Lyrics
Intro (Kanye West)
Well, right
So, so well
Well, right
So, so
High as the sun come out
Plannin'
Bootin'
Plannin'
Movin'
Plannin'
Tubin', there
Well, well
Chorus (Ant Clemons)
Clean us like the rain in spring
Take the chlorine out our conversation
Let Your light reflect on me
I promise I'm not hiding anything
It's water
We are water
Pure as water
Like a newborn daughter
Verse 1 (Ant Clemons)
The storm may come
But we'll get through it because of Your love
Either way, we crash like water
Your love's water
Pure as water
We are water
Verse 2 (Kanye West)
Jesus, flow through us
Jesus, heal the bruises
Jesus, clean the music
Jesus, please use us
Jesus, please help
Jesus, please heal
Jesus, please forgive
Jesus, please reveal
Jesus, give us strength
Jesus, make us well
Jesus, help us live
Jesus, give us wealth
Jesus is our safe
Jesus is our rock
Jesus, give us grace
Jesus, keep us safe
Chorus (Repeat)
Outro (Kanye West)
We like water, mmh
We like water
Well, right
So, so well
Well, right
So, so
High as the sun come out
Plannin'
Bootin'
Plannin'
Movin'
Plannin'
Tubin', there
Well, well
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Water" is a worship song from Kanye West's gospel-influenced Jesus Is King project, built around water as an image of spiritual cleansing. The chorus asks directly for purification, describing rain washing away impurity and comparing the singer to a newborn, pure and without anything to hide. The first verse extends that image into endurance, describing storms that come but promising to withstand them because of God's love, since water itself can crash and still remain water. The second verse shifts into a repeated direct address to Jesus, asking in short successive lines for healing, forgiveness, strength, provision, and protection, functioning almost like a spoken prayer set to rhythm rather than a conventional lyric. The outro returns to simple repetition, affirming identity as water, before echoing the song's wordless opening sounds. Structurally the song moves from metaphor to direct petition and back to repetition, a shape that mirrors a prayer of confession followed by a request for renewal.
Related Scripture
- Ezekiel 36:25 Promises clean water sprinkled to cleanse from impurity, directly matching the song's water and cleansing imagery.
- Psalm 51:2 Asks God to wash away iniquity and cleanse from sin, matching the chorus's request to be cleaned.
- John 7:38 Describes rivers of living water flowing from within believers, matching the song's repeated identity as water.