Esther, Ruth, and Rahab ft. Adeem the Artist Lyrics

In the church where I was raised, all the women hid their hair

With what can only be called doilies made of lace

They sat beside their husbands and they never spoke a word

Cause public prayer was not a woman's place

But literally any man was welcome to stand up

And for an hour we would listen to them talk

So I guess the lesson there was God would only hear a prayer

If it came from a person with a cock

As a kid those Sunday mornings made me restless, bored, and numb

And my Bible was the one way to pass time

So I spent the hour in search of stories brimming with suspense

And I found Esther, Ruth, and Rahab were sublime

Castaways who outwitted and outplayed

An immigrant ancestor to the incarnate divine

Everyone has a star that lights their way

We see our paths by someone else's shine

Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, they were mine

Every Sunday I would find a brand-new story with a girl

Who made some patriarch meet his match

They were painted as conniving but it wasn't hard to see

That secretly most men just fear the snatch

Deborah's military mind brought peace for forty years

The Witch of Endor, she saw right through Saul's charade

Of course Eve said, Fuck this system, I am chasing after wisdom

And Rachel wouldn't let herself be played

Jezebel sure gave 'em hell, but she wasn't scared to die

If you're with Jael, think twice when you recline

The only reason we have Moses is cause Miriam was there

To keep his petty ass in line

Castaways who outlasted and outplayed

An immigrant ancestor to the incarnate divine

Everyone has a star that lights their way

We see our paths by someone else's shine

Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, they were mine

When they talk about the heroes of the faith

They always mean Elijah, Abraham, or Dave

But Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, for me were just as big

I wanted to be like them, so I bought myself this wig

My church insisted women all be small, submissive, and unseen

But their own holy book betrayed that lie

Cause in those pages you'll find badass, rebel warriors and queens

Prophetesses, witches, whores and wives all causing scenes

Every woman in the Scriptures smashed the norms to smithereens

So it's a good thing when a girl learns how to fly

And that's one truth from the Bible I'll hold onto 'til I die