J Prophet - Tie My Hands lyrics

[Intro: Martin Luther King] “Now we are in a new phase, and that is a phase where we are seeking genuine equality – where we are dealing with hard economic and social issues. And it means that the job is much more difficult. It's much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee an annual income. […] I would not say that the Civil Rights Movement is dead. It's simply that we're moving to a new phase of the movement.” [Verse 1: J Prophet & Dez Duron] I knock on the door He said there'll be an answer While I'm outside I'm standing here with my hands up I hope you hear my heart, Lord What you supposed to do if you start poor? Social realities make it hard for People to feel your heart for em Feeling like prisoners curled up on a hard floor With chains on, ‘round their ankles and arms sore From the tightness of the ties Let's rise Dez I see everywhere I go We all got our problems, problems We all got our obstacles I need you to save me now Don't think I can fly alone I need some propellers, ‘pellers I reach for the sky, O Lord I need you to save me now [Hook: Dez Duron] They tie my hands When I just wanna be free How do we change this land? What is our legacy? They tie my hands When I just wanna be free How do we change this land? Let it begin in me [Verse 2: J Prophet] In a land where money is power And people act like money is God It's like the dollar becomes a baton If you born the right race then you already won I'm depending on your grace to guide me along And I lean on my faith in spite of the storms Seeking justice, believe me the fight it is on I weep long but I know that the night will go morn' I pray a blessing for those who feel life is forlorn That why I take time to talk to you The times feel awful And I wanna offer you My strength, my mind, my soul, my all They can tie my hands but they can't tie my thoughts Can't bind my spirit, I am free inside I want my heart to be where peace resides Where Christ is alive Where my words have eyes Where hope doesn't die Lord, I reach to the sky I'm thinking how to turn a moment to a movement I pray that what's inside will ultimately bloom big I'm thinking, Lord, what you gave me, use it I just wanna walk up in your will where it's soothing We walk around everyday tryna prove that we human If all you see is a hoody then zoom in I'm choosing To take a stand though Screaming for the world to let my hands go Untie me [Hook] [Outro: J Prophet] They try to overwhelm me with the injustices of this world To the point where I don't do nothing Try to tie my hands up People out here dying, people out here starving, people out here struggling Gotta do something though Just pray I can pa** on that Light Lord, begin in me