What's Necessary

A man is nothing unless he measures up

to the standard that he is given

When the history books are written

and the final page has been turned

And what is known about the world

has been manifested

We will say that we did what

was necessary. We fought

for our rights and made it

better for our children

We did not let all the ugliness

in the world make us back down.

Like a determined farmer,

we drove that plowshare

and we drove that ox

until we made this world better

Without regret, without discord

We fought and we built

a better world. It is not

for the ignorance to decide

It is not for hatred to decide

It is for justice to decide

We cannot be satified

with meagerness

We cannot avail bigotry

no longer. A man only

has a certain time on this earth

to make a change and stand

for what's right. That time

is now and that time must be

well spent for he has to answer

his Creator. And I'm gonna say

and I'm gonna know that all

the good done and all the fighting

done will speak on all our beloved brothers

and beautiful sisters behalf.

We did what was necessary

Necessary calls action and action

will bring justice.