frederick douglass

a heart can be broken, a heart can despair, but a heart that is open, will climb up the stairs, looking for a higher love, we all want a higher love, frederick douglass, you're my hero, 'cause nothing could keep you down, nothing could keep you down, sometimes i feel so ashamed, when i can't get back up again, i don't stand up despite the pain, and i don't walk on despite my rage, you had a higher love, you had a higher love, read, with the first words of the prophet, read, just like frederick douglass, read, like my mother told me, read, he rode on stone and he rode in the sand, he held the words right in his hand, to illuminate, emancipate, his beautiful mind, he had a higher love, he had a higher love, he had a higher love, read, were the first words of the prophet, read, just like frederick douglass, read, like my mother told me, read, just like frederick douglass, oh, frederick douglass, you're my hero, 'cause nothing could keep you down, nothing could keep you down, he had a higher love, he had a higher love, oh let's just try to be kind, let's try to be kind, let's try to be kind, let's try to be kind, read, were the first words of the prophet, read, just like frederick douglass, read, like my mother told me, read, just like frederick douglass, oh, frederick douglass, you're my hero, he walked on water, he walked on water, he walked on water, he walked on water, he walked on water