Staples, Mavis - Freedom Highway Lyrics






March for freedom's highway
March each and every day

Made up my mind and I won't turn around
Made up my mind and I won't turn around

There is just one thing
I can't understand my friend.
Why some folk think freedom
Was not designed for all men.

Yes I think I voted for the right man
Said we would overcome.





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  1. C.... M....

    #ThePeanutButterFalcon
    brought me here 2k19 😂
    CROWN ME👑ME

    C.... M....

    haha me too

  2. Y.... Z....

    Just heard this in The Peanut Butter Falcon.. I thought I was a Staple Singers fan and I had no idea this song existed.

  3. R.... A....

    Emmett Till ! Rise In Power !

  4. C.... B....

    Fifty something years later and not much changed remember that song at 5

  5. S.... G....

    Here's to hoping for tomorrow...

  6. F.... J....

    what iz sorely needed right now ...with this pompous annoying asshole named chump !!!

  7. J.... G....

    Great stuff! Exactly the kind of religion that is the antidote to racist white Evangelical Christianity of the Trump variety!

  8. E.... ....

    Why do some people think freedom is not designed for all men? Good question "Why"?

  9. B.... L....

    When music Was. ....free up my ......god blessed

  10. C.... S....

    Awesome!

  11. t.... ....

    Marching doesn’t work. MLK was wrong. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity! Maybe if he had lived he would have promulgated Direct Action, like when the suffragettes changed tactics. 60 years marching and nothing’s changed, you do the math.

  12. R.... G....

    Once upon a time, we had anthems for our protests. 50 plus years later, we are still in the same fight. Where are those songs now ?

    R.... G....

    I wonder that too sometimes but i've heard some great music. The thing is, you won't find it on the radio really. Just listen to Gary Clary Jr and Ryan Bingham's America and his song Beautiful and kind.

    R.... G....

    unfortunately good music is defiled by rap music.

  13. S.... F....

    This is the ESSENCE of Black History - Mavis, Pops, Purvis, Yvonne, and the one who's name I can't remember. And their mother feeding everyone on St. Lawrence on summer Sundays. BLACK HISTORY. Do the children even know about this in our city?

    S.... F....

    Selections From a Music Historian that name is..cleotha staples.

  14. T.... ....

    this song will move the dead

  15. D.... M....

    Amazing song!

  16. D.... J....

    Everyone is important. Universality over next century? Gettin' there. Blessings to all....

  17. L.... C....

    Such a full of life song !!

  18. s.... b....

    white boy, just love the groove.....peace.

  19. W.... S....

    Awesome! You should suss out out some of our acoustic cover playlists :D

  20. u.... ....

    Just perfect.

  21. L.... H....

    Powerful

  22. D.... M....

    Without a doubt this one of the greatest songs ever recorded. The production quality, the performance, the feeling, the Staples, MAVIS! 

  23. G.... C....

    As we see in Ferguson and other parts of the USA there is still a long way to go. Complacency, cynicism, apathy have allowed the racists to rise up and they attempt including GOP /Tea Party to undermine what rights Blacks in America had achieved. Now its all sliding away. Time to rise up and fight back. gordsnotebook.blogspot

    G.... C....

    +Gordon Coombes Amen, dude. I'm with 'ya, and so is this song.

    G.... C....

    Won’t happen with this president

  24. E.... P....

    I don't understand "slavery" or why it was allowed

    E.... P....

    Short answer Capitalism!

    E.... P....

    Free labor.

    E.... P....

    because it was legal

  25. R.... R....

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    to a\_\_ my 'Me®ican ƒ®ien∂$! 

  26. m.... ....

    It would have been great if Mavis Staples could have sang this at the 2013 Inaugural for President Obama

  27. T.... A....

    sounds like the Rolling Stones stole this for "this may be the last time"

  28. l.... m....

    thanks v.much for all the links, great to hear people i aint never heard of, songs like this are why protest is so necessary

  29. I.... P....

    Outstanding slab of gospel soul, dance your ass off to this badboy, KTF..

  30. s.... ....

    This is the stuff I grew up on, I'm lovin it!!
    Thankyou so much for posting

  31. w.... ....

    real black music at its best, where the hell did hip-hop go is beyond me. gotta love the real natural blues and gospel

  32. T.... E....

    Sweet, sweet music. I cannot really fully relate to the struggle at hand, being born on another continent, a few years too late - but this is a brilliant piece of music. Funknroll - lots of gratitude for all your educational, funky and soulful postings!

  33. m.... ....

    Bring it on funknroll..It needs to be seen! Keep straight ahead!

  34. b.... ....

    wuz a real hard time i hope its over completely its not happened so much anymore
    and thank you jimi for breaking the rules yes jimi hendri brought the blues to the other side of the world were our people were not liked but he got through and played for them and they loved him so much that he gave his utmost best as a guitar player to the world anbd broke all the rules of separation