"Pray For Peace" lyrics

Look back on crossroads seen in our grandfathers's lives
A lot of change has come but we are still not wise
Make me wanna holler, makes me wanna moan
I'm gonna keep on singing till the morning come

Hmm, hmm pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace

I think that our grandmothers would be broken hearted
To see their children's children right back where it started
It makes me wanna holler, makes me wanna moan
I'm gonna keep on singing till the morning come

Hmm, hmm pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
Hmm, hmm pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace
It's a prayer for peace, pray for peace

Thank heavens for changes I've seen in my lifetime
We've got to teach our children to be more color blind, colorblind!
Colorblind, colorblind, I wish we could be colorblind
Colorblind, colorblind, I wish we could be colorblind
Colorblind, colorblind, I wish we could be colorblind
Colorblind, colorblind, I wish we could be colorblind

The innocence and love seen on our children's face
Makes me know that ignorance and hate will be erased
Selma
Birmingham
Montgomery, you gotta pray for peace
Chicago
Washington DC
Memphis, Tennessee
I can forget Mississippi

Pray for peace, we gotta pray
Pray for peace, pray for peace
Pray for peace, we need to pray
Pray for peace, we gotta pray for peace
Pray for peace, New York
Pray for peace, you need to pray
Pray for peace, Texas
Pray for peace, you gotta get on your knees
Pray for peace, you gotta pray
Pray for peace, I'm talking 'bout Florida
Pray for peace, you gotta pray
Pray for peace, we all gotta pray
Pray for peace, we gotta pray for peace
Pray for peace, go on your knees
Pray for peace, just pray for peace
Pray for peace