“What Would Jesus Do?” by Sapient Rain is available on music streaming services.
Sapient Rain is a human / machine collaboration between lyricist Geoffrey Reilly and the AI Music Engine, Suno.
On a week when we watched a “pastor” grotesquely compare a convicted felon and suspected pedophile to Jesus Christ, I think this song rings particularly true, especially heading into Easter weekend.
What Would Jesus Do? Lyrics
What would Jesus do
to a brownish me and you
would he throw us in a cage
and attack us with his rage
what would Jesus say
when we choose to look away
not turn the other cheek
and make mincemeat of the weak
In the cold and brackish waters
of America’s not great
we’re drowning in hypocrisy
and the riptide of our hate
We’re bastardizing Jesus
ignoring what he said
not welcoming the stranger
terrorizing them instead
If Jesus Christ came back today
what would MAGA do?
they’d label him a liberal
and re-crucify the jew
MAGA’s blue-eyed Jesus
is muscle-bound and blonde
armed and deadly dangerous
from heaven and beyond
In the cold and brackish waters
of America’s not great
we’re drowning in hypocrisy
and the riptide of our hate
We’re bastardizing Jesus
ignoring what he said
not welcoming the stranger
terrorizing them instead
What would Jesus say
about how we treat the poor
of how open we’ve become
to the slamming of the door
I think Jesus would be sick
at what America’s become
fanatically intolerant
and lovers of the gun
In the cold and brackish waters
of America’s not great
we’re drowning in hypocrisy
and the riptide of our hate
We’re bastardizing Jesus
ignoring what he said
not welcoming the stranger
terrorizing them instead
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