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WWJD
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Sep 13, 2026 updated
Jesus Music album
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Song Meaning
CAIN opens "WWJD" naming the bracelet trend by its actual history — "I grew up with a bracelet wrapped around my wrist, four letters to remind me who my example is... I know it went out of style somewhere around '03" — admitting the question became a cultural punchline before insisting it still deserves an answer.
"When I open up the gospels, on every page I read, He healed, baptized and gave His life to love the least of these" grounds the abstract acronym in specific, catalogued actions rather than a vague ideal. "The only way to follow is to walk the narrow road" borrows Jesus's own description of the difficult path directly, refusing to make imitation sound easy.
"Jesus can You help me, I can't do it on my own" interrupts the song's repeated question with an admission that asking "what would Jesus do" isn't itself sufficient without help actually following through. "I just want to look more like You in the end" reframes the entire chorus's repeated question as a long-term shaping process rather than a single decision made once and finished.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
Oh, I grew up with a bracelet
Wrapped around my wrist
Four letters to remind me
Who my example is
Well I know it went out of style
Somewhere around '03
That question's an old question
But it still needs answering
[Chorus]
What would Jesus do
I'm trying to do it
What would Jesus do
Want my life to prove it
Wanna walk, wanna talk like Him
So I gotta keep asking it
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
[Verse 2]
When I open up the gospels
On every page I read
He healed, baptized and gave His life
To love the least of these
Now the only way to follow
Is to walk the narrow road
No it may not be easy
But I don't walk alone
[Chorus]
What would Jesus do
I'm trying to do it
What would Jesus do
Want my life to prove it
Wanna walk, wanna talk like Him
So I gotta keep asking it
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
[Bridge]
Jesus can You help me
I can't do it on my own
I just want to look more like You in the end
I know You'll give direction (Ooh)
When I ask the question (Ooh)
Again and again
Again and again
What would Jesus do
Go and tell 'em
Go and tell 'em
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
[Chorus]
What would Jesus do
I'm trying to do it
What would Jesus do
Want my life to prove it
Wanna walk, wanna talk like Him
So I gotta keep asking it
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do
What would Jesus do...