DJ Khaled Ft Kanye West & Eminem – USE THIS GOSPEL Lyrics

“USE THIS GOSPEL” is a star-studded collaboration between DJ Khaled, Eminem, and Kanye West, mainly produced by the legendary Dr. Dre and his team now called The ICU—after Dre suffered from a brain aneurysm in January 2021 and spent some days on the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. It serves as a remix to Kanye West’s track, “Use This Gospel,” from his October 2019 album, JESUS IS KING.

As Eminem drops a more religious and spiritually-concerned verse, the track is a rare example of an Eminem song that features zero curse words – his last non-explicit song was “We Made You” in 2009. Meanwhile, Kanye’s chorus from the original song is kept the same.

Ye first revealed the song’s existence via Twitter in September 2020, after announcing he was working on a now scrapped—sequel of JESUS IS KING with Dr. Dre in November 2019.

Around November 2021, a short snippet featuring Eminem’s verse and Dre’s new production surfaced online. After DJ Khaled shared multiple pictures with Ye in his studio and teased his involvement on GOD DID in January 2022, the song was included in the project.

USE THIS GOSPEL Lyrics by DJ Khaled Ft Kanye West & Eminem

[Intro: Kanye West]
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh

[Chorus: Kanye West]
Use this gospel for protection
It’s a hard road to Heaven
We call on Your blessings
In the Father, we put our faith
King of the Kingdom
Our demons are tremblin’
Holy angels defendin’
In the Father, we put our faith
[Verse: Eminem]
I’m holding on (Yeah), but I don’t know if I can take it much longer
Today’s the day that I put all of my trust and faith in You, Father
Please let this hate make me stronger
‘Fore they turn on me like a zombie
It’s like I’m being strangled unconscious (Yeah)
When temptation is almost like Satan is baitin’ you
Tryna take you away from your daughters
Danglin’ a bunch of painkillers on ya
Wavin’ ’em in your face and them Watsons come in extra-strength
And that’s why they make ’em in rectangular objects
‘Cause that’s the shape of a coffin
Though, it ain’t medication this time
But the devil’s egging me on
And I ain’t gonna let ’em break me ’cause I’m a soldier
You can bank on that promise like the Chamber of Commerce
So my Savior, I call on
To rescue me from these depths of despair
So these demons better step like a stair
Because He is my shepherd
I’m armed with Jesus, my weapon is prayer
Soon as I squeeze it, I’m blessed like sneezes
Call me Yeezus, I’m F’d in the head, maybe I’m bonkers
Regardless, never claimed to be flawless
Long list of mistakes I’ve acknowledged
Y’all wish I would say something positive
Well, okay, then I’m positive
They’d rather trade leather with Mayweather
‘Cause they would fare way better with them odds
Than they would exchanging some bars
Or trading any barbs with Shady and it probably is painfully obvious
To compare Godliness to an atheist
But I got them audiences raving (Woo) in amidst my squabbles
I got some awesome inspiration to draw from, off ’em
Pen and paper, I’m knockin’ ’em off
Woke up on stage at a concert
Whole place looking like a mosh pit
Bible at my side like a rifle with a God-given gift
Every single day I thank God for
That’s why I pay so much homage
Praises to Jesus, I’ll always

[Chorus: Kanye West]
Use this gospel for protection
It’s a hard road to Heaven
We call on Your blessings
In the Father, we put our faith
King of the Kingdom
Our demons are tremblin’
Holy angels defendin’
In the Father, we put our faith

[Outro: Sunday Service Choir & Sly Pyper]
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh
Blessings from the altar got me feeling like I’m walking on water