Celebration

I knew this guy and he lived this remarkable way
First he had this smile for everyone
Hmm, huh? He lived his life a celebration

Objectively people would say what did it get him
He knew pain he knew suffering he knew oppression
He somehow learned to love all I ever knew him to do

Bad things happened to my friend that were not his fault
Bad or just people who didn't know life was a celebration took advantage
They signed his name to words he never said

Most people would have been bothered by that
Most people know when people are owed even babies
I don't know for sure but I suspect he had learned to celebrate

I know he had many battles before I knew him
He had battles the whole time I knew him
I know what it feels like when people you give your heart to lie

We all cry out for justice
Our vision of what that is is where we part
He would tell you his

I saw what it got him
He had the faith the ages were made
He preached a good sermon now but lived a better one