River of My People

There's a river of my people

And its flow is swift and strong,

Flowing to some mighty ocean,

Though its course is deep and long.

Flowing to some mighty ocean,

Though its course is deep and long.

Many rocks and reefs and mountains

Seek to bar it from its way.

But relentlessly this river

Seeks its brothers in the sea.

But relentlessly this river

Seeks its brothers in the sea.

You will find us in the mainstream,

Steering surely through the foam,

Far beyond the raging waters

We can see our certain home.

Far beyond the raging waters

We can see our certain home.

For we have mapped this river

And we know its mighty force

And the courage that this gives us

Will hold us to our course.

And the courage that this gives us

Will hold us to our course.

Oh, river of my people,

Together we must go,

Hasten onward to that meeting

Where my brothers wait I know.

Hasten onward to that meeting

Where my sisters wait I know.