Concert for Inauguration Day | Cynthia Erivo, Phylicia Rashad, Common & Mumu Fresh with the NSO
("Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy") ("Take Care of This House" by L. Bernstein) ♪ Take care of this house ♪ ♪ Keep it from harm ♪ ♪ If bandits break in sound the alarm ♪ ♪ Care for this house ♪ ♪ Shine it by hand ♪ ♪ And keep it so clean ♪ ♪ The glow can be seen ♪ ♪ All over the land ♪ ♪ Be careful at night ♪ ♪ Check all the doors ♪ ♪ If someone makes off with a dream ♪ ♪ The dream will be yours ♪ ♪ Take care of this house ♪ ♪ Be always on call ♪ ♪ For this house ♪ ♪ Is the hope of us all ♪ ♪ Take care of this house ♪ ♪ Keep it from harm ♪ ♪ If bandits break in sound the alarm ♪ ♪ Care for this house ♪ ♪ Shine it by hand ♪ ♪ And keep it so clean ♪ ♪ The glow can be seen ♪ ♪ All over the land ♪ ♪ Be careful at night ♪ ♪ Check all the doors ♪ ♪ If someone makes off with a dream ♪ ♪ The dream will be yours ♪ ♪ Take care of this house ♪ ♪ Be always on call ♪ ♪ For this house ♪ ♪ It's the hope of us ♪ ♪ All ♪ ("Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copeland) "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history." That is what he said.
That is what Abraham Lincoln said: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. "We of this Congress and this administration "will be remembered in spite of ourselves. "No personal significance or insignificance "can spare one or another of us. "The fiery trial through which we pass "will light us down in honor or dishonor, "to the latest generation. "We, even we here, hold the power "and bear the responsibility." He was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois.
And this is what he said. This is what Abe Lincoln said: "The dogmas of the quiet past "are inadequate to the stormy present. "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, "and we must rise with the occasion. "As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. "We must disenthrall ourselves "and then we shall save our country." When standing erect, he was six feet four inches tall, and this is what he said.
He said: "It is the eternal struggle between two principles, "right and wrong, throughout the world. "It is the same spirit that says "'You toil and work, and earn bread, "'and I'll eat it,' "no matter in what shape it comes, "whether from the mouth of a king "who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation, "and live by the fruit of their labor, "or from one race of men as an apology "for enslaving another race. "It is the same tyrannical principle." Lincoln was a quiet man. Abe Lincoln was a quiet and a melancholy man.
But, when he spoke of Democracy, this is what he said. He said: "As I would not be a slave, "so I would not be a master. "This expresses my idea of Democracy. "Whatever differs from this, "to the extent of the difference, "is no democracy." Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen... for on the battleground at Gettysburg this is what he said: He said: "That from these honored dead "we take increased devotion to that cause "for which they gave the last full measure of devotion: "that we here highly resolve that these dead "shall not have died in vain; "and that this nation under God, "shall have a new birth of freedom; "and that government of the people, "by the people, and for the people, "shall not perish from the earth."
("Glory" by John Legend, Common, and Rhymfest) ♪ One day when the glory comes ♪ ♪ It will be ours ♪ ♪ It'll be ours ♪ ♪ Oh one day when the war is won ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon ♪ ♪ Formed against, yes glory is destined ♪ ♪ Every day women and men become legends ♪ ♪ Sins that go against our skin become blessings ♪ ♪ The movement is a rhythm to us ♪ ♪ Freedom is like religion to us ♪ ♪ Justice is juxtapositioning us ♪ ♪ Justice for all just ain't specific enough ♪ ♪ One son died, his spirit is revisiting us ♪ ♪ Truant living living in us, resistance is us ♪ ♪ That's why Rosa sat on the bus ♪ ♪ That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up ♪ ♪ When it go down we woman and man up ♪ ♪ They say, "Stay down", and we stand up ♪ ♪ Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up ♪ ♪ King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up ♪ ♪ One day when the glory comes ♪ ♪ It will be ours ♪ ♪ It will be ours ♪ ♪ Oh one day when the war is won ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ See the war is not over ♪ ♪ Victory isn't won ♪ ♪ But we fight on till we're finished ♪ ♪ And when it's all done ♪ ♪ We'll cry glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ We'll cry glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Selma's now for every man, woman and child ♪ ♪ Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd ♪ ♪ They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now ♪ ♪ Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles ♪ ♪ From dark roads he rose, to become a hero ♪ ♪ Facing the league of justice, power was the people ♪ ♪ Enemy is lethal, a king became regal ♪ ♪ Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle ♪ ♪ The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful ♪ ♪ We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through ♪ ♪ Somewhere in the dream he had an epiphany ♪ ♪ Now we right the wrongs in history ♪ ♪ No one can win the war individually ♪ ♪ It take the wisdom of the elders, young people's energy ♪ ♪ Welcome to the story we call victory ♪ ♪ The coming of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory ♪ ♪ One day when the glory comes ♪ ♪ It will be ours ♪ ♪ Be ours ♪ ♪ Oh one day when this war is won ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ We will be sure ♪ ♪ Oh glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ To God be the ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ To God be the ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ We cry glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ We'll cry glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ When the was is won ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ - [Common] Thank you Kennedy Center. God Bless ♪ Glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Hey glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ We'll cry glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ When is won, glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ So give God glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ (audience cheering) (audience applauding)
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