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I'll Be Rested
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Mavis Staples
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[*Instrumental intro with bell:]
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I'll be rested when the roll is called*
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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Until justice flows down and righteousness
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Like a mighty stream
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Keep alive the names
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Of those who put their lives out on the front lines
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And died just trying to live and breathe
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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See Medgar Evers
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When the roll is called
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Andrew Goodman
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When the roll is called
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James Chaney
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When the roll is called
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Michael Schwerner and Emmett Till
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When the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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Carole Robertson
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When the roll is called
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Denise and Cynthia
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When the roll is called
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Addie Mae Collins
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When the roll is called
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Herbert Lee, William Brewster, Louie Allen
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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Yes I will
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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I'll be rested when the roll is called
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See Fred Hampton
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When the roll is called
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Brother Malcolm
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When the roll is called
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Robert Kennedy
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When the roll is called
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Reverend Martin Luther King
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When the roll is called
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Oh what a time
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Oh what a time!
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He'll say: 'Servant, servant well done
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Come on home and rest your weary, your weary bones'
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I'm gonna join the heavenly choir
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I'll be rested
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Oh! Look here! Sister Mahalia Jackson
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Brother Archie Brownlee
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Sister Clara Ward
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Dr. Thomas A. Dorsey
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Reverend Julius Cheeks
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And look over there, there goes Dr. Watts
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Sister Marion Williams
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Oh my, my, my
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Oh there he is, Poppa Staples,
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And you got your guitar with you
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Oh what a time
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Singing with a heavenly choir
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And we're going to sing, sing hallelujah
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And never get tired
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Oh, thank you now
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We're back together now
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[Fades:]
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