SOMEBODY [ soul, r&b, blues ] Click Here for Music Video of this song Click Here for Free Song Download                            Lazarus lies in America's gutter                            Can't recall what he went to war for                            "Our Father, my mother. . .                            my sister. . .  my brother". . .                            I saw my brother stranded on the road                            His graveyard face had tombstone eyes                            He said, "Can someone help with my load?                            Help me see through all these lies"                                  Hey, I wanna be somebody                                  Don't want a life that's just pretend                                  I wanna be somebody                                  Someone who matters in the end                            I saw my sister in the dark alley                            She said, "All I ever do is cry                            I try so hard but I just can't be free                            Don't understand the reason why"                                  Oh hey, I wanna be somebody                                  Don't want a life that's just pretend                                  I wanna be somebody                                  Someone who matters in the end                                  I wanna be somebody                                  Don't want a life that's only lies                                  Yeah, I wanna be somebody                                  Keep your eyes on the prize                            Wicked leaders dance to a global war tune                            With nightmare scenes of laser lights                            Oh, but you know, Jesus is comin' back soon                            Yeah, he's gonna restore human rights                                  Hey, I wanna be somebody                                  Don't want a life that's just pretend                                  I wanna be somebody                                  Someone who matters in the end                                  I wanna be somebody                                  Don't want a life that's only lies                                  Yeah, I wanna be somebody                                  Keep your eyes on the prize * * Dedicated to the I AM A MAN heroes of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike; inspired by the lives and examples of a great many modern African-Americans of exceptional vision and perseverance, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Corretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Qunicy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Muhammad Ali, Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee--change IS gonna come, oh, yes it is. Civil Rights Movement Veterans The Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation             Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP          No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.