Tour Memories
Song: Power Of People (acoustic)
Album: Unreleased
Venue: Wild Spirit Backpackers
Location: Natures Valley, South Africa
Date: 19 Feb. 2023
Verse 1
Selma to Montgomery marches
it was 1965
mother Pollard said her feets was tired
but her soul found rest that night
they planned to walk over the Edmund Pettis bridge
for their voting rights
against bull Connor
the police and the Ku Klux Klan
but
this wasn’t a riot
it wasn’t a mob
these were ordinary people
with strategy involved
they said
no matter what happens to you
turn your other cheek
don’t let them move you
it’s called bloody Sunday
cause they made them pay
cause they wanted a representative democratic say
they
marched with their hearts
and not with their fists
they marched with love
compassion
nonviolence acquits
They made their case
by refusing to fight and
All America watched
on Cronkite that night
Chorus
Ain’t no power
Like the power of people
Cause
The power of people don’t stop
Verse 2
The T and R Commission
Was led by Desmond tutu
Apartheid fell
Mandela walked from jail
With the whole world watching what’s he gonna do
he invited his jailers to dinner
in ‘92
Things ain’t Easy to be black and to be free
when there’s white people privilege that we just can’t see
look up the Greensboro lunch counter segregation
at the Woolworths
the downtown location
It’s where for black men
took it upon themselves
to take a beating for the beating Jim Crow in the south
they said
we’ve come to help desegregate and you can no longer assign a seat
by color or race
they went and grabbed their friends who jumped off the fence
because freedom ain’t free when you’re being arrested
against all odds
and voter suppression
they voted George Wallace out
in the next election
Verse 3
There’s another thing called Tiananmen Square
where a man stopped a tank
with a grocery bag and stare.
Vietnam two three infantry
Hugh Thompson Je stopped a massacre of Vietnamese
he was a war time whistleblower without the zeal
even Billy Graham bailed Dr. King out of jail
you can read about this world
past and present tense
but nothing comes close to your experience
so write it down
in bits and pieces
like a modern day Martin Luther 95 thesis
because it don’t matter
if your white or black
if you see something say something it’s time to act
You can litigate laws
and mitigate crime
but you can’t legislate someone’s heart and mind
you gotta lead with your heart expect the resist
they even called Martin Luther King a communist
#SongsInTheKeyOfFreedom
#TransAtlanticRelationsTour //
Song: Power Of People (acoustic)
Album: Unreleased
Venue: Wild Spirit Backpackers
Location: Natures Valley, South Africa
Date: 19 Feb. 2023
Verse 1
Selma to Montgomery marches
it was 1965
mother Pollard said her feets was tired
but her soul found rest that night
they planned to walk over the Edmund Pettis bridge
for their voting rights
against bull Connor
the police and the Ku Klux Klan
but
this wasn’t a riot
it wasn’t a mob
these were ordinary people
with strategy involved
they said
no matter what happens to you
turn your other cheek
don’t let them move you
it’s called bloody Sunday
cause they made them pay
cause they wanted a representative democratic say
they
marched with their hearts
and not with their fists
they marched with love
compassion
nonviolence acquits
They made their case
by refusing to fight and
All America watched
on Cronkite that night
Chorus
Ain’t no power
Like the power of people
Cause
The power of people don’t stop
Verse 2
The T and R Commission
Was led by Desmond tutu
Apartheid fell
Mandela walked from jail
With the whole world watching what’s he gonna do
he invited his jailers to dinner
in ‘92
Things ain’t Easy to be black and to be free
when there’s white people privilege that we just can’t see
look up the Greensboro lunch counter segregation
at the Woolworths
the downtown location
It’s where for black men
took it upon themselves
to take a beating for the beating Jim Crow in the south
they said
we’ve come to help desegregate and you can no longer assign a seat
by color or race
they went and grabbed their friends who jumped off the fence
because freedom ain’t free when you’re being arrested
against all odds
and voter suppression
they voted George Wallace out
in the next election
Verse 3
There’s another thing called Tiananmen Square
where a man stopped a tank
with a grocery bag and stare.
Vietnam two three infantry
Hugh Thompson Je stopped a massacre of Vietnamese
he was a war time whistleblower without the zeal
even Billy Graham bailed Dr. King out of jail
you can read about this world
past and present tense
but nothing comes close to your experience
so write it down
in bits and pieces
like a modern day Martin Luther 95 thesis
because it don’t matter
if your white or black
if you see something say something it’s time to act
You can litigate laws
and mitigate crime
but you can’t legislate someone’s heart and mind
you gotta lead with your heart expect the resist
they even called Martin Luther King a communist
#SongsInTheKeyOfFreedom
#TransAtlanticRelationsTour //
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