Give Us Barabbas Poem by Leroy A. Curry

Give us Barabbas
Yeah The Messiah healed us
Delivered and freed us
… but
Give us Barabbas
Yeah he’s a murderer, a thief
Of all sinners he’s the chief
someone call the police
Give us Barabbas
The Scribes started these lies
Got this crowd hypnotized
Let this man be crucified … and
Give us Barabbas
The one who kills us or frees us
Come on chief priest lead us
anyone but not this Jesus
Give us Barabbas
This is not yesterday’s plan
today the choice still stands
His blood is on our hands
Give us Barabbas
We all face the decision
Sometimes greed distorts vision
and out of evils ambition … we cry
Give us Barabbas
How long will we kill The Messiah
Rejecting going higher
We became the crucifier
Give us Barabbas
Influenced by want of this money
Has the church behaving funny
God says “What more you want from me? ”
Give us Barabbas
Our spirits suffer from malnutrition
Can’t escape this addiction
What’s tomorrows premonition?
Give us Barabbas
Give The Messiah the affliction
The thief is better suited to our vision
We’ll live with contradiction
Give us Barabbas
Jesus, we don’t want Him
We used Him now we taunt Him
Every time we do the wrong thing
We Choose Barabbas