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Lyrics "MLK's Pride (Free At Last)"
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I am happy to join with you today
in what will go down in history
as the greatest demonstration for freedom
in the history of our nation.
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One man come in the name of love,
One man come and go.
One come here to justify,
One man to overthrow,
In the name of love,
One man in the name of love.
In the name of love,
What more in the name of love.
One man crawled on a barb wire fence,
One man he resist.
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss.
In the name of love,
One man in the name of love.
In the name of love,
What more in the name of love.
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I have a dream
that my four little children
will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged
by the color of their skin
but by the content
of their character.
I have a dream today!
So let freedom ring
from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring
from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring
from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring
from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring
from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring
from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring
from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring
from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside,
let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring,
when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet,
from every state and every city,
we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children,
black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles,
Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing
in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
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Early morning, April 4.
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky.
Free at last, they took your life,
But they could not take your pride.
In the name of love,
One man in the name of love.
In the name of love,
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love,
One man in the name of love.
In the name of love,
What more in the name of love.
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Lyrics, continued
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Well, I don't know what will happen now.
We've got some difficult days ahead.
But it really doesn't matter with me now,
because I've been to the mountaintop.
And I don't mind.
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life.
Longevity has its place.
But I'm not concerned about that now.
I just want to do God's will.
And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain.
And I've looked over.
And I've seen the Promised Land.
I may not get there with you.
But I want you to know tonight,
that we, as a people,
will get to the promised land!
And so I'm happy, tonight.
I'm not worried about anything.
I'm not fearing any man!
Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord!!
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Sleep, sleep tonight.
And may your dreams
Be realized.
If the thunder cloud
Passes rain.
So let it rain, rain down him.
So let it be.
So let it be.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'm only going to talk to you
just for a minute or so this evening,
because I have some very sad news for all of you
and, I think, sad news
for all of our fellow citizens,
and people who love peace all over the world;
and that is that Martin Luther King
was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.
Martin Luther King dedicated his life
to love and to justice between fellow human beings.
He died in the cause of that effort.
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Sleep, Sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized.
If the thundercloud passes rain,
so let it rain.
Let it rain, rain on him.
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So I ask you tonight
to return home,
to say a prayer for the family
of Martin Luther King
A prayer for understanding
and that compassion of which I spoke.
And let's dedicate ourselves
to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago:
to tame the savageness of man
and make gentle the life of this world.
Let us dedicate ourselves to that,
and say a prayer for our country
and for our people.
Thank you very much
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