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Transcription: [00:32:09]
[[SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"]]
Use something to get it. And the best way that we know to tell them is to "come on and wade in the water with us."
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It doesn't mean that you have to get out and go, y'know, get in a ditch of water, y'know, and wade up and down there and get wet, saying that you hold freedom.
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But it means you have to get in the struggle, in the battle, and fight with us. And this is the water that we're wading in, down in the South, in the hardcore areas of Mississippi.
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So, the song goes something like this.

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Wade in the water,
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wade in the water children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Come on and wade in the water, my lordy
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wade in the water, children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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You can talk about Peter,
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talk about Paul,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Well, it ain't but the one God that made us all.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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My lordy, wade in the water,
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my lordy, wade in the water, children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Well, the gin river, chill and cold,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Well, it chills the body, but not the soul.
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God's gonna trouble the water, my lordy.
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Wade in the water,
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come on and wade in the water, children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Well if you don't believe that I've been to Hell,
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God's gonna trouble the water,
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Just follow me down to the county jail.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Why don't you wade in the water,
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Why don't you wade in the water, children,
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Wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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You can hinder me here, you can hinder me there,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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But you can't hinder me on my knees in prayer.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Why don't you wade in the water,
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Why don't you wade in the water, children,
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Wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Well, the enemy is great, but my captain's strong,
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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I'm fightin' for freedom, and it won't be long.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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Why don't you wade in the water,
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why don't you wade in the water, children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water, my lordy.
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Wade in the water,
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why don't you wade in the water, children,
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wade in the water, my lordy,
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God's gonna trouble the water, my lordy.
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God's gonna trouble the water, my lordy.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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God's gonna trouble the water.
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