Land of Sorrow
Sorrow and pain
I greet with disdain
we trust in the power
of the evils that reign
Martin Luther King
had a great dream
that we cannot accomplish
unless we become a team
white and black
recognized by race
not judged by our assets
but judged by our face
the eyes of the people
are riddled with sin
if we stopped judging without
but judged from within
Christ said
to be as a little child
innocent in mind
meek and mild
to see the best
in the people we see
and to build not break
their incredible dreams
we all set markers
and goals in our life
fighting through pain
going through strife
but all that matters
is having love
peace and joy
that comes from above
people will steal
and kill in this land of sorrow
but Jesus comes quickly
just as the morrow
we search and search
for a reality
we want things to be
the way that they seem
liberty and equality
a great vocabulary
for a government
whose policies are elementary
we will never be equal
pain will never cease
til all of our sins from within
are released
if we seek freedom
and we want happiness
we need to be like George Washington
who said he was blessed
as Abraham Lincoln
and Christopher Columbus
who thought that God
was the greatest among us
when we fear the master
and we become saved
the world won't be hungry
and it won't be enslaved
love and harmony
"the hippie dream"
is what God intended
and it will always be
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