When Will We Overcome?
When Will We Overcome?
It had been a good day at the songwriting camp - but nothing quite prepared us for what followed when Quincy, Nabil, and David stepped forward at the Song Share to introduce “When Will We Overcome”. What followed wasn’t just a performance - it was a reckoning.
WHEN WILL WE OVERCOME?
Written by Nabil Ince (BMI), Quincy Cochran (ASCAP), David Gate (PRS)
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VERSE 1
We need a change now, O Lord, can you hear me?
Generations have cried the same song
The same sorrows poured out in melody
“We shall overcome”
When will we overcome?
VERSE 2
We need a change now, O Lord, can you hear me?
Too many days have been downcast and long
Restless hearts through the night are still singing
“We shall overcome”
When will we overcome?
CHORUS
Oh, oh, oh, …
BRIDGE
We shall persevere
With the prayers of saints
And the songs we sing
Are the seeds of change
Your kingdom comes
In the smallest ways
From the suffering
Comes our strongest praise
