When I heard these words in a speech by Senator Warnock of Georgia, I was stunned. What a profound concept. To me, it’s a revelation, and possibly also a prayer.
I had to write his speech into a song.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Senator Warnock went on to say, wasn’t born a hero. He was just a citizen, but he saw in every human “a spark of the divine.” He appealed to President Lyndon Baines Johnson to seriously support voting rights, but the President claimed he had just expended a lot of political capital and couldn’t afford to do more now. MLK said, you don’t have the power, we do.
Change doesn’t come from the top down, Warnock concluded, but comes from the bottom up through everyone having a voice.
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Nancy Ellen Abrams
MLK was just a man
Had no private fortune
No army to command
Wasn’t born a hero
Had troubles in his time
But saw in every human
A spark of the divine
“Voting Rights?” Said the President
“Sorry, I do not have the power”
MLK said, “We can’t wait
We will raise up ours”
Gather the sparks, repair the world
That’s called spirituality
Gather the sparks, repair the world
In politics is called Democracy
Change doesn’t come from the people on top
Change is what they fear
Good change comes when we share a dream
And act as if it’s here
Gather the sparks, repair the world
That’s called spirituality
Gather the sparks, repair the world
In politics is called Democracy
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