Civil Rights

1.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
2.
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day
CHORUS

3.
We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
CHORUS

4.
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid some day
CHORUS

5.
We are not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone some day
CHORUS

6.
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day
CHORUS

7.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS

The reason why I picked this song because it states what the African Americans were thinking back in this time. These are the types of songs that verbalizes how they felt. These were very rough times for African Americans and they knew one day they would truly overcome all of this as said in the lyrics. As for freedom, I think that is the most important thing anyone could have. I believe that we were all brought on this earth as equals and no one individuals should be able to take that away. Why should anyone have to work for another person without pay and receive torture everyday of their lives because another person doesn't think your worthy enough to be free. Freedom is everything to me and ones most valuable thing because it wasn't that easy to say centuries ago.