[Verse]

Oh the chosen ones they walked in chains

Through the desert heat and the pouring rains

Their cries went up to the skies above

Seeking mercy from a God of love

[Chorus]

Why oh why did He let them be

Bound in sorrow lost in misery

Four hundred years of a heavy load

Through the darkness they still followed the road

[Verse 2]

They toiled in shadows with weary hands

Dreaming of freedom in promised lands

Through every lash and every tear

They clung to hope that deliverance was near

[Chorus]

Why oh why did He let them be

Bound in sorrow lost in misery

Four hundred years of a heavy load

Through the darkness they still followed the road

[Bridge]

But oh the fire that pain can ignite

It shapes the spirit it gives it fight

A story of faith through the deepest night

A song of redemption in morning's light

[Chorus]

Why oh why did He let them be

Bound in sorrow lost in misery

Four hundred years of a heavy load

Through the darkness they still followed the road