Clint Black - Slavery, Deliverance And Faith lyrics

Slavery deliverance and faith Tossed on the waves of a desperate decision Lost in the rift between power and religion Guided by God to the strength of a new mother's arms Saved by the veil of her fostered illusions A slave turns to prince in a kingdom's confusion Was more than he seemed, and his dreams would sound the alarm They ignored the evidence, treated with irreverence Slavery, deliverance and faith Slavery, deliverance and faith In the truth of a sister he loses a brother Challenged by each to be one or the other He runs from them both, but he won't escape his destiny With a promised new land and a hallowed prediction Fueled by the fire of a burning conviction 'Oh, hear me,' he cries, 'brother, Pharoh, set my people free!' How can anybody see these children and deny They're senselessly suffering? How many more have to die? Standing at last on the edge of their freedom An army descending as Egypt deceives them He knows in his heart what the fate of his people will be 'God give them courage,' he prays, 'help me guide them We'll walk through your waters if you will divide them And wash all these centuries of tyranny into the sea!' They ignored the evidence, treated with irreverence Slavery, deliverance... They ignored the evidence, treated with irreverence Slavery, deliverance... Slavery, deliverance... And faith