Let's Not Forget |
LyricsLET'S NOT FORGET!(CHORUS) LET'S NOT FORGET ALL THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE THEY DIDN'T MAKE TODAY'S MAJORS THEY DID ENDURE PLAYING BY THE RULES THEY BEAT JIM CROW AT HIS GAME BECAUSE OF THEM, OTHERS MADE THE HALL OF FAME BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON BLAZED AROUND THE BASES THE COLOR LINE WAS BROKEN BETWEEN THE RACES BEFORE SATCHEL, JOSH, AND COOL PAPA BELL BLACK PLAYERS LIVED IN A WHITE BASEBALL HELL HONOR YOUNGER THE FIRST COLLEGE PLAYER AT OBERLIN HONOR FOWLER FIRST PRO IN THE MINORS PITCHING FOR LYNN HONOR WALKER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION THE FIRST BLACK MAJOR LEAGUER IN THE NATION REPEAT CHORUS THROUGH BEANINGS AND JEERS AND SPIKINGS THEY STAYED ON A FIELD OF HATRED SOMEHOW BLACKS PLAYED WITH WHITES ?TIL THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN THOSE TWILIGHT YEARS THEY TRIED TO BE FREE THEN, PRO BASEBALL TURNED SHARPLY BLACK OR WHITE BUT IN NON LEAGUE GAMES FREEDOM SHINED HER LIGHT WHEN BLACKS PLAYED WHITES THEY GAVE THEIR ALL BLACKS WERE PLAYING MORE THAN BASEBALL REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT TAGLINE TWICE ROBINSON SLID HOME TO END THIS NATIONAL SHAME BUNTED HOME BY BLACKS WHO LONG AGO PLAYED THE GAME REPEAT LET?S NOT FORGET TWICE LET?S NOT FORGET ALL THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE FADE AND REPEAT: LET?S NOT FORGET (SEVERAL TIMES) Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley Joe Pickering, Jr., President King of the Road Music 13 Pond Street Bangor, ME 04401 1-207-947-3525 C2001 |
| Song Length: 3:28 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |