Luther Jackson Green lived in the apartment me. We cigarettes on the stairs, tell me stories that the white boys never hear. Like when he this sign, he moved North in 1949. On his 10th birthday daddy him to town to the Jackie Robinson play. It was a perfect day, in the sunshine and the hate. He didnt understand why all those people would say such things. His said pay no attention to them, turnaround and watch the man play. The one man in the baseball field was better in every way. My said if you wanna win in this world, you gotta beat em at the wrong game. Luther Green went to law school in 1963. In the summer between he worked in Alabama with Martin King. He met a girl on a night; he fell hard when they saw each others eyes. were people in town that really didnt like that he was black and she was white. They found her in the ditch, a outside of town; some stupid man was blastin about it, so beat him down. He looked him in the eye, spit in his face and turned and walked away. He knew he was better all the hate! He knew he was bigger all the pain! He knew that theres a time to fight and a time to away! He knew until he changed the rules, ohh yeah they em at the wrong game! He never did lose that inside. You could it in his voice; you could see it in his eyes. Luther moved out to live, when his wife passed away. He lives right door to his son, so he can watch his grandchild play. Luther Jackson Green, watched election with me. We put a black man in the White House, a thing he never hed see. Even though he cried, I could see tears in his eyes. He had dreamed this moment, every single day of his life. Yeah Luther died that night in his sleep, but he long enough to see, America the kind of place he always wanted it to be. He said you could never forget the day, we beat em at the wrong game! Yeah like Jackie Robinson. (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta be bigger all the hate! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta be better than all the pain! (Just like Robinson!) Gotta a better way! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the wrong game! (Just like Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the wrong game! (Just like Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the game! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) (Just Jackie Robinson!)