🎵 Title: "Who Will Rise?" (For the Children)
(Lyrics By Gerald Logan)
[Verse 1 ]
Who is going to take a stand
And be the voice for these children in our land?
The kidnapped, the trafficked, the murdered, and the abused,
By these lawless, deprived sickos we hear in the news.
What would you do if it happened to yours?
Would you scream for justice while you mourn?
My heart breaks every time I hear this news,
So many innocent lives the world lose.
[Verse 2 ]
We lock our doors and sleep at night,
While somewhere a child cries out in fright.
Shadows steal what they can't replace,
Leaving pain time cannot erase.
[Verse 3 ]
Their names unknown, their faces fade,
While monsters profit, deals are made.
And we sit still with hands so clean,
Ignoring all the horror unseen.
[Verse 4 ]
We scroll and we sigh, then turn off the screen,
But these little souls are trapped in a never-ending hellish dream.
Crying out for someone, anyone to see,
That silence is a prison, and truth is the key.
[Bridge ]
It’s not enough to say we care,
While evil walks free out there.
We’ve got to rise, take back the night,
Be their shield, be their light.
[Chorus ]
Who will rise up, take a stand?
Be the voice for the silent in this broken land.
No more hiding from the truth we see—
If not us, then who will it be?
Lord, break our hearts until we move,
Let love be loud, let justice prove,
That every child is worth the fight,
And we won’t rest until wrong is made right.
[Verse 5 ]
A child should laugh, not live in fear,
Should run in fields, not disappear.
We can’t afford to look away,
While innocence is stripped each day.
[Verse 6 ]
So let our anger turn to fire,
Let mercy fuel a holy choir.
Let every voice rise up and scream,
For every stolen childhood dream.
[Final Chorus – Refrain with build]
Who will rise up, take a stand?
Be the voice for the silent in this broken land.
We won’t be silent, won’t delay—
We’ll bring the darkness into day.
Lord, use our hands, use our voice,
To give the helpless back their choice.
Let justice roll and mercy sing,
And let these children rise again…
On healed hearts and freedoms wings
