I was once a child
American
Chinese
college in the future,
most definitely "check" from the start.

loved, check!
healthy, check!
clothed and fed, check!
mom and dad, check!

in the richest country there ever was,
I most definitely would
most definitely would
definitely would
would

live?

When I grew up I saw
now this child,
most definitely "what" from the start?

African
black
poor
sick
hungry
mom and dad, DEAD.

He most definitely will
most definitely will
definitely will
will

die?

But why do I feel like dying?

The days in America are cold.
Everybody busy going after gold.
We put on a face to get it
And no one knows who's really under it
We're born to eat
Cut down beautiful trees for more meat
Eat the meat of animals we can no longer recognize
But nobody cares, nobody knows, everyone denies
Everybody work for the man
Corporation is his name and he has the biggest hand
The hand that paints villages red with blood
And so when there's a flood
Even on our ground
The burden to us weighs a pound
Cause we don't see the poor
That's why we spend billions of dollars on war
And don't say a word

I know this country isn't pure
We're in the business of more
Who's my neighbor I never see
But he's black, he's white, and I Chinese
To him I'm not American
Just this guy his Chinese friend
Born here but I don't belong
See a black man elders tell me to run
Though Mom and Dad's rights come from black people's suffering
Never knew that; there's a hero named Dr. King
He's long been dead
Society's heart like lead
Turn our eyes from the street
Cowards fear of being beat
They little ones killing each other
More money bring more blind, till no one sees a brother
Someone say a word!

There is a word. (John 1:1)
The word:

He was once a child (2 Corinthians 8:9)
loved, check!
healthy, check!
warm, check!
clothed and fed, check!
mom and dad, check!
just like me,

but poor,
and much more!

He most definitely did
He definitely did
Definitely did

Live

Yes, lived!
Then died
Crucified!
And lived again,
Now my friend
But why
Do I now feel like living?

Because he was word and action (John 1:2)
There before creation (John 1:4)
The hero King's king
More than a king something
Because kings are rich and he wasn't
'Stead he knew what it's like to be what we isn't
He brought nothing extra and went
To the poor, the sick, the hungry, his every energy spent
Not on those who have all the power
To outcasts his love he showered
Told men to no longer fish for their pockets but to fish for humanity (Mark 1:17; Luke 5:10)
He bust through their minds, healed their diseases, and returned their sanity
Image and money never impressed, but he say the truth to fat patriarchs
You're lost, you're dead, where do you find your hearts?
Talked about life with unknown women (John 4)
Cause they bear children and are very important
I'm a woman, I want to live!

Because he had brown skin and wooly hair
Run into his arms, feel safe, and know that God is fair
All the little children been oppressed in the world may see their own in him
So all the talk about power, religion, icons, and the white man is irrelevant
Black, Caucasian, Latino, Asian -- all is his
Poor or rich, he wants togetherness
Take out the money factor
Now you see your brother (Mark 3:31-35)
Pass the bread around and share all you got with one another
Here her sing again, that voice in the village, your mother! (Mark 3:31-35)

For he is a great lover of your soul and wants you to fly
Freed from your blind ways, died so your ways would die
Live again so you'd believe it's true
All he said and did was for everybody and you
To really live again, not ever die, and do much more
Than preserve my comfort, but go and serve the poor
I am alive!

I saw child
She was in the street
She be beat
Beat by the street

I loved her, check!
I healed her, check!
I warmed her, check!
I clothed and fed her, check!
I mothered her, check!

College in the future,
Most definitely "check" from the start.

In the richest country there ever was,
We most definitely did
Most definitely did
Definitely did
Definitely

LIVED.

AMEN!