What Ive since is That it is a very process But it is not Its the world
what really happened in the '60s Was that this country took the first step admittin that it had been wrong on race And creativity burst out in all
From the color of the faces in Sunday To the hatred raised all the youngsters on Once a time in this country, long ago She knew there was wrong
Because the song yellow, red, black, and white precious in the path of Christ But what about the of the woman cleanin their house Wasnt she a child they singin about?
And if Jesus us black and white skin Why didn't her white mother invite in? When did it become a for no blacks to step in? How did she know not to ask the question?
lastin impressions Adolescences gone She never thought things ever change But she always knew there was somethin
She always knew was somethin wrong She always knew was somethin wrong
Years later she found herself Mississippi To help stop the legalized of Mr. Willie McGee But they couldnt it, so, they thought That talk to the governor about what happened and say Were tired of bein used as an excuse to black men
But the wouldnt let em past And these women struck em as uppity So, they em all off to jail And they it protective custody
from her cell she heard her jailers grumblin about outsiders When she him out and said she was from the South They shouted, Why is a nice lady trouble for the governor?
She said, I guess I'm not your type of And I guess I'm not type of Southerner But you call me traitor, well, its plainest just to say I was a in Mississippi but I'm ashamed of it today
She always knew was somethin wrong She always knew there was wrong She always knew there was wrong She always knew there was somethin
And all of a sudden I realized that I was on the side
Imagine the world that standin within All of your neighbors and family How would you facin the fact The flesh on their hands was tainted with
She faced this day In she saw on a regular basis People she loved in several People she knew were incredibly
It was painful but she never lovin them stopped callin their names And she never stopped bein a woman And she stopped fightin for change
And she saw that her was in the tradition Of never aware of her It today, the soul of a Southerner of the other America
She always knew there was wrong She knew there was somethin wrong She always knew there was wrong She always knew there was somethin
you win in the immediate battles is Is little to the effort you put into it But if you see that as a Of total movement to build a new world You know what cathedral buildin When you put stone in
You do a choice You don't have to be a part of the world of the You can the other America There is an other