V.I.P. lyrics

[Preacher:]

Someone say, "Boldness".

[Congregation:]

Boldness

[Preacher:]

The Bible says in Proverbs 28 verse 1 "The righteous shall be bold like a lion." Bold like a lion. Bold like a lion. The righteous shall be bold like a lion.

What is a real VIP?

Do we have the balls to go to that party?

Or do we rather stay and dance with vanity?

Tell me now what's a real VIP?

And who are we to give that name to us?

When we don't know the lives of others

When we can barely raise a finger

To help our own sisters and brothers

Wasn't it in history

The artists always spoke their people's needs

Now we're gorged upon what devils feed

In the shallow form of MTV

Telling the youth to worship futile dreams

And along for bling and for material things

I tell you what a real VIP is

A face that never was nor will be kissed

To whom exactly are we giving hope

When we stand behind the velvet rope

Or get our pictures taken with the pope

Like some sick April fool kind of joke

Who is the really really real real VIP

The one the true and the most conquering king

Who looks around at everything

And sees exactly what we've been

His is the face that never was nor will be kissed

Do we think we'll be down on his guest list?

When we're standing at the gate

After being fashionably late

There'll be no make up and there'll be no film crews

No Vuitton bags and no Manolo shoes

When he's presiding over you

Asking you, "Did you love only you,

Or did you stand for something else

Besides the hankering for fame and fame itself?"

The one who always was and always is

Will show you what a real VIP is

The fatherless

The motherless

The ravaged child at home who cried to you

You will be asked to say what did you do

And what's behind this velvet curtain?

Don't know but I can say for certain

A face that never was nor will be kissed

Will show you what a real VIP is

[Whispering:]

How can you say we are wise and we possess the instruction of the Lord? Certainly for nothing your pains are labored for nothing your righteous are written. The wise will be put to shame. See? They reject the word of the Lord so their wisdom amounts to nothing. They dress the wounds of my poor people as though they are nothing saying, "Peace peace," when there is no peace. Saying, "All is well," when nothing is well.

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[Whispering:]

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning it is now and ever shall be, world without end. Oh Yeah.

• Artist:Sinéad O'Connor
• Album:How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (2012)