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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