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We Will Not Bow Down to Genocide

Len Chandler
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Len Chandler


I heard a young boy say,
“No, my dad's not here today,
You know the Police, they came
And they took him for a ride.
And they blamed him for the war,
You know the one they call the war against the poor,
But we will not bow down
To genocide.”

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.

Reverend McPhalen's kids did not get very old
He got no heat and his kids got cold,
That's the second child he's had this year that died,
And while folks say drop the bomb,
Clean up Harlem – I mean, the Hanoi slums,
But we will not bow down
To genocide.

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.

Young Jay Moses would not fight the war
Against the Vietnamese before,
No, he wouldn't be a tool of genocide.
They gave him nine months in a cell
Then sent him to a veteran Jim Crow jail
But he would not bow down
To genocide.

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.

Well, if you tell folks what you know
And if you point a finger at the foe,
Well, the graves and the jail and the cannon they'll open wide,
But I've got a feeling in my brain,
A feeling that I've gone stark raving sane,
But we will not bow down
To genocide.

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.

Did the influence of the state
Tell that killer-cop to wait?
Did its influence make his badge an alibi?
Yes, Bill's an enemy of the state,
You know, the state of repression, fear and hate,
And I'll tell you all right now,
So am I!

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.

Well, now, it's not only in the South
That they're trying to put a gag in freedom's mouth,
But that gag is wearing thin this whole world wide,
There's a brave man in jail for me,
And for everyone who would be free,
But he would not bow down
To genocide.

We will not bow down
We will not bow down
We will not bow down
To genocide.



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