Once a year we celebrate / Washington and Lincoln on their birth dates
And now a third name is added to the list / A man of peace, (Drum Major for Justice)
Now, now, now every January on the third Monday / We pay homage to the man who paved the way
For freedom, justice and equality / To make the world a better place for you and me
It's a holiday, it's a gathering / For the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. King tried to love somebody / (Do you wanna love somebody)
For his sake put your hate away, take a day / (Take a day to love somebody)
Don't play on the Holiday, work to find a better way / (Everybody love somebody now)
Oh, everybody sing / For Martin Luther King / Oh, let freedom ring (That's right) /For Martin Luther King, now sing
Holiday! Holiday! King Holiday! Not a day just for some It's a day for everyone
He had a dream now it's up to you / He had a dream now it's up to you / To see it through, to make it come true
Now do it
Who do we thank for teaching us / That we all have the strength to love
Mmm, we thank the Prince of Non-Violence / For showing us the way
How do we show the children of today / How to live together as one
Oh...we'll sing of a King / And his words will light all of our tomorrows
Dr. King tried to love somebody / (Do you wanna love somebody)
For his sake put your hate away, take a day / (Take a day to love somebody)
Don't play on the Holiday, work to find a better way / (Everybody love somebody now)
Oh, everybody sing (Come on) / For Martin Luther King (Ah, yeah) / Oh, let freedom ring (That's right)
For Martin Luther King, now sing
Listen children of today / Don't think love has gone away / It's in your hearts and minds
(How long) Not long / New day will shine / If we just take the chance
[His love will glow] / Open up the windows
Let the hero shine / Every day in your life / Yours and mine / Everybody shine, whoa...
Let it shine, let it shine, woo...whoa...oh...
For the future generation / Dr. King's medication / For successful operation is peace for every nation
Sing! Celebrate! Sing! Sing! Celebrate! For a King Celebrate! Sing! Sing! Celebrate!