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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Someone
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asked a question once
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of Martin Luther King
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How long do you stay the course
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and dream the dream?
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But it seems evil’s won
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and greed is on the throne
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And you feel like the silenced voice
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in a wilderness all alone
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How long? How long?
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Verse 2
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He said, till justice rolls down like water
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Till justice rolls down like water
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Justice rolls down like water
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And righteousness flows
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like a mighty stream
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Verse 3
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A little boy about ten years old
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Sits watching his TV
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He’s alone most every night
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till two or three
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Though his mama works two jobs
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She still can’t make ends meet
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He sees the fat cats lie and steal
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But they always go scot- free
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He says, how long? How long?
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Verse 4
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Till that justice rolls down like water
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Till justice rolls down like water
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Till justice rolls down like water
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And righteousness starts flowing
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like a mighty stream
Interlude 1
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D
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Verse 5
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Power, greed, and profit
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They will never feed the soul
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These three shovels have dug us
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a deep, dark hole
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Compassion, understanding,
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And living one for all
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And all for one is what it’s
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gonna take for us to break this fall
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Oh how long? How long?
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Verse 6
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He said, till justice rolls down like water
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Till justice rolls down like water
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Till justice rolls down like water
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And that righteousness starts flowing
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like a mighty stream
Outro 1
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Am
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