In this song, Judy Mowatt honors her Black sisters, and shares in their inherited traumas and struggles as descendants of slaves. She reflects on the toilsome path of her ancestors and the abuse that they endured, and that Black people endure today still. She closes the song with an encouragement to stand the rights of the People. She speaks on how the sinful heart wages death upon the innocent, but that victory is promised for those who are obedient as according to Biblical scripture.
In this song, Judy Mowatt honors her Black sisters, and shares in their inherited traumas and struggles as descendants of slaves. She reflects on the toilsome path of her ancestors and the abuse that they endured, and that Black people endure today still. She closes the song with an encouragement to stand the rights of the People. She speaks on how the sinful heart wages death upon the innocent, but that victory is promised for those who are obedient as according to Biblical scripture.
References:
Matthew 2:16-21: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-2-16_2-21/