| Ooo, when will it ever change?
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| Ooo people, tell me when will it ever change?
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| I can see bells of freedom
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| I can’t hear them ring
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| I see this premonition
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| Nearly happens every night
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| I see this premonition
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| It happens every day
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| I can see it when they work
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| I can tell by the things they say
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| My sisters and my brothers
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| On the streets all over town
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| I can see people dyin'
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| There’s hatreds all around
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| Ooo people, will it ever change?
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| Sometimes I hear the bells of freedom
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| But I never hear them ring
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| Oh!
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| Once I knew a man
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| He’d fought for equality, yes he did ya’all
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| He’d seen the Promised Land
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| He freed now for my needs, oh yes he did
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| I can see the bells of freedom
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| Tell me why can’t I hear them ring?
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| Hear them ring, baby
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| Let me tell ya’all
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| This is what I read
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| Come on in here
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| Freedoms comin' in
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| Liberty, equality, humanity
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| Little love, never hurt nobody
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| But we need liberty, there’s no doubt about it
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| People, when will it change?
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| People, when will it change?
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| We need love, I know we need love
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| We don’t need no more hatred
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| Tell me when will it change?
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| When will it change?
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| People, could ya tell me when will it change?
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| Somebody tell me now
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| I want freedom
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| I wanna hear those freedom bells ringin', yeah-oh
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| Oh whoa, I wanna know
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| Think you wanna know, too
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| Take my hand
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| Let me lead you to the Promised Land
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| I think I can lead you to the Promised Land
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| I know I can
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| But I wanna know one thing, people
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| I wanna know, when will it change?
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| When will it change?
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| Yeah |