We've been here before
Talk of violence and talk of war
I don't want to see the children die no more
So I gotta make a stand
Can you hear my voice

Taking of life is only god choice
I don't want blood on my hands
I am a wise man
A wise man warns me was my daddy's say
A wise man lives to fight another day
And he don't wanna
See no more mothers cry
I don't wanna see no fathers die
So I gotta have faith

I gotta have faith

Lady, I guess you heard the news today
There's got to be a better way
You know it's given me the blues
Maybe we've got time to make a baby boy
They gotta get a few years
And say we really don't want it
I don't want it (I don't want it) I don't want it
Before this river becomes and ocean
Of tears and fears
They think they know what you're doing
Pursuing
Me, you gonna take that far
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I got to hope for more

Cause I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith

D to the Y to the Allah be praised
D to the Y to the Jesus will save
D to the Y to the it's all the same
D to the Y to the if you want love
D to the Y to the Allah be praised (Gotta get it together)
D to the Y to the Jesus will save (Gotta get it together)
D to the Y to the it's all the same (Gotta get it together)
D to the Y to the if you want love

Before this river becomes and ocean
Of tears and fears
They think they know what you're doing
Pursuing
Me, you gonna take that far
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I gotta hope for more

Cause I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith