Mavis Staples - MLK Song lyrics

If I can help somebody as they pa** along If I can cheer somebody with a word or song If I can show somebody that they're traveling wrong Then my living will not be in vain If I can do my duty as a Christian ought If I should sing salvation to the world he wrought If I can spread the message as the Master taught Then my living will not be in vain Well it really doesn't matter, most of the deeds I've done It really doesn't matter, the prizes I may have won I'd like for somebody to say "I've tried to love someone" When I have to leave my day In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run In the walk for the hungry, I fed someone And in the march for peace tell them I played the drum When I have to meet my day In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run In the walk for the hungry, I fed someone And in the march for peace tell them I played the drum When I have to meet my day