Sold But Not Forgotten

Lyrics

Title: Sold But Not Forgotten
Scripture: Joel 3:6

[Verse 1 – Solo]
They took our names, took our land,
Shipped our people to a foreign hand.
“The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem
have ye sold unto the Grecians,”
that’s what Joel said, and we still feel it.
Far from the border, far from home,
Brown-skin kids feel lost and alone.
School don’t teach it, streets don’t care,
But the Book pulled the cover, truth right there.

[Pre-Chorus – Choir]
Sold out, but we’re still His seed,
Scattered, but He still leads.
They thought our story was through,
But He kept a remnant, and that remnant is you.

[Chorus – Youth Choir]
You sold us out, but He bought us back,
Blood on the line, that’s a holy fact.
Far from home, but He sees where we at,
Judah still rising, we ain’t never off track.
History lied, but the scripture told,
We were sold, but our souls ain’t sold.
Sold but not forgotten,
Chosen and not forgotten.

[Verse 2 – Youth Problems]
Kids in the system, bounced house to house,
Young kings, young queens on a stranger’s couch.
Locked in juvie, tagged as a thug,
Whole life labeled by one bad judge.
Phones full of pain, tryna numb with likes,
Heart full of questions, mind full of fights.
But even when the world try to trade our worth,
He wrote our name in the heavens first.

[Hook – Call & Response]
Leader: They sold our bodies…
Choir: But can’t buy our soul.
Leader: Tried to erase us…
Choir: But our names still roll.
Leader: Took our language…
Choir: But the Book still speaks.
Leader: Tried to break Judah…
Choir: But we’re back on our feet.

[Bridge – Chant]
Judah wake up, know who you are,
You’re more than the block, more than the scar.
Judah wake up, lift up your head,
We were sold, but we’re not dead.

[Vamp – Drive]
Choir: Sold but not forgotten, He’s callin’ us back,
Leader: From the hood, from the cells, from every trap.
Choir: Sold but not forgotten, His word still stands,
Leader: Joel 3:6, He remember His hands.

[Tag – Unison]
Far from the border, but not from His heart,
Judah, He’s bringin’ us back to the start.