Practice What You Preach

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All your words are all just lies
When what you say isn’t what you do
All your days are all a joke
When you only care for you alone

Use your voice or lose your voice
They’ll tear you apart anyway
Tell your friends and tell the truth
We’ll need it more than you’ll ever know

What’cha gonna do
Oh What’cha gonna do
Coz your love is meaningless
when all you are say are hollow words

Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Be the shining light in darkness
When you use your voice to speak truth to power

Build a fence and build a wall
You could pretend it’s not your fault
Know your place and know your role
You shall divide and conquer them

Twist the facts and twist my words
Maybe nobody cares anyway
Let it fall, and let it die
Let them drown the truth with lies

What’cha gonna do
Oh what’cha gonna do
Coz your love is meaningless
when all you are say are hollow words

Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Be the shining light in darkness
When you use your voice to speak truth to power

For whom is your activism if it isn’t grounded in radical love and compassion
I’m not seeking revenge nor retribution just an apology and justice
Growth also means falling; they’ll silence us, but we’ll grow and rise again
Like plants through the cracks in the pavements
Like plants through the cracks in the pavements

Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Be the shining light in darkness
When you use your voice to speak truth to power

Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Be the shining light in darkness
When you use your voice to speak truth to power

Words and music by Si Chun Lam. October 2020.
Copyright © 2020 Si Chun Lam. All rights reserved.