Blog Post 84: Battle Hymn of the Derided

A black man lies a-bleeding and he’d better not be deadFor carrying a book the cops have shot him in the headAnd a people rise in anger for the fear that lies aheadThat terror marches onMine eyes have seen that terror of the fire in their eyesThat for nothing more than colour they my brothers yet despiseWe are praying for a future where they come to realiseThat death cannot march onA country known for freedom has receded into sinWhere Americans are murdered for the colour of their skinAnd the reconciliation that we need cannot beginTil truth is marching onFrom Montgomery to Charlotte was a devastating roadAnd it happens when authorities take murder for their codeThat to live without compassion as experience has showedBrings Terror marching onFor pseudo integration we have bled our hearts awayYet emerging from the darkness we still seek the light of dayWhere the tears once shed in bitterness wash hatred clean awayTil Truth is marching onThe Dream conceived in Birmingham became a burning lightAnd a people bound to righteousness will shine on through this nightFor they’re groaning in their anger as they pray with all their mightThat Truth will yet march on.See! Above the sun is rising and it’s lightening the skiesOur veracity will rise above cacophonies of liesFor the day will come when white men cease their brothers to despiseAnd Truth will yet march onGlory, Glory, HallelujahGlory, Glory HallelujahGlory, Glory HallelujahThe Truth is marching on