Now I'm gonna tell you, so you'll understand How it all got started, how it all begin God made the heavens, God made the earth Made a man and a woman out of blood, sweat and dirt And He looked around the neighborhood And He said to His self, "This is good" God made the rivers and the mountains with his hands God made the wind to blow the shifting sands He put the fishes in the, in the deep blue sea Filled up the garden with flowers and the trees And God looked around the neighborhood And He said to His self, "This is good" But the devil he was jealous, took the apple in his hand The devil tempted woman and woman tempted man God, He mourned and the tears rolled down His face It broke His heart to see His children fall from grace And On The 7th Day they say, "God rested" But you know that ain't the truth 'Cause On The 7th Day, God made the blue 'Cause On The 7th Day, God made the blue The blues is been around ever since that day Everybody gets the blues, everybody got to pay For the wicked things we do And what we put each other through And On The 7th Day they say, "God rested" But you know that ain't the truth 'Cause On The 7th Day, God made the blue 'Cause On The 7th Day, God made the blue God made the blue