Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma")

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Hands to the heavens, no man, no weapon

Formed against, yes, glory is destined

Every day women and men become legends

Sins that go against our skin become blessings

The movement is a rhythm to us

Freedom is like religion to us

Justice is juxtaposition in us

Justice for all just ain't specific enough

One son died, his spirit is revisiting us

Truer living, living in us, resistance is us

That's why Rosa sat on the bus

That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up

When it go down, we woman and man up

They say, "Stay down" and we stand up

Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up

King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Now the war is not over

Victory isn't won

But we'll fight on to the finish

Then when it's all done

We'll cry glory (Glory)

Oh glory (Glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

We'll cry glory (Glory)

Oh glory (Glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Selma is now, for every man, woman and child

Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now

Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles

From dark roads, he rose to become a hero

Facing the league of justice, his power was the people

Enemy is lethal, a king became regal

Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history

No one can win the war individually

It take the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy

Welcome to the story we call victory

The coming of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh, glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Yeah, yeah (Glory, glory)

When the war is won (Glory, glory)

When it's all said and done (Glory, glory)

We'll cry glory (Glory, glory)

Oh, glory (Glory, glory)