"Martin Luther King Jr." lyrics

Of course the world isn't always kind to you
But there are young ones looking on behind you
Wondering what to do
When your enemy tries to put you in your place
When somebody kicks your shin with a grin on your face
Oh no one likes that
But remember Martin Luther
He said, "Hate cannot drive out hate - only love can do that."

Sylvie lives on ninth street in a cardboard box
A woman from the south by the way she talks
She wears a cross around her neck
All day she takes grief in the frozen air
Her neighbors squirm to think how she got there
"Get a job!" They yell
Oh but how do you get
A job without an address
In America
The Land of the free
With steep poverty
It turns out freedom ain't free
Sylvie's doing her best
With what she has
Oh remember King Jr
He said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness - only light can do that."

Oh Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Painted a rainbow on the greyest day
When you are scaling your highest peak and somebody cuts your rope
And you fall back on your seat without hope
Gravel in your skin
And you find yourself kicking rocks cursing the one who cut you
When something tells you to stop and not let hatred touch you
Now you are doing Martin's math
He said, "Hate cannot drive out hate - only love can do that."

Oh Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Painted a rainbow on the greyest day