If not now then when (Matthew West)

I woke up this morning

Saw a world full of trouble now

Thought, how’d we ever get so far down

How’s it ever gonna turn around

So I turned my eyes to Heaven

I thought, God, why don’t You do something?

Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of

People living in poverty

Children sold into slavery

The thought disgusted me

So, I shook my fist at Heaven

Said, God, why don’t You do something?

He said, I did, I created you

If not us, then who

If not me and you

Right now, it’s time for us to do something

If not now, then when

Will we see an end

To all this pain

It’s not enough to do nothing

It’s time for us to do something

I’m so tired of talking

About how we are God’s hands and feet

But it’s easier to say than to be

Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves

It’s all right, somebody else will do something

Well, I don’t know about you

But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire

I don’t want a flame, I want a fire

I wanna be the one who stands up and says,

I’m gonna do something

Refrain

We are the salt of the earth

We are a city on a hill (shine shine)

But we’re never gonna change the world

By standing still

No we won’t stand still

Refrain

To hear Matthew West perform Do Something, click on the video below:

Image source:  Jesus Commissions the Apostles, The Cloisters, NY, ca. 850-900, Rheims, France,
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2000.486/
Video source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RjndG0IX8