Color Purple Songtext
von Da’ T.R.U.T.H.

Yeah
Many years ago
I was told not to listen
Not to flow, yeah
Many years listening to opinions, yeah
Blacks, whites, Greeks and Indians
Seen it all
Many years gone by facing my many fears
It′s my change and it's sincere
Pains me to interfere
Millions stack up, millionaires

I am all done criticizing Creflo Dollar
Now it′s grace and it makes sense
Can't say it wasn't hard for me to let go
I was told, told not to listen to him
Afraid if I did, they will hold that over my head like a mistletoe


Now I′m tuned in to Joyce Meyer
Lifting up the voice higher
And I′m sitting on the porch now
Thinking about the things that she said about the most high (yeah)
Seating on both sides
Like oh my, I can't believe I broke ties, yeah
And there′s praise in the living room now
'Cause I know that I′m living, and I won't die, yeah

Crying these tears, she is saving my life now
I′m coming out a mess
He said, "Its gon' be alright now" (yeah)
I was in some bad relationships
Jakes got me outta that too (yeah)
But I ain't even wanna listen to him
Years ago, I was told not to let my ears glue
Then I got out with Kirk Franklin (yeah)
How can I spell it out?
S-E-double-L-I-N-G, they was sayin′ I was sellin′ out


'Cause I went on TBN with him
And I did a DVD with him
Then I did a 85 city tour
Mary Mary came, took little old me with ′em
I ain't wanna lose my friends (yeah)
Godly, I′m feeling that
I got a phone call saying that
I was compromising, I was feeling bad
All them boys was talking
Everybody concerned about truth

Why are you doing songs with this one?
Made me feel like I had to choose
Now I'm heading out with the charismatics
But I grew up conservative
One showed me how I was supposed to think
Other showed me how I was supposed to live
One told me, "Yes, you can drink"
Other showed me how to forgive
One came to the rescue
I guess it′s just embracing all the differences

I'm too left for the right wing
Too right for the liberals
But I ain't tryna be either or
Really I′m just tryna find the middle
Told Tina that I′m sorry
And I apologized to Erica, yeah
I was way too hard on 'em, yeah
I ain′t know no better then, yeah

Now they thinking that I'm bad business
′Cause I'm hanging out with Adventist
Promise, I know some good Catholics
Can′t be a victim of the caste system
Why can't it be both? And
I feel like we going 'round in circles
Why I gotta be red or blue?
How come I can′t be the color purple?