Song Description
A plea to our "Father In Heaven" to save us from ourselves.
| Song Length |
4:40 |
Genre |
R & B - Soul, R & B - Classic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Engaging, Peaceful |
Subject |
Judgement, Hunger |
| Similar Artists |
Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1:
Father do you hear me?
there is something
I don't understand.
Why in this land
of milk and honey,
there are so many
questions still at hand?
Some of your
children prosper plenty, while
empty bellies
go to sleep.
Expensive toys,
bling-bling is
pervasive, while
there's no shoes
for children's feet.
BRIDGE 1:
Now millionaires abound,
so much money.
Caught in the hands
of only a few.
Wall Street has failed
to predict our futures.
There is but so much that our
President can do.
CHORUS:
Father do you hear me? (3X)
VERSE 2:
Father do you hear me?
Why must elders,
choose between good food
and health?
Still waging wars
on foreign soil.
While hunkered down with
all of the latest stealth.
BRIDGE 2:
So many children
dying from hunger,
why? Barns are
packed up to the brim.
Disease has consumed
a generation, You said,
"from the wages
of our sin".
BRIDGE 3:
Now all my children
looking for answers.
Joining street gangs,
and packing heat.
What happen to the
simple times when,
Friday night party was
the safest place to meet.
CHORUS:
Father do you hear me? (3X)
BRIDGE 4:
Fossil fuels
run the economy, a
chaotic world which
You have forseen.
Will we burn up from
global warming, or
radiation, help us,
Hear your children's
plea.
CHORUS / VAMP:
Father do you hear me? (3X)
Hear your children's plea.
So many children dying,
What a tragedy.
Father do you hear me?
Hear your children's plea.