Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. He took his words to his younger brother, a classically trained composer named J. Rosamond Johnson, and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (as it is accurately titled) was born. That’s where the hymn debuted the following year, sung by 500 children at an event celebrating Black history. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught usSing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.