Mavis Staples, Levon Helm - This Is My Country lyrics

Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Some people think we don't have the right
To say it’s my country (My country)
Before they give in
They'd rather fuss and fight
Than say it's my country (My country)
I’ve paid three hundred years or more
Of slave-driving, sweat, and welts on my back
This is my country (My country) doo doo doo
Doo doo doo

Too many have died in protecting my pride
For me to go second class
(This is my country)
We survived the hard blows and
I want you to know
That you must face us at last
(This is my country)
I know you will give consideration
Shall we perish unjust or live
Equal as a nation
This is my country (My country)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo

And I know you will give consideration
Shall we perish unjust or live
Equal as a nation
This is my country, yes, it is
But, I don't feel too proud right now, y'all
We need to get our house in order
I'm seeing far too many children with
No shoes on their feet
And way too many babies ain't
Got enough food to eat
And what's up with these
People disrespecting our President?
Spending all their time, huh huh
Saying he's not a legal resident
You got some folk throwing a party
But nobody invited me
They're mixing up the Kool-Aid, y’all
Passing it off as tea
I hear a lot of people saying
They wanna take their country back, ha ha
Where? Back to the ’50s and '60s? That
Don’t sound like progress to me
(Give consolation)
And I know you will give consideration
As a nation this is my country (My country)

Doo doo doo this is my country, oh yeah
Doo doo doo
My country, y'all, my country, yes, it is
Doo doo doo oh yeah doo doo doo
This is my country, uh huh, uh huh
And don't get in my way yeah