it started a long time
it started a long time
it started a long time ago

it started with a whip
and a man went down
a boot on his head as he laid on the ground
but he didn´t die
he got up
and start walking down that road

and the man was a black man
the man was a proud black man
try-y-ing to go home
and the man is hurt
his bloods on the ground
he needs some help
but he´s got no-one around

so he digs down to his soul
and sings a song that goes a little somethin´ like this

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and the devil was there
the devil was there
you better believe the devil was there that day
but the devil wasn´t walking with the black man
no the devil wasn´t walking with the proud black man
no the devil was wiping the blood off his boots that day

and I can guarantee you brothers and sisters
within a hundred and ten percent accuracy baby
that jesus was walking with the black man that day
that´s the birth of the blue-es