Martin Luther King Jr. statue over the west entrance of
Westminster Abbey, installed in 1998
I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King Jr.
tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that
day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to love somebody.
I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war
question. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed
the hungry. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my
life to clothe those who were naked. I want you to say on that day that I
did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. And I want you to
say that I tried to love and serve humanity.
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major. Say that I was a
drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a
drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will
not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the
fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to
leave a committed life behind.
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