What's your take on this song's lyrics?

"Most intellects do not believe in God but the fear is just the same" is a line from Erykah Badu's 1997 hit 'On & On'. I have heard this song countless times on my R&B playlist and long since only admired it for its positive musical aesthetic value. And needless to say, Erykah Badu has an undeniably amazing voice. The internet offers a couple of variations on the words (must be her accent) and I can not exactly make out between 'the/their? fear is just same' and 'they fear us just the same', but I chose the former.

According to one music review, the artist's poetry provides philosophical and spiritual undertones and begs to be interpreted in different ways. What say you?