Lyrics

[Rev. Jesse Jackson:] As we grew up In our tradition When it was dark The Lord was our light And our salvation Lord was the strength of our lives We thank God for Jesus We even thank God for evil Helps us to appreciate just how good are all of us We learn to say, we are grateful In the earliest of our existence Even through right now, we're grateful We learned our lessons in the wilderness We are grateful Wе can look back on slavery And we can close our еyes and wonder How we got over(?) We're grateful We've been bound in the grave But we conquered the grave And we're grateful We've been crucified But the stone has been rolled away And it's Easter morning And we are grateful All this talent That God has given us And a chance to glorify His name We are grateful We serve a God tonight That's so great, and so big And so wonderful And once you know God Everything else is livable(?) No mountain is too high No valley too low No water too wet No winter too cold We say, Almighty God So our heads are high Our chests are out And joy abounds(?) A ring in our souls(?) And we're glad about it One of the great joys of our lives Sister Mavis Staples Let's hear it Sister Mavis Staples Ah hey Sister Mavis Sister Aretha, with her [Aretha Franklin:] Mavis and I grew up As teenagers Traveling with our families She, and the Staples Singers And myself, and my dad, and Luzy Branch, and Family Criers And we met on a Mississippi road one evening Yes we did And we're going back to our roots tonight Yeah, oh yeah Sho nuff, sho nuff, yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah