Black Stalin, Ph. D (i)

Stalin speaking:

Ahm... I had ah mind to give a speech this morning... but after Dr. McShine speech, I feel is better I sing (audience laughs/claps).

Ah came here dis morning to just do one selection... but ah tink this being ah graduation-- one such as this with so much young people -- we should add another one to it -- jus' fuh so (audience applauds).

Yuh know and... and this particular song... we going to do this one with no music... so we could let de message get home...which is so much easier when yuh do it a cappella style...

We just want to say that... yuh know...God ??? regardless of your position regardless of your condition, one of the things we know is that... we doh run dis world... somebody else does run it for us... and while passing thru, we got to make de best of it... so ...ahm... here is my story...

(starts singing his song "In Time" a cappella)

We seem to feel that life is over
just because we throw a few pennies down de gutter
We seem to feel everything is lost
so we fighting to get back something at any cost
but while we fighting and we fighting just to get back that little something
we keep forgetting that we know nothing of this world in which we livin'
Someone greater put this world together
So we must remember

(chorus)
In times of plenty we must be grateful
In times of sorrow we must be strong
In times of joy we must be thankful
Because life really have its ups and its downs
In times of disaster we must be ready
To get together and move obstacles out de way
And if you listen to this watchword from yuh lover, Black Stalin
Tomorrow would be ah better day

We meet ah world today wit four seasons
Who is we to try and find out "what's the reason?"
And what goes roun' so...
Must come back roun' so
Why dat is so, nobody doh know
And there are so much other mysteries
That nobody still can answer
So we just got to say 'thanks' and keep looking to de future
because dis world is not yours to control
it is just to behold, so...

(chorus)
In times of plenty we must be grateful
In times of sorrow we must be strong
In times of joy we must be thankful
Because life really have its ups and its downs
In times of disaster we must be ready
To get together and move racism out de way
And if you listen to this watchword from yuh lover, Black Stalin
Tomorrow would be ah better day

As we go thru this life we livin'
we must know by now that this world owe us nuttin'
so live yuh life, just enjoy it,
and just try to leave dis world better dan yuh meet it
because de maker of dis world which nobody has no contract
no paper is going to tell you yesterday is going to come back
so... look ahead but without looking dead
after all is said...

(chorus)
In times of plenty we must be grateful
In times of sorrow we must be strong
In times of joy we must be thankful
Because life really have its ups and its downs
In times of disaster we must be ready
To get together and move racism out de way
And if you listen to this watchword from yuh lover, Black Stalin
Tomorrow would be ah better day
...for you and you and you...

(fades)
(audience applauds)

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[leftwingtt]

Thank you for posting, and taking the time to put the words and lyrics together.

Great!