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ewagner

(18,964 posts)
11. This march reminded me of this:
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 03:28 PM
Mar 2018

"No Surrender"

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us home across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

Cause we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
You say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's bed
With a wide open country in my eyes
And these romantic dreams in my head

Cause we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

No retreat, baby, no surrender

MLK's Granddaughter .... OMG [View all] Botany Mar 2018 OP
Her grandfather, Martin Luther King Jr., is proud! Looking over her. She represented him well. nt AnotherMother4Peace Mar 2018 #1
Incredible ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #2
Grandpa is smiling down on her AnnieBW Mar 2018 #3
I love that she said her grandmother's name, too. TNNurse Mar 2018 #15
Yes, lovely stopwastingmymoney Mar 2018 #17
Granddaughter of Coretta Scott King & Martin Luther King, Jr. - yes, very nice. AnotherMother4Peace Mar 2018 #19
Amazing and awe inspiring! gademocrat7 Mar 2018 #4
VERY ARTICULATE Civic Justice Mar 2018 #5
. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #9
Made me cry tears of joy Pachamama Mar 2018 #6
Wow...what a kid. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #7
KNR Lucinda Mar 2018 #8
Beautiful child! Silver1 Mar 2018 #10
This march reminded me of this: ewagner Mar 2018 #11
Got me crying now. So powerful! suffragette Mar 2018 #12
Cute as a button ! magicarpet Mar 2018 #13
Fabulously cute and imminently powerful efhmc Mar 2018 #14
The amount of people there is incredible. Mostly kids! Beautiful YOHABLO Mar 2018 #16
she's right. barbtries Mar 2018 #18
Awww.. that is so Magnifient! Cha Mar 2018 #20
If that doesnt bring a glimmer of hope, a bit of tears and the best reason to keep on punching... VOX Mar 2018 #21
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