Trouble
Mike Murphy
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In 1863 it was the Great Emancipate But freedom was restricted by the wickedness of hate By 19 double 0 they called it separate but equal Then sliced it up in zones with help of loopholes barely legal The red lines marked the maps giving nothing to the black And that was how the system started how the odds they would be stacked And as millions left the South with hopes of no more segregation They were welcomed to a world with just as much discrimination Trouble oh, trouble oh, no breathin’ (No breathin') See it oh, see it oh, we’re grievin’ (We’re grievin’) All the pain begins to flow Light the fire born so long ago As the world starts to glow In 1948 they finally let us live together ‘Til the Housing Act was born and scorn the black into the nether Imagine all the houses being built to help our nation, but you don’t get one, son Because your darkened pigmentation For decades many fought and finally earned the civil rights But still the system doesn’t work when it is shifted to the whites Livin’ in the poverty of Uncle Sam’s disgrace Still you actually have to question why there’s anger in this place? Struggle oh, struggle oh, so real yeah (So real yeah) See it oh, see it oh, we’re kneelin’ (We’re kneelin’) Black and white have turned to gray Red and blue can find another day ‘Til we all find a way Heaven knows what we could do If we were equal through and through We could lift all humankind If we’d live life colorblind And our children they would see With their eyes of unity And our world would be free Trouble, oh, trouble, oh, it’s gone now (It’s gone now) See it, oh, see it, oh, so long now (So long now) All the hate is flushed away Now the people you can hear them say That our world will be okay In 2020 something changed that screamed above the sound of silence Unity and love would kill the hatred and the violence As bigotry was voted out the system started shiftin’ The people came together and the new laws they were written The leadership would change and give new hope to all the nation Instead of all talk we’d learn to fix our cracked foundation And Dr. King’s dream would finally come to its fruition Free at last and racism was now an abolition
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