Luther Jackson Green lived in the above me. We cigarettes on the stairs, tell me stories that the white boys never hear. Like when he found sign, he moved North in 1949. On his 10th birthday daddy took him to to the Jackie Robinson play. It was a picture perfect day, in the and the hate. He understand why all those people would say such awful things. His daddy said pay no to them, turnaround and watch the man play. The one black man in the baseball field was in every way. My daddy said if you wanna win in world, you gotta beat em at the wrong game. Luther Jackson Green went to law in 1963. In the summer between he in Alabama with Martin Luther King. He met a on a summer night; he fell 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 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 he was better than all the hate! He knew he was bigger all the pain! He knew that theres a time to fight and a to walk away! He knew until he changed the rules, ohh yeah they beat em at the game! He never did that feeling inside. You hear it in his voice; you could see it in his eyes. moved out West to live, when his wife passed away. He lives right next door to his son, so he can 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 though he cried, I could see tears in his eyes. He had dreamed this moment, every single day of his life. Yeah died that night in his sleep, but he lived long enough to see, America become the of place he always wanted it to be. He said you could never forget the day, we beat em at the wrong game! Yeah just like Jackie Robinson. (Just Jackie Robinson!) Gotta be bigger than all the hate! (Just Jackie Robinson!) Gotta be than all the pain! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta a better way! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta em at the wrong game! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta em at the wrong game! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the wrong game! (Just Jackie Robinson!) (Just Jackie Robinson!)