How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by twosevens 

Cover art for How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? lyrics by Brother D

First heard this in a friend's room at university some thirty years ago on the legendary UK DJ John Peel's show. It struck me right away as a stirring call to action, and for me it is still right up there among the classics of conscious lyrics.

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