Two from five is three That’s my legacy
One assigned to me
Two from five is three That’s my legacy
One assigned to me
Constitutionally you said that is all
That I’d ever be
3/5ths of a man and despite this fact
its with you I stand
On every battleground I have fought for you
Never let you down
Is this my America... This is my America
Is this my America... This is my America
A great civil war was fought and they say
It was over me
From out of the fields I raised up my head
Told me I was free
But freedoms wrath was bestowed on me
From the lynching tree
But god had surely smiled down on me
Cause my mind was free
Is this my America... This is my America
Is this my America... This is my America
In the 60’s you came and you marched with me
Time to take a stand
And after all the years some look down at me
3/5ths of a man
today we live side by side still some wont accept
and seek to divide
100 years from now those who burn that torch
will have surely died
Is this my America... This is my America
Is this my America... This is my America
Is this my America... This is my America
Is this my America... This is my America... by J Al © 2008