Tune and Refrain: "We Shall Overcome"

6 PRINCIPLES:
1. Nonviolence is a way of life for brave people.
2. The Peaceful Community is the goal for the future.
3. Attack problems, not people.
4. Know and do what is right, even if it is difficult.
5. Avoid hurting the spirit and body of yourself and others
6. The universe is on the side of justice.


SONG LYICS:
1.
Nonviolence is a way of life for brave people.
Nonviolence is a way of life for brave people.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.

2.
The Peaceful Community is the goal for the future.
The Peaceful Community is the goal for the future.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.

3.
Attack problems, not people.
Attack problems, not people.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.
 
4.
Know and do what is right, even if it is difficult.
Know and do what is right, even if it is difficult.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.

5.
Avoid hurting the spirit and body of yourself and others.
Avoid hurting the spirit and body of yourself and others.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.

6.
The universe is on the side of justice.
The universe is on the side of justice.
REFRAIN:
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day.


Lyrics copyright 2022 by Linda K. Williams
Lyrics written by Linda K. Williams based on Robin Wildman's Kingian Nonviolence Curriculum


THINK AND SHARE INVITATIONS
Think about the 6 Principles of Kingian Nonviolence from the song:
* Which principle is the easiest one for you to put into action in your own life, and why?
* Which principle is the most difficult one for you to put into action in your own life, and why?
* What happened when you did your best to put one or more of the principles into action?
* How did you feel when you saw the difference it made in a difficult situation to put one or more principles into action?
* When did you see someone else putting the principles into action, and how did that change a difficult situation?


Please visit https://nonviolentschoolsri.org/kingian-nonviolence for information about efforts to use Kingian Nonviolence to create nonviolent schools, and please also visit their YouTube Channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-af6IMLwENsAks1DDSO_A

Link to recording with On Earth Peace's (adult) version of 6 Principles
of Kingian Nonviolence:
LINK TO COPY AND PASTE:
https://betterworld.bandcamp.com/track/kingian-nonviolence-song-6-principles

For more information, and for access to trainings from On Earth Peace, please click here: https://www.onearthpeace.org/knv
As shared on the On Earth Peace website,
Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy and methodology -- with knowledge, skills, and motivation people can use to apply peaceful strategies for solving personal and community problems.


TO ENJOY THE ORIGINAL SONG "WE SHALL OVERCOME":
* Pete Seeger leading a large group singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b24Ewk934g
* And -- not the song -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech "We Shall Overcome" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130J-FdZDtY
"We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the civil rights movement.

Lyrics derived from Charles Tindley's gospel song "I'll Overcome Some Day" (1900), and opening and closing melody from the 19th-century spiritual "No More Auction Block for Me" (a song that dates to before the Civil War). According to Professor Donnell King of Pellissippi State Technical Community College (in Knoxville, Tenn.), "We Shall Overcome" was adapted from these gospel songs.