“I Think I’ll Call It Morning” by Gil Scott-Heron

I’m gonna take myself a piece of sunshine
and paint it all over my sky.
Be no rain. Be no rain.
I’m gonna take the song from every bird
and make them sing it just for me.
Be no rain.
And I think I’ll call it morning from now on.
Why should I survive on sadness
convince myself I’ve got to be alone?
Why should I subscribe to this world’s madness
knowing that I’ve got to live on?

I think I’ll call it morning from now on.
I’m gonna take myself a piece of sunshine
and paint it all over my sky.
Be no rain. Be no rain.
I’m gonna take the song from every bird
and make them sing it just for me.
Why should I hang my head?
Why should I let tears fall from my eyes
when I’ve seen everything that there is to see
and I know that there ain’t no sense in crying!
I know that there ain’t no sense in crying!
I think I’ll call it morning from now on.

 

Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters

 

“Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2, performed by John Legend

“Pride (In the Name of Love)” performed by John Legend

 

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go.
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow.

In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss.

In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.

Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky.
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride.

In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.

In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.

Songwriters
U2: ADAM CLAYTON, PAUL HEWSON, LAURENCE MULLEN, DAVID EVANS

Published by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

lyrics via U2.com

 

(Words for the Year is currently on hiatus, but we wanted to share John Legend’s beautiful performance in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.)