Intro:

Lift ev'ry voice and sing

'Til earth and heaven ring

Ring with the harmonies of Liberty

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the listening skies

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea

Verse 1:

Let's take'em back down history

Why Juneteenth the day we celebrate victory

When the former slaves heard about their liberty

Won by Republicans, blacks in the infantry

54th Massachusetts, showed them they could do this

Doubted their resolve at Fort Wagner went and proved it

Fought within the Union in face of discrimination

For equality and all to be freed throughout the nation

Information of emancipation traveled slow

Confederates, they wouldn't let'em go

So General Granger gathered troops, hit the road

And headed west out to Texas to let the people know

With General Order Number 3, he announced they were free

Two years earlier in 1863

Yeah, that day became known as Jubilee

A federal holiday is what it grew to be

Hook:

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

I ain't mad at ya, gon' and do ya thing

I just wanted you to know why you celebrating

It ain't cause of Democrats

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

Might not be for the reason you think

Party switch is a myth

It never was swing

Now you understand, let us sing

Verse 2:

Here's something you might not knew

Slavery in the states still wasn't through

Kentucky, Delaware never seceded

The 13th amendment was passed to complete it

To show appreciation towards President Lincoln

James and John Johnson wrote the song you hear singing

A sound full of hope from the harmonies ringing

Not the separation that we all see that it's bringing

Cause of the NAACP

Made it all 'bout race and not unity

Black National anthem it never should be

But division what they wanna see

Look, the flag colors are red, white, and blue

This red, green, and black is not for me or you

So let's come together all races and hues

Lift ev'ry voice and rejoice in the truth

Hook:

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

I ain't mad at ya, gon' and do ya thing

I just wanted you to know why you celebrating

It ain't cause of Democrats

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

Might not be for the reason you think

Party switch is a myth

It never was swing

Now you understand, let us sing

Bridge:

Lift ev'ry voice and sing

'Til earth and heaven ring

Ring with the harmonies of Liberty

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the listening skies

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea

Hook:

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

I ain't mad at ya, gon' and do ya thing

I just wanted you to know why you celebrating

It ain't cause of Democrats

Juneteenth, Juneteenth

Might not be for the reason you think

Party switch is a myth

It never was swing

Now you understand, let us sing