There's a light in the darkness
Though the night is black as my skin
There's a light burning bright showing me the way
But I know where I've been

There's a cry in distance
It's a voice that comes from deep within
There's a cry asking why
I pray the answer's up ahead, yeah
'Cause I know where I've been

There's a road we've been travellin'
Lost so many on the way
But the riches will be plenty
Worth the price, the price we had to pay
There's a dream (dream) with the future

There's a struggle that we have yet to win
And there's pride in my heart
'Cause I know where I'm going, yes I do
And I know where I've been, yeah

There's a road (there's a road) we must travel (we must travel)
There's a promise (there is a promise) we must make (that we must make)
But the riches (oh, but the riches) will be plenty
(The riches will be plenty, yeah)
Worth the risk (worth the risk) and the chances we take (and the chances we take)
There's a dream, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah with the future
There's a struggle (struggle) that we have yet to win (we have yet to win)
Use that pride (pride) in our hearts (in our hearts)
To lift us up (lift us up) up to tomorrow (ooh)
'Cause just to sit still would be a sin
I know it, I know it, I know where I'm going
Lord knows, I know
Where I've been
(Know where I've been)
I'll give thanks to my God
'Cause I know where I've been, yeah, yeah

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Marc Shaiman, Scott Michael Wittman