Need something sweet, something to eat
Dreaming of the taste is just a waste
Inaction is a craving that sometimes goes away
Honey drips from your lips.
Passion in the words you use nothing to prove
Nourishment isn't just in the food; it is what is inside of you.
Need something sweet, something like peace
Dreaming of togetherness and what we can achieve
Fear is just a distraction from the truth
Honey drips from his lips.
With passion in his voice, there is no other choice
Words of compassion, words with feeling, understanding the meaning
Need something sweet, something to hear
Dreaming of Marvin's words *"For only love can conquer hate."
We must march the path that they paved.
Honey drips from her lips.
Her breath through the flute knowledge is the tune
Million tears left at the fence mixed with the mace of ignorance
Need something sweet like freedom
Four hundred years of forgetting is coming to an end
Our ancestors might not have been friends, but together we can win
©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020
*Marvin Gay, WHAT'S GOING ON
Written by Al Cleaveland, Marvin Gay, and Renaldo Benson
©TAMAL Records 1971
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