What do they ever hope, ever hope to gain? Will my country fall, stand or fall? Is it too late for us all? And did Martin Luther King just die in vain? What will happen now that he is dead? Style: Soul. Discuss the Why? Notify me of new comments via email. Cancel Report. Create a new account. Log In. Powered by CITE. Missing lyrics by Nina Simone? Know any other songs by Nina Simone? Don't keep it to yourself! Add it Here.
He was for equality For all people, you and me Full of love and good will, hate was not his way He was not a violent man Bigotry had sealed his fate We can all shed tears but it won't change a thing Teach your people, will they ever learn Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns And kill with guns and burn Don't you know how we gotta react? Don't you know what it will bring?
Well see he'd seen, the mountaintop And he knew he could not stop Always living with the threat of death ahead Folks you'd better stop and think Cause everybody knows were on the brink What's will happen now that the king of love is dead?
Cause see he'd seen, the mountaintop And he knew he could not stop Always living with the threat of death ahead Folks you'd better stop and think…and feel again For we're headed for the brink What's gonna happen now? In all of our cities? My people are rising; they're living in lies Even if they have to die Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is Even at that one moment that ya know what life is If you have to die, it's all right Cause you know what life is You know what freedom is for one moment of your life What's gonna happen now that the King is dead?
Then it really gets down to reality, doesn't it? Not a performance, not microphones and all that crap But really something else We've lost a lot of them, in the last two years But we have remaining, Monk, Miles Audience: Nina! Simone: I love you too And of course, for those we have left we are thankful, but we can't Afford any more losses, oh no, oh my god They're shooting us down one by one Don't forget that Because they are Killing us one by one Well all I have to say is that those of us who know how to protect those of us that we love Stand by them and stay close to them And I say that if there'd been a couple of more a little closer to Dr.
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