First Above Everything (Remix)

Lyrics

[Title Announcement]

[Subway doors closing, distant train rumble, vinyl crackle, chopped soul choir warming underneath]

[Street Announcer — Deep Male Voice]
Ten Commandments: Brooklyn Boom-Bap Trap Edition.

Commandment number one:

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Track one—

“First Above Everything.”

[DJ Scratch]
First—first—first above everything!

[Beat Drop]
[grimy Brooklyn boom-bap drums, hard snare cracks, dusty piano sample, low upright bass layered with restrained 808, chopped choir vocals, turntable scratches]

[Intro — Crew Chant]
Who come first?

[Crew]
The Most High!

[Announcer]
Before the money?

[Crew]
The Most High!

[Announcer]
Before the fame?

[Crew]
The Most High!

[Announcer]
Before everything?

[Crew]
The Most High!

[Verse 1 — Male Rap]
City taught me get the bag, never let it go,
Put your name above the block, make the whole town know.
Everybody chasing crowns with a rental throne,
Looking rich in every picture, going broke alone.

I watched money make brothers turn strange for a fee,
Watched attention make sisters change who they used to be.
Everybody got a god, even when they say they don’t,
It is whatever you obey when the Father says you won’t.

Some worship relationships, scared to let them leave,
Breaking every commandment just to make somebody pleased.
Some worship popularity, dying for applause,
Let a comment section tell them what they worth and who they are.

But the throne already occupied, nobody taking His chair,
He was there before the skyline, He will stand when it disappears.
You can keep the fake power and the temporary shine,
The Most High comes first—everything else falls in line.

[Hook — Crew Chant]
First above everything!
Money cannot sit where the King should be!

First above everything!
Fame cannot give what the Lord can bring!

First above everything!
No other gods standing over me!

First above everything!
The Most High first—that is how it should be!

[DJ Scratch]
No other—other—other gods before Me!

[Verse 2 — Female Rap]
I made an idol out the image I displayed,
Every outfit had to hit, every angle had to slay.
If the numbers did not jump, I felt smaller every day,
Till I realized I was serving what the people had to say.

Kept checking who was watching, who unfollowed, who replied,
Let a blue check determine if I felt alive.
Had scripture in my captions, but the algorithm led,
Giving strangers all my focus while the Word went unread.

Then truth hit hard: whatever owns your mind,
Whatever gets your worship, whatever gets your time,
Whatever makes you compromise when you know the law—
That became your god, even if it was not carved.

So I cleared the throne room, broke agreement with the fake,
Stopped begging human beings for what only God can make.
I do not need their worship, I do not need their sign,
The Most High comes first—everything else falls in line.

[Hook — Crew and Choir]
First above everything!
Money cannot sit where the King should be!

First above everything!
Fame cannot give what the Lord can bring!

First above everything!
No other gods standing over me!

First above everything!
The Most High first—that is how it should be!

[Breakdown — Street Sermon]
[drums cut, subway rumble returns, dusty piano playing alone, choir sample stretched low]

[Announcer]
Exodus chapter twenty, verse three:

[Spoken Choir]
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

[Announcer]
Not the money.

Not the relationship.

Not the neighborhood.

Not your favorite celebrity.

Not the political party.

Not the job title.

Not even yourself.

Nothing stands before the Most High.

[Verse 3 — Male and Female Trade-Off]

[Male]
I seen men worship pride till the pride got them buried.

[Female]
Seen women worship love till the love made them weary.

[Male]
Seen workers worship jobs that replaced them overnight.

[Female]
Seen people worship leaders who were wrong and called it right.

[Male]
If it controls your choices—

[Female]
If it changes what you know—

[Male]
If you disobey the Father—

[Female]
Just because it tells you so—

[Both]
Then check who got the throne,
Check who you trying to please.
The Most High does not share worship,
Get those idols off your knees!

[Final Hook — Full Crew]
First above everything!
Before the money and the jewelry!

First above everything!
Before the followers watching me!

First above everything!
Before the block and the industry!

First above everything!
The Most High first—that is loyalty!

[Commandment Chant]
No other gods!

[Crew]
Before Him!

[Announcer]
No other throne!

[Crew]
Above Him!

[Announcer]
No other name!

[Crew]
Replace Him!

[All]
First above everything!

[Outro — DJ Transition]
[boom-bap drums filter down, 808 fades, subway brakes squeal rhythmically, choir sample loops beneath scratching]

[DJ Scratch]
First—first—first above everything!

[Announcer]
Commandment number one:

No other gods before Him.

Track one complete.

Coming next—

Commandment number two: