1. Gandhi and King: Becoming the Dream
Amy Hindman
1/30/07
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Today marks the season again
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To remember the voices of Gandhi and King
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Non-violence is the theme & becoming the change in the world we wish to see
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Becoming it you and me Becoming it you and me
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Cause it’s an inside job to be free
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In the midst of confusion pain apathy
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Love is the power to enlighten me beyond small mind it’s the key
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Got to open my mind wide open my heart wide
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Allowin’ it all in free from judgment fear separation
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Being compassion and light

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Mahatma Gandhi he believed
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That the only devils in this world we see
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Are those runnin’ rampant in humanity
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Creating a nightmare it seems An eye for an eye makes the world blind (2 measures)
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (2 measures)
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And Martin Luther King had a dream
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That one day all would be free
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That all races be joined hand in hand
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And see the power of peace throughout the land
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We shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome some day
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Oh deep in my heart I do believe that we shall overcome some day
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Got to open our minds wide open our hearts wide becoming the change the vision
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We wish to see becoming it you and me becoming it you and me