let my people go

a call was sent to heaven about power being abused

heaven chose a deliverer

the most unlikely to be used

go tell those in power

to whom much is given

much is required

tell them they can't really lead

unless they're leading with the eyes of those they hired

those who do the work

they deserve the praise

their gender shouldn't determine the amount

or the pay raise

human trafficking

systematic oppression

to right to left

and left to right

we are all god's children

and we're all precious

let the church say amen

that's a pretty flower in the hand of a pharaoh

shall i pick you like cotton?

or work you like oxen

if i'm honest

i would never get these royal hands dirty

not when i have you hebrews here to do the work for me

now go

and note that the sun will rise and set on my face

no one will take my place

for i am the king

i got brothers and sisters that look like me

warm like me

brown like me

lost like me

looking for a god they've never been found like me

where i'm from

religion runs deep like police and politics

don't like me

'cause i'm different

with free beliefs of stranger fiction

wait

this is scary scary

don't leave me

leave me

oh lord

my heart be heavy

won't you light a fire for me

come my way when i get lonely

that's what god told me

he let a cloud for sight

in case my nights get stormy

yesterday was yesterday

pulling sand

that's what i wait

there's my father

see the struggle of his children

people dying

family crying

lot of 'em try and tell me

how can i hold on?

on a day as angry as the sun

and as calm as a burning bush

god came to moses and told him to take the deep road

i've seen my people struggle and you shall free them of their bounds

they can no longer be held past

let 'em go

yep

to whom much is given

much is required

treat 'em right

to pharaoh

let my people go

they are royalty

oh

yeah

human trafficking

let 'em go

systematic oppression

ha

yeah

and he too

let 'em go

i said he had a people oh no

he called me by my name

name

oh

well let me see that a day

that i'm

that i'm the same

mm-hmm

tank always comes to the bangas

things are overflowing around me

you can say

the same

the same

uh

they wanna say that i changed

i didn't do this

to stay the same