PASSING THROUGH

This world is not my home

I'm just a passin' through

My treasures are laid up

Somewhere beyond the blue

Black angels beckon me

From Heaven's open door

I ain't on what y'all on no more

This for those shot dead in the land of the living

I pray the hood in the sky got streets with gold trimmings

And the linens on your back cover sins that's forgiven

And you see He who is risen, has the skin that's forbidden

'Cause oh, how a life (Oh, how a life)

Seems black and white

Until the light adds color

To those that died (Those that died)

May your soul take pride (Soul took pride)

In knowing you were so much more than colored (Yeah)

'Cause this world is not my home (This world is not my home)

I'm just a passin' through (I'm just passin' through)

My treasures are laid up (My treasures are laid up)

Somewhere beyond the blue (Somewhere beyond the blue)

Black angels beckon me (Angels beckon me)

From Heaven's open door (From Heaven's open door)

I ain't on what y'all on no more, yeah (Ooh, I ain't on what y'all on no more)

This for those from the slums, the hood and the village, yeah

And all the ones they omitted

In the books they have written

I pray you get spinach

And the privilege of seeing yo' seeds with dominion

In the land where they raped and pillaged

Those who were were made in His image

'Cause oh, how a life

Seems black and white

Until the light adds color

To those that died (Those that died)

May your soul take pride (Pride)

In knowing you were so much more than colored

'Cause this world is not my home (This world is not my home)

I'm just a passin' through (I'm just passin' through)

My treasures are laid up (My treasures are laid up)

Somewhere beyond the blue (Somewhere beyond the blue)

Black angels beckon me (Angels beckon me)

From Heaven's open door (From Heaven's open door)

I ain't on what y'all on no more, yeah (Ooh, I ain't on what y'all on no more)