Father, can you hear me?" -- "Your God hears you Joshua, and makes you a slave of the Pharaoh! Come on!" They say I've got no right to question life without hope Or ask for anything more than to suffer and bleed at the end of a rope They say I've got no right to look them in the eye That I belong in the dust at their feet but one day for sure, I'm gonna die Is anybody listenin'? Does anybody hear? Does anybody out there see us drowning in our tears? Is our future written on a sky of cold stone? God, if you're listenin', let us know God if you're listenin', let us know They teach us to believe we're not strong like them That we don't have the will to crush these walls that hold us in They try and make us think that we'll never have a chance Can I fight for my own freedom with only these two hands? Is anybody listenin'? Does anybody hear? Does anybody out there see us struggling with our fear? Is our future written on a sky of cold stone? If you're listenin', let us know God, if you're listenin', let us know You can tie a rock to my soul But you can't build a prison for my mind, no You can chain my body to the earth But still the spirit flies My spirit flies Does anybody out there see us drowning in our fear? Will our hopes die slowly in the heat of the desert sun? God if you hear us send us someone God if you hear us send someone Is anybody listenin?