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 pass on that Light
Lord, begin in me