(Spoken:)

Well the world lost a good man

When we lost doctor Martin Luther King

A man who tried to do everything

He tried to keep the world in peace

And now the poor man is gone to rest

But go on, doctor Martin Luther King, take your rest

There will always be another Luther King.



(Sung:)

It was early one evening, when the sun was sinking down

Early in the evening, some dirty sniper shot Martin Luther King down

He was nothing but a coward

He dropped his gun and run

But he will never have no peace

He'll always be on the run



The words that he say just before he died

That I'm, I'm going upon, I'm going way upon, way upon the mountain top

Well nobody know and nobody seem to care

Seem like the whole world, the whole world is in sin

Oh Lord, is in sin. Oh, what will, what will become of me?

I say Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on this family.



(Spoken:)

Yeah they shot him down

Just like they done all the rest

Shot on Abraham Lincoln,

Shot on president Kennedy

And they took poor Martin Luther King

So you know I don't stand a chance

I ain't nobody



(Sung:)

I know you people, I know you glad you ain't one of me

I know you people glad, I know you glad you white and free

Oh yeah, white and free, oh, what will, what will become of me?

Oh I am begging, yes, I'm begging to be free.