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freedom
biceri enntal whose prai e hey
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Bu African are also jumping on
board
Although we dtdn't get a thing
We're still truggllngfor integra-
tion
As though it was a gloriousflght
So I've got to ask my watchman
What's the hour of the night?
How could we be fooled to think:
We had a share in this democ-
racy
Whenforeigner$ come here
They're made citizens be choice
Citizenship was imposed upon us
We never had a voice '
he pas age oj th th amend-
ment
Took away that right
So you better ask your watchman
What's the hour of the night?
Time is running out for us
A deadline we must 'meet
To file reparation petitions
And- make politicians earn their
seats
If uie're to win this battle
Evett; organization must join the
, fight
Then we 'll' tell our watchman
, What's the hour of the night.
Queen Mother Audley Moore
July 27, 1950
\' PEOPLES ,"
UNFAIR
MOCOLOR(D ( ;.,.' ..
COLORfD N(lG��" r ;: ' r
STAY oi : /
, Music is an art or science
In which African men reign su-
preme
But the stoti; of Ol:Lr progress
Is still a vision l?r a dream
But we have have great voice for
singing
But we have no voice in court
Imagine being attacked by police
dogs
Just register and vote
With self-determination
We would have our perfect right
So we turn to ask our watchman
What's the hour of the night?
Wefought with the mighty-armies
Wh n they battled with the Huns
L Fac d the Jierce pangs oj combat
Hard the roar oj might guns
Bu no change came in our condi­
tioti
When the smoke had cleared
away
For the blood we shed in battle
Did not bring the dawn oj day
All oj our suffering and service
Left us in the same old plight
o turn to ask '!ly watchman
What's the hour oj the night?
The whites are celebrating thetr
Afr�can men boast oj their relig-
[on
Though I wonder if they should
When you take an inventory
You'llJind them not so good
We build thousands oj Jine
churches ' '
. With 'the dollars that we give
Yet masses oj our people
Have no decent place to live
We say Gold is our rtchJather
Yet we're always in a tight
Watchman strike a match and
tell me .
What's the hour of the night?
Civil right laws just for us
is proof that we're not free