Wise Front

Thank you for standing up.

We bow our heads & fold our hearts.

To the preachers praying on the streets.

To the reporters holding their heads up high, some upon arrest.

To our children in chaos on the wet pavement - -

You are our babies. Come home to us.

With pride, we thank you for standing up.

Thank you for standing up.

We pray for your peace - - For our girls and boys posted on the streets,

We chant "go and return" as we taught you to rise up.

We yearn for the day to come when we're done fighting for the right to breathe.

We thank you for standing up.

Thank you for standing up.

Thank you for saying - "BLACK LIVES MATTER" - so clearly in the night.

Cops and civilians agree it's right.

I tell my daughter so she knows why people fight.

I tell her so she understands the right to breathe doesn't come half-heartedly.

We thank You for putting love in our children's hands.

Thank you for standing up.

We thank You for putting healers in the world.

For giving us the ability to keep our communities together.

By starting with a small prayer, a bigger prayer can take like a wave.

For the Right of the Future, our babies have THE RIGHT

To stand on street corners without fear.

We thank you for putting faith in their speeches.

Thank you for standing up.

We thank You for the time when the eyes of hate become dull.

We thank You for the hope that today's traumas will lead to

Tomorrow's bright eyes and unbound hearts

Jumping for Joy in Your Wisdom.

We thank You for putting heat in their feet.

Parents, please join me in bowing our heads and folding our hearts.

We thank you for bringing up these tough topics with your children.

Every action you take shapes our future young adults' lives.

We thank all the children rising up,

We Thank You for Your Message of Hope.

Rise up, our Lord, rise up.