Songs & Lyrics

Verse 1: We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday.

Refrain: Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday.

Verse 2: We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand someday.

Verse 3: We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, We shall live in peace someday.

Woke up this morning with my mind
Stayed on freedom x3
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah

I'm walking and talking with my mind...

Ain't nothing wrong keeping my mind...

I'm singing and praying with my mind...

Chorus:
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ‘round,
Turn me ‘round, turn me ‘round.
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ‘round,
Keep on walkin’, keep on talkin’,
Marchin’ up to freedom land!

Verses:
Ain’t gonna let fear…
Ain’t gonna let injustice...

Ain’t gonna let no racism…

Ain't gonna let segregation...
Ain’t gonna let injustice…
Ain’t gonna let hatred…
Ain’t gonna let oppression… 

Chorus:
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine—
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Verses: (Common variations)
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine…

All around the Town, I'm gonna let it...
Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m gonna let it shine... 

Let it Shine 'till Justice comes. I’m gonna let it shine... 

Chorus:
I can change the world

I’m gonna let my spirit shine

If you will shine with

Then soon we’ll be doin fine

All together now

We’ll make it brighter for every kind

And we’ll change the world one little light at a time

Chorus:
Hold on, hold on,
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.

Verse 1:
The struggle’s long, but we are strong,
Keep your eyes on the prize, Hold on.

(Follow the Leader for this Call & Response song)

Oh, happy day, oh, happy day, 

When Jesus washed, when Jesus washed, 

He washed my sins away.

Bridge:
He taught me how, to watch, fight and pray,
And live rejoicing every day!

...

Glory, Glory Hallelujah, since I laid my burdens down (x2)

I feel better, so much better...

Got my dignity, yes my dignity...

Lord I’m loving, yes, I’m loving...

Friends don’t treat me like they use to...

Got my brothers and my sisters...

Lord you know how much I need you...

Glory, Glory Hallelujah...

We are a gentle, angry people,
And we are singing for our lives. (repeat)

We are a justice-seeking people...

We are a land of many colors...

We are gay and straight together...

We are a peaceful, loving people, 

Part 1: 

In these hard times, there will always be singing; always be singing in these hard times (repeat)

Parts 2 and 4: 

Yes there will always be singing; yes in these hard times (repeat)

Part 3: 

Yes there will always be singing; yes in these hard times; Yes there will always be singing; singing in these hard times.

 Circle round for freedom
Circle round for peace
For all of us imprisoned
Circle for release

Circle for the planet
Circle for each soul
For the children of our children
Keep the circle whole 

Chorus:

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change. 

Verses:

There is hurting in my family

There is sorrow in my town

There is panic in the nation

There is wailing the whole world round

May the children see more clearly

May the elders be more wise

May the winds of change caress us

Even though it burns our eyes

Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion

Give me a desert to hold my fears

Give me a sunset to hold my wonder

 "Om Mani Padme Hum" is a Tibetan Buddhist mantra that is often used in chants to invoke compassion and peace. It’s one of the most famous and widely recognized Buddhist mantras. 

Lyrics (translated):
Hine Ma Tov u-ma-na'im,
Shevet achim gam yachad.
(How good and how pleasant it is,
For brothers to sit together in unity.)

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