Springs

Father how should a man of integrity ought to be
 Does he wear a smile like a veil
 Or a sleeve that bleeds his sanity?
 When he wears a cross over his heart
 Is it for reverence or vanity?
 When he visits the chapel at weeks end
 Is it insurance?
 Is it prosperity?
 Show me a man who is worthy to lead this generation
 Where are the strong?
 Where are the disciplined?
 The snakes have lured us with fruit, the rats have told us lies
 And with their spoons of silk they have served us their bribes
 Take me to the corners of earth
 Show me, an honest man
 Tell me how a man of integrity ought to be
 "Imprinted in his bones there is honesty
 His word is a ladder in the lions den
 If its firm, then by his word he will be saved
 If it falters, then in the den he stays"
 He is crooked in little and he's honorable in much
 He walks on upright, blameless and sincere
 "Fame and fortune are like mangled rags
 Greed's a mat where he wipes his feet"
 The snakes have lured us with their fruit
 The rats have told us lies
 Take me to the corners of earth
 Show me, an honest man
 "Like a boulder up against the tide
 He is not moved, he's not displaced
 His flesh withers but his heart perseveres
 Compassion flows from him like an endless spring"
 "Nothing to bring shame, nothing to bring reproach"
 Oh father instill in me
 To be a man of integrity
 Fearless leaders
 Daring shepherds
 Men of integrity