What's gonna happen now, in all of our cities?   My people are rising, they're living in lies   Even if they have to die, even if they have to die   At the moment they know what life is      Even at that one moment that ya know what life is   If you have to die, it's all right   'Cause you know what life is   You know what freedom is for one moment of your life      But he had seen the mountaintop and he knew he could not stop   Always living with the threat of death ahead   Folks you'd better stop and think, everybody knows we're on the brink   What will happen now, that the King is dead?      We can all shed tears, it won't change a thing   Teach your people, will they ever learn?   Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns   And kill with guns and burn, don't you know how we gotta react?      But he had seen the mountaintop and he knew he could not stop   Always living with the threat of death ahead   Folks you'd better stop and think, everybody knows we're on the brink   What will happen, now that the King of Love is dead?