The crucifix in flames ...The house of God burned down to the ground ...A symbolic action of defiance ...Brought palace of lies down ...usal to acknowledge the authority ...Of faith of liars ...Impeccable the ways of Heaven ...All are born of woman ...And the female is of sin ...And for the rest of our days ...ch his kingdom full of bliss ...Cross of lies, no one up hig...Gayhood of priests and spartan...Of yours I now watch in flames

we can front up in the 850 ...So go ahead wit the bullshit you blab a...Hey yo, Mase and The Lox ...e taking knots from the out of state spots ...lly wanna come try, the one guy ...The rack of sing-sing alumni ...A lot of other things, but t...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...Yo, check out the kid that get coke l... down chocha, be in the Costa ...Whenever The Lox find rippy bloc...And this for the listeners, and pris...J be the cause for the kiss at your wake ...We started from the bottom ...We can do it at the Garden ...I want a palace for my thugs, wit o...ugs, get wacked for the love ...I want the finer things, and I...Sitting at the table, planning and plug the fan in ...Let the sweat dry off and t...test, and retaliate the hardest, regardless...or bigger portions, of extortion then rack...hen I start a bunch of shit ...your shit buried in the mud ...Following traces of gun powder, residue...'s under a cover in the morgue ...log, sniffed out by the dogs ...Son of a hard headed nigga...Surgery wit the chainsaw, I hit the fucking streets ...I got an army of 730 niggas, dirty n...y niggas get it all the time ...hat they got is all of mine ...shit until I pulled the nine ...And gave it the money ...ind when he crossed the line ...Then I tossed the nine, boss of crime ... I stack bodies wit the black shotty

we can front up in the 850 ...So go ahead wit the bullshit you blab a...Hey yo, Mase and The Lox ...e taking knots from the out of state spots ...lly wanna come try, the one guy ...The rack of sing-sing alumni ...A lot of other things, but t...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...Yo, check out the kid that get coke l... down chocha, be in the Costa ...Whenever The Lox find rippy bloc...And this for the listeners, and pris...J be the cause for the kiss at your wake ...We started from the bottom ...We can do it at the Garden ...I want a palace for my thugs, wit o...ugs, get wacked for the love ...I want the finer things, and I...Sitting at the table, planning and plug the fan in ...Let the sweat dry off and t...test, and retaliate the hardest, regardless...or bigger portions, of extortion then rack...hen I start a bunch of shit ...your shit buried in the mud ...Following traces of gun powder, residue...'s under a cover in the morgue ...log, sniffed out by the dogs ...Son of a hard headed nigga...Surgery wit the chainsaw, I hit the fucking streets ...I got an army of 730 niggas, dirty n...y niggas get it all the time ...hat they got is all of mine ...shit until I pulled the nine ...And gave it the money ...ind when he crossed the line ...Then I tossed the nine, boss of crime ... I stack bodies wit the black shotty

we can front up in the 850 ...So go ahead wit the bullshit you blab a...Hey yo, Mase and The Lox ...e taking knots from the out of state spots ...lly wanna come try, the one guy ...The rack of sing-sing alumni ...A lot of other things, but t...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it ...Yo, check out the kid that get coke l... down chocha, be in the Costa ...Whenever The Lox find rippy bloc...And this for the listeners, and pris...J be the cause for the kiss at your wake ...We started from the bottom ...We can do it at the Garden ...I want a palace for my thugs, wit o...ugs, get wacked for the love ...I want the finer things, and I...Sitting at the table, planning and plug the fan in ...Let the sweat dry off and t...test, and retaliate the hardest, regardless...or bigger portions, of extortion then rack...hen I start a bunch of shit ...your shit buried in the mud ...Following traces of gun powder, residue...'s under a cover in the morgue ...log, sniffed out by the dogs ...Son of a hard headed nigga...Surgery wit the chainsaw, I hit the fucking streets ...I got an army of 730 niggas, dirty n...y niggas get it all the time ...hat they got is all of mine ...shit until I pulled the nine ...And gave it the money ...ind when he crossed the line ...Then I tossed the nine, boss of crime ... I stack bodies wit the black shotty

