Let us turn our thoughts today   To martin luther king   And recognize that there are ties between us   All men and women   Living on the earth   Ties of hope and love   Sister and brotherhood   That we are bound together   In our desire to see the world become   A place in which our children   Can grow free and strong   We are bound together   By the task that stands before us   And the road that lies ahead   We are bound and we are bound      There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist   There is a hunger in the center of the chest   There is a passage through the darkness and the mist   And though the body sleeps the heart will never rest      (chorus)   Shed a little light, oh lord   So that we can see   Just a little light, oh lord   Wanna stand it on up   Stand it on up, oh lord   Wanna walk it on down   Shed a little light, oh lord      Can't get no light from the dollar bill   Don't give me no light from a tv screen   When I open my eyes   I wanna drink my fill   From the well on the hill      (do you know what I mean? )   - chorus -      There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist   There is a hunger in the center of the chest   There is a passage through the darkness and the mist   And though the body sleeps the heart will never rest      Oh, let us turn our thoughts today   To martin luther king   And recognize that there are ties between us   All men and women   Living on the earth   Ties of hope and love   Sister and brotherhood