Glory

Album: Selma (2014)
Charted: 62 49
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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 sure
    Oh glory (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 juxtapositionin' 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 sure
    Oh glory (glory, glory)
    Oh (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 (glory, glory)
    Oh (glory, glory)
    We'll cry glory, oh glory (glory, glory)
    Oh (glory, 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
    The 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 sure
    Oh glory (glory, glory)
    Oh (glory, glory)
    Oh glory (Glory, glory)
    Hey (glory, glory)

    When the war is won, when it's all said and done
    We'll cry glory (glory, glory)
    Oh (glory, glory) Writer/s: Che Smith, John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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