we can front up in the 850...So go ahead wit the bullshit you blab a...Hey yo, Mase and The Lox...e taking knots from the out of state spots...lly wanna come try, the one guy...The rack of sing-sing alumni...A lot of other things, but t...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it...If you love the money, then prepare...You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it...Yo, check out the kid that get coke l... down chocha, be in the Costa...Whenever The Lox find rippy bloc...And this for the listeners, and pris...J be the cause for the kiss at your wake...We started from the bottom...We can do it at the Garden...I want a palace for my thugs, wit o...ugs, get wacked for the love...I want the finer things, and I...Sitting at the table, planning and plug the fan in...Let the sweat dry off and t...test, and retaliate the hardest, regardless...or bigger portions, of extortion then rack...hen I start a bunch of shit...your shit buried in the mud...Following traces of gun powder, residue...'s under a cover in the morgue...log, sniffed out by the dogs...Son of a hard headed nigga...Surgery wit the chainsaw, I hit the fucking streets...I got an army of 730 niggas, dirty n...y niggas get it all the time...hat they got is all of mine...shit until I pulled the nine...And gave it the money...ind when he crossed the line...Then I tossed the nine, boss of crime... I stack bodies wit the black shotty

In the city of Rome 2000 years ago...The lord Tiberius beque...He ascended the throne and many a h...Sent to earth by the light of the earth osteria ...Given birth by the might of his sword caligula ...all must tremble at the hand of caligula ...Given fire by the light of his sire germania ...To be thrown on the flames of the pyre octavia ...Along the appian way the crucified cry out l..."by the wrath of the gods be accursed the name caligula" ...The sibyl spoke of his fame in prophec...The one called little boots & the kingdom he'd steal ...Sent to earth by the light of the word osteria ...Given birth by the might of his sword caligula ... he became to rival the might of jove ...The whore of babylon and the beast that she rode...When he heard the hooves of madness ...Through the halls of the palace keep ...Now the century's past the fates shall tell the tale ...Woe to the man who would emula

nse this place with flames ...ing - as you betray the meek ...You follow the filthy path - blind...In state of fatal lunacy - you ... by evil - a spiral of lies ..."The anger and the pain yet I sin agai... burning - believer of all ...Lustres of the flesh - makes me wi...The angel of creation - falling ...Crushed you have the palace - the temple of my prayers ...You have walked the ground - of where man shouldn't

stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. ...undred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society an... cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad ...use to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. ...t to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. ... would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. ...eople, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical fo...The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers,... walk, we must make the pledge that we shal...hose who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot b...unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities...et us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to y...even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. ...ise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold...eam that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. ...m that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice...ll not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ... lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and... shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revea...r hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. ... be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With t...And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will...My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. ... fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, ...t freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. ...t freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. ...t freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. ...t freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. ...t freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. ...from Stone Mountain of Georgia. ...om Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. ...y hill and molehill of Mississippi. ...p that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual

Waltzed to the Sousa band...My wasn't the music grand...der parties down by the seashore...Every Fourth of July, test your mem...The running board under...In the good old days gone ...In the good old days gone ...My wasn't the Palace packed...Chicago all in flames...In the good old days gone

Waltzed to the Sousa band...My wasn't the music grand...der parties down by the seashore...Every Fourth of July, test your mem...The running board under...In the good old days gone ...In the good old days gone ...My wasn't the Palace packed...Chicago all in flames...In the good old days gone

