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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kid Rock
Lead Vocals
Marlon Young
Guitar
Andre Jones
Background Vocals
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Choir
Jessica Wagner-Cowan
Background Vocals
Sylver Logan Sharp
Background Vocals
Thornetta Davis
Background Vocals
Stefanie Eulinberg
Drums
Paul Franklin
Pedal Steel Guitar
Barbara Payton
Background Vocals
Larry Fratangelo
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert J. Ritchie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kid Rock
Producer
Mike E. Clark
Additional Engineer
Rob Cavallo
Mixing Engineer
Al Sutton
Mixing Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's another night in hell, another child won't live to tell
Can you imagine what it's like to starve to death?
And as we sit free and well, another soldier has to yell
"Tell my wife and children I love them", in his last breath
[Verse 2]
Come on now, amen
Amen, amen, amen
[Verse 3]
Habitual offenders, scumbag lawyers with agendas
I'll tell you sometimes, people, I don't know what's worse
Natural disasters, or these wolves in sheep clothes' pastors
Now, goddamn it, I'm scared to send my children to church
And how can we seek salvation when our nation's race relations
Got me feeling guilty of being white?
But faith in human nature, our creator and our savior
I'm no saint, but I believe in what is right
[Verse 4]
Come on now, amen
Amen, I said amen, amen
[Verse 5]
Stop pointing fingers and take some blame, pull your future away form the flame
Open up your mind and start to live
Stop short changing your neighbors, living off hand outs and favors
And maybe, give a little bit more than you got to give, got to give
Simplify, testify, identify, rectify
And if I get high, stop being so uptight
It's only human nature and I am not a stranger
So baby, won't you stay with me tonight?
[Verse 6]
And when it calls away, they break a sign
I'm better now, and I don't need someone, oh, to be someone
Here, just sitting down and holding back, I hold the door and won't
And they don't say child, I wanna say, yeah
[Verse 7]
It's a matter of salvation from the patience up above
So don't give up so damn easy on the one you love (One you love)
[Verse 8]
Somewhere you got a brother, sister, friend, grandmother, niece or nephew just dying to be with you
You know there's someone out there who unconditionally, religiously loves you
So just hold on 'cause you know it's true
And if you can take the pain, then you can withstand anything
And one day, stand hand in hand with the truth
[Verse 9]
I said amen, amen
I said amen, amen
I said amen, amen
I said amen, amen
[Verse 10]
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Written by: Robert J. Ritchie