"How Long?" - A Lament Over Racial Injustice

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CHORUS
How long, oh Lord, until You bring Your Kingdom down And reign here on earth?
We want Your will to be done
As it is up in heaven.

V1
No justice here, no sign of peace
Through bloodshot eyes from tears of grief
Our troubles tremble our belief

Above our heads, we just see clouds
Our cries rise up, a hush falls down
And hope seems nowhere to be found

V2
The violence spreads, and shakes our knees
The silence shouts, and stirs our feet
It fills our lungs, for some can’t breathe

The protests burst out from our chest
The devil’s knee pressed on our necks
Oh won’t you come and give us rest?

V3
The sufferings surge, and stoke our doubts
The tears well up, our hearts to drown
The lies block all the music out

Yet we will fight to sing Your song
Though fires rage, your reign goes on
But still we’ll plead, Oh, Lord how long?

TAG
How long, oh Lord,
Oh Lord, how long?

B1
And we will trust Your word is true;
That You’ll return and make things new

B2
And we will not give up this fight;
til you come back and make things right

B3
Oh, we will cry out, Lord, how long;
Til you rise up and fix what’s wrong

©2023, Kevin Price Larson