Waltzed to the Sousa band...My wasn't the music grand...der parties down by the seashore...Every Fourth of July, test your mem...The running board under...In the good old days gone ...In the good old days gone ...My wasn't the Palace packed...Chicago all in flames...In the good old days gone

stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity....undred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society an... cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad ...use to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice....t to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.... would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges....eople, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical fo...The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers,... walk, we must make the pledge that we shal...hose who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot b...unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities...et us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to y...even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream....ise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold...eam that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood....m that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice...ll not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ... lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and... shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revea...r hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.... be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With t...And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will...My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. ... fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, ...t freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire....t freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York....t freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. ...t freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado....t freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California....from Stone Mountain of Georgia....om Lookout Mountain of Tennessee....y hill and molehill of Mississippi....p that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual

The dark silouette of the creature...Poised, crouched on the corner of a cliffs edge...Gleam in the frenzied brightness...Across the shadowed vallies be...A crack of thunder breaks the deafening silence...Which once ruled the planes, the creature is unmoved...By the commotion and the noise, and the blinding fork...Of lightening which st...The creature stands at ...The ice cold air each t...The almighty stench of the great dimensional d...ucifer smiles, from the far far west a chariot of fire...endous speed toward the...Creature, the creature laughs as ...State of frenzy the creature leaps up off the ridge...ers with dignity in the now cloudless sky...r blowing freely in the wind......The chariot emerges and...The creature takes the reigns and flies up into the...Of war,...The warriors gather slo...The sacred city, Hell...On the land as the angels fell...s pray disaster for the...Land of love and trust...The Heavens into dust....The standard bearers ch...From the mass of Satan's dogs...To hold the flag of Hades high...Defying all the gods...Satan laughs the words of war...The Heavens shake with ...The battle's ever near....Let the joyous celebrations of Hell begin...Who holds the keys to the seven gates?...rom Hell who serves the master...Sound the charge on Sabbaths ...Crest the demon's souls...Nothing holds the storm...Inform the grand master of Hades...Storm the gates!...Free from the pits of Hell...Slaves emerge the mountain...We shall destroy the accursed Heavens...Crush the gates and enter fre...Our lord of Hell must take God'...Spread the message far......Take to the skies!...Lucifer commands the orgy...The brides of sin are wed...Fuck the Bastards...Sound the knell...rtals sit and watch the tide...Of Angels crashing up against the sacred shore...Without the holy grail...The church of God can't hide the truth no more...Can't see the light no more...Light up the skies......The Demons ring the Sabbath bells...Rejoice the witches chant...Preper the sacrifice - by fire...The blood runs black th...Declare the witches dance...The souls of Christ...Drag him through the whores!...Alters of the flesh...Destroy the priests...Tyrant pledge the souls of legions...Tana turns the key of life...To hear the thunder roar...ients gather amidst the stars...The Earth is damned beneath the mist...A veil of angels tears...White clouds of life are turning bl...The virgin pure she fea...Children of pleasure move...The dark Lord has opene...Take heed the flame forever learn...Strength and the kingdom of our...Lilith holds the black heart in her ...The blood flows...Desecration of God's holy shrine...andamonium burns in the night...The Hell spawn...Into the womb of utopia spilling for...Of virginal purity and...The golden throne of the tetgrammaton is abl...majesty sits proud, the joyous drones of celebration...Enact scenes of blasphemy, lust and...Raping the holy trinity the Sabbath chimes the tunes of bless...And sanity, the Heavens in their last throes of death....r downwards through the...Fires of pandemonium to the dark deserted depths of Hell...ined wings scorched the by raging inferno...Lay battered by the shores of the styx....Weary from the battle they seek re...In the blood of a million matyrs wh...In the heavens grows strong the keys to the seven gates of Hell...Raging flames carved by the innocence of the angel's hearts... forth their wealth of centuries of God loving...Souls once wronged of their destiny of Heaven's golden palace.... never before pangs of mortal hatred...And anger deep into the pounding hearts of the angels....Once more the creature is summoned to deliver a decleration of...The angels gather slowl...The sacred city Hell...screams a vengeance of the...Land as the angels fell...s prey disaster for the...Land of hate and scorn...The Angels curse the day the antichrist...t : Lyrics © SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. OBO

