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Mayor, come outside Eyes wide, collapse to your knees in sobs Of the background you once called your city Dreaming of prophecy - pages in Scripture Speak of desolation "Everything is desolate and displaced - widows Mourn and children weep!" Desolation, not of Jerusalem or Judah But of New Orleans

Mayor, sank to the ground in racking cries Heard from the radio - "My city's gone!" Woken in the wraith of fury Of a bi-polar wicked woman named Katrina

Mayor, pray to the Almighty Anger in the form of blame - Toward a bush who can only do so much Rages of the displaced and starved Judgement. Tribulation. Justice. Trial

Mayor cries, black and proud This is now an infamous memory of an African- American generation - a story to be told And passed down to generations:

"My child," they'll say to little ones not yet born "I remember those days, when dogs whined and Our town sank like the Titanic A judgment from God? I say, a judgment of the sin In the French quarters...or maybe we experienced the Power of evil Or wraith in the form of a hurricane!"

Mayor weeps, 'cause all things desolate, and the ground Wallows under sludge and debris, and all hope is dashed - For now

Cry to the Almighty and wonder Why this? Why now? How could this be?! He sobs As New Orleans lies underwater Disasters everywhere are getting larger An incomprehensible sign of things to come Fear and the burden of those hurting weigh like brick On your heart, and tears fall like rain For those scorned by her fury

And then He says to you "Let your heart not be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me." Mayor In My Father's house are many rooms, if it weren't so, I would tell you Mayor, be humble, seek God, repent and he'll lift you I will go and prepare a place for you Hope will rise

Images of trueness of bureaucracy Which alienated them for their dark skin Beautiful black faces full of fear and trepidation In a hellhole called the Superdome But rescued by the colorful people of the rainbow

Mayor, rise to your knees Like prophecy in the bible, it will rise again And be bathed in God's righteousness like a warm sun

Mayor, rebuilding will begin! "My city is emerging!" Lessons learned in the form of hundreds saved by Him Salvation came through tragedy Love given through wrath Warning given in love - Shake them now, to keep them from something Eternally more horrid than a city submerged In bleak water

Mayor cries before the sign of his cherished city And nations rushed to your side And there you see restoration, spiritual salvation, Christ's body In action - love in action And rejuvenation on the brink of horizon

See, mayor, see Beyond those deceitful levees and your trust in man See into the eyes of the Risen One who can save you See the rejuvenation Of your cherished city On the brink of horizon