Righteous Rise Up (Freedom Rings)

V1:
He lost one score on a foreign war
He gave his all but they took much more
Late at night he hears their screams
Met with empty promises and broken dreams

Old Joe came down from his perch on high
He broke his word and made us cry
But he never shed a single tear no

He poured our blood out on his hands
And wiped it all across this land
Then he danced around like he'd done something great
Yeah - even as he sealed their fate

C1:
So I ask this people
How can you smile when you've done such evil
You tell your lies like a pack of demons
Someday soon there's gonna be a reckoning
When the righteous rise up and freedom rings

V2:
Little black girl born to humble means
City streets and second hand jeans
Passion in her heart like fire
Sings with Grandma in the church choir

Teacher said you can't escape your skin
Try and try, but you'll never win
The game is lost, so give it up
Trade your dreams for this beggers cup

Well Dr. King would surely disagree
He had a dream that made us see
It's not about your shade of skin
It's all about what lies within

C2:
So I ask this people
How can you smile when you've done such evil
You tell your lies like a pack of demons
Someday soon there's gonna be a reckoning
When the righteous rise up and freedom rings

V3:
Let the righteous rise from their resting place
Clothe themselves with the God of grace
See the war that's raging outside your door
We'll go to battle, we'll go to battle when your knees hit floor

C3:
So let all God's people
Lift up a shout, break these walls of evil
Oh let them fall on the thrones of demons
That'll be the day of the reckoning
When the rightous rise up and freedom rings
Lift your voice and sing

C4:
So let all God's people
Lift up a shout, break these walls of evil
Oh let them fall on the thrones of demons
That'll be the day of the reckoning
When the rightous rise up and freedom rings
Oh let freedom ring
From sea to shining sea, from sea to shining sea