Story Behind The Song

A comment of realising your own worth and the worth of those around you.

Song Description

Social commentary using a kind of stylised reaggae

Lyrics

the promise
Music and Lyrics: Michael Sean Harris

Look at the dry leaves in the street
Surrounding children?s dirty feet
There was no need nor want to care for this

Once children?s laughter filled the air
But now there?s tension everywhere
Should I have anything to do with this?

If I?m a beggar in the street
Can you ignore me when we meet?
Will you just turn from me and walk away?

In our eyes, in our smiles
are the dreams of a million hearts
In our past and our pride
Is a promise to which we?ll hold
In our lives and our souls
Is a story as yet untold
And the task now is ours
to let the promise unfold

Don?t let another teardrop fall
It?s not too late to heed the call
The cries of our children in the street

There is a glimmer in the night
A tiny spark that burns so bright
Glowing in every single one of you

Chorus

Now is ours, now is yours, now is ours
Now is yours, now is ours, now is yours.