"Time Has Come For Us" (Premiere) - Performed by Rachel Parker
Time Has Come For Us (Premiere HD)
Music and Lyrics by Peter Saxe
Performed by Rachel Parker
TIME HAS COME FOR US
Music and Lyrics by Peter Saxe
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE AFRAID OF CHANGE
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, SO USED TO GETTING THEIR OWN WAY
AND THEY SAY, “THE END IS NEAR”
AND THE END IS WHAT THEY FEAR
SO, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE SUPPRESS THE VOTE
ESPECIALLY THE VOTES OF THOSE WHO SHARE THE COLOR OF MY SKIN
THEY MUST WIN AT ANY COST
IF THEY WIN, THEN WE ARE LOST
AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US
WHO GAVE THEIR BLOOD AND SWEAT
NOW THEIR SPIRITS ARE CALLING US TO NOT FORGET
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE A CHOICE
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO USE OUR VOICE
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
NOT YOU, NOT US
TO THE BACK OF THE BUS
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE DEMANDS
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO JOIN OUR HANDS
SUPPRESSION HAS TO GO
WE MUST VOTE, OR ELSE, IT’S JIM CROW TWO-POINT-OH
ALL MY SISTERS RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE THE POWER
ALL MY BROTHERS RIGHT HERE, TOGETHER WE CAN WIN THE DAY
AND I PRAY
IT COMES TO PASS
NO LONGER TREATED AS SECOND CLASS
AND THE PRIVILEGE THEY DEPEND ON TO LYNCH US IN THE STREET
LET WHAT WAS BUILT ON SLAVERY FINALLY MEET DEFEAT
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE A CHOICE
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO USE OUR VOICE
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
TO SEPARATE SWIMMING POOLS
AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND SCHOOLS
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE DEMANDS
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO JOIN OUR HANDS..
AND VOTE!
TELL YOUR NEXT-OF-KIN
JUST VOTE!
WE HAVE TO VOTE TO WIN!
TO RALLY! AND MARCH!
LET THE MESSAGE BE SPREAD.
“GIVE US THE BALLOT”
AS DR. KING SAID!
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE A CHOICE
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO USE OUR VOICEWE ARE NOT GOING BACK
TO POLL TAX SCHEMES
AND KKK REGIMES
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO STRIKE A BLOW
TIME HAS COME FOR US TO SAY, “HELL NO!”
AND RACISTS! YOU GO ‘WAY
AND ALL OF US MUST VOTE! THIS I PRAY
THE PAST IS IN THE PAST
AND TIME HAS COME FOR US
AT LAST!
AT LAST!
AT LAST!
© 2022 Peter Saxe