The dark silouette of the creature...Poised, crouched on the corner of a cliffs edge...Gleam in the frenzied brightness...Across the shadowed vallies be...A crack of thunder breaks the deafening silence...Which once ruled the planes, the creature is unmoved...By the commotion and the noise, and the blinding fork...Of lightening which st...The creature stands at ...The ice cold air each t...The almighty stench of the great dimensional d...ucifer smiles, from the far far west a chariot of fire...endous speed toward the...Creature, the creature laughs as ...State of frenzy the creature leaps up off the ridge...ers with dignity in the now cloudless sky...r blowing freely in the wind......The chariot emerges and...The creature takes the reigns and flies up into the...Of war,...The warriors gather slo...The sacred city, Hell...On the land as the angels fell...s pray disaster for the...Land of love and trust...The Heavens into dust....The standard bearers ch...From the mass of Satan's dogs...To hold the flag of Hades high...Defying all the gods...Satan laughs the words of war...The Heavens shake with ...The battle's ever near....Let the joyous celebrations of Hell begin...Who holds the keys to the seven gates?...rom Hell who serves the master...Sound the charge on Sabbaths ...Crest the demon's souls...Nothing holds the storm...Inform the grand master of Hades...Storm the gates!...Free from the pits of Hell...Slaves emerge the mountain...We shall destroy the accursed Heavens...Crush the gates and enter fre...Our lord of Hell must take God'...Spread the message far......Take to the skies!...Lucifer commands the orgy...The brides of sin are wed...Fuck the Bastards...Sound the knell...rtals sit and watch the tide...Of Angels crashing up against the sacred shore...Without the holy grail...The church of God can't hide the truth no more...Can't see the light no more...Light up the skies......The Demons ring the Sabbath bells...Rejoice the witches chant...Preper the sacrifice - by fire...The blood runs black th...Declare the witches dance...The souls of Christ...Drag him through the whores!...Alters of the flesh...Destroy the priests...Tyrant pledge the souls of legions...Tana turns the key of life...To hear the thunder roar...ients gather amidst the stars...The Earth is damned beneath the mist...A veil of angels tears...White clouds of life are turning bl...The virgin pure she fea...Children of pleasure move...The dark Lord has opene...Take heed the flame forever learn...Strength and the kingdom of our...Lilith holds the black heart in her ...The blood flows...Desecration of God's holy shrine...andamonium burns in the night...The Hell spawn...Into the womb of utopia spilling for...Of virginal purity and...The golden throne of the tetgrammaton is abl...majesty sits proud, the joyous drones of celebration...Enact scenes of blasphemy, lust and...Raping the holy trinity the Sabbath chimes the tunes of bless...And sanity, the Heavens in their last throes of death....r downwards through the...Fires of pandemonium to the dark deserted depths of Hell...ined wings scorched the by raging inferno...Lay battered by the shores of the styx....Weary from the battle they seek re...In the blood of a million matyrs wh...In the heavens grows strong the keys to the seven gates of Hell...Raging flames carved by the innocence of the angel's hearts... forth their wealth of centuries of God loving...Souls once wronged of their destiny of Heaven's golden palace.... never before pangs of mortal hatred...And anger deep into the pounding hearts of the angels....Once more the creature is summoned to deliver a decleration of...The angels gather slowl...The sacred city Hell...screams a vengeance of the...Land as the angels fell...s prey disaster for the...Land of hate and scorn...The Angels curse the day the antichrist...t : Lyrics © SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. OBO

stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. ...undred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society an... cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad ...use to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. ...t to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. ... would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. ...eople, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical fo...The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers,... walk, we must make the pledge that we shal...hose who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot b...unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities...et us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to y...even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. ...ise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold...eam that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. ...m that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice...ll not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ... lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and... shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revea...r hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. ... be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With t...And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will...My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. ... fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, ...t freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. ...t freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. ...t freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. ...t freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. ...t freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. ...from Stone Mountain of Georgia. ...om Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. ...y hill and molehill of Mississippi. ...p that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual