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uh I don't have much to say
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there's a big task and a challenge in front of a lot of people
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and it's because of the fact
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that you might say that in front of us there is a pond
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it used to be so high but now it's only ankle deep
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[pause]
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on this side lies a group a little black folk you might call slavery
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and on the other side of the pond
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there's a place called freedom land
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we don't have any boats to get on the other side and airplanes to fly across
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and it's a little bit too wide for us to jump
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and none of us seem to know really how to swim because it's not deep enough to swim in
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so there's only one way to get on the other side
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and that is to uh
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"wade in the water,
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wade in the water
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to wade in the water,
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god's gonna trouble the water,
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water,
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water
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wade in the water,
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wade in the water
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wade in the water,
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god's gonna trouble the water
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water
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wade in the water,
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wade in the water
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wade in the water,
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god's gonna trouble the water
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water
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[unintelligible]
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god's gonna trouble the water
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wade in the water,
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wade in the water
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wade in 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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god's gonna trouble the water,
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[clapping]
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[sound of train horn]