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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Donald Lawrence
Donald Lawrence
Performer
The Tri-City Singers
The Tri-City Singers
Performer
Tank and the Bangas
Tank and the Bangas
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donald Lawrence
Donald Lawrence
Composer
William James Stokes
William James Stokes
Composer
Tarriona Ball
Tarriona Ball
Composer

Lyrics

(You wanna hear a story?) (Woo-hoo) A call was sent to Heaven about power being abused Heaven chose a deliverer The most unlikely to be used Go tell those in power To whom much is given (Much is required) Tell them they can't really lead (they can't really lead) Unless they're leading with the eyes of those they hired (Those who do the work) Those who do the work (They deserve the praise) They deserve the praise Their gender shouldn't determine the amount Or the pay raise Human trafficking, systematic oppression To right to left And left to right We are all God's children And we're all precious (precious in His eyes) Let the church say amen (Amen) Respect my people Don't you cause them harm You may think you're in the power seat But you can't box with God, respect my children They are royalty The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me Heaven to Pharaoh, let my people go (You can fill my indigo, in the field my daffodils) That's a pretty flower in the hand of a Pharaoh Shall I pick you like cotton? Or work you like oxen? (La, la, la, la, la) If I'm honest, I would never get these royal hands dirty Not when I have you Hebrews here to do the work for me Now go And note that the sun will rise and set on my face No one will take my place (Respect my people) For I am the king (Don't you cause them harm) (You may think you're in the power seat) (But you can't box with God, respect my children) (They are royalty) (The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me) (Heaven to Pharaoh, let my people go) I got brothers and sisters that look like me Warm like me, brown like me, lost like me Looking for a god they've never been found like me Where I'm from, religion runs deep like police and politics Don't like me, 'cause I'm different (I'm still so very different) With free beliefs of stranger fiction Wait, this is scary scary, don't leave me, leave me (leave me) Oh Lord, my heart be heavy, won't You light a fire for me (won't You light a fire for me) Come my way when I get lonely That's what God told me He let a cloud for sight, in case my nights get stormy (I'm lonely so lonely) Yesterday was yesterday Pulling sand, that's what I wait There's my Father, see the struggle of His children People dying, family crying, lot of 'em try and tell me How can I hold on? (How can I hold on? How can I hold on?) (Hold on) On a day as angry as the sun And as calm as a burning bush God came to Moses and told him to take the deep road I've seen My people struggle and you shall free them of their bounds They can no longer be held past (Respect my people) Let 'em go (Don't you cause them harm) Yep (You may think you're in the power seat) (But you can't box with God, respect my children) To whom much is given (They are royalty) Much is required (The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me) Treat 'em right (Heaven to Pharaoh, let these are my people) let my people go (They are royalty) They are royalty (The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me) Oh Yeah (Heaven to Pharaoh, let my people go) Human trafficking (They are royalty) Let 'em go (The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me) (Heaven to Pharaoh, let my people go) Systematic oppression, ha (They are royalty) Yeah (The way you treat the least of these is the way you treat Me) And He too Let 'em go (Heaven to Pharaoh, let my people go) I said he had a people oh no, He called me by my name Name Oh Well, let me see that a day That I'm, that I'm the same, mm-hmm Tank always comes to the Bangas Things are overflowing around me, you can say The same (The same, the same) The same Uh, they wanna say that I changed (Changed) I didn't do this, to stay the same
Writer(s): Donald Lawrence, Tarriona Ball, Joshua Johnson, Merell Burkett, Norman Spence, William Stokes Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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