I Have Seen The Walls Of China
I Have Seen The Rains In Spain
But I Have Never Seen Good Loving
In A Life That Is Rack With Pain
I Have Seen The Sun On The Horizon
As It Exchanged Kisses With The Sea
But I Have Never Seen Happiness
In A Heart That Was Not Set Free
I Have Lived Inside Of My Insecurities
I Have Been Trapped By A Weaken Mind
But I Kept Thinking To Myself
That Everything Changes With Time
I Have Known Mistreatment
By Humans Full Of Hate
I Have Been A Victim Of Calumnies
But I Never Gave Up My Faith
I Have Faced The Bullets Of Criticism
I Have Been Called By Another Name
I Have Seen My Fire Distinguished
But I Had No One But Me To Blame
I Have Spoken To The High And Mighty
I Have Lived With The Common Man
If Receive An Opportunity
I Will Do The Best I Can
On The Landscape Of My Living
Lives The Hyenas Against My Hope
To Avoid The Predators Along My Path
I Must Travel On The Slippery Slope
To Achieve The Goals I Am Seeking
I Must Travel Through Swampy Land
When My Self-Confidence Is Challenged
I Must Take My Strongest Stand
PHILLIP RHODES