Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
What抯 gonna happen now? In all of our cities?
My people are rising; they抮e living in lies.
Even if they have to die
Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is
Even at that one moment that ya know what life is
If you have to die, it抯 all right
Cause you know what life is
You know what freedom is for one moment of your life
But he had seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you抎 better stop and think
Everybody knows we抮e on the brink
What will happen, now that the King is dead?
We can all shed tears; it won抰 change a thing
Teach your people: Will they ever learn?
Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
And kill with guns and burn - don抰 you know how we gotta react?
But he had seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you抎 better stop and think
Everybody knows we抮e on the brink
What will happen, now that the King of love is dead?