It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
De t'ings dat yo' li'ble
to read in de Bible
It ain't necessarily so
Li'l David was small
but oh my
Li'l David was small
but oh my
He fought big Goliath
Who lay down an' dieth
Li'l David was small
but oh my
Wadoo
Wadoo
Zim bam boodle-oo
Zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah
Scatty wah
Yeah oh Jonah
he lived in de whale
Oh Jonah he lived
in de whale
Fo' he made his home in
dat fish's abdomen
Oh Jonah he lived
in de whale
Li'l Moses was found
in a stream
Li'l Moses was found
in a stream
He floated on water
'til ole Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him she says
from dat stream
Wadoo
Wadoo
Zim bam boodle-oo
Zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah
Scatty wah
Yeah it ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun
De debble's a villun
But t'ain't necessarily so
To get into Hebben
Don' snap for a sebben
Live clean
Don' have no fault look at me
Oh I takes dat gospel
whenever it's pos'ble
But wid a grain of salt
Methus'lah lived
nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived
nine hundred years
But who calls dat livin'
When no gal'll give in
to no man
what's nine hundred years
I'm preachin'
dis sermon to show
It ain't nessa ain't nessa
ain't nessa ain't nessa
Ain't necessarily so