Peak
17
Weeks
3
Score
379
Chart Year
2022
The eight-minute title track of DJ Khaled's 13th studio album centers on a self-affirming mantra the famously upbeat DJ and producer frequently uses: "They didn't believe in us, God did." Khaled introduces this posse cut with a dismissal of all those who didn't believe in him. Rick Ross takes the first verse with a swipe at the IRS huge tax bills before Lil Wayne takes the baton. The New Orleans native brags about inspiring younger rappers while giving God the glory for helping him become a rap icon. Jay-Z caps "God Did" with an epic verse just shy of four minutes. Hova details his early life as a drug dealer and journey to billionaire and mentor of other billionaires (he namechecks Kanye, Rihanna and LeBron James). Later, Jay compares Jesus' miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding to his entrepreneurial miracle of turning cooking crack on the stove into a business empire. Fridayy croons the chorus and John Legend the outro. Francis "Fridayy" Leblanc is a Philadelphia based producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who contributed to two tracks on Chris Brown's Breezy album: "Till The Wheels Fall Off" and "Need You Right Here." DJ Khaled and Fridayy co-produced the track with StreetRunner and Tarik Azzouz. StreetRunner and Tarik Azzouz contributed to eight God Did tracks in total. While Khaled's previous album, Khaled Khaled, includes several collaborations with pop and R&B acts, God Did finds the We The Best head honcho primarily focused on hip-hop. Jay-Z recorded his epic four-minute verse in one take. "This one was different because normally, we'll sit down, we'll do a song, three verses, two verses or whatever, and he'll have a verse and then we'll figure out what's next, Roc-A-Fella engineer Young Guru recalled in a video interview. "No, he walked in and this was completely, he's spitting the verse to me," he continued. "One take. He's literally asking me, 'Guru, put the beat on.' I'm like, 'Khaled didn't send me the beat, you didn't send me the beat. Send me the beat.' So then he sends me the joint and I started trying to loop it, and he was just like, 'No, no, no, hit Khaled and get the whole instrumental,' so he could spit the whole verse."
It breaks my heart They ain't believe in us We the Best Music They played themselves While you hatin' and being jealous You could be over here embracing that love More love, more blessings, more life God DID (God DID) You either win with us or you watch us win DJ Khaled They wanted us down, ooh-woah But look at us now, oh They counted us out (Time to say a prayer, M-M-M-) They didn't think that we would make it, oh (May we bow our heads) They didn't believe in us, oh (Huh) But I know God did, God did (Oh, yes, He did) Oh, God did (Oh-oh, Khaled) Oh, yes, God did (Oh-oh, Khaled) Oh, God did (God is great) But I know God did Nosedive, they just prayin' that I crash (Huh) Those guys, they don't wanna see you last They'll jack up three million dollars up on your tax A tub full of money, I still can't relax Tires spinnin', Lord forgive me, I'm a sinner Conquer, divide niggas Wrong side of the petition, only divine winnin' Better listen when I tell you how I put time in it Please, forgive me, God did So leave me in the dark, swimmin' with the sharks Dope boy, big calm, still the biggest boss Got a kilo on a plate, send 'em on a freight Or I can go and buy a bank, I know my money's safe (Maybach Music) They counted us out They didn't think that we would make it, oh They didn't believe in us, oh But I know God did, God did (Oh, yes, He did) Oh, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, yes, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, God did (Mula, uh) But I know God did Sky is the limit, every day I reach They was tired of me winnin', now they dead sleep Don't wan' see me with the ring? You better play D' Nigga, God did His thing when He made me With the odds stacked against me, I could crack Da Vinci I know only God can judge us, I say that for Brittney They smell blood like the sharks, they start actin' fishy Well, I'ma have to act a ass and they gon' have to kiss me Please, don't hate me just to hate me Before they overrate me, they gon' underestimate me Funeral and wake me, bury me and excavate me But I'm so cultivating, everybody replicate me, nigga, face facts Dreadlocks, face tats, I'm the apex I made the culture, what up, twin? Never laid back I fucked the world and when I did, I practiced safe sex I pray more and said less, God did the rest They counted us out They didn't think that we would make it, oh (It breaks my heart) They didn't believe in