DJ Khaled, “God Did” | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

In the 20^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2022), we break down the banger status of “God Did” performed by DJ Khaled and a variety of big-name guests.

Bring on the braggadocio, drip, sex, and kick-a$$ery – is that even a real word?  Regardless of whether it is or isn’t, you’ve entered Rap BNGRZ 🔥 territory! On Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (bangers, spelled properly), the premise is simple. BNGRZ provides background info and commentary on cocky, confident, ferocious hip-hop/rap songs. The bangers featured on BNGRZ can be brand-spanking-new or certified classics. In the 20^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2022), we break down the banger status of 🎵 “God Did”, performed by 🎙 DJ Khaled and a variety of big-name guests.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“It breaks my heart / they ain’t believe in us,” 🎙 DJ Khaled proclaims in the intro of his eight-minute-plus tour de force, 🎵 “God Did”.  Yes, not everything always works on Khaled’s superstar compilations, but “God Did” is an epic title track on his 2022 LP.  Of course, beyond the DJ’s uplifting speech (“They played themselves / While you hatin’ and being jealous  / You could be over here embracing that love”), he gets some big-time verses and contributions from a star-studded roster: 🎙 Rick Ross, 🎙 Lil Wayne, 🎙 Jay-Z, 🎙 John Legend, and 🎙 Fridayy.

Obviously, fully breaking down an eight-minute juggernaut would take forever.  For our purposes, we’ll just hit some highlights.  First off, Fridayy sounds marvelous performing the pre-chorus and chorus sections.  Simply put, you won’t be able to get those colorful, glorious vocals out of your head as he emphasizes, the titular lyric 🙌.  Towards the end of “God Did,” we get to experience the supremely soulful pipes of john Legend, especially in the outro.  Having Fridayy bless us most of the track, and Legend ‘put a cap on it,’ is absolutely and utterly sublime.

With the singers accounted for, what about the rappers? Rick Ross is true to himself in the first verse, rapping about money (shocker).  Even so, he asks for forgiveness, and tells others, “Please, forgive me, God did.” Woo! In the second verse, Lil Wayne is especially good, referencing incarcerated basketball phenom, Brittney Griner, and also dropping a vintage, sexed-up bar: “I fucked the world and when I did, I practiced safe sex / I pray more and said less, God did the rest.”  As good as Ross and Wayne are, it’s JAY-Z who ‘takes the cake’ and delivers the longest, most epic verse.  From the onset, he asks for forgiveness for – drum roll, please – his hustling: “Hov did / Please, Lord forgive me for what the stove did / Nobody touched the billi’ until Hov did.” Jay goes off, asserting “I turned the cocaína into champagne,” brags about the success of his marijuana company, and essentially, reflects on his life, career, and success.  Much like his wife, I have no doubt certain lyrics will make clergymen cry foul:

“These ain’t songs, these is 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.” 

Um… “God, did?”

Final Thoughts 💭 

So much more could be said about 🎵 “God Did” – it is epic.  Beyond top-notch performances from everybody, what about the production (Khaled, Fridayy, 🎛 Streetrunner, and 🎛 Tarik Azzouz)!  All told, this is one of the better songs DJ Khaled has released!

🎙 DJ Khaled • 💿 GOD DID • 🏷 We The Best / Epic • 🗓 2022

 DJ Khaled, “God Did”: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 20 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Epic, The Musical Hype, Pexels, We The Best]