It ainÂ’t necessarily so
It ainÂ’t necessarily so
De tÂ’ings dat yo liÂ’ble
To read in de Bible
It ainÂ’t necessarily so
LiÂ’lÂ’ David was small, but oh my
LiÂ’lÂ’ David was small but oh my
He fought big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth
LiÂ’lÂ’ David was small, but oh my

Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale
FoÂ’ he made his home in
Dat fishÂ’s abdomen
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale
LiÂ’lÂ’ Moses was found in a stream
LiÂ’lÂ’ Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water
‘Till Ole’ Pharaoh’s daughter
She fished him, she says from dat stream

It ainÂ’t necessarily so
It ainÂ’t necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun
De DebbleÂ’s a villum
But ‘t ain’t necessarily so
To get into heaven
DonÂ’t snap foÂ’ a sebbenÂ’
Live clean! DonÂ’t have no fault
Oh, I takes dat Gospel
Whenever itÂ’s posÂ’ble
But wid a grain of salt
MethusÂ’lah lived nine hundred years
MethusÂ’lah lived nine hundred years
But who calls dat livinÂ’
When no galÂ’ll give in
To no man whatÂ’s nine hundred years
IÂ’m preachinÂ’ dis sermon to show
It ainÂ’t nessa, ainÂ’t nessa
It ainÂ’t necessarily so!