[Verse 1]
Well, [?]
Whatever the test
Yeah, I believe
But it's up to me
[Chorus]
I've got to move
Before You do what You do, yeah
Faith without works is dead
I've got to move
Before You do what You do, yeah
Faith without works is dead
[Verse 2]
Mm, there was a girl, she wanted the world
She had big dreams, seemed so far to reach
She was ready to quit, but then You stepped in
You said "Take my hand, and I'mma give you the plan," oh
You can have what you want, the desires of your heart, oh
I always do my part, mm, you just have to start
[Verse 1]
So I said [?]
Whatever the test
Yeah, I believe
But it's up to me
[Chorus]
I've got to move
Before You do what You do, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Faith without works is dead
I've got to move
Before You do what You do, oh-oh-oh, yeah-yeah
Faith without works is dead
I've got to move, ay-yeah
Before You do what You do
Faith without works is dead
Woah, I've got to move, yeah
Before You do what You do, yeah, I've learned that
[Outro]
Faith without works is dead (Faith without works is dead)
Faith without works is dead (Faith without works is dead)
Faith without works is dead (I've got to move)
Faith without works is dead (Before You do what You do)
Faith without works is dead (I've got responsibility)
Faith without works is dead (To put action)
Faith without works is dead (Behind what You said)
Faith without works is dead ('Cause faith without works is dead)
Faith without works is dead (If I wanna see it)
Faith without works is dead (Then I gotta do it)
Faith without works is dead (I might get tired)
Faith without works is dead (But I gotta keep moving)
Faith without works is dead (I said I might get tired)
Faith without works is dead (But I gotta keep moving)
Faith without works is dead (For in due season)
Faith without works is dead (For in due season)
Faith without works is dead (Yeah, I will reap)
MOVE
Song Meaning
PJ Morton states his source text before writing a single verse in "MOVE" — "faith without works is dead" repeats so many times across the song that it functions less like a lyric than a refrain being memorized in real time.
"Whatever the test, yeah, I believe, but it's up to me" separates belief from action deliberately, refusing to let conviction alone stand in for movement. "I've got to move before You do what You do" reframes obedience as timing rather than merit, acting ahead of the outcome instead of waiting to see it first.
The verse's story of "a girl, she wanted the world... she was ready to quit, but then You stepped in" grounds the principle in a specific rescue rather than leaving it abstract, and "You said take my hand, and I'mma give you the plan" pairs partnership with instruction. The extended outro turns the title phrase into call-and-response, answering "faith without works is dead" with a growing list of practical responses — "I've got responsibility... to put action behind what You said" — closing the song by spelling out exactly what moving actually requires.