Bridge: Well I don't care what they say 'cause I'm not going away / They're fighting us every day but we won't stop the reggae--no way / Chorus: God He is my defender / I won't surrender to their gossip and slander--tell them! / And though they spread propaganda I won't respond because the Lord is my defender / Well I refuse to be violent 'cause God is not silent / When the wicked and deceitful ones opened their mouths / Against me their fighting with lies and backbiting / With words full of hatred you see them surround / See them attack a man without any cause / I won't retaliate, I'm not fighting their wars / They try to magnify the Christian man's flaws / But I refuse to war with this pack of outlaws / (CHORUS) / What's good for the goose is not good for the gander / See them a promoting them false propaganda / Dilute the Word with them secular agenda / Talk about them Christians--me know them a pretender / Come out of the darkness from whence you have hidden / Stop promoting slackness, you know it is forbidden / A serious talk this is not just a jingle / Light and the dark--the two nah go mingle / (BRIDGE) / (CHORUS) / So see the hypocrites them a go along down there / Su su 'pon the corner with a ray ray ray / No bother listen what the gossiper say / Me no mix or mingle inna them a lay lay / So I won't be distracted / I won't get sidelined / I won't be disrupted with God on my mind / I'm a man on a mission with work to be done / I'll fulfill my vision of unity as one / (CHORUS) / (HYPOCRITES) / Well persecution is a promise / It's a guarantee / If they're not against us then you should worry / So no bother to fret--it's not a big thing / You'll never find a servant treated better than his King! / (CHORUS 2X) / (BRIDGE).

Arranged by Mark Mohr, Avion Blackman, Bobby Cressey & David Martinez.

Behind the Song:
Inspired by Psalm 109:1-3, John 15:18-21, Matt 5:10-12, Matt 5:44, I Cor 4:12-13, Psalm 38:19-20, Psalm 72:4, I Peter 3:13-17, Psalm 41:9, Prov 16:28-29, Prov 10:18-19, I Pet 2:21, Rom 12:14, I Peter 4:16, John 13:15 & 34-35 & Psalms 7, 35, 55, 56, 57, 64, 70, 120, 124, 140 & 142