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Making America Great

from Written In the Sky by Fold

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lyrics

From the first drop of a slave's blood spilled on American soil
To the first chains fashioned to break the will of an intelligent voice
From the first English phrase spoken, the first African name forgotten
Traded in for the first batch of tobacco, bag of sugar or bale of cotton

From the first runaways that escaped and dared to be free
To the first organised revolutionaries who dared to believe
The first rebellious uprisings and burning plantations
The first gunshots at the first lynching on the first day after emancipation

No more, my Lord
No more, my Lord

From the first guitar string plucked to play the first chord of the blues
The first dance floor struck hard by the first tap dancer's shoes
The first jazz musician to pick up his first sax
The first DJ to manipulate the first record to be scratched

The first challenge to legislation, the first attempt at integration
The first realisation that education was indeed the key to your salvation
The first black doctors, black lawyers, black teachers, black preachers
Black leaders who made a difference for others to start achieving

The first night Martin Luther King dreamed, the first book Malcolm X reads, Muhammad Ali's first punch, Michael Jordan's first dunk, Billie Holiday sings her first note, Richard Pryor tells his first joke, Maya Angelou writes her first poem overflowing with her first hope

No more, my Lord
No more, my Lord

Look into an eternity of mirrors and tell me what you see
Past triumphs and failures, present concerns and future needs
Look into an eternity of visions and tell me what can you conceive?
That one day a black man could ever compete and reach the presidency?

Could a nation that was essentially established on stolen land,
built with stolen labour and enriched by broken hands,
entrenched with racism since its history books began,
move beyond its past position and seek recognition for a new command?

So from that first drop of blood spilled many centuries ago,
a seed was planted in them hills that one day would flower and would grow
Many firsts have been concealed through many tears and many woes
the chapters that truly made America great were from its book of stories never told.

No more, my Lord
No more, my Lord
Lord I'll never turn back no more
No more

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from Written In the Sky, released September 22, 2017
Lyrics by Mr Gee

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