Nina Simone Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival (1969)
Revolution
And now we got a revolution
Cause I see the face of things to come
Yeah, your Constitution
Well, my friend, its gonna have to bend
I'm here to tell you about destruction
Of all the evil that will have to end.
Some folks are gonna get the notion
I know they'll say I'm preachin' hate
but if i have to swim the ocean
well i would just to communicate
its not as simple as talkin' jive
the daily struggle just to stay alive
Singin' about a revolution
because were talkin' about a change
its more than just evolution
well you know you got to clean your brain
the only way that we can stand in fact
is when you get your foot off our back
Cause I see the face of things to come
Yeah, your Constitution
Well, my friend, its gonna have to bend
I'm here to tell you about destruction
Of all the evil that will have to end.
Some folks are gonna get the notion
I know they'll say I'm preachin' hate
but if i have to swim the ocean
well i would just to communicate
its not as simple as talkin' jive
the daily struggle just to stay alive
Singin' about a revolution
because were talkin' about a change
its more than just evolution
well you know you got to clean your brain
the only way that we can stand in fact
is when you get your foot off our back
Read about Black Woodstock in a 2007 Smithsonian.com article by Richard Morgan.
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