This Is My Country
Do-do-do
Do-do-do
Some people think
We don't have the right to say
It's 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)
Do-do-do
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 (my country)
Do-do-do
Do-do-do
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, y'all
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, y'all, passing it off as tea
I hear a lot of people saying they wanna take their country back
Well, back to the '50s and the '60s? That don't sound like progress to me
(Will give consideration) and I know you will give consideration as a nation
This is my country (my country)
Do-do-do
This is my country
Oh yeah
Do-do-do
My country, oh yeah
My country
Do-do-do
Oh yeah
Do-do-do
This is my country
Uh huh, uh huh
And don't get in my way
Yeah
Do-do-do
Some people think
We don't have the right to say
It's 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)
Do-do-do
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 (my country)
Do-do-do
Do-do-do
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, y'all
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, y'all, passing it off as tea
I hear a lot of people saying they wanna take their country back
Well, back to the '50s and the '60s? That don't sound like progress to me
(Will give consideration) and I know you will give consideration as a nation
This is my country (my country)
Do-do-do
This is my country
Oh yeah
Do-do-do
My country, oh yeah
My country
Do-do-do
Oh yeah
Do-do-do
This is my country
Uh huh, uh huh
And don't get in my way
Yeah
Credits
Writer(s): Curtis Mayfield
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