Let the Trap Say Amen

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Let the Trap Say Amen
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length41:13
Label Reach
Producer Zaytoven
Lecrae chronology
All Things Work Together
(2017)
Let the Trap Say Amen
(2018)
Restoration
(2020)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Back Right"
3:05
2."Preach"
2:55
3."2 Sides of the Game" (featuring K-So & Waka Flocka Flame)
3:13
4."Plugged In"
  • Pressley
  • Olson
  • Moore
  • Dotson
3:11
5."Holy Water"
  • Pressley
  • Olson
  • Moore
  • Dotson
3:26
6."Blue Strips"
  • Pressley
  • Olson
  • Moore
  • Dotson
4:01
7."Only God Can Judge Me"
  • Simmonds
  • Moore
  • Xavier Dotson
2:57
8."Yet"
  • Lloyd Musa
  • Moore
  • Dotson
3:12
9."I Can't Lose" (featuring 24hrs)
  • Robert Davis
  • Moore
  • Dotson
3:06
10."Switch" (featuring ShySpeaks)
  • Pressley
  • Olson
  • Moore
  • Dotson
  • Shawlesa Amos
4:02
11."Can't Block It"
  • Pressley
  • Olson
  • Moore
  • Dotson
2:58
12."Fly Away" (featuring nobigdyl.)
3:48
13."By Chance" (featuring Verse Simmonds)
  • Simmonds
  • Moore
  • Dotson
3:19

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [11] 10
US Billboard 200 [12] 49
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [13] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [15] 26

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