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In God We Trust is the second album from hip hop group Brand Nubian. Lead MC Grand Puba left the group to pursue a solo career in 1991, following the release of their revered debut One for All. DJ Alamo also left to work with Puba, leaving MC's Sadat X and Lord Jamar, who enlisted DJ Sincere to join the group. The album was less successful than the group's debut but still received strong reviews. The single "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" became a Billboard Hot 100 hit, but was met with controversy over allegedly homophobic content, referencing the Sadat X line "Though I can freak, fly, flow, fuck up a faggot/I don't understand their ways, I ain't down with gays." The single "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" was also a Hot-100 hit. Lyrically, the album contains extremely militant content that reflects the group's identity as Five Percenters, adhering to the philosophy of the Nation of Gods and Earths.


1 "Allah U Akbar" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
2 "Ain't No Mystery" Lord Jamar, Sadat X
3 "Meaning of the 5%" *Interlude*
4 "Pass the Gat" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
5 "Black Star Line" Sadat X, Lord Jamar, Red Fox
6 "Allah & Justice" Lord Jamar, DJ Sincere, Sadat X
7 "The Godz..." Lord Jamar, Sadat X
8 "The Travel Jam" Lord Jamar, Sadat X
9 "Brand Nubian Rock the Set" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
10 "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
11 "Steal Ya Ho" Lord Jamar, Sadat X
12 "Steady Bootleggin’'" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
13 "Black & Blue" Sadat X, Lord Jamar
14 "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" Sadat X, Lord Jamar

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, composed of three emcees: Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar, and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. Its debut album, One for All is one of the most popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and political lyrics inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. About.com placed the group on its list of the 25 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time.