Brian Webb - Affirmative Compassion lyrics

rate me

We walk across a broken line to find

A broken life, maybe a broken heart

A broken soul where nothing is the rest

But I think this is where we usually talk best

Here is a struggle for a black man

The painful scar of an oppressed past

But here is a struggle for this white man

To endure his natural backlash

Well it ain't a sin not to understand

Its only a sin if I don't try

But then I go and darken the face of a racist

So I can scream, "man it ain't just my side"

you must be sick of it and tired of it

Try to love me in spite of it

Oh Lord could it be

That there is so much more to setting free

Oh Lord I've got love in me

But there is much, much more to setting free

Here is a rich white man who can't see his greed

Screaming, "I hire who I... Well please, not me

No I am far from racist it just happens

all of my clients seem trust white faces

But I can't respect a brother, or any other

who claims himself martyred

Looking at me like owe something to you

Ok, I do

But you know I got more love and more hope

Its just frustrating brother

If you're getting a job just because you're black

We're not getting passed your color

You must be sick of it, and tired of it

But try to love me in spit of it

Oh Lord could it be

That there is so much more to setting free

Oh Lord I've got love in me

But there is much, much more to setting free

Now I am not a rich white man

and maybe I am blessed for that

But I am not a black man

and I have never been oppressed like that

So I can sit here and let my thoughts unfurl

Nice and freely in my poor white world

Freely praying for compassion

while 10 million white women thank affirmative action

So throw your hands up, and people stand up

Go on and love me, and don't let up

Throw your hands up, and people stand up

Go on love me and don't you let up

Oh Lord could it be

That there is so much more to setting free

Oh Lord I've got love in me

But there is much, much more to setting free