Telling the truth is like the edge of a knife
Hit the wrong nerve it could cost your life
All heard him

Most feared him
The media slants the truth
Said he's the enemy


[Bridge:]
You're a rattle on the snake of democracy

Can a free man speak or is he really not
Just a boil on the $$# of all decency
See what King and X got Shot


[Chorus:]
Just a man teaching non-violence

A sign of fear for those who rage free
We want the truth and nothing but the truth
We want the truth and nothing but

Just a man who said let freedom ring
She'd a tear for those who killed me
We want the truth and nothing but the truth

We want the truth and nothing but

Why is it that those who speak of unity

Can't escape the grip of fatality
Pose a threat without the use of deadly force
For those who follow lynched with no remorse


[Bridge / Chorus]


And they marched
Bloody but unbowed
Against the grain

Only the strong survive
Hear the battlecry
We shall overcome

Fight for the dream even when I must die