Lift Every Voice and Sing

BeBe Winans

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BeBe Winans

Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born 17 September 1962) is a gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. more »


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2012
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Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;
Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee.
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.

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Written by: J. Rosamond Johnson, James Johnson

Lyrics © CARLIN AMERICA INC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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  • Thomas Ault
    Thomas Ault
    Songs that are written about real life, with its good and bad times, tend to strengthen each of us if we listen to the words and understand thier meaning. All races ultimately can create unity, but only if our culture becomes wise enough to embrace that truism.Violence does not win! Understanding does. 
    LikeReply 13 years ago
  • Simileoluwa Ageloye
    Simileoluwa Ageloye
    Beautiful
    LikeReply 14 years ago
  • Earl Clay
    Earl Clay
    This historic and classic "National Anthem" has indeed international meaning as it guides and informs indigenous peoples of Africa to and of their great origins and struggles, and simultaneously, to their brightest futures and struggles. 
    LikeReply 15 years ago

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