What Ive realized is That it is a very process But it is not Its the world
That what happened in the '60s Was this country took just the first step Toward admittin that it had been wrong on And burst out in all directions
From the of the faces in Sunday songs To the hatred they all the youngsters on upon a time in this country, long ago She knew was somethin wrong
Because the song yellow, red, black, and white precious in the path of Christ But what about the daughter of the woman their house Wasnt she a child were singin about?
And if Jesus loves us and white skin Why her white mother invite them in? When did it become a room for no blacks to in? How did she already know not to ask the
Left lastin Adolescences gone She never thought would ever change But she knew there was somethin wrong
She always knew there was somethin She always knew there was wrong
Years she found herself Mississippi bound To help stop the legalized lynchin of Mr. Willie But they stop it, so, they thought That theyd talk to the governor about happened and say tired of bein used as an excuse to kill black men
But the cops wouldnt let em And these they struck em as uppity So, they em all off to jail And they called it custody
Then from her cell she heard her jailers about outsiders When she called him out and said she was the South shouted, Why is a nice Southern lady Makin trouble for the
She said, I I'm not your type of lady And I guess I'm not your of Southerner But before you call me traitor, well, its just to say I was a child in but I'm ashamed of it today
She always knew was somethin wrong She always knew there was wrong She knew there was somethin wrong She always knew was somethin wrong
And all of a sudden I realized that I was on the other
Imagine the that youre standin within All of your neighbors and family How would you facin the fact The flesh on their hands was tainted with
She this every day In people she saw on a regular People she loved in cases People she knew were racist
It was painful but she never stopped lovin Never stopped callin their And she never bein a Southern woman And she never stopped fightin for
And she saw that her was in the tradition Of ancestors aware of her It today, the soul of a Southerner of the other America
She always knew there was somethin She knew there was somethin wrong She always knew was somethin wrong She always there was somethin wrong
you win in the immediate battles is Is little compared to the you put into it But if you see as a part Of this total to build a new world You know what cathedral buildin When you put stone in
You do have a You have to be a part of the world of the lynchers You can join the other There is an other