There's a place down south
Where black folk cried out
So the white hoods came
Got to stake their claim
But They won't back down
They won't back down
Burnt down Mount Zion
To awake the lion
Loud word freedom cried
And the demons denied
They won't back down
They'll try to break you down
When you think out loud
If what is right is true
You can break on through
When love's kingdom comes
It all will be done
Don't be your father's son
It just takes one
Three souls conviction
On hero's mission
Liberation, truth
Where no one would
They won't back down
They won't back down
Hate came like thunder
To break hope asunder
With liquor in their veins
And killing in the brain
They don't back down
They'll try to break you down
When you think out loud
If what is right is true
You can break on through
When love's kingdom comes
It all will be done
Don't be your father's son
They sang with fire
Led by the devil's choir
On an empty road
The boys' fate unfolds
The three stood in silence
Like trinity's defiance
Slain by the gun
They dropped one by one
One by One
Buried in an earthen dam
By the wicked klan
The three boys were found
Near the guilty town
But their voices shouted
They'll never be bounded
When love's kingdom comes
It all will be done
Don't be your father's son
It just takes one
If what is right is true
You can break on through
It just takes one
It just takes one
Won't back down
Won't back down
Won't back down