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