Lyrics

Took down that Confederate flag Down off the statehouse Finally something ain't that bad (South Carolina) Down at the statehouse A flag that flew for a failed insurrection Down at the statehouse But in 2015 they made the correction Down at the statehouse They said they put it up first as a dedication Down at the statehouse For a hundred years since the Confederation Down at the statehouse But why not a hundred year celebration Down at thе statehouse For the Emancipation Proclamation? Down at thе statehouse I'm asking… What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? See, I used to think it was just history And history's ok by me But then I learned the whole story And now see things clearly The flag went up in 1961 After a Supreme Court decision Ending segregation And beginning integration Civil Rights in '61 was Freedom Riders on the bus And the Ku Klux Klan come to beat them down While the local cops all turned around They don't fly swastikas in Germany No shrines to Mussolini in Italy So why it's ok to see That Confederate flag in front of me? It must have been a shame to see… Down at the statehouse If your Grandfather was born in slavery Down at the statehouse Now, one family's history May be dying for the Confederacy But another family's history Was being born in slavery But they finally took that old flag down Down at the statehouse Too long, too long it was hanging around Down at the statehouse And I don't wanna see it hanging 'round Down at the statehouse They finally took that old flag down! Down at the statehouse Don't wanna see it hangin' 'round… Or on your t-shirt walkin' 'round Or on your pickup drivin' 'round Don't wanna see that old flag around Not in your house Not in my house Not in an insurrection in the White House… What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? What can we do? We're gonna take that old flag down