Socially Acceptable (Live 1994)

[Intro: Choir & TobyMac]
It's alright
Aw, yeah, here we go
Everybody
It's o—it's okay, it's a—it's alright
It's o—it's okay, it's a—it's alright
Yo, here we go

[Verse 1: Michael Tait & TobyMac]
Whatcha thinkin' doin' the things you do?
Whose opinion are you listenin' to? (Who ya listenin' to?)
Justifyin', you turn it all to gray (All to gray)
Synchronizin' to society's ways

[Verse 2: TobyMac]
Society has gotten to be all outta whack
And don't bother with excuses, whether white or black
To blame it on a color won't get a result
Because history reveals to me how ethics were lost
In reality, our decency has taken a plunge
"In God We Trust" is an American pun
Funny how it happened so suddenly
Hey, yo, fellas, let's kick the melody

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max]
Socially acceptable
It's okay, it's alright
Socially acceptable
It's okay in whose sight?
Socially acceptable, oh, yeah

[Verse 3: Kevin Max & TobyMac]
Times are changin' (Times are changin') with morals in decay
Human rights have made the wrongs okay, yeah (Wrongs okay)
Something's missin' and if you're askin' me (Askin' me)
I think that somethin' is the G-O-D (G-O-D)

[Verse 4: TobyMac & Michael Tait]
To label wrong or right by the people's sight
Is like goin' to a loser to ask advice (Ooh oh oh)
And by basin' your plans on another man's way of livin' life (Life)
Is creatin' a brand of ethics sure to be missin' the punch
No-count morals that are out to lunch (Oh)
They're slidin' away 'cause everything is okay
It was taboo back then but today ya say, "What the hey?"

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait]
Socially acceptable
It's okay, it's alright
Socially acceptable
It's okay in whose sight?

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max, TobyMac]
Socially acceptable
It's okay, it's alright
Socially acceptable, oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Bridge: TobyMac]
A-here we go (Here we go)
Come on (A-come on)
A-here we go (Here we go)
Come on (A-come on)
A-here we go (Here we go)
Come on (A-come on)
A-here we go (Here we go)
Come on (A-come on) (Uh!)

[Breakdown: TobyMac, Kevin Max & Choir, Michael Tait & Choir]
Coffee in the middle; where's he at?
Everybody's doin' it
Coffee in the middle; where's he at, y'all?
Who's doin' it?
Form in the middle; where's he at?
Everybody's doin' it
Form in the middle; where's he at, y'all?
Who's doin' it?
T-Bone in the middle; where's he at?
Everybody's doin' it
T-Bone in the middle; where's he at, y'all?
Who's doin' it?
Afro, afro
Everybody's doin' it
Afro, afro
Who's doin' it?

[Break: Michael Tait & Kevin Max]
Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh
Alright
Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ooh-ooh-hoo
And more

[Verse 5: TobyMac]
We gotta back to the principles found in the Word
A little G-O-D could be society's cure
From the state that we're in 'cause again we're slippin'
So pray for America 'cause time is tickin'

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait]
Socially (Socially) acceptable (Acceptable)
It's okay, it's alright
Socially acceptable
It's okay in whose sight?

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, TobyMac]
Socially acceptable
It's okay, it's alright
Socially acceptable
It's okay in whose sight? (Break it down!)

[Outro: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max]
Socially acceptable
*scats*
Socially respectable
*scats*
Socially acceptable