The past The mission Far Civil Rights Equality and end of discrimination One voice and chosen Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jailed and beaten Threatened The reason to be more determined Silence not Fulfilling the conquest Time after time Before into now The struggles continue Dismay Civil Rights reversed Powers that be The world can see Rights walking their last mile Discouraged while Dr. King illustrated the have and have nots in plain sight We are back to the plight Our tomorrow was put in a dusty file Forgetfulness while Humanitarian pause No cause Excuses after excuses The need to proceed Dr. Kingβs creed Our efforts indeed Dr. King observing above Civil Rights is what we all should be thinking of