We want to talk right down to earth In a language that everybody here can easily understand What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences So we all realize that we have this common enemy Then we unite on the basis of what we have in common So what we have to do is what they did They agreed to stop quarreling among themselves It's incredible that one man Could build up so much momentum That in his death His inertia spawned a generation It was plain for them to see What he meant to you and me But one to the chin and one to the chest Couldn't stop the movement And his name is Malcolm X Here! Isn this holy place We come to bear witness to a man Who means so much to us To those of you who never knew Malcolm X You may consider him a militant A radical A terrorist But to those of you who ever once read anything that he wrote Or ever heard him speak Or ever held his hand You would know him for what he truly was A prince Our own shining prince Who gave his life because he loved us so When you study the historic nature of revolutions The motive of a revolution The objective of a revolution And the result of a revolution And the methods used in a revolution You may change words You may devise another program You may change your goal And you may change your mind When I was in prison I read an article and Don't be shocked when I say I was in prison You're still in prison You haven't got a revolution that doesn't involve bloodshed And you're afraid to bleed I said, you're afraid to bleed