Luther Jackson Green in the apartment above me. We smoked cigarettes on the stairs, tell me stories that the boys never hear. Like he found this sign, he moved North in 1949. On his 10th daddy took 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 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 win in this world, you gotta beat em at the wrong game. Luther Jackson Green to law school in 1963. In the summer between he worked in with Martin Luther King. He met a girl on a summer 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 outside of 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 he was bigger than all the pain! He knew that theres a to fight and a time to walk away! He until he changed the rules, ohh yeah they beat em at the wrong game! He did lose that feeling inside. You could it in his voice; you could see it in his eyes. Luther moved out West to live, when his passed away. He lives next door to his son, so he can watch his grandchild play. Luther Green, watched election night with me. We put a man in the White House, a thing he never thought hed see. Even though he never cried, I 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 become the kind of place he always it to be. He said you could never forget the day, that we beat em at the game! Yeah just like Jackie Robinson. (Just Jackie Robinson!) Gotta be bigger than all the hate! (Just like Robinson!) Gotta be better than all the pain! (Just like Robinson!) Gotta find a better way! (Just like Robinson!) beat em at the wrong game! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the wrong game! (Just Jackie Robinson!) Gotta beat em at the game! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) (Just like Robinson!)