Sometimes the giant looks too big.
Sometimes the mountain looks too high.
But I’ve got a word in my spirit today...
And I cannot keep it inside!
I walked into the palace where the king sits high
He looked down with a cold and a stony eye.
He said, "Little man, what you doing in here?
Don't you know I trade in silence and I bank on fear?"
But I straightened my back, and I planted my feet
I said, "Your time is over, get out of that seat!"
Oh, you gotta speak the Truth! (Speak it loud!)
Even if your voice is shaking.
You gotta speak the Truth! (Speak it proud!)
Even when the earth is quaking.
Power might have the money, power might have the crown
But when the Truth blows the trumpet...
(Choir harmony): The walls... will come... down!
They got the law on the paper, but we got the law in the heart
Trying to tear the congregation of the righteous apart.
They build their fences higher every single day
Trying to block the sunlight, trying to block the way.
But darkness can’t stand when the lamp is lit
And a lie don't stick if you don't swallow it!
Oh, you gotta speak the Truth! (Speak it loud!)
Even if your voice is shaking.
You gotta speak the Truth! (Speak it proud!)
Even when the earth is quaking.
Power might have the money, power might have the crown
But when the Truth blows the trumpet...
Lead: I said one voice is a whisper...
Choir: (But two make a sound!)
Lead: And ten voices are a rumor...
Choir: (Running through the town!)
Lead: A hundred voices are a thunder...
Choir: (Shaking up the ground!)
Lead: And a million voices make a river...
Choir: (To wash the corruption down!)
Lead: Tell Pharaoh!
Choir: Let 'em go!
Lead: Tell the System!
Choir: Let us grow!
Lead: You can't hide it!
Choir: No, no, no!
Lead: Truth is marching!
Choir: Watch it go!
Power bows to nothing... but the Light.
