Martin Luther King He had a vision And that's a fact He died so we could see That was his mission So don't look back There is no division Don't you understand The future looks as though It has come around And maybe we have finally Found our common ground We're the children of one father If you're looking back, don't bother We're black and white America In nineteen sixty-three My father married A black woman And when they walked the streets They were in danger Look what cha done But they just kept on walking forward Hand in hand The future looks as though It has come around And maybe we have finally Found our common ground We're the children of one father If you're looking back, don't bother We're black and white America We've waited so long Oh yeah We've waited so long Ohh There is no division Don't you understand The future looks as though It has come around And maybe we have finally Found our common ground We're the children of one father If you're looking back, don't bother We're black and white America