MLK Song - Mavis Staples

If I can help somebody as they pass along

If I can cheer somebody with a word or song

If I can show somebody that they’re traveling wrong

Then my living will not be in vain

If I can do my duty as a Christian ought

If I should sing salvation to the world he wrought

If I can spread the message as the Master taught

Then my living will not be in vain

Well it really doesn’t matter, most of the deeds I’ve done

It really doesn’t matter, the prizes I may have won

I’d like for somebody to say «I've tried to love someone»

When I have to leave my day

In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run

In the walk for the hungry, I fed someone

And in the march for peace tell them I played the drum

When I have to meet my day

In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run

In the walk for the hungry, I fed someone

And in the march for peace tell them I played the drum

When I have to meet my day