Lyrics
[Intro]
(Big difference, big difference)
(Big difference, yeah)
(Big difference)
[Verse 1]
They hear the shine in my voice
See the edge of my walk
This is how close I am to God before we ever even talk
Since when faith need a dress code?
Salvation come with an accent
God understood every prayer I prayed before I learned church language
You looking at the back page
Got checking what it produce
Don't confuse polished with pure
I run around the edges with loose
You see the way I talk
He know the way I live
You judging my religion
He know what our relationship is
[Chorus]
Big difference, big difference
Being in this world ain't the same as being of it
Yeah, I'm hood and holy
Both can exist
Ain't straddling no fence, baby
I know where I stand with Him
Big difference, big difference
You judge how I sound, God know how I live
Before you question my faith
Make sure you know what faith is
Being in this world ain't the same as being of it, baby
That's a big difference
[Verse 2]
Hood and holy, yeah, that's me
Got a little edge, still down on my knees
Yeah, hood and holy
Don't, don't get it twisted
I'm in this world, but I don't belong to it
I can come from the concrete and still kneel before the King
I can laugh loud with my hoops and still know what worship mean
Holiness ain't a costume
It ain't acting like you flawless
It's knowing who you belong to and getting up every time you fall short
Ain't no straddling the fence, baby, my choice is real clear
I can stand inside the culture without letting it live in here
So, quit checking how I pray
Like God only move on weight
He been walking with this little girl long before you knew my name
[Chorus]
You see the way I talk
He know the way I live
You judging my religion
He know what our relationship is
Big difference, big difference
Being in this world ain't the same as being of it
Yeah, I'm hood and holy
Both can exist
Ain't straddling no fence, baby
I know where I stand with Him
Big difference, big difference
You judge how I sound, God know how I live
Before you question my faith
Make sure you know what faith is
Being in this world ain't the same as being of it, baby
That's a big difference
[Bridge]
I ain't hiding my hood to prove that I'm saved
I ain't hiding my God to make the streets feel safe
I won't pin up my testimony so the church can digest it
The same past you judging is the same past God blessed me out of
You ain't gotta understand how we chose to carry me
But don't call my walk confusion just because it don't look like yours
See, God know every part of me
The healed and the unfinished
And He still put His hand on me
Baby, that's the difference in it
[Outro]
Not of it, hood, hood, still holy
Flawed, still chosen
Different walk, same God
No fence
I pick a side
I live out here, but God live inside
(Big difference, big difference)
(Being in this world ain't the same as being of it)
(Yeah, I'm hood and holy)
(Both can exist)
(Ain't straddling no fence, baby)
(I know where I stand with Him)
(Big difference, big difference)
(You judge how I sound, God know how I live)
(Before you question my faith)
(Make sure you know what faith is)
(Being in this world ain't the same as being of it, baby)
(That's a big difference)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, I'm hood and I'm holy and I'm holding)
(Not halfway, not confused)
(God know exactly who I am)
Do you?