My Soul Cries Out

My Soul Cries Out

By: Rhea Scruggs

The sound of a soul crying out

Me say Oh,

My soul cries out

My soul cries out because a white judge

Just put a black boy in prison for the rest of his life

Imprisoning not only his body

But also his mind

My soul cries out cause the system won this time

The sound of a soul crying out

Me say Oh,

My soul cries out

My soul cries out because I have sisters that actually believe

They’re prettier with a weave

Not know that they’re the most beautiful woman God created

Whether their hair is relaxed or dreaded

And my soul cries out because my brothers are too worried

About the bling, bling, and the punany

To actually be my king and respect me.

Can you hear the sound of my soul crying out?

My soul cries out because you see me

You really don’t see me

All you see is my dark skin and nappy hair

And you dare not see my heart of gold

But the racist mentality is getting old.

And my soul cries out because

A mother isn’t a mother anymore

And her children sit, baby sat by the T.V.

When will they see, that their brains are slowly

Drifting away and with their minds

Our future.

My soul cries out because ignorant people refuse to be educated

And learned people refuse to be educated

They need spiritual knowledge

The kind that can’t be learned in the walls of a college

Or else our nation dies

Denying the cries of our spirits.

The sound of a soul crying out

The sound of my soul crying out

Me say Oh, my soul cries out

For change, change, change

Aren’t you tired of the same thing?

A world that needs change and no one will step forward

I refuse to be silent anymore

This is the sound of my soul crying out

Me say OH

My soul cries out for freedom in the minds of men

My soul cries out for love in the hearts of men

My soul cries out for hope, in the eyes of men

My soul, your soul, our souls cry out.

The sound of a soul crying out

The sound of our soul crying out

We say Oh,

And our souls cry out!