Rocks & Donkeys

Verse 1

I felt her kick, in the still of night

Like a spark from heaven, small and bright

She didn’t ask to be a war

But this world’s hell behind closed doors

Her mama’s heart had turned to stone

And I was beggin’ all alone

Verse 2

They say I got no voice to raise

No right to plead, no words to say

But she’s my blood, she’s got my name

And now I’m drownin’ in the blame

For a life I’d die to save

That the law just throws away

Chorus

Man's love ain’t loud enough to stop this steel

Ain’t sharp enough to make ‘em feel

They turned her cradle to a cell

Called it mercy, I call it hell

She was fearfully, wonderfully made

But fear and pride pulled out the blade

And I’m standin’ here with nothin’ but my tears—

Man's Love ain’t loud enough to keep her here

Verse 3

I saw her face in every dream

Braided hair and tambourines

Sunday shoes and southern skies

Now all I’ve got is alibis

They let her die where life begins

And they call that “rights”—I call it sin

Verse 4

Tell me how a place made safe by God

Became a tomb with a doctor’s nod

Where once she floated, now she bleeds

And silence buys the devil’s deeds

A womb was made to guard the flame

Not be the place they curse her name

Chorus

Man's love ain’t loud enough to stop this steel

Ain’t sharp enough to make ‘em feel

They turned her cradle to a cell

Called it mercy, I call it hell

She was fearfully, wonderfully made

But fear and pride pulled out the blade

And I’m standin’ here with nothin’ but my tears—

Man's Love ain’t loud enough to keep her here

Bridge

You wanna talk about injustice?

Where’s my say, my chance to fight?

She was mine too—bone and breath—

But you chose death and called it “right”

You made me watch, you made me beg

And now you wear her blood instead

Final Chorus

Well, man's love ain’t loud enough—

But it dang sure will be

I’ll raise my voice ‘til the walls come down

‘Til silence breaks and truth is found

This ain’t about just my little girl—

This is a fire for the whole wide world

You turned the safest place into a spear—

By the truth of God, I’m still standin’ here

Outro 

This ends with me.

This ends now.

No more sons and daughters

Torn from sacred ground.

I’ll fight ’til justice splits the sky—

Man's Love wasn’t loud enough…

But I will be.