It starts as a feeling
That something's not
right
Then walks in your
mind
While you're up late
at night.
The problems are many,
The solvers too few,
So the work that needs
doing
Starts pointing at
you.
You ask, "Who am
I
Who can bring about
change?
I've my own things to
do
And this world is so
strange..."
Then you think of the
faces
And hurdles
you'll greet
As you work to solve problems--
All the hate you will
meet.
And you just have to
wonder
If it's worth all the
pains,
When by closing your
eyes
You won't see
freedom's stains.
But you know you can't
do it
There is no way at all
'Cause once you have
seen them
You've heard Justice
call.
The song starts out
softly
And travels so slow...
But along come the
others
And soon you will know
That many are willing
To work through the
day
And lift up their
voices
When FREEDOM's held
sway
There can be no
more silence
When hate comes to
stand
In the midst of a
people
Who share the same
land.
Come together to heal!
And grow strong in
what's true!
Join the voices of
others
Who love justice, too.
Hate can't breed us
out
And it can't hold us
down
And it won't stop the
voices
That rise from the
ground
'Cause the land
still remembers
All my brothers who
bled
To fight for our
freedom--
The struggle's not
dead.
When you first have
the feeling
That something's not
right,
Don't just look away,
Take courage and
fight!
'Cause the
hangman keeps coming
To cloud what is
true
If you don't fight for
freedom,,
Who'll fight to save
YOU?
Teach your children to
love,
Help the poor not to
drown
In the sea of
oppression
That keeps people
down.
Keep freedom alive
And continue the Call
'Til the day we say
truly
"There is Justice
for ALL."
--N.J. Bell
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The AWESOME story, The
Hangman, by Maurice Ogden, inspired me as a child (see link below). In the
Civil Rights era of the 70's, we were watching this film on
reel-to reel-projectors, but the truth of it still stands. They say that
freedom is renewed by the blood of patriots, but it also renews by the breath
and deeds of free people. Don't give up the fight!
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