What's gonna happen now? In all of our cities?
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My people are rising; they're living in lies.
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Even if they have to die
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Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is
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Even at that one moment that ya know what life is
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If you have to die, it's all right
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Cause you know what life is
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You know what freedom is for one moment of your life
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But he had seen the mountaintop
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And he knew he could not stop
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Always living with the threat of death ahead
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Folks you'd better stop and think
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Everybody knows we're on the brink
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What will happen, now that the King is dead?
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We can all shed tears; it won't change a thing
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Teach your people: Will they ever learn?
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Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
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And kill with guns and burn - don't you know how we gotta react?
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But he had seen the mountaintop
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And he knew he could not stop
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Always living with the threat of death ahead
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Folks you'd better stop and think
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Everybody knows we're on the brink
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What will happen, now that the King of love is dead?
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Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
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| Nina Simone |
