The Great Emancipation Lyrics

Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Don�t the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above

My father, he died in the cane
Of what, they�re still not certain
They said that he felt no pain
But my poor mother, she�s still hurtin�

My wife, she stands by me
Though I know so many times I let her down
She knows the kind of man I want to be
And she knows that I�d be lost without her now

Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Don�t the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above

I wonder about the meaning of it all
And I wonder, will the crazy people win
What will happen when I refuse to crawl
Will they stand aside and let a brother in

Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Don�t the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above

To me it�s all the same
I need no explanation
Come the sun or come the rain
Come the Great Emancipation

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