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!
