Benediction by Kenneth Whalum Lyrics

[Spoken words samples interpolated over instrumental]
After the strongest earthquake to hit the country in over two hundred years
But you must smile through your tears and keep moving with the faith that there is a brighter side somewhere
But you must smile through your tears and keep moving with the faith that there is a brighter side somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere
[Female words inaudible]
Forced to grapple with that which is really important to you
We have experienced pain but progress
We have experienced pain but progress
The strongest earthquake to hit the country in over two hundred years
Tears welled up in our eyes as the bodies of- were [?] from the depths of our [?]
After the strongest earthquake to hit the country in over two hundred years
[Female words inaudible]
We are not a perfect people, yet, we are called to a perfect mission
Our mission