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  • One day, when the glory comes

  • It will be ours, it will be ours

  • Oh, one day, when the war is won

  • We will be sure, we will be here sure

  • Oh, glory, glory

  • Oh, glory, glory

  • Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon

  • Formed against, yes glory is destined

  • Every day women and men become legends

  • Sins that go against our skin become blessings

  • The movement is a rhythm to us

  • Freedom is like religion to us

  • Justice is juxtaposition in us

  • Justice for all just ain't specific enough

  • One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us

  • Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us

  • That's why Rosa sat on the bus

  • That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up

  • When it go down we woman and man up

  • They say, "Stay down" and we stand up

  • Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up

  • King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

  • One day, when the glory comes

  • It will be ours, it will be ours

  • Oh, one day, when the war is won

  • We will be sure, we will be here sure

  • Oh, glory, glory

  • Oh, glory, glory glory

  • Now the war is not over

  • Victory isn't won

  • And we'll fight on to the finish

  • Then when it's all done

  • We'll cry glory, oh glory

  • We'll cry glory, oh glory

  • Selma's now for every man, woman and child

  • Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

  • They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now

  • Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles

  • From dark roads he rose, to become a hero

  • Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people

  • Enemy is lethal, a king became regal

  • Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

  • The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

  • We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

  • Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

  • Now we right the wrongs in history

  • No one can win the war individually

  • It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy

  • Welcome to the story we call victory

  • Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

  • One day, when the glory comes

  • It will be ours, it will be ours

  • Oh, one day, when the war is won

  • We will be sure, we will be here sure

  • Oh, glory, glory

  • Oh, glory, glory glory

  • When the war is done, when it's all said and done

  • We'll cry glory, oh glory

One day, when the glory comes

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