The lyrics of this song give the song a dramatic type of feel. The lyrics are saying that during the fight to win freedom, the soldiers (fighters) have had struggles and emotional and mental breakdowns but couldn't give up and had to continue to fight. The overall story being told in the song is very drama filled but real experiences and situations that real people had to go through.
-A'Tora Richardson
(From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings )

Music was essential to the African-American struggle for civil rights and equality. "We Are Soldiers in the Army" demonstrates how the Black American traditional song repertoire and older styles of singing were used to inspire and organize the Civil Rights Movement. The singers here remind us that the days of open discrimination and bigotry are not far behind us, and that "it's people's hearts we're trying to change now."

"History will have to record... (continuer)