This Is My Country - Mavis Staples/Levon Helm

Lyrics by：Curtis Mayfield

Composed by：Curtis Mayfield

Some people think we don't have the right

To say its my country

My country

Before they give in they would rather fuss and fight

Than say it's my country

My country

I've paid three hundred years or more

Of slave robbing sweat and welts on my back

This is my country

My country

Too many have died in protecting my pride

For me to go second class

This is my country

We survived the hard blows and I want you to know that you must face us at last

This is my country

I know you will give consideration shall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation

This is my country

This is my country

And I know you will give consideration

Shall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation

This is my country yes it is

But I don't feel too proud right now yall

We need to get our house in order

I'm seeing far too many children with no shoes on their feet

And way too many babies ain't got enough food to eat

And what's up with these people disrespecting our president

Spending all their time saying he's not a legal resident

You got some folk throwing a party but nobody invited me

They're mixing up the kool aid yall

Passing it off as tea

I hear a lot of people saying they want to take their country back

Well back to the fifties and the sixties that don't sound like progress to me

Your consideration

And I know you would give consideration as a nation

This is my country

My country

This is my country

My country

My country

This is my country

And don't get in my way