God Gave You Nothing - live 8/2/19

GOD GAVE YOU NOTHING   written by Ric Hickey

Shut your mouth. Open your ears.

What you’re talkin’ about poisoned the air ‘round here.

You the leader of the free world, Now it’s a little less free

God gave you nothing He didn’t intend for me

Think of your daughter, sister and mother.

How you took their voices and their rights, saw to it they were smothered

A man is only good as his word

God gave you nothing He didn’t intend for her

bridge:

God gave us nothing but each other

That man with different color skin, He ain’t nothin’ but your brother

Maybe you missed it when they taught it in school

If you kick the whole world off the boat the drowning fool is you

Now it takes all kinds. Even jerks like you.

Sometimes the melting pot has got poison in the stew

I’ll try not to judge you, or pray for your fall

But God gave you nothing He didn’t intend for us all

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bridge 2:

Until you see a camel pass through the eye of a needle

Money rules this world. It’s valued more than people

Liberty is an open door for the tired, the weak and the poor

God gave you everything. Now you want more?

There once was a boat that brought your family here too

They came from a land far away seeking a better life for you

We’re all immigrants. We all came to call this home

God gave you nothing (nothing) for you alone

So if you’re gonna dance, You got to dance with them that brung you

What did the man say, ‘Bout how you treat the least among you?

What if tomorrow was Judgement Day?

God gave you nothing that He can’t take away

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Here is streaming audio and FREE (Name-Your-Price) download of a live performance of the song featuring Kip Roe on bass:

And here is the original studio recording, also FREE: