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There's a boy sleeping under the overpass tonight
He aged out at 18 with nowhere to go
The system that raised him just turned off the light
The ones who signed off on it don't even know
And somewhere a senator's making a speech
About the family values he swore he would keep
While the gates of his kingdom stay out of reach
Of the ones Jesus told us to seek
Do you see the least of these
In the face you turn away?
Oh, in the prayers they cannot pray
The widow and the orphan and the stranger at the gate
Are not a cause to rally round They are the ones He said were great
And the Kingdom is not coming on a throne
It is built by those who go To the places no one else will go alone
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There's a woman three jobs in and still can't make rent
Her children go hungry on the last week of the month
The wages she's owed were the first thing that went
When the quarterly earnings were just not enough
And somewhere a preacher is taking the stage
With a gospel of blessing and promises made
But the James chapter 5 and the prophets on rage
Have been left on the very last page
Do you see the least of these
In the face you turn away?
Do you hear the kingdom call
In the prayers they cannot pray
The widow and the orphan and the stranger at the gate
Are not a cause to rally round They are the ones He said were great
And the Kingdom is not coming on a throne
It is built by those who go To the places no one else will go alone
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There's a man in a cell who was caught in the web
Of a system designed to keep filling its beds
And the ones who built it never once missed a meal
While the private contractors close their next deal
And somewhere a general plans the next war
Do you see the least of these
In the face you turn away?
Do you hear the kingdom call
In the prayers they cannot pray
The widow and the orphan and the stranger at the gate
Are not a cause to rally round They are the ones He said were great
And the Kingdom is not coming on a throne
It is built by those who go
To the places no one else will go alone
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He didn't come with a crown or a cavalry
Came with a basin and water and towel
He sat at the table with sinners and tallies
And the ones who built it never once missed a meal
He sat at the table with sinners and taxmen
He touched what the temple said no one should touch
And they nailed up his hands for the threat that it posed
To the ones who held power and wanted it kept
But the stone rolled away and the ledgers were closed
And the last became first while the mighty ones wept
Do you see the least of these
In the face you turn away?
Do you hear the kingdom call
In the prayers they cannot pray
The widow and the orphan and the stranger at the gate
Are not a cause to rally round They are the ones He said were great
And the Kingdom is not coming on a throne
It is built by those who go To the places no one else will go alone
Whatever you did for the least of these
Whatever you did for the least of these
You did for me
