Tryin times, cryin times

And still we out here holdin signs

Yearning. Because we share a dream that

Cannot be denied.

Until we learn to fly

We’ll reach the Mountaintop

One step at a time

Worried minds, troubled minds

Still we’re keepin hope alive

Prayin for the day when it was worth the sacrifice

Until we learn to fly

We’ll reach the mountaintop

One step at a time

They try to pull us backwards

They try to turn back time

And drag us down to the valley

Where justice isn’t blind.

They wanna own our bodies

They wanna own our minds

But we gotta climb, climb, climb

If you wanna see the change.

You gotta be the change.

Give it time cuz nothin ever stays the same

Knowin the promised land ain’t far away

Until we learn to fly

We’ll reach the mountaintop

One step at a time