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Volume 2016
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Article 74
2016
"We Are the Sons and Daughters of the Same
Father"
Ben Cockrell
Ouachita Baptist University
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Cockrell: "We Are the Sons and Daughters of the Same Father"
'"We Are the Sons and Dauptcrs of the Same Father"
Ben Cockrell
Verse 1:
Flesh of my flesh and bones of my bones
Earnestly calling each other back home
To a houM: wdl divided with tape on the seams
Not knowing the floorboards were part of a tree
So we sit, we ask, and we pray
Cllorus:
All sons and daughters are searching for more
From the two sided coin for peace and for war
A IJng on a throne simply orders and flees
But a father for all is the father for me
~~rse 2:
Struck together too tangled to free
Themselves from lakes of diversity
A maze unmarked and married from afar
No wonder these children can't get far
So we sit, we ask, and we pray
Bridge:
We are the sons. We are the daughters.
He is the one. He is our father.
Turi bene. Mugabo umwe.
Turi bene. Mugabo umwe.
Umubyeyi.•
The last 3 lines are written in Kinyarwandan, an
official language of Rwanda.
Translation:
•Turi bene mugabo umwe- we are the sons and
daughters of the same father
Umubycyi-father/provider/protector/parent
Las ultimas tres lineas son escritos en Kinaruanda,
una lengua oficial de Ruanda.
...
Traduccion:
•Turi bene mugabo umwe- somos los hijos y las
hijas del mismo padre
Um ubyeyi-padre/proveedor/protector
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