Una canción: Eyes on the Prize (Hold On) - Mavis Staples

 Una canción que habla de los derechos civiles. Un clásico raectualizado en 2007 por la gran cantante Mavis Staples, una intregrante de los Staples Singers, grupo vocal  que combinó el gospel con el soul y el R&B.La activista Alice Wine le cambió la letra en 1956 y se convirtió en una canción de las más conocidas en la lucha por los derechos civiles. Mavis Staples la recuperó en su álbum de 2007, We'll Never Turn Back, que recoge temas de la época, como We shall not be move.




Eyes on the Prize (Hold On)

Paul and Silas, bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!

Paul and Silas began to shout
Doors popped open, and they walked out
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!

Well, the only chains that we can stand
Are the chains of hand in hand
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Got my hand on the freedom plow
Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your Eyes on the Prize, hold on!

Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on!

(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)

Puedes ver una entrevista, realizada por Kelly Hogan, con Mavis Staples sobre el disco We'll Never Turn Back: