I believe I'm alive I'm the river, I'm the child Like a coward at the frontline To be gone They were right, they were wrong Singing "We shall overcome" Blood is running in the jailhouse On and on Sons were dying, mother's crying Crime or suicide? Twenty seven souls from heaven Pride was in their eyes Presidio cries Father, send me a prayer I'll be strapped into the chair We are traitors of the nation They declared On the squares in the yards Words are stronger than the gun And this muting based on justice To be won Sons were dying, mother's crying Crime or suicide? Twenty seven souls from heaven Pride was in their eyes Presidio cries Sons were dying, mother's crying Crime or suicide? Twenty seven souls from heaven Pride was in their eyes Presidio cries Sons were dying, mother's crying Crime or suicide? Twenty seven souls from heaven Pride was in their eyes Presidio cries