I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in a wood and I
I took the one less traveled by
and that has made all the difference
And remember to love them until it hurts
Like anybody, I would like to live
Man have to make up his mind
He can't outlive time
It is this unseen power
Which that makes itself felt
But defies all proof
We can't put off, put off, put off
Get it now
The time is now
The time is now!
I feel it even though I do not see it
I just want to do God's will
Various excuses have been used over the centuries
To dismiss these divine messengers
There has been denial because the prophet came from an obscure place
The ancient war between obsession and responsibility will never finish
As Rudyard Kipling put it so well
The tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands thy ancient sacrifice
An humble and a contrite heart
There is a place in you
That you must keep inviolate
You must keep it pristine, clean
So that nobody has the right to curse you Or treat you badly
Nobody, no mother, no father, no wife, no husband, no, nobody
Because that may be the place you go to meet God
Because that place has to remain clean and clear
In this truth, in this faith we trust
For while we have our eyes on the future History has its eyes on us
Don't you know I'm a child of God?
Don't you know I'm a child of God?
Lay down our arms and we can reach out our arms to one another
I ask no favor for my sex
All I ask of our brethren
Is that they take their feet
Off our necks
And many are sinning in ignorance
Every breath from my bronzed pounded chest
From my bronzed pounded chest
Poets and prophets
Nothing revealed
Unless first shown
To poets and prophets
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace
Peace is not simply the absence of war
But the work of justice
I guess the greatest advice is to forgive
I don't anoint it with anything
I just forgive
I have dreams
Of two roads
Diverging
Ever diverging
And I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
No country for old
Poets and prophets
We can't become junkies
A world of survival
A world of survival
Of a people
People
People
There is always light if only we are brave enough to see it
If only we are brave enough to be it
A turn of phrase
A phrase that turns
Like proverbs
For poets and prophets
It will forever remain
It will forever remain
A King
A Kimball
A Frost
A Walcott
A Nelson
Mandela
A Marley
A Gandhi
A Mother
Mmm, so many good things
Mmm, so many good things
A Smith of culture
Refining
Refining the fire
Ever refining
The fire
Refining the fire
Refining the fire
And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain
It will forever remain
An accusation
And a challenge to all men and women of conscience
That it took as long as it has
Before all of us stood up to say
Enough is enough
The vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
So the vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
And I've seen
And the vision repeats itself
The promised land
It forgets itself
Longevity has its place
So the vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
What un for know? What un for know?
And the vision repeats itself
What un for know? For know?
It forgets itself
So the vision repeats itself
My four little children
It forgets itself
Will one day live in a nation
The vision repeats itself
Where they will not be judged
It forgets itself
But the content of their character
So the vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
I have a dream!
And the vision repeats itself
At the end of this world
It forgets itself
When God cleanses the earth by fire
So the vision repeats itself
The proud will be burned to stubble
It forgets itself
And the meek shall inherit the earth
The vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
So the vision repeats itself
It forgets itself
I don't know what will happen now
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
The prophets are coming
I'm not worried about anything!
I'm not fearing any man!
My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!