"God We Need You Now" - song by Struggle Jennings

One of my favorite songs right now is by an artist named Struggle Jennings. He has had several popular songs, with “God We Need You Now” being the most popular and one of my absolute all-time favorites.

Who is Struggle Jennings:

Struggle Jennings is an American rapper and songwriter known for blending Southern rock, country, and hip-hop. Born William Harness in Nashville, Tennessee, he is the grandson of country music legend Waylon Jennings and the nephew of Shooter Jennings. Struggle rose to fame through his gritty, autobiographical lyrics that often reflect themes of hardship, addiction, redemption, and resilience. After serving time in prison, he relaunched his music career with a focus on personal transformation and independence, often collaborating with other artists like Jelly Roll and his daughter, Brianna Harness. He’s also a key figure in the underground country rap movement.

Below are the lyrics to his hit song, “God We Need You Now” which describes our country’s current situation pretty well. You can check out the lyrics, and if so desire, I posted the video below the lyrics. I realize his music style isn’t for everyone. Read the lyrics or liten. Up to you.

God We Need You

The world gettin’ crazy, baby chillDon’t medicate, just meditateYou waking up now, well babe, you hella lateEducate, look at what’s goin’ on and let it resonateAccelerate, find your inner hunger like you never ateAgenda is to push the hate, separate and segregateDon’t celebrate quite yet, the storm is coming, cue for heaven’s sakeViolence that they demonstrate instigate and penetrateThe values of our country and our God is what they desecrateMy fighters ain’t no featherweightPullin’ out the seams of the fabric that they fabricateThey feed us lies, manipulateIntimidate through fear and force, forcin’ us to sit and wait‘Til we come together, congregate and then we liberatePrayin’ that you give me strength to find some love amongst the hateMarchin’ on theses streets of blood ’til I see the golden gatesTroubadour of troubled souls, one of God’s servantsBlades out, cut the grass ’til we see the serpents

oh, one day I hope you see the truthThis puppet show stays on because of you fools (ooh)We’ve been dancin’ with the devil way too longI know it’s fun but get ready to pay your dues (ooh)Oh God, come back homeThis crazy world is filled with liars and abusers (ooh)We need you now before we’re too far goneI hope one day they finally see the truth (ooh)God, we need you now (ooh)

I know the truth is hard to swallow, just digest itSuspected something’s going on but chose to just neglect itDeflected by some breakin’ news, oh we just accept itExpected just to fall in line and follow their perspectiveDon’t question their objective but I gotta lot of questionsHow these kids molested but nobody’s been arrestedRead it in the Testament these children are protectedSo I’m fighting all these terrorist both foreign and domesticRefuse to be directed, a lion not a sheepOnly kneel to my God, so I’m dying on my feetSilence when we speak but there violence in the streetsI’ve been rollin’ with the punches, I can’t take it on the cheekDrink from a glass half full, I’m optimisticPeople are sadistic, so vicious and maliciousPrayin’ for assistance to overcome oppositionOr I’m gonna start resistin’ and then I’ll pray for forgiveness

Oh, one day I hope you see the truthThis puppet show stays on because of you fools (ooh)We’ve been dancin’ with the devil way too longI know it’s fun but get ready to pay your dues (ooh)Oh God, come back homeThis crazy world is filled with liars and abusers (ooh)We need you now before we’re too far goneI hope one day they finally see the truth (ooh)God, we need you now (ooh)We need you now (now, now, now, now)We need you now (ooh)We need you now (now, now, now, now)We need you now (ooh)We need you now (now, now, now, now)

One day, one day, one dayOh, one day I hope you see the truthThis puppet show stays on because of you fools (ooh)We’ve been dancin’ with the devil way too longI know it’s fun but get ready to pay your dues (ooh)Oh God, come back homeThis crazy world is filled with liars and abusers (ooh)We need you now before we’re too far goneI hope one day they finally see the truth (ooh)God, we need you now