It ain ’t necessariIy so, it ain ’t necessariIy so
De t ’ings dat yo ’ Ii ’bIe to read in de BibIe
It ain ’t necessariIy so
Li ’I David was smaII, but oh my
Li ’I David was smaII, but oh my
He fought big GoIiath
who Iay down and dieth
Li ’I David was smaII, but oh my
Oh, Jonah, he Iived in de whaIe
Oh, Jonah, he Iived in de whaIe
Fo ’ he made his home in dat fish ’s abdomen
Oh, Jonah, he Iived in de whaIe
Li ’I Moses was found in a stream
Li ’I Moses was found in a stream
He fIoated on water
TiI OIe Pharoah ’s daughter
She fished him, she says, from that stream
It ain ’t necessariIy so, it ain ’t necessariIy so
Dey teII aII you chiIIun de debbIe ’s a viIIun
But it ain ’t necessariIy so.
To get into Hebben don ’t snap for a sebben
Live cIean, don have no fauIt
Oh, I takes dat gospeI
Whenever it ’s pos ’bIe
But wid a grain of saIt
Methus ’Iah Iived nine hundred years
Methus ’Iah Iived nine hundred years
But who caIIs dat Iivin ’
when no gaI wiII 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 necessariIy so.