And oftentimes we wonder why, and if it was to
be this way, there is trouble all over
the land.
And we're fighting our fellow man.
Pulling each other down, only to lose what may
have been found.
But now we ask this question, is there any hope
for the world in its condition?
We're at the end of the rope, it seems that all
of our efforts to restore this world of
love have fallen short of measures, and only
God above can change the world, change the
world, yes, there's hope for the world, no need
to worry or doubt,
no need to give up our hope, for as sure as
there is God, there is hope.
We see through our foreign lands, peace is
nowhere to be found, war is on the uprise,
and our nation is on its way down.
No jobs to kill, missing jobs are the headlines
of today, broken homes are many, we cannot
find the words to say, still yet remains this
question, is there any hope for the world
in its condition?
We're at the end of the rope, it seems that all
of our efforts to restore this world of
love have fallen short of measures, and only
God above can change the world, no need to
worry or doubt, no need to give up our hope,
for as sure as there is God, there is hope.
No need to worry or doubt, no need to give up
our hope, for as sure as there is God,
there is hope, yes there is, there is hope,
don't give up, don't let our heart keep crying,
there is hope, keep fighting, there is hope,
for as sure as there is God,
there is, there is hope, yes there is, there is hope.
While the civil rights movement of the 60s
produced a cathartic explosion of creative
activity comparable to the social upheaval of
that decade, the first years of the 70s
equally reflected the mood of black America.
The passionate intensity and guarded hope that
characterized the era of the civil rights
movement gave way to a profound awareness that
black Americans were demanding.
As the Constitution says, life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness, therefore it is
fitting that the phrase life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness be a part of this
tribute. Because of the 200th celebration of
the United States Constitution, even though
black Americans were not originally included in
the Constitution's first draft, history
shows that it took amendments to give us rights
which to this day still are not fully realized.
Waiting for these rights from our African
homeland, through the savage middle passage
and the shackles of servitude, to this very day
where we now celebrate a national holiday
named in honor of a black American, it has been
our music which has sustained us.
Our music carried the melodies and harmonies of
peace and freedom, and we shall overcome.
Yes, we shall overcome, because we still
believe in the dream of liberty.
Liberty, the statue stands tall, but because
I'm not free, to me it seems real small.
But I'll wait in patience until freedom is won,
until equality for every man is won.
I've been enslaved, and I've been rejected, and
I've been shackled, because I am free.
I believe in liberty.
It was never meant for man to walk the road of slavery.
Freedom of choice should be every man's destiny.
For liberty I demand, God created me a man, for
all the price of life, for liberty I lie.
I've been rejected, and I've been shackled,
because I am free.
I believe in liberty.
I still believe, believe, yeah, I believe, believe.
Yes, I do.
I believe. Yeah.
I believe.
I believe, I believe in Him.
That's why I must be free
Oh, freedom
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave
And go home to my hood and be free
Oh, freedom
And before I be a slave
Don't you know I'll be buried in my grave
And I'll go home, yes I will
And I'll thank the Lord, I'll be free
God of our weary years
God of our silent tears
Thou who has brought us thus far on our way
Thou who has by thy might led us into the light
Keep us forever in thy path, we pray
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God,
where we met thee
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the
world, we forget thee
Shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand
true to our God, true to our native land
We shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Deep in my heart
I do, I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
Oh yes we will, oh yes we will
Sing it for me
We shall overcome
We shall overcome someday