W/capo in 3rd fret IF MY PEOPLE (2-CHRON. 714)
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1. WHAT`S WRONG AMERICA? ONCE CALLED THE BEAUTIFUL, HAVE WE STUMBLED, HAVE WE
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FALLEN FROM THE WAY? SO-CALLED UNITED, BUT NOW SO DIVIDED, LET US NEVER, EVER,
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FORGET WHAT OUR LORD SAID…
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IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY,
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AND SEEK MY FACE, AND IF THEY TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS THEN I WILL HEAR
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FROM HEAVEN, I`LL FORGIVE THEIR SINS, AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
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2. THE INSTITUTION, OF OUR CONSTITUTION, BASED ON GODS TEN COMMANDMENTS IN HIS
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WORD, WE`VE SANK TO THE BOTTOM, NOT UNLIKE SODOM, LORD GIVE US MERCY,
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NOT WHAT WE DESERVE.
Bridge…(spoken) WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL PEOPLE WERE
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, WHICH AMONG THESE
ARE, -LIFE- LIBERTY- AND THE PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS…
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3. WE SACRIFICE OUR CHILDREN BEFORE THEY`RE EVEN BORN, WE`RE WALLOWING IN
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SELFISHNESS AND SIN, ARE WE DESTINED FOR THE WRATH OF GOD, IS JUDGEMENT ON THE
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WAY, OR IS IT POSSIBLY, COULD WE BE BLESSED AGAIN?
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Tag- I`LL FORGIVE THEIR SINS, AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
RICKY J. ALLEN SR.