My Soul Plea
Two thousand years ago,
when Jesus Christ walked the earth
He brought the kingdom of God message,
delivered it to every front door
The Lord healed the sick and broken-hearted,
cast out the devils and fed the poor
Jesus gave of Himself to everybody in need
He turned no one away ...
The Lord’s parting words to us were: Love one another,
watch and pray
But we haven’t been faithful
in doing the things we were commanded to do:
We only watch out for ourselves,
we don’t look out for anyone else
We only pray for ourselves,
we don’t pray for no one else
We don’t love one another,
we don’t take care of each other
When a have-brother be driving,
moving slow in the rain,
with his window wipers working
to keep him in the right lane
Even though his windows get clear,
he don’t see the pain and suffering
all around
And when the rain ends,
he speeds up and keep moving on
I wish my have-brother would slow down
once again every now and then
And take a closer look at his have not-sister
who is suffering
Slow down ... turn around
Stop ... help out
This is my soul plea,
my cry for humanity
Where does charity begin,
where does compassion end?
Have-brother help out your have not-sister suffering
Where does your charity end,
where does your compassion begin?
Have-sister help out your have not-brother suffering
Slow down ... turn around
Stop ... help out
This is my soul plea,
my cry for humanity
When I’m riding through any ghetto,
a deep sadness wells up inside of me
I see so many people I don’t know,
suffering a lot of pain and misery
Have-brother,
have-sister
have pity
on those who have not,
and are in need
Have-sister,
have-brother
have mercy
on those who have not,
and whose eyes beg you to see
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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