(Spoken:) Well the world lost a good man When we lost doctor Martin Luther King A man who tried to do everything He tried to keep the world in peace And now the poor man is gone to rest But go on, doctor Martin Luther King, take your rest There will always be another Luther King (Sung:) It was early one evening, when the sun was sinking down Early in the evening, some dirty sniper shot Martin Luther King down He was nothing but a coward He dropped his gun and run But he will never have no peace He'll always be on the run The words that he say just before he died That I'm, I'm going upon, I'm going way upon, way upon the mountain top Well nobody know and nobody seem to care Seem like the whole world, the whole world is in sin Oh Lord, is in sin. Oh, what will, what will become of me? I say Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on this family (Spoken:) Yeah they shot him down Just like they done all the rest Shot on Abraham Lincoln Shot on president Kennedy And they took poor Martin Luther King So you know I don't stand a chance I ain't nobody (Sung:) I know you people, I know you glad you ain't one of me I know you people glad, I know you glad you white and free Oh yeah, white and free, oh, what will, what will become of me? Oh I am begging, yes, I'm begging to be freeTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.