By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
Heavenly Father
Guide us in our way and thinking
Show the young a better way to live
Help the old accept change with open arms
I pray for peace and prosperity
For a world where hate is as rare as peace is today
I pray and I pray but does it get heard Lord
I see the suffering in the eyes of my people
They live in miserable times and terrible places
Boredom threatens to strangle the last bit of excitement in their lives
They pray for hope
Hope that the next day is better or maybe even the next year
Circumstances delay the plight of their success
Dreams deferred just to see their offspring achieve theirs
But shouldn’t they be allowed the same convenience?
Our communities are degraded by negativity
Our children lost the moral discipline needed to respect their elders or even each other
Our elders lost the patience they once had and fail to accept change in the younger
They lost that hope they had for our generation
Lost the dream of the King
In this historic day and age where someone who looks likes me is the president
He’s challenged by the status quo
Not because his policies are bad
But because another skin color didn’t think of it
Lord be with him as he tries to change the world for the better
Be with our children as they set a future path for success
Comfort our elders and let them know that we the younger generation have the responsibility and discipline to take the reins from them
Bless the troubled areas of the world stop them for killing out of spite
Stop the violence against ourselves
We are all one people trying to make a better world for ourselves and future generations
Moral discipline is needed to bring back the sense of community that we crave
Social justice must happen to bring order back to the masses
With your guiding grace and all powerful knowledge Lord
We can make a way out of no way
Don’t let go and let God
Be there to receive the blessing
