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I used to believe the one true church was the key

To feeling happy and being truly free

But now I have learned the truth

My happiness doesn't come from a pew

Whoa

I know this is true

I know I used

To be a big believer

I know, I never thought

I'd stop being one, either

I know that I gave

The credit to God

For the good that I did

The good that I thought

I know I testified

That I knew this was true

I know I went out

And taught the word, too

I know I believed the scriptures

And what I thought was the truth

I know I trusted in

What I had been taught in my youth

I know I used to think

The Mormon church was the way

I know I had

Committed to stay

I know I believed

In a Savior

To save me, change me

Transform my behavior

But now I know this church

Was built on a lie

It was made up

By a so-called prophet guy

I wrote a whole rap

About the story I was told

But now I know a bit more

Sit back and behold

Joseph Smith was a boy

Looking for what was right

At least that's what it seems

At the first sight

He said he went

Into a grove of trees to pray

And when he did

The Father and Son came to say

That no church was true

They were all in apostasy

But that's not how he first told it

Screw honesty

The first account

Was about finding redemption

Joseph only saw the Lord

That's the only one he mentioned

Then the story

Continued to change

Each version was different

Isn't that strange

Adding angels, two personages

And a different motive

When you compare the accounts

It can get explosive

But the problems

Don't end there

That's only the surface

If we keep going, that shelf will tear

An angel later told Joseph

To find an ancient record

Buried in a hill nearby

Wow, that's absurd

This Book of Mormon

He was told he couldn't relinquish

And that he would translate

The ancient book into English

He placed a stone into a hat

And put his face inside

Then the translation

The stone would provide

He claimed constant

Godly revelations

Including polygamy

And rituals from Freemasons

He died as a martyr

And of course that's tragic

But this church he created

It's based on folk magic

I used to believe the one true church was the key

To feeling happy and being truly free

But now I have learned the truth

My happiness doesn't come from a pew

Whoa

I know this is true

I don't need to be beholden

To a set of rules

For the "learn to be a good person"

Grade school

This church

Breaks up families

Instead of keeping them together

What a catastrophe

That's not morality

That's not centrality

Not a good reality

Not a good mentality

You don't need an invisible god

In the sky

To tell you what to do

To tell you what is right

If you think that people

Who don't believe like you do

Are led astray

By the devil in a dark suit

Take a pause; ask yourself

"Is that really true"

If you stop to think

You might make a breakthrough

Life is not black and white

I used to think that way

But that wasn't right

Now it's clear as day

In this church

The terms of salvation are set

Any criticism or doubt

Is seen as a threat

But now I'm free

It's hard to let it go

(I never thought I would leave)

Even though I know

(But now I'm finally free)

It's for the best

(I can just be me instead of a copy)

It's hard to let it go

(Of what the church thinks I need)

I used to say I know

(It's great to actually see)

That in this church I had been so blessed

(Life is more lovely)

It's hard to let it go

(I never thought I would leave)

And I hope you know

(But now I'm finally free)

While I was in, I tried to pass the test

(I can just be me instead of a copy)

It's hard to let it go

(Of what the church thinks I need)

Now I finally know

(It's great to actually see)

I can safely jump and leave the nest

(Life is more lovely; now I am finally free)

It's hard to let it go