A Toast to the People-Black & Blues

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[00:00.34]A Toast to the People - Black & Blues/Brian Jackson/Gil Scott-Heron
[00:02.78]Composed by：Brian Jackson/Gil Scott-Heron
[00:30.55]And though it's been too long
[00:35.18]And too many years have passed
[00:39.92]And though the time has gone
[00:44.74]The memory still holds fast
[00:49.52]Though strange it may seem
[00:54.52]We still live in the past
[00:59.14]The essence of a black life
[01:02.78]Lost cracked in the hourglass
[01:08.45]And ever since we came to this land
[01:13.22]The South has rued the day
[01:17.90]When we would stand as one
[01:22.80]And raise our voices and say
[01:27.45]You know there will be no more lynching
[01:32.14]And no more talk of class
[01:36.82]My sons and my daughters
[01:40.45]Won't die in the hourglass
[01:46.27]A toast to David Walker
[01:50.93]A toast to Martin King
[01:55.52]A toast to all the leaders
[02:00.17]Who had a golden dream
[02:04.85]A toast to all black fathers
[02:09.48]Who live their lives in vain yeah
[02:14.16]A toast to all black mothers
[02:19.06]Who shoulder life in pain yeah
[02:23.42]A toast to the people yeah
[02:27.98]A toast to the people yeah
[02:32.71]The beautiful people yeah
[02:37.56]The beautiful people yeah
[02:42.05]My beautiful black brothers yeah
[02:46.59]My beautiful black brothers yeah
[02:51.06]My beautiful black sisters
[02:55.70]My beautiful black sisters
[03:00.29]Our sisters and our brothers
[03:04.87]Our sisters and our brothers
[03:07.88]My my sisters
[03:09.66]A toast to the people
[03:12.36]And my brothers
[03:14.31]A toast to the people yeah
[03:18.66]A toast to the people yeah
[03:23.31]A toast to the people