If I Despised the Least

Lyrics

Title 2: If I Despised the Least
Scripture: Jobe 31:13–15

[Verse 1]
Got a little status, little name on the ‘Gram,
Now I talk slick like I’m more than a man.
Treat the janitor like he ain’t there,
Ignore the girl cleanin’ tables in the back of the fair.
But Jobe 31:13 hit real tight,
“If I despised the cause” of the one with no might,
What would I answer when God takes the stand,
When He rise up, ask why I crushed that man?

[Pre-Chorus]
He formed us both in the womb,
Same Maker, same room.
I ain’t better ’cause I shine on the screen,
He see how I act when the room ain’t seen.

[Chorus – Youth Choir]
If I despised the least of these,
How I’ma pray like my conscience clean?
Jobe thirty-one say God up high
Gon’ ask me “why?” when I pass folk by.
So I’ma show love in the halls, on the job,
Honor every soul though they don’t have a mob.
If I despised the least, I’d be outta line,
So I’ma treat ’em like they made by the same Divine.

[Verse 2]
Boss tone change when the rich walk in,
But cold to the kid with the thrift-store fit.
We clap for the ceo, cheer when he speak,
But never learn the name of the ones who sweep.
Jobe said, “Did not He that made me in the womb
Make him?”—same breath, same room.
So every time I flex on the weak for show,
I’m lookin’ down on the God I know.

[Bridge – Call & Response]
Leader: How you treat the low one?
Choir: That’s how you treat Him.
Leader: How you speak to small ones?
Choir: That’s how your heart been.
Leader: Same dust, same clay,
Choir: Same Lord formed us that way.

[Vamp]
Choir: No despise, only grace,
Leader: Same Creator in every face.
Choir: No despise, only care,
Leader: Jobe thirty-one, love everywhere.