(Gospel Division)/Above The Rim Music (Administered by BMG Songs, Inc.)
(ASCAP)

He could have prospered in the suburbs
Instead of working for the poor
Down at the inner-city mission
Where there''s so much disappointment and very few rewards.
For every victory there''s a failure
On these harsh and empty streets
But if you ask what keeps him going
He''ll say, "I know where I''d be if Christ had given up on me-"

Chorus:
Beneath the symbol of a lost cause
Is where I take my stand.
Beneath the emblem of a Roman cross
of a Sacrificial Lamb.
Cause love never claims the victory
Till it finally gives it''s all.
And that''s why the grave is empty
Beneath the symbol of a lost cause.

I''ve been a slave to popular opinions,
And I''ve memorized the Gospel of success,
I''ve had a taste of the politics of power
And the glamour that commands the world''s respect.
But when my eyes are turned to Jesus,
Nailed on a Cross to die for me,
I hear a cock crow in the distance
And it shatters my illusions and drives me to my knees-

Bridge:
Where the last and the least meet the Prince of their Peace,
Where the humble are honored and the hungry come to feast-