Yea though I walk in the valley
of the Shadow of Death
I shall fear no evil
So why the media got me holding my breath
around my own black people
What happened to...
The peace that surpasses all understanding
Why has my life been a mystery
without understanding
What happened to...
Goodness and Mercy
following me all the days of my life
What happened to...
Your guidance when the big decisions
never came out right
What happened to...
Your wisdom when I didn't know
if I should let abortion take my seed's life
What happened to...
comfort when I was lonely
What happened to...
my cup running over
when I was hungry
What happened to...
my shepherd
to console me
My dad to scold me
or my mom to hold me
What happened to...
you carrying me
when I was weary
I put million footprints in the sand
until my feet was bloody and my eyes were teary
I know you the "All-powerful creator of man"
and you got the whole world in your hand
Your eye is on the sparrow
but you forgot about me
You "All-Knowing" so
how you forget about me
What happened to...
knock and it'll be open
Seek and you shall find
My whole life I been hoping
and still can't get a piece of mind
What happened to...
giving us wings like eagles
Many of my people
could've used that
when they was ducking
them screeching Desert Eagles
Screaming like the Sirens of Greece
in those Kankakee streets
What happened to...
Protection from the Workers of the Arts
A lot of my niggas could've used that
when the enemy was piercing their hearts
with the fiery darts
My sister could've used that
when the enemy invaded her body
with the poisonous cancer
her hair fell out
and that wig was her answer
She told me the Chemotherapy
made her not want to leave home
I felt her sadness to the bone
and once again I found myself
Shedding tears for my family,
over the phone
What happened to...
You preparing a table
in the presence of my enemies
when I couldn't get a meal
in the presence of friends
And what most offends
is, you give us choices, then
consider it a sin
if we choose to bring this pain to an end
What happened to...
The faith of a grain of mustard seed moving mountains
I got the faith the size of a mountain
and I can't move a molehill
and what's mo' real
is words can't express the pain
my soul feel
What happened to...
you easing the pain
when my brother was in a coma for 21 days
and couldn't feel his own brain
And the tears fell like rain
again and again
I never used your name in vain
but in vain I called your name
The lord works in mysterious ways
I need it made plain
The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want
my whole life I felt like a lamb lost
in a field of want
drowning in a sea of despair
reaching for the Lord's hand
and no one was there
I'm tired of believing
in things unseen
and not having substance
for my hoping
My whole life read like a book
full of promises already broken
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