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They taught us freedom wasn't firepower, it was self-control
A promise you kept when no one was counting, a line you wouldn't fold
They said a nation doesn't fall from enemies, it falls from inside
When comfort replaces conviction and truth becomes a side
We built this house on something sacred
Not noise, not force, not fear
But hearts that bowed before they ruled
And hands that volunteered
We keep the language, lost the weight
Still say the words like they're immune
But a prayer without alignment
Is just a wish in church clothes, yeah
So which America are we asking You to bless?
The one that kneels or the one that knows best?
We want the favor without the cost
The crown without the cross
Tell me, Lord, which version do You recognize?
They said the law was never strong enough to make a people right
That paper can't restrain a soul that's allergic to the light
We quote the book but skip the living, put the rock on display
Turn commandments into ornaments, then wonder why we sway
We traded virtue for convenience
Called it progress, called it grace
But you can't keep calling it freedom
When nobody wants restraint
A nation can't survive on rights alone
If wrong and right decay
You can't legislate a conscience
You can only give it away
So which America are we asking You to bless?
The one that listens or the one that's obsessed?
We want the blessing, not the bend
The anthem without the amen
Tell me, Lord, which version do You recognize?
If righteousness was our armor, we left it on the floor
We kept the flag, forgot the frame, forgot what it was for
No vote can save what prayer won't touch
No law can heal what pride defends
Revival doesn't start in headlines
It starts where excuses end
If You still bless this land
Don't start with power, start with truth
Start in our homes, start in our words
Start in the things we excuse
We've asked heaven for mercy
While daring it to look away
So which America are we asking You to bless?
The one that repents or the one that protests?
We want the harvest, skip the seed
The promise without belief
Tell me, Lord, which version do You recognize?
If we want the blessing back
We need the backbone back
Not louder prayers but truer lives
Amen, before we say it again