Is through.
Or will you do me
Have learned what this war
Or will you comrades in arms
Your antiquated views?
On every battle line,
To celebrate
Ive seen my buddy lying
When I take off my uniform,
Or will Victory change
I face death the same as you do
When Ive helped this world to save,
Sincerely,
From the factories and the farms,
Ive dropped defeat
Ive driven back
Ive done the enemy much harm,
Left in our sky.
I wear a U. S. uniform.
Will I still be ill-fated
Will you herd me in a Jim Crow car
Here in my own, my native land,
Italians, Chinese, Danes--are liberated.
I take munitions through,
And thered be no Jim Crow birds
Will the Jim Crow laws still stand?
Hold me back?
Thats all I ask of you.
Out to defend my land
Im a Tan-skinned Yank
You cant say I wasnt with you
When we see Victorys glow,
Will Dixie lynch me still
The Germans and the Japs,
Hoping times will be better
Our Victory Day
I am a Negro American
From Burma to the Rhine.
When all those foreign folks whove waited--
GI Joe.
Over There,
Driving a tank.
I fight--or stevedore, too.
Because Im black?
When I return?
Or will you stand up like a man
in each battle.
Into the Fascists laps.
Army, Navy, Air Corps--
Was fought for us to learn?
Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?
As a soldier, and a friend.
World War II.
WILL V-DAY BE ME-DAY, TOO?
Ive watched him dying
Thats what I want to know.
I am there.
and take your stand