FATHER GIVE ME A VOICE

 

Father, grant me a voice

When all voices are shut

And no one can speak

Grant me a voice

When silence

Out of fear

And personal expediency

Have become the order

Grant me a voice!

 

Father grant me a voice

To speak and to stand out

When all men want to sit

And keep silent

Out of fear of intimidation

Out of fear of deprivation

Out of fear of incarceration

Father, grant me a voice!

 

Grant me a voice, father

To speak against

The forced silence of the people

When the hearts and spirits of the people

Are crushed!

Souls caged and

Voice boxes broken

Father, grant me a voice!

 

Father, grant me a voice

When the voiceless and poor

Are deprived of their livelihood

When they are marginalized

And terrorized

When no one speaks and cares for the poor

Grant me a voice, father!

 

Father, grant me a voice

To speak to the injustice

To speak to the wickedness

To speak to the marginalization

To speak against the segregation and oppression

To speak against the hypocrisy and apathy

To speak against the lukewarmness and sinfulness

To speak the killing of spirit and life

To speak against the killing and maiming of the future

Grant me a voice!

 

Father, grant me a voice

To stand on the rooftop

And cry out your warning

To the nations and to their leaders

Father grant me a voice

To keep watch over the your city

And warn your people

Of your impending danger and destruction

To warn the righteous of their compromise and cooperation

To warn the upright of their apathy and silence

A voice to awaken

To awaken the sleeping believers

Of the Almighty’s wrath

Father, grant me a voice!

 

Father, grant me a voice

A fearless voice

A fearless spirit

A fearless soul

A fearless heart

 

A voice to speak

A voice to cry out

And a voice to warn

 

Grant me a voice,

Almighty father!