i wish i could have talked with you   if i had the chance i would have walked with you   i could have watched you live   and watched you changing lives   and how you always give   no matter what the price      i wish i could have been with you   when all those hyprocrites would run and come at you   i could have heard you say those simply brilliant words   that make them turn away   and think they're hate to be absurd      how did you always stand your ground   so well when they came at you?   how did you always seem to know just what to say and what to do?      i wish i could have followed you   and felt the peace you'd give   to all who acknowldged you   i wouldve watched you close   remembering all you do   practicing what you preached   trying to follow through      i wish i could have known your face   and joined right by you side loving the human race   no matter what the cost   your strength always in place   no matter how they hate   you'd always show them grace      how did you always turn it around   when they tired to play you for a fool   how did you always know when to run,   when to love, when to rage, and when to keep your cool?      when they came running   with their fingers pointing away from their own hands   you turned them around without making a sound   what was it that you wrote in the sand   when they came blaming with their fists raising   and the voices loud with betrayl and hate   you took the fall to make a way for us all   how sweet the sound of your amazing grace