Anne Braden-Flobots

[ti:Anne Braden (Album Version)] [ar:Flobots] [al:Fight With Tools] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Anne Braden (Album Version) - Flobots [00:00.57]What I've realized since is [00:01.97]That it is a very painful process [00:03.10]But it is not destructive [00:04.17] [00:05.47]Its the world deliberation [00:06.22] [00:07.09]That what really happened in the '60s [00:09.13]Was that this country took just the first step [00:10.79] [00:11.55]Toward admittin that it had been wrong on race [00:13.79] [00:15.24]And creativity burst out in all directions [00:16.90] [00:18.23]From the color of the faces in Sunday songs [00:20.32]To the hatred they raised all the youngsters on [00:22.34]Once upon a time in this country long ago [00:24.17] [00:24.75]She knew there was somethin wrong [00:26.24]Because the song said yellow red black and white [00:28.27]Everyone precious in the path of Christ [00:30.21]But what about the daughter of the woman cleanin their house [00:32.44]Wasnt she a child they were singin about [00:34.16]And if Jesus loves us black and white skin [00:36.33]Why didn't her white mother invite them in [00:38.10]When did it become a room for no blacks to step in [00:40.34]How did she already know not to ask the question [00:42.28] [00:42.98]Left lastin impressions [00:43.51] [00:44.70]Adolescences comforts gone [00:45.92] [00:46.63]She never thought things would ever change [00:48.30]But she always knew there was somethin wrong [00:49.81] [00:50.36]She always knew there was somethin wrong [00:53.24] [00:58.02]She always knew there was somethin wrong [01:01.13] [01:06.01]Years later she found herself Mississippi bound [01:08.91] [01:10.23]To help stop the legalized lynchin of Mr Willie McGee [01:13.32] [01:14.02]But they couldn't stop it so they thought [01:16.16]That theyd talk to the governor about what happened and say [01:18.71]Were tired of bein used as an excuse to kill black men [01:21.24] [01:22.12]But the cops wouldn't let em past [01:24.21]And these women they struck em as uppity [01:26.35]So they hauled em all off to jail [01:28.26]And they called it protective custody [01:30.06]Then from her cell she heard her jailers grumblin about outsiders [01:33.07] [01:34.04]When she called him out and said she was from the South [01:37.02]They shouted Why is a nice Southern lady [01:39.37] [01:39.92]Makin trouble for the governor [01:41.57]She said I guess I'm not your type of lady [01:44.03]And I guess I'm not your type of Southerner [01:45.61] [01:46.19]But before you call me traitor well its plainest just to say [01:49.27] [01:49.96]I was a child in Mississippi but I'm ashamed of it today [01:53.54] [01:54.40]She always knew there was somethin wrong [01:56.93] [02:02.17]She always knew there was somethin wrong [02:04.89] [02:10.13]She always knew there was somethin wrong [02:12.89] [02:18.13]She always knew there was somethin wrong [02:21.01] [02:23.26]And all of a sudden I realized that I was on the other side [02:26.22]Imagine the world that you're standin within [02:28.23]All of your neighbors and family friends [02:29.75] [02:30.43]How would you cope facin the fact [02:31.91]The flesh on their hands was tainted with sin [02:34.40]She faced this every day [02:35.45] [02:36.00]In people she saw on a regular basis [02:37.75]People she loved in several cases [02:39.61]People she knew were incredibly racist [02:41.14] [02:41.91]It was painful but she never stopped lovin them [02:44.58]Never stopped callin their names [02:45.58] [02:46.11]And she never stopped bein a Southern woman [02:48.12]And she never stopped fightin for change [02:49.48] [02:50.04]And she saw that her struggle was in the tradition [02:52.25]Of ancestors never aware of her [02:53.41] [02:53.94]It continues today the soul of a Southerner [02:55.92] [02:56.48]Born of the other America [02:58.38] [02:58.95]She always knew there was somethin wrong [03:00.90] [03:06.03]She always knew there was somethin wrong [03:09.04] [03:13.97]She always knew there was somethin wrong [03:17.27] [03:22.06]She always knew there was somethin wrong [03:25.26] [03:31.65]What you win in the immediate battles is [03:34.06]Is little compared to the effort you put into it [03:36.90]But if you see that as a part [03:38.65]Of this total movement to build a new world [03:40.91]You know what cathedral you're buildin [03:42.50]When you put your stone in [03:43.53] [04:02.94]You do have a choice [04:03.94] [04:05.61]You don't have to be a part of the world of the lynchers [04:08.10] [04:10.96]You can join the other America [04:13.22] [04:15.62]There is an other America