What Makes A Good American

What makes a good American – what do you have to be?
Am I a good American?
Let’s take a look and see.

I like Democracy.
I’m for Equality.
I say, “be neighborly.”
Do I practice what I preach?

What makes a good American – what do you have to be?
Am I a good American?
Let’s look again and see.

I don’t care where you’re from.
I go by what you are.
I stand up for my rights.
But do I stand up for yours?

What makes a good American – what do you have to do?
Am I a good American?
And by the way,,, are you!?

What makes a good American – what do you have to be?
Am I a good American?
Let’s take a look and see.

I like Democracy.
I’m for Equality.
I say, “be neighborly.”
Do I practice what I preach?

What makes a good American – what do you have to do?
Am I a good American?
And by the way,,, are you!?


Text from
https://ihcindy.org/freedom-isnt-free/

The Sentinel, v.167 no. 12, 1949
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll14/id/49020/

as sung on this Spotify track
Leon Bibb, Ronnie Gilbert
https://open.spotify.com/track/3N0pExkjOLng5oVgMZwtZe?si=E4KBPj44S-qKbGD04EI_zQ&utm_source=copy-link

another YouTube link, (same track)
https://youtu.be/KCqKgW2uPs8