Springs - Earth Groans

Father how should a man of integrity ought to be

Does he wear a smile like a veil

Or a sleeve that bleeds his sanity?

When he wears a cross over his heart

Is it for reverence or vanity?

When he visits the chapel at weeks end

Is it insurance?

Is it prosperity?

Show me a man who is worthy to lead this generation

Where are the strong?

Where are the disciplined?

The snakes have lured us with fruit, the rats have told us lies

And with their spoons of silk they have served us their bribes

Take me to the corners of earth

Show me, an honest man

Tell me how a man of integrity ought to be

«Imprinted in his bones there is honesty

His word is a ladder in the lions den

If its firm, then by his word he will be saved

If it falters, then in the den he stays

He is crooked in little and he’s honorable in much

He walks on upright, blameless and sincere

Fame and fortune are like mangled rags

Greed’s a mat where he wipes his feet"

The snakes have lured us with their fruit

The rats have told us lies

Take me to the corners of earth

Show me, an honest man

«Like a boulder up against the tide

He is not moved, he’s not displaced

His flesh withers but his heart perseveres

Compassion flows from him like an endless spring

Nothing to bring shame, nothing to bring reproach"

Oh father instill in me

To be a man of integrity

Fearless leaders

Daring shepherds

Men of integrity