Keep Hope Alive

Описание: (soft organ, distant choir hum)
Leader (spoken):
From the Delta to the doorsteps of the dream…
One voice kept calling… keep hope alive.
[Verse 1]
I heard a train in the distance, rolling through the night,
Through dusty roads and hard times, still we walked toward the light.
A preacher with a purpose and a thunder in his tone,
Said, “Child, you’re not forgotten—you were never walking lone.”
And the people started rising like a river after rain,
Turning sorrow into power, turning struggle into flame.
Hands joined together—young and old side by side,
With a holy kind of courage and a truth you couldn’t hide.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, we’ve been down so long, but we’re still standing tall,
When a voice says “Reach higher,” we can hear the future call.
And the road gets heavy, but the spirit don’t break—
We bend, we breathe, we sing, we shake the gates.
[Chorus — Gospel/R&B Lift]
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
When the world says “No,” let your soul testify.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
We are more than our pain—we are built to survive.
Oh—hold on, hold on,
Freedom’s not a whisper, it’s a song we carry on.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
’Til the dream meets the dawn—keep hope alive.
(Choir echoes: Keep hope alive… keep hope alive…)
[Verse 2]
He spoke for the workers and the weary and the poor,
For the ones they tried to silence, for the ones locked out the door.
Marched with the mothers, prayed with the men,
Said, “Justice ain’t a maybe—it’s a promise we defend.”
From pulpit to the podium, he called a nation’s name,
Asked America to answer for the weight of all its chains.
Not just one color, not just one side—
A rainbow in the making, with the Lord as the guide.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And we don’t have to fear it when the thunder starts to roll,
’Cause the fire in our history still lives within our soul.
If you’re tired, if you’re broken, if you’re barely getting by—
Let the choir remind you: you were born to rise.
[Chorus — Bigger]
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
Lift your head up high, let your prayers reach the sky.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
Every chain can fall when we stand unified.
Oh—hold on, hold on,
Love is not a weakness, it’s the way we carry on.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
’Til the dream meets the dawn—keep hope alive.
[Bridge — Spiritual Call & Response]
Leader: Ain’t no turning back—
Choir: Ain’t no turning back!
Leader: Through the storm and the night—
Choir: We gon’ be alright!
Leader: If the road gets steep—
Choir: We gon’ sing and keep!
Leader: With our hands held tight—
Choir: We gon’ walk in light!
Leader (melodic):
Tell your neighbor, “Don’t you give up now,”
Tell your spirit, “You’re a child of power,”
We’ve come too far to lose the prize—
So we rise… yes, we rise…
[Final Chorus — Choir-led, Epic Ending]
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
Let the old songs teach the young ones how to fly.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
History’s in our heartbeat—and the future’s on our side.
Oh—hold on, hold on,
We are not defeated, we were made to carry on.
Keep hope alive, keep hope alive,
’Til the dream meets the dawn—keep hope alive.
(Choir vamp: Keep hope alive… keep hope alive… fade)