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How long can we pretend for? |
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We're the land of the free |
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Ask yourself some simple questions |
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Things aren't what they seem |
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We all need someone to hold |
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We all need to have a home |
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We all need to speak our hearts |
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We all need a little love |
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Each of us has the power |
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To change the course we're on |
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A fire burns within us |
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Brighter than the sun |
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"We've got some difficult days ahead. |
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But it really doesn't matter with me now. |
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Because I've been to the mountaintop, and I don't mind. |
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Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. |
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Longevity has its place. |
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But I'm not concerned about that now. |
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I just want to do God's will. |
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He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. |
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And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. |
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I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, |
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That we, as a people, will get to the promised land!" |
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We all need someone to hold |
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We all need to have a home |
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We all need to speak our hearts |
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We all need a little love |
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I declare my insurrection |
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To the home of the brave |
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I will not surrender |
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Until the world is free |
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We all need someone to hold |
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We all need to have a home |
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We all need to speak our hearts |
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We all need a little love |
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"They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. |
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Then they will have my dead body... not my obedience." |