us, oh But I know God did (Where we at Gu?), God did (Oh, yes, He did, where we at Gu?) Oh, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, yes, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, God did But I know God did Hov did Please, Lord forgive me for what the stove did Nobody touched the billi' until Hov did How many billionaires can come from Hov crib? Huh I count three, me, Ye and Rih Bron's a Roc boy, so four, technically (Woo) I left the dope game with my record clean, huh I turned the cocaína into champagne, huh I cleaned up la madrina with the same soap, huh Me and Loro talk 'bout how we slang dope, huh Now the weed in stores, can you believe this tie? I put my hustle onto Forbes, can you believe this guy? Then we said, "Fuck it," and took the dope public Out the mud, they gotta face you now, you can't make up this shit Judge it how you judge it, say we goin' corporate Nah, we just corner boys with the corner office I'm at the cap table, what the splits is? Not that cap table, boy, we live this Breezy what the business is We pushin' Fenty like Fentanyl, the shit is all legitimate (Woo) E was down ten for this We just got his ten back then went back like, "Where the interests is?" Em light up the O3 We let y'all do the zazas, OG for the OGs Some new niggas out of pocket, talkin' exotic You barely been in the Baham- (Haha) that's another topic Monogram in my pocket off the red carpet You see the face I made that night, shit is that shockin' Odds wasn't great, we even be alive Gotta be crazy to y'all niggas, we surprised Shit is too much how we grew up (Grew up) Shit don't even feel real to us (Damn) OG sold to those, you called kingpin If those your drug lords, then who are we then? Hov is a real nigga's dream My only goal, to make a real nigga feel seen Sometimes, it make a fake nigga hate life Never my intention, the consequences of my way of life The way we used to play with life I'm now careful with the sentences, them only jail bars I like (Woo) I never wanted to be the state custodian (Come on) The laws of draconian (Come on, Hov) For those who married to the life (Come on), it's holy matrimony and (Come on) Somehow, I'll out-fox every box they'll try to throw me in (Come on) With great ceremony and Folk and nem told me how highly Caddy spoke of him And bloke and 'nem from London, Harold Road, Weston Inn I be speakin' to the souls of men Those of them willin' to die for the existence that this cold world has chose for them Kickin' snow off a frozen Timb (Woo) Back and forth on this turnpike, really took a toll on 'em Lot of fallen soldiers on these roads of sin For those who make the laws, I'ma always have smoke for them I got lawyers like shooters Workin' pro bono for him as a favor 'cause I throw them Ms In memory of Teelo I pray none of your people die over jailphones again All this pain from the outside, inspired all this growth within So new planes gettin' broken in Highest elevation of the self They done fucked around and gave the right niggas wealth These ain't songs, these are hymns 'cause I'm him It's the Psalm 151, this New Testament The book of Hov (The book of Hov) Jesus turned water to wine, for Hov, it just took a stove You never know how this shit could go Me and Biggs probably got too big if they ain't book that load (What's up Hoffa?) Hindsight is 20/20 Though he's gettin' plenty money, lookin' back now this shit is funny I just got a million off a sync Without riskin' a million years tryna get it out the sink (Woo) Hov big They said they don't know me internationally, niggas on the road did I see a lot of Hov in Giggs Me and Meek could never beef, I freed that nigga from a whole bid Hov did Next time we have a discussion who the G.O.A.T., you donkeys know this Forgive me, that's my passion talkin' (Haha) Sometimes I feel like Farrakhan (Haha) talkin' to Mike Wallace (Haha) I think y'all should keep quiet Breaks my heart (Haha) God did They wanted us down, ooh-woah (Come on, man) But look at us now, oh They counted us out They didn't think that we would make it, oh They didn't believe in us, oh But I know God did, God did (Oh, yes, He did) Oh, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, yes, God did (Oh-oh) Oh, God did But I know God did, God did (Oh, yes, He did) Oh, God did (Oh, God did) Oh, yes, God did (He did) Oh-oh-oh, God did Yeah And you may not believe, but I know God did Oh, God did (God did) God did (God did) Oh-oh But I know God did He did it Oh, He did it, yeah, yeah God did God did God did Yeah
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 10, 2022 | 17 | 109 |
| 2 | Sep 17, 2022 | 43 | 83 |
| 3 | Sep 24, 2022 | 83 | 43 |