While shepherds kept their watching

o’er silent flocks by night,

Behold throughout the heavens

there shone a holy light.

Go tell it on the mountain,

over the hills and everywhere;

Go tell it on the mountain

that Jesus Christ is born!

(tell it!)

The shepherds feared and trembled

when lo! above the earth

rang out the angel chorus

that hailed our Savior’s birth.

Yo, shepherds on the hillside, wide-eyed, sky lit like a billboard,

holy light pourin’, angels chorin’, story unfoldin’ in real time—

fear flip to cheer, clear message appear, pierce the night like a spear,

birth of the king bringin’ bling to the broken, token of hope unspoken,

manger scene mean more than it seem, dream team redeem, supreme beam

of grace in the space where the lost get found, sound resound—proclaim it loud!

Plot shift—angelic lift, gift unwrapped in the drift of the night,

shepherds shook but took the hook, booked a look at the light so bright,

lowly stall, all in all, call echoes through the hills we climb,

salvation station, celebration nation, creation’s paradigm,

tell it bold, gold truth told, hold the story till it overflows,

everywhere declare the heir who repairs the tears nobody knows!

Rapper 1: Where we tellin’ it?

Rapper 2: On the mountain!

Rapper 1: Where else?

Rapper 2: Over hills and everywhere!

Both: Jesus Christ is born—let the whole world adorn the news!

Spinnin’-truth winnin’-youth grinnin’-proof in the booth of the sky,

angelic bells ringin’-swells bringin’-health to the wealth of the why,

manger glow flowin’-growin’-knowin’ no one can slow the supply,

proclaim the name flame the fame till the game of shame says goodbye!

Go tell it on the mountain, (higher, y’all!)

over the hills and everywhere; (everywhere!)

Go tell it on the mountain

that Jesus Christ is born!

Go tell it on the mountain…

(tell it loud! / born today! / everywhere now!)