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What Have We Become? Lyrics
A preacher shuns his brother
Cause his bride's a different color
And this is not acceptable
His papa taught him so
It was love that he'd been preaching
But this was overreaching
The boundaries stretchin' further
Than his heart would choose to go
Like an angel with no wings
Like a kingdom with no king
(chorus 1)
What have we become?
A self indulgent people
What have we become?
Tell me where are the righteous ones?
What have we become?
In a world degenerating
What have we become?
(chorus 2)
Speak your mind, look out for yourself
The answer to it all is a life of wealth
Grab all you can cause you live just once
You got the right to do whatever you want
Don't worry about others or where you came from
It ain't what you were, it's what you have become
Mom and Dad are fightin'
As Rosie lies there crying
For once again she's overheard
Regrets of their mistake
With Christmas bells a-ringing
Little Rosie'd leave them grieving The gift she'd give her family
Would be the pills she'd take
An inconvenient child
She wasn't worth their while
(repeat choruses 1 and 2)
What about love?
What about God?
What about holiness?
What about mercy, compassion and selflessness?
You know it's true
He is there for me and you
Doesn't matter what you do
(repeat chorus 1)
What have we become?
Have we come undone?
What have we become?
Have we come undone?
What have we become?
(repeat chorus 2)
Selfish... ???
With selfish... ???
Selfish people
When you gonna learn?
Everyone of us
Gathered 'round in trust
What have we become?
Cause his bride's a different color
And this is not acceptable
His papa taught him so
It was love that he'd been preaching
But this was overreaching
The boundaries stretchin' further
Than his heart would choose to go
Like a kingdom with no king
What have we become?
A self indulgent people
What have we become?
Tell me where are the righteous ones?
What have we become?
In a world degenerating
What have we become?
Speak your mind, look out for yourself
The answer to it all is a life of wealth
Grab all you can cause you live just once
You got the right to do whatever you want
Don't worry about others or where you came from
It ain't what you were, it's what you have become
As Rosie lies there crying
For once again she's overheard
Regrets of their mistake
With Christmas bells a-ringing
Little Rosie'd leave them grieving The gift she'd give her family
Would be the pills she'd take
She wasn't worth their while
What about God?
What about holiness?
What about mercy, compassion and selflessness?
He is there for me and you
Doesn't matter what you do
Have we come undone?
What have we become?
Have we come undone?
What have we become?
With selfish... ???
Selfish people
When you gonna learn?
Everyone of us
Gathered 'round in trust
What have we become?
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Eerie and simple. This song is amazing . T- and the gang out did themselves. My fav DCT Song EVER! Greatest lyric also... Angel w/ no wings... Kingdom w/ no king! Too bad no airplay.
At the end, it's "selfish goal" Awesome song...
what have we become?...great song
what have we become?...great song
This song is about how selfish this world has become, and how we need to return to the one who made us
This song makes me cry every time I listen to it.
"Mom and Dad are fightin' As Rosie lies there crying For once again she's overheard Regrets of their mistake With Christmas bells a-ringing Little Rosie'd leave them grieving The gift she'd give her family Would be the pills she'd take"
This is a very, very deep song, especially the part below that talks about a girl who became so depressed after hearing her parents say that, as far as they were concerned, she was an "inconvenient child" who "wasn't worth their while" that she overdosed on pills and killed herself. It makes me sad to think that any parents would have that attitude about their children, let alone to think that their child would take his or her own life because their parents are overly selfish.
This is by far my favorite song by my favorite Christian artist(s). Everytime i listen to it, i get all choked up. when i was younger, i always thought, i'm glad that stuff only happens in movies, no one could ever be that cruel, and life can't be that sad...
The scary part is, Toby, Mike, and Kevin didn't call the song "What Have THEY Become". None of us are perfect, and we all fall into this category of a slipping society. "Where are the righteous ones?" No one should ever need to ask that.
One of the saddest songs they ever wrote...I would call it my favorite, but I don't really have a favorite. Just like tons of other songs of theirs they hit me square in the face with some very hard and very true lyrics.
this is one of my fave dc talk songz...they are trying to get across the fact that our world is falling deeper and deeper into selfishness and sin so that we have to pose the question....what HAVE we become??...what are we doing???