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"We've got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the Mountaintop"

Touched down in Tennessee around 10 to 3
If memory serves me correct, it was a rainy day in April
Thankful, that we made it but wondering why folks are so hateful
They talked about bomb threats, had my mom stressed
I told her get a grip, but even my palms sweat
I'm unsure of what the future holds
I'd like to live a long life, but really what can you control
And living like a coward is a foolish goal
If I got the roc, I gotta take it to the hole
Take the charge for my people cuz I been to the Mountaintop, and ain't about to stop
Seen the glory and the coming, ain't worried about nothing cause my time on this planet is a gift
But I'm weary and weak, I barely can speak so I'm headin to the Lorraine, 306

"I don't mind. Like anybody I would like to live a long life. Longevity, has its place, but I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will, and he has allowed me to go up to the Mountain and I've looked over and I've seen the Promiseland. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promiseland"

Memphis is a warzone, the tension's ascending
And things ain't gettin better here, there's no use pretending
Blacks are in the streets inciting riots saying there's no time for non violence, but I don't buy it
So tomorrow I'm leading this protest
I'm so stressed, I just pray we don't see no more death
Sanitation workers being treated unfair on the strength of their skin color and texture of hair
It ain't right, it ain't up for discussion
For evil to triumph, all it takes is for the good to do nothing
We marching, right into the thick of the front lines
It's stressful, but something got to give at some time
But for tonight I'ma meet with the folks
Good food, good friends, rushed out, but I'm leaving my coat
Shot rings out, I think I'm hit
We need an ambulance, I'm in 306

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some very sad news for all of you, and I think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. And that is that Martin Luther King has been shot and been killed tonight. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice and to fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. It's a difficult day, it's a difficult time for the United States, perhaps we are to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in"