Music

(CHORUS) Don’t let the sun go down in Jena (3 times)
Wearing your black skin, wearing your black skin

(Repeat CHORUS)

(VERSE) You can disappear with the stroke of a pen
That’s what THE MAN said
In Jena you’re judged by the color of your skin
Just ask the Jena 6 (REPEAT)

(Repeat CHORUS)

(VERSE) I’m truly amazed that there’s such a thing
As a white’s only tree
Where the color of shade is held in such esteem
It’s only reserved for one race (REPEAT)

(Repeat CHORUS)

(VERSE) I wish I could say it’s an isolated case
But that would be a lie
There’re a million Jena’s all over this land
Destroying young black lives (REPEAT)

(Repeat CHORUS twice)

(ADLIB) Deep down in the bayou ain’t nothin’ but déjà vu
And it’s truly sad to say but Jim Crow is still alive today
Hanging nooses from a tree it’s a stain on our nation’s history
Let your conscious be your guide come together and join in this fight

(CHANTS) We must all pull together to save our children
Free the Jena 6
Free them, free them, free them, free them
Written By Keith Crews