From the recording 2020 Visionary
Wrapping up a year of new music releases, folk-rock Rabbi Gedalya has released another single from the album 2020 Visionary, just in time to wrap up the year, with the full EP expected to drop on New Year’s Eve.
“The Lord is Kind” is available for purchase now exclusively on Gedalya’s website gedalyasings.com.
“Today, it seems that having faith is often seen as counter to being successful,” Gedalya said. “But it shouldn’t be seen that way, I want people to understand you can have both in life.”
Finding a positive message is often a feature of Gedalya’s work and this song stays true to that missive, telling of a criminal that finds mercy and hanging its hat on finding grace when it is needed the most.
“Faith is a mindset,” Gedalya said. “But so is success. Knowing that through faith you can find success is a powerful message that I don’t think we hear often enough. So, this song reflects that, but also the difference between the two, and how sometimes grace can be found in the worst of times in a person's life, but that can make all the difference.”
People can always pursue their dreams, he said, and setbacks should not stop progress.
“You shouldn’t feel the need to bang your head on the wall when things don’t go your way,” Gedalya said. “Life rarely goes exactly to plan, but your successes come from pursuing your dreams, and no one can take those away from you.”
“Through the song you hear the story of a man that could have easily given up,” he said. “He doesn’t. And whatever you want to call it – faith, love, grace, or just dumb luck – saw him through and delivered him to a better place. In this year of tragedies and celebrations, I cannot conceive of a more important message to wrap up 2020. Don’t settle, don’t relent to pressure and don’t let tragedy get in the way of your dreams.”
Lyrics
The Lord is Kind
Driving home stopped along the way got Pulled over out in Sheepshead Bay
Cops got a call from someone in town I Fit the description they had written down
Get out of the car put your hands on the Hood don’t pull any tricks for your own Good
I stood there in disbelief while he Opened my bags and was going through My things
The Lord is just the lord is kind there’s no punishment without a crime
Don’t know what I did to I deserve this bust but the Lord is kind and the Lord is just
I felt a chill going down my spine when he found the stolen goods with his canine
Caught red handed I was out of luck I was sure that they were gonna lock me up
Brought back to town to stand before the judge to plead my case the best I could
I didn’t do it but I couldn’t prove a thing in my possession they found everything
The Lord is just the lord is kind there’s no punishment without a crime
Don’t know what I did to deserve this bust but the Lord is kind and the Lord is just
I said judge please hear what I say I know I must look guilty in the light of day, but
You’ve got to believe me I’ve been framed I know it looks bad but I’m not to blame
Must have overwhelmed him with my speech he told the guards to set me free
I got light headed and I fell to the ground and woke up in my bed safe and sound
The Lord is just the lord is kind everything He does is right on the line
Until the day I go back to the dust the Lord is kind and in the Lord I trust
Until the day I go back to the dust the Lord is kind and in the Lord I trust