Biography series: Harriet Tubman

I carry the scars

by Joel Howard

Inspired by the life and childhood of Harriet Tubman

"You watch the children

You watch the babies"

God if they cry

You know they will whip me!

God this is hard

But I know that you're with me

I carry these scars where I go

I carry them as long as I go

Lord, I am beaten

Dreadfully beaten

This my story's been for so long

Five times before breakfast

My back is beaten

I carry these scars where I go

With me wherever I go

They tell me to submit

But more inspiration I get

From deliverances in the days of Moses

I go underground

To find victory now

Tis better than going back to beatings

Much better than retreating

God this is hard

But I know that you're with me

These visions reveal now your heart

They thought they had beat

The freedom out of me

But these visions reveal now your heart

They are with me and have been this far

I'm prayin' all night

That there'll be a way

I'm praying and praying I'll stay

These visions they keep me

Though they had beat me

I carry these scars where I go

They're with me wherever I go

Lord, come with me wherever I go

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