Southern Rites Page #8

I've always said if my daddy doesn't win,

I can't live here. I can't live here.

I had some powerful people tell me

only reason why you was

down here for the prom.

I had some powerful people

tell me that you're the reason.

I'm the reason why you was

down here for the election.

This small town of Mount

Vernon just ain't used to it.

You scare them because they don't want

the world to know what's

happening in Mount Vernon, Georgia.

In Montgomery County.

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- I don't think anybody else is going with

mixed colors.

This is it.

Me and Brooke, we've

known each other forever.

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- Like since grade school.

Beecher:
I went to the prom

when it was whites only,

but it wasn't really as fun

as when it was together, not to me.

Everybody should be together.

We all go to the school together.

We... I mean, we grew up together.

They're in school, so why

not go to prom together?

Better keep that button in line.

- Okay. Okay. I could do that for you.

- Okay. Thanks.

Peeples:
Two years ago, it was segregated.

You had the white prom and you had

a black prom and that was that.

Nobody said anything about it.

Like after proms, we probably got together,

but you could not have went to

a white prom if you were black

and vice versa if it was

them and stuff like that.

It's really great to finally

come together as one and do it.

Beecher:
I've heard that I was

too pretty to date black boys.

I mean, I don't care

what they say about it.

It's me. I ain't going to

let nobody tell me what to do.

I don't care what they say about it.

The Mexicans, when it was

segregated prom, they went any way.

They were lucky.

They could go the black way

or the white way, you know?

They were real cool. Because

I know this one Mexican.

His name's Fabian. He

used to take advantage.

(music playing)

(vocalizing)

Yeah

Come on, come on, I see no changes

Wake up in the morning

and I ask myself

"Is life worth living?

Should I blast myself?"

I'm tired of bein' poor

and even worse I'm black

My stomach hurts, so I'm

looking for a purse to snatch

Cops give a damn about a negro?

Pull a trigger, kill

a nigga, he's a hero

Give the crack to the

kids, who the hell cares?

One less hungry

mouth on the welfare

First ship 'em dope and let

em' deal to the brothers

Give 'em guns, step back,

watch 'em kill each other

"It's time to fight back,"

that's what Huey said

Two shots in the

dark, now Huey's dead

I got love for my brother,

but we can never go nowhere

Unless we share with each other

We gotta start making changes

Learn to see me as a brother

instead of two distant strangers

And that's how it's supposed to be

How can the Devil take a

brother if he's close to me?

I'd love to go back to

when we played as kids

But things change, and

that's the way it is it

Come on, come on,

That's just the way it is

Things will never be the same

That's just the way it is

Oh, yeah

Oh, come on, come on

That's just the way it is

The way it is

Things will never be the same

Never be the same

That's just the way it is

Oh, yeah, that's the way it is

The way it is, oh, yeah,

Some things never change

You're my brother, you're my sister

That's just the way it is

The way it is, the way it is

Things will never be the same

You're my brother, you're my sister

That's just the way it is

Oh, yeah

Some things will never change.

(music playing)

We're so invincible

We won't get old

Our hearts are made of metal

Our dreams are rather cold

How dare we run

straight into trouble?

Our touch feels magical

We're praying that

our dust turns to gold

Don't know which way to go

Oh, but I know

We know the past

We hold the memories

We learned to face impossibilities

We see the future

We hold the key

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe

We still believe

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe

We still believe

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe

We're speeding down the road

Heart racing

Foot pressed to the pedal

To the highest heights

We'll grow

Oh, keep moving

Big dream never settled

Nobody showed me

the secret code

But I'm ready and I'll

break through the window

Don't know which way to go

Oh, but I know

We know the past

We hold the memories

We learned to face impossibilities

We see the future

We hold the key

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe

We still believe

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe

We still believe

We're standing right

Where we're supposed to be

We still believe.

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