When you gonna practice what you preach
I been sitting through your sermons every week
Seems like all I ever see you do is speak
But your words cannot go further than your reach
So, when you gonna practice what you preach
I am the witness up in your head
Listening along to them words you said
Yeah, I bet your soapbox feels real nice
When will you follow your own advice
"Do what I say, not what I do,"
Why should anyone believe what you're saying is true
Can't follow through with no plan to pursue
So when you gonna practice what you preach
I been sitting through your sermons every week (yeah)
Seems like all I ever see you do is speak (yeah)
But your words cannot go further than your reach (yeah)
Tell me, when you gonna practice what you
Preaching, preaching, all across the weekend
What you gonna do with them words you're speaking
Are you gonna live 'em, are you gonna just give 'em away
Then it doesn't matter what you say
When what you say does not convey
The life that you're living today
Let's just be real with it
Everybody deal with a little bit of realness
Tell me can you feel this (ay)
In the essence of the presence of your breath in every present moment
Tell me, can you feel this
You words have caused a talk throughout this town
It's not too late for you to turn around (turn around)
If you can't follow through then shut your mouth (shut your mouth)
Your reputation's going down, down, down, down, down
So practice what you preach
Yeah, practice what you preach
So practice what you preach
Even in the silence, feels like a clutter
Voice in your mind that feels like another
Too many lies, your tongue wants to stutter
Too many drugs, your heart starts to flutter
One more line to justify
Can't hide the truth you feel inside
The means to an end, time after time
Will year you apart, if you don't see the light
Can't shut it off, can't get it out
Sounds worse in your head than it does from your mouth
But it's getting too loud, feels like a crowd
All you can say is "shhh"
When you gonna practice what you been preaching
Sitting through your sermons every single weekend
All I ever see you doing is speaking
Words cannot go further than reach
When you gonna practice what you been preaching
Sitting through your sermons every single weekend
All I ever see you do is just speak
When you gonna practice what you preach