Get Up Off That Old Jive

White folks,
You better get some new jive. 
That old jive is wearing thin. 
I been listening to that old jive 
Since I don't know when.

Fact of the matter, 
To tell you the truth
Instead of just words
I want action to boot.

You been making fine speeches 
For a long long while 
Now give some dernocracy
To each brown-skin child.

A war's taking place.
We ain't fighting for fun. 
We're fighting to win— 
This fight's got to be won.

We want just what 
The president said: 
     Freedom from fear, 
     And from want— 

     To be men,
     And have bread.

So get up off that old jive. 
Let's start clearing the way: 
Put an end to Jim Crow 
Right now, today.

A man can fight 
Better that way.