One day when the glory comes / It will be ours, it will be ours / One day when the war is won / We will be sure, we will be sure / Oh glory…
Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon / Formed against, yes glory is destined / Every day women and men become legends / Sins that go against our skin become blessings / The movement is a rhythm to us / Freedom is like religion to us / Justice is juxtapositionin’ us / Justice for all just ain’t specific enough / One son died, his spirit is revisitin’ us / True and livin’ livin’ in us, resistance is us / That’s why Rosa sat on the bus / That’s why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up / When it go down we woman and man up / They say “Stay down”, and we stand up / Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up / King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up
One day when the glory comes / It will be ours, it will be ours / Oh glory…
Now the war is not over, victory isn’t won / And we’ll fight on to the finish, then when it’s all done / We’ll cry glory, oh glory…
Selma is now for every man, woman and child / Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd / They marched with the torch, we gon’ run with it now / Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles / From dark roads he rose, to become a hero / Facin’ the league of justice, his power was the people / Enemy is lethal, a king became regal / Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle / No one can win the war individually / It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people’s energy / Welcome to the story we call victory / The comin’ of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory
One day when the glory comes / It will be ours, it will be ours / Oh glory…
[By John Roger Stephens – Lonnie Rashid Lynn – Che Armond Smith © ARTium – Def Jam – Good / Columbia Records, 2014]