Four hundred years, we’ve been separated
Now all of my family is being {?}
I just can’t take it, I really hate it
Now it’s time for me to stand up and state it
In 1985, brothers face discrimination
Through a policy of strict race segregation
The black majority are being used like tools
While the white minority has controlled and ruled
Now {?} tell you it’s not morally right
That’s why we gotta lend a helping hand to their fight
We got to go around, {?}
Undermine and define in our statements
In influential causes, is vеry essential
That we hеlp our brothers and sisters reach their potential, y’all
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome (me and you)
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome
Yes, me and you
There’s a struggle going on and they need our help
They need me, and you and everybody else
It’s like they’re trapped in a jar, trying to pop the lid
They’re trying to overcome just like we did
But every time they get a leader to lead the way
The white government puts them in their grave
So this is very, very ill, you must understand
Me and you gotta do all we can
We gotta march if we have, across the nation
Join the sit-downs, demonstrations
Come together as one, rise to the occasion
Show no hesitation
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome (me and you)
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome (me and you)
Yes we do
It was taken by a stranger with a gun in his hand
And he made them work harder every day
So he could take the finished product for himself and be paid
He told you where you could and could not go
And when you asked for your freedom all he said was no
Now this example that I give you, is one and the same
Because on South Africa, that stranger remains
So let it echo on your brain, things gotta change
There’ll be no more suffering, no more pain
Remember the world from where you came
Bring on the sunshine, chase away the rain
Martin and Malcolm would be, so very proud
If they could see us now, speaking so aloud
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome (me and you)
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome (me and you)
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome
We all
We got to use the teachings of Martin Luther King
Apply them to today and do something
Remember the words of Malcolm X
To help our family, give them respect
Now Martin and Malcolm would be very proud
If they could hear us today, speaking out so loud
We got to do what has to be done
We got to help them overcome
We got to speak out, we got to do, we got to do
We got to join the sit-downs, demonstrations
Come together as one, rise to the occasion…
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