There Was a People

There was a time... there was a place

Where the people knew peace...

Peace like a river they had

They fought hard... sacrificed and worked

They looked to the future blessing

By Their deeds their children's future

Joyfully Singing

Praise God... Praise God... Praise God... Praise God

Blessings, the children inherited
After a long time and many generations

They began to forget how blessing comes

Soon the children lost sight blinded they were

The future was lost to them living for now

For the now they lived forgetting... consequences

Blindly Singing

Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah 

The children inheriting a new deal

Forgot how to bless their children
Building for the children forgotten

They played and wasted the inheritance
Playing is fun you know 
It was all about fun

Blindly Singing

Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah 

They didn't see what it meant

What it meant for their children

Caring not and living to their-selves

The peace was gone... O! The peace was gone...

Slaves they became... O! They worked so hard

With no gain! Prosperity gone, all they had,

A broken

Future... A Broken Future... A Broken Future... A Broken Future 

They played hard... They Sacrificed not

They looked not to the future... cursing

By their deeds their chidren's future

There was a time... there was a place

Where the people knew no peace...

No more peace like a river... All they have left,

An empty Hallelujah

Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Hallelujah

John L. Kinikin

Does it have to end this way?