Speech Choir - Earthkeeper

EARTHKEEPER

by: Gary Granada

You were meant to be free, as wild as the sea

Just like an eagle soaring high

Nesting on the trees that touch the sky

You have the right to this place like all human race.

You are no less than a child of the Maker

You're an earthkeeper of the land of your birth.

You were created to be a creator.

You're the life bearer of Mother Earth.

You're holding the key between you and me.

Life is the choice we need to make.

Peace is the way we must take

Where there is waiting and pain

To heal and sustain.

You were so called to be a namegiver.

You're a defender of the nameless and the weak.

You were so pieced to become a peacemaker.

To make or unmake hangs on you.

And for the sake of the futures

Of our sons and daughters,

In the name of all creatures,

Give survival a chance.

You are no less than the child of the Maker.

You're an earthkeeper of the land of your birth.

You were created to be a creator.

You're the life bearer of Mother Earth.

You're the defender of the nameless and the weak.

You were so pieced to become a peacemaker.

To make or unmake,

To do or undo hangs on you.

Read more ...

Speech Choir - If I Were a Voice

If I Were a Voice 

by Charles Mackay

If I were a voice, a persuasive voice,

That could travel the wide world through,

I would fly on the beams of the morning light,

And speak to men with a gentle might,

And tell them to be true.

I’d fly, I’d fly, o’er land and sea,

Wherever a human heart might be,

Telling a tale, or singing a song,

In praise of the right – in blame of the wrong.

II.

If I were a voice, a consoling voice,

I’d fly on the wings of air,

The homes of Sorrow and Guilt I’d seek,

And calm and truthful words I’d speak

To save them from Despair.

I’d fly, I’d fly, o’er the crowded town,

And drop, like the happy sun-light, down

Into the hearts of suffering men,

And teach them to rejoice again.

III.

If I were a voice, a convincing voice,

I’d travel with the wind,

And whenever I saw the nations torn

By warfare, jealousy, or scorn,

If I were a voice, a convincing voice,

I ‘d travel with the wind,

And whenever I saw the nations torn

By warfare, jealousy, or scorn,

Or hatred of their kind,

I’d fly, I’d fly, on the thunder-crash,

And into their blinded bosoms flash;

And, all their evil thoughts subdued,

I’d teach them Christian Brotherhood.

IV.

If I were a voice, a pervading voice,

I’d seek the kings of Earth;

I’d find them alone on their beds at night

And whisper words that should guide them right

Lessons of priceless worth;

I’d fly more swift than the swiftest bird,

And tell them things they never heard

Truths which the ages for aye repeat

Unknown to the statesmen at their feet.

V.

If I were a voice, an immortal voice,

I’d speak in the people’s ear;

And whenever they shouted ‘Liberty,’

Without deserving to be free,

I’d make their error clear.

I’d fly, I’d fly, on the wings of day,

Rebuking wrong on my world-wide way,

And making all the Earth rejoice-

If I were a voice-an immortal voice.

Read more ...