Bad Things Happen to Good People

Bad things happen to good people It's not fair, but with good comes evil Look to God as I climb these steeples And He says all men were created equal Equal, equal-al-al We're all created equal Bad things happen to good people I know it's not fair, but with good comes evil I look to God as I climb these steeples And He says all men were created equal Nobody's beatin' Father Time (Father Time) Evil walks among the people, it's not hard to find (find) We play the game of life and search for terms, when all the while The only guarantee is that nobody makes it out alive Faith in hand, we overlook (overlook) 'Cause human nature's bad is good (bad is good) We tryna walk straight as we tightrope with the Holy Book Readin' passages while judgin' others, givin' dirty looks We teeter-totter on the line of sinner and misunderstood (misunderstood) No one's perfect, we're exposed We try to hide, but God knows And water seeds we didn't plant Then wonder why they don't grow (don't grow) Fake friends, good foes A world together, all alone An oxymoron, seven billion people lost with one home Bad things happen to good people (good people) It's not fair, but with good comes evil (comes evil) Look to God as I climb these steeples (these steeples) And He says all men were created equal (equal) Equal, uh (equal), equal-al-al (equal) We're all created equal (we're all created equal) Bad things happen to good people I know it's not fair, but with good comes evil (with good comes evil) I look to God as I climb these steeples And He says all men were created equal (He says all men were created equal) Young girls gettin' trafficked (yeah) People like the way you innocent While these little kids gettin' cancer (yeah) God, tell me, what's the benefit? He reminded me that He's still good Got a perfect plan when it's all bad Even if you never really understand We can still hit our knees and ask Dad Whole world full of evil (evil) Should we take it out? Should we put it down? But He's patient with His lil' people (yeah) While the dark powers keep on runnin' 'round Come a time when He bring peace When He bring rest, when He bring love (bring love) Gotta hope in the meantime That He mean well and He need somethin' When the good people die young (when the good people die young) And the bad habits to the good folks That the Kingdom is still comin' In Christ, that's where I gotta put hope You ain't gotta see it 'same as I see it But you gotta see it for yourself (yeah) If it ain't of God, can it be of good? I don't know at all, tryna help, yeah (woo) Bad things happen to good people (good people) It's not fair, but with good comes evil (comes evil) Look to God as I climb these steeples (these steeples) And He says all men were created equal (equal) Equal, uh (equal), equal-al-al (equal) We're all created equal (we're all created equal) Bad things happen to good people I know it's not fair, but with good comes evil (with good comes evil) I look to God as I climb these steeples And He says all men were created equal (He says all men were created equal)