Hands Of Hate

Oh, Misses Shepard I heard about your sonHe was filled with glory until hates gunAnd he cried at that fencelike a scarecrow, afraidAs those boys beat him drywith the hands of hateAnd Lawrence King never saw 9th gradeBefore that bullet was forced into his brainBy a bully, a madmanA classmate of rageJust at 15, young Larrywas sent to his graveAnd we join together in the arms of faithCan we join together and learn not to hate?And we join together in the arms of faithCan we join together and be one human race?Our friend Tyler was forced off of a bridgeAfter his roommates filmed and outed himMaking love to anotherthe same sex as himAnd the only sin that God sawWas the roommates killing himPoor old Jamey always smiled and thrivedBut as the slurs went on, he couldnt stay aliveAnd he took his own lifeon a cold september nightAnd the bullies admittedthat they wanted him to dieAnd we join together in the arms of faithCan we join together and learn not to hate?And we join together in the arms of faithCan we join together and be one human race?Did you think about how his mama would cry?When she was forced with goodbye?Did you think about his papa when he died?How will they survive?And we join together in the arms of faith
(One people, One nation, One world, With only room for love)Can we join together and learn not to hate?
(No power, No war, No hate, There's only room for love)And we join together in the arms of faith
(One people, One nation, One world, With only room for love)Can we join together and be one human race?
(No power, no war, STOP HATE.)

Oh, Misses Shepard I heard about your sonHe was filled with glory until hates gunAnd he cried at that fencelike a scarecrow, afraidAs those boys beat him drywith the hands of hate