The Beautiful Mistake

The Beautiful Mistake 1st Oct 2010 Once lived in the shadows of ignorance And had no voice of our own Blinded by the scale of bondage Humiliated in our land And deprived of what was duely ours Subjected to hard labours With nothing to show for them Enjoying the knowledge that accompanies association And the light of the gospel gaining grounds We began to acquire wisdom Our bones became stronger And our minds enlarged Our heart then understood And our spirit received life This was the beginning of a beautiful mistake Why should we beg for what is ours And suffer to please another Who maltreats our wives and children Said our fathers Why live in the slum When we own mansions And drink from the wells When we own the fountain In the mid of the day The moon overpowered the sun And the earth torn open He that was dead came to life Dressed in grave cloth Fully armed and prepared For a fight of victory Against the lords of nothingness and obscurity Then emerged heros who put their lives on the line That their future may live Though some fell back to darkness Their blood still cried against their masters For the redemption of their children The land stood in their favour The clouds heard their plea The wind out ran their predectors And the sea harden At the sight of these The cords of fear gripped the hearts of the pharaohs And frustration written all over their faces Than the mighty knew the way down the ladder And the lawful captive redeemed This is our story This is our song Once a slave Now a freeman Thanks to our God For that Beautiful Mistake