For Too Long: We Shall Overcome

For too long We’ve been humming And singing This song We shall overcome It’s humiliating That we still can’t become First class citizen So we can reach heaven Without trial and tribulation So we can stop all sorts of humiliation Racism and discrimination. For too long This song Has been with us throughout the struggle And whenever we’re confronting trouble We shall overcome We will overcome We shall overcome today Not tomorrow, not one day We must improve the system Change the status quo and its emblem With the help of the Almighty We’ve overcome the ignominy We’re humming His Glory From sunrise to sunset This is the end; this is it.