INTRO
I never will go back to Alabama, that is not the place for me
I never will go back to Alabama, that is not the place for me
You know, they killed my sister and my brother, and the whole world let them peoples down there go free
I never will love Alabama, Alabama seemed to never have loved poor me
I never will love Alabama, Alabama seemed to never have loved poor me
Oh God, I wish you would rise up one day, lead my peoples to the land of peace
My brother was taken up from my Mother, and the police officer shot him down
My brother was taken up from my Mother, and the police officer shot him down
I can't help but to set down and cry sometime, think about how my poor brother lost his life
Alabama, Alabama, why you want to be so mean?
Alabama, Alabama, why you want to be so mean?
You've got my people behind the barbed wire fence, now you're tryin' to take my freedom away from me