Lift Every Voice And Sing
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we’re going to perform
lift every voice and sing which is
considered
the black national anthem
when they first started calling it the
black national anthem it was the negro
national anthem it’s something that
we grew up with he and i grew up in
different parts of the country that were
married
but black people grew up knowing this
as our national anthem
is called lift every voice and sing
dave who’s the educator we’ll give you a
little more information
about the origins and dates
lift every voice and sing was actually
started out as a poem by james weldon
johnson
and in 1899 which i just said that year
because that was the year of the birth
of duke ellington the great duke
ellington
his brother jay rosamond johnson
put the poem to music and in
1900 there was a youth choir that
performed it
naacp decided to adopt it
as the negro national anthem or the
black national anthem as we
say today we’re going to actually
perform it for you
in a i’ve never seen it in this
combination before
saxophone and voice so we’re all going
to get something new today
hope you enjoy it
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lift every voice
and sing
till earth and heaven
ring ring with the harmony
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let our rejoicing
rise high as the
listening skies
let it resound
loud as the road
linksy
sing a song
full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us singing a
song full of the hope that
the present has brought
facing the rising
sun of a new day
begun
let us march on till
victory
is one stoney
the road we
tried bitter the chasing
rot felt in the days
when hope unborn
had died yet with a steady
beat have not a weary
feet come to the place
for which are far
the side
we have come
over the path that with tears have been
watered
we have come
treading our steps through the blood of
the
[Laughter]
slaughtered
out from
here we will stand
at last
our bright life
is cast
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god of life we
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god of our silent tears
god who has brought
us thus
far on
our way thou who
has by thy
might let us into
the light
may we forever
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stray from the places oh
lord where we met thee
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last our
hearts drunk with the wine of the
world we forget
this
shadow beneath thy
hand may we forever
stand true to
our god true to
our names
[Applause]
oh
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you