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Where Is Love?
04:34
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Where is love
Where is it hiding
Where has it gone
Who is it guiding
I can remember a time
When I felt love’s shining light
Has the flame burned out
Have the shadows cast doubt
On what is true or not
But I believe love is all we need
Do you remember a time
When you felt love’s shining light
Has it’s glow gone dim
Left the world feeling grim
Quickly losing hope for hate
But I still believe love is all we need
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My Name Is Emmett Till
05:00
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I was born a black boy
My name is Emmett Till
I walked this earth for fourteen years
Then one night I was killed
For speaking to a woman
Whose skin was as white as dough
That's a sin in Mississippi
But how was I to know
I'd come down from Chicago
To visit with my kin
Up there I was a cheeky kid
I guess I always been
But the harm they put upon me
Was too hard for what I done
For I was just a black boy
I never hurt no one
They took me from my uncle's house
Mose Wright was his name
He'd later stand and without hesitation
Point the blame
At the ones who beat and cut me
And shot me with a gun
Then threw me in the river
Like I was trash when they were done
I was sent back to my mother
At least what was left of me
She kept my casket open
For the whole wide world to see
The awful desecration
And the evidence of hate
You could not recognize me
The mutilation was so great
There came a cry for justice then
To be finally fulfilled
All because of me, a black boy
My name is Emmett Till
But I'd have rather lived
'Til I was too old to die young
Not miss all I left behind
All that might have come
The summer clouds above my head
The grass beneath my feet
The warmth of a good woman
Her kisses soft and sweet
Perhaps to be a father
With a black boy of my own
And watch him grow into
A kinder world than I had known
Where no child would be murdered
For the color of his skin
And love would be the only thing
Inside the hearts of men
They say the horror of that night
Is still haunting heaven still
Where I am one more black boy
My name is Emmett Till
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3. |
What's Going On
04:29
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Lyrics:
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Yeah, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cause our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
C'mon talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
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4. |
So We Remember
04:32
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Say their names
One and all
So we remember
Say their names
One and all
So we don’t forget
The pain and hurt they endured
How they suffered
Say their names
Over and over
So we remember
With a love in your heart
Fight for justice
With their name in your mind
Try to walk in their shoes
Feel what it’s like
To live behind a wall
You can’t break down alone
With your voice ringing loud
Join the choir
With your body and soul
Try to learn compassion
And feel what it’s like
To live behind a wall
You can’t break down alone
Pledge allegiance
To the movement, to the rhythm
Of freedom, Of glory
To writing ourselves a new story
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One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Early evening, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
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6. |
So We Remember (Demo)
04:30
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Say their names
One and all
So we remember
Say their names
One and all
So we don’t forget
The pain and hurt they endured
How they suffered
Say their names
Over and over
So we remember
With a love in your heart
Fight for justice
With their name in your mind
Try to walk in their shoes
Feel what it’s like
To live behind a wall
You can’t break down alone
With your voice ringing loud
Join the choir
With your body and soul
Try to learn compassion
And feel what it’s like
To live behind a wall
You can’t break down alone
Pledge allegiance
To the movement, to the rhythm
Of freedom, Of glory
To writing ourselves a new story
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Lauren Balthrop Nashville, Tennessee
Lauren Balthrop, a folk-pop singer songwriter hailing from Nashville, has a crystal-fueled voice. Her second album, THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT, is a collection of 11 songs spanning heartbreak, self-doubt and nostalgia coming later this year. Lauren has found her voice in these songs. Look for it later this year on Olivia Records. ... more
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