Righteous 

Rhythms

Righteous Rhythms

By Christopher Blackmon

Copyright 2024

You are here to contribute something

How will you choose what to give?

You are among us to give something to us

How will you choose what to give?

Help every threat to our peace be defeated

Be the supplier, the gift that is needed

You are here to contribute something

How will you choose what to give?






You will contribute from what you become

How will you choose what to be?

What you grow into will mark you and name you

How will you choose what to be?

Let every pillar within you be strong

Joined like the sounds of a meaningful song

You will contribute from what you become

How will you choose what to be?






You will become like the rhythms of life

How will you choose what to play?

All of your patterns will break you or make you

How will you choose what to play?

Actions in patterns will gather in heaps

Building a home from your thoughts and beliefs

You will become like the rhythms of life

How will you choose what to play?






Righteous rhythms move through time

Like mother root to baby fruit

Like seeded earth to leaf and sky

Like eggs to birds that flap and fly

From restful night to active day

Rhythms guide our work and play

The ones with righteous stamina

Go back to Mother Africa






You have become like the rhythms of life

How did you choose what to play?

So many patterns that broke you and made you

How did you choose what to play?

Actions in patterns have gathered in heaps

Building a home from your thoughts and beliefs

You have become like the rhythms of life

How did you choose what to play?






You are contributing what you’ve become

How did you choose what to be?

What you grew into has marked you and named you

How did you choose what to be?

Each day the pillars within you grow strong

Joined like the sounds of a meaningful song

You are contributing what you’ve become

How did you choose what to be?






You are here to contribute something

How did you choose what to give?

You are among us to give something to us

How did you choose what to give?

Help every threat to our peace be defeated

You’re the supplier, the gift that is needed

You are here to contribute something

How did you choose what to give?