Guy Nottingham - A Long Way

Two generations since “I had a dream”
The sons and daughters of your children are born free
You died for their cause, but your voice still booms out loud and clear today
We’ve travelled so far: oh brother we’ve come a long, long way
No strange fruit hanging from the Poplar trees
No black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
No laws to keep us apart
No Jim Crow to keep you away
We’ve travelled so far: brother we’ve come a long, long way
Where slaves and segregation were the social norm,
Obama took a stroll across the White House lawn
Two little girls joining hands with their buddies as they play
We’ve travelled so far: yeah brother we’ve come a long, long way
Now a scene familiar down on this side of the tracks
Black man in a pool of blood, bullet in his back
The cops are huddled round checking that their stories all agree
We’ve come a long way, but it still don’t feel like freedom to me
The 1% get richer, and the ghettos only grow
It’s a million miles from Wall Street to the mess they leave below
We were sold a land of dreams - the fathers spoke of true equality
We’ve come a long way, but it still don’t feel like freedom to me
There’s one rule for rich white men and one for you and me
And there’s millions still swinging in the banker’s breeze
Tied to their ghetto life, bound in chains of poverty
We’ve come a long way, but it sure don’t feel like freedom to me
Together we may struggle, together we achieve
Together we may suffer for what together we believe
So join our hands once more, and fight so that our children live in hope
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve still got a long way to go
Let freedom ring aloud for you and me
That freedom bell – it’s the economy
We’re free to vote with our feet, free to stand up and fight for your soul
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve still got a long way to go
So here’s to you Martin Luther, may we realise your dream
You died so that our brothers and our sisters can breathe free
We’ll be free at last - in our real lives as well as just for show
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve still got a long way to go
We've come a long way, but we've still got a long way
Come a long way, but we've still got a long way to go

Written by:
Peter Nottingham

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