Layers
Crista Norfrey
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I can't breathe, I can't breathe, he said, as the knee went in his neck Wasn't me, wasn't me, she said, as they shot her in her bed Wasn't it just yesterday I saw 2 white men shoot a black man running How are we here again, this carousel of murder, the deaths just keep on coming Filter your words, they're not appropriate for church Well, where else should I go If we're not the ones who stand up in a crisis Well, I guess I'll just go home We have a problem The problem is us And we want to look away It's not enough to be sad for a minute, then just move on with your day There's oppression in our soil, slavery and toil Yeah it's been around for years Oh you think it's just now My friend, you are mistaken Just now it's being filmed We live in a world where skin is your privilege or else it's your problem Our people are crying out and we're silent, we've been leaving them all alone Land of the free, but where is the freedom Home of the brave, but the brave have a consequence My God, what is happening here We're broken people, we need a Savior Don't believe me, look around We're broken people, we need a Savior Don't believe me, look around We're broken people, we need a Savior Don't believe me, look around We're broken people, we need a Savior Don't believe me, look around It will take more than my words It will take more than my eyes watching clip after clip It will take more than my sympathy My song of solidarity doesn't even begin to chip away Layers of hatred embedded in culture Layers of prejudice embedded in hearts Layers of hatred embedded in culture Layers of prejudice embedded in me Only love, only love, only love, only love can drive out hatred I will love, I will love, I will love, I will love to drive out hatred Maybe if I listen I can hear a little clearer Maybe if I see them I can love a little deeper Maybe if I listen I can hear a little clearer Maybe if I see them I can love a little deeper The kingdom of God is a mosaic of beauty, not just for the white man The kingdom of God is for Jew and Gentile, not just for the white man Read your bible and look who Jesus loved, it wasn't just the white man Read your bible and look where Jesus walked, it wasn't in the white land We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible We have to stop defending this oppression with the Bible We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible Cuz my God doesn't stand for oppression No, my God doesn't stand for oppression Why do we He is suffering with you Yeah He sees and He bears all the burdens you've carried Yeah He sees and He bears all the pain that you've suffered Now may I bear your pain and your burdens alongside you May I fight for your life, too Yeah He sees and He bears all the burdens you've carried Yeah He sees and He bears all the pain that you've suffered Now may I bear your pain and your burdens alongside you May I fight for your life, too 'Cause our Father, yeah, He fights for you
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