How much does it heart to see a young see a young girl twirk?
While her great-great grandma had to work, work, work.
Out in the field all day, there was no time to play
She had to pick cotton for bite to eat and a place to stay

How much does it hurt to see a young man in the streets?
Skipping school on the regular like he doesn’t have a dream
Has he forgot the battle that was fought for a nigger to read
I bet that would piss off Dr. Martian Luther King.

How much does it hurt to see black brothers and sisters, march to the back of the bus?
That was a battle Rosa Parks fought against for us.
How much does when a black won’t vote Lucy Burns, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia B. Robinson,
And so many more fought for us to have a voice.

How much does it hurt to see our ancestors did all they could do only,
To find our young black’s would see none of it carried through?