you really want it all, whole world in ya’ palm, tell me...)
Who’s got the power?
(It’ll make you a leader or a tyrant, you do the decidin’)
Who’s got the power?
(Do you really want it all, whole world in ya’ palm, tell me...)
Who’s got the power?
(It’ll make you a leader or a tyrant, you do the decidin’)

[Verse 3: Sho Baraka]
Welcome to the culture where humility is not allowed
They do it big, if you don’t see that, you Shallow Hal
Tryna show them how love and power, it goes together
If they call us losers, that just means we last forever
I been connected to the power, I don’t have to chase it
I roll with the Trinity, this is sorta the Matrix
A hard pill to swallow: we’re evil to the core
Wicked power exploits the poor, and it brings war

Power can be a field of dreams loaded with land mines
We know the ruler so you can’t say these are bad lines
(You might lust for that power!), but don’t forget that we’re forgiven
I know the Lord gon’ catch me when I’m power trippin’

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This song from Lecrae’s Gravity album explores the potential pitfalls associated with worldly power, especially the kind that the rap game often promotes.

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