Although Martin Luther King was assassinated 44 years ago, the holiday Martin Luther King Day (or MLK Day) in the USA has only been celebrated in all 50 states since 2000.
His famous ‘I have a dream’ speech lives on and has inspired many after him and continues to do so. It is still as relevant today.
“When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
Very powerful video. Please watch to the end to find out why. Interesting to note that although it has over 13 million views, when you search for the video on Youtube it does not show up in the first page of results.
The Flood -Take That Lyrics found here
Standing On the edge of forever
At the start of whatever
Shouting love at the world
Back then We were like cavemen
But we mapped the moon and the stars
Then we forgave them
We will meet you where the lights are
The defenders of the faith we are
When the thunder turns around
They’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away
You know no one dies
In these love-drowned eyes
Through our love-drowned eyes
We’ll watch you sleep tonight
Although no one understood, we were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rainWe were holding back the flood
They said we’d never dance again
Bleeding But none of us leaving
Watch your mouth, son
Or you’ll find yourself floating home
Here we come now on a dark star
Seeing demons, not what we are
Tiny minds and eager hands
Will try to strike but now will end today
There’s progress now
Where there once was none
Where there once was, ahThen everything came along
Although no one understood, we were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rain
There was more of them than us
Now they’ll never dance again
Although no one understood there was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rainWe were holding back the floodThey said we’d never dance again
We will meet you where the lights are
The defenders of the faith we are
When the thunder turns aroundThey’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away
Although no one understood there was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rainThere was more of them than usNow they’ll never dance again
Now we’ll never dance again