June the 6th 1966
They shot James Meredith down just like a dog
Mr. President I wonder what are you gonna do know?
I don't believe you're gonna do nothing at all
He was marching to Mississippi
Lead my peoples what he thought was right
Last I heard of my boy James Meredith
Some evil man shot to take his life
I was looking at Dick Gregory this morning
He said I had to take a plane
The newspaper man asked what do you think you gonna prove
He said I'm gonna lead these people just like James Meredith do
They shot James Meredith down just like a dog
Mr. President I wonder what are you gonna do know?
I don't believe you're gonna do nothing at all
He was marching to Mississippi
Lead my peoples what he thought was right
Last I heard of my boy James Meredith
Some evil man shot to take his life
I was looking at Dick Gregory this morning
He said I had to take a plane
The newspaper man asked what do you think you gonna prove
He said I'm gonna lead these people just like James Meredith do
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2016/1/14 - 11:50
Last verse should read:
I was looking at Dick Gregory this morning
He said I had to take a plane
The newspaper man asked what do you think you gonna prove
He said I'm gonna lead these people just like James Meredith do
I was looking at Dick Gregory this morning
He said I had to take a plane
The newspaper man asked what do you think you gonna prove
He said I'm gonna lead these people just like James Meredith do
Thanks, we updated the lyrics
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Militante per i diritti civili, primo studente nero all’università del Mississippi (in cui nel 1962 entrò scortato da agenti federali), il 6 giugno 1966 James Meredith fu ferito in un attentato di suprematisti bianchi mentre partecipava alla "marcia contro la paura", 220 miglia da Memphis, in Tennessee, a Jackson, in Mississippi.
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