“God With Us”
Kenny Lattimore and Michelle Williams
Tyscot Music and Entertainment (2026)
By Robert M. Marovich
“God With Us” is a ’90s R&B throwback dressed up as contemporary gospel.
The smooth tenor Kenny Lattimore and Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams produce loads of vocal chemistry as they trade leads and harmonize on this song from the faith-based motion picture of the same name written and directed by Jimmy Jenkins and starring Aspen Kennedy and Ashley Olivia Fisher.
Melodically, the song more than tips its hat to Tevin Campbell’s 1993 “Can We Talk,” written by Babyface and Darryl L. Simmons (the two plus hip hop artist Nikki Shenise Grier share writer credits on “God With Us”). It’s an infectiously bouncy worship piece that sounds like the Christian cousin of the selections featured on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.
The film God With Us hits theaters Friday, November 13.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
