CHORUS

 

NUMBER FORTYTWO’S ON MAJOR BALLPARKS IN THE U.S.A.

BUT IS JACKIE ROBINSON’S LEGACY ALIVE TODAY?

GREATEST MOMENT IN BASEBALL SELIG SAID

TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS BASEBALL DYING OR DEAD?

 

BLACK KIDS ARE PUTTING DOWN THE BAT AND THE BALL

AND PICKING UP THE FOOTBALL OR THE BASKETBALL

BASEBALL’S DISAPPEARING IN THE INNER CITY TODAY

IF JACKIE WERE ALIVE WHAT WOULD HE SAY?

 

JACKIE MIGHT REJOICE IF IT’S ABOUT CHOICE

BUT FROWN IF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIPS DON’T ABOUND

THERE’S NO CHOICE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY

WHERE’S BASEBALL’S MONEY IN THE INNER CITY TODAY?

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

SOMEDAY WILL ANOTHER SATCHEL THROW A BEE BALL?

NOT IF HE’S POPPING HOOPS IN PRO BASKETBALL

WILL ANOTHER WILLIE MAYS EVER CATCH THE BALL?

OR RUN AND HIT HIS WAY INTO THE BASEBALL HALL?

 

BLACKS DOMINATE PLAY IN THE N.F.L. AND N.B.A.

WOULD JACKIE EVEN PLAY BASEBALL TODAY?

JACKIE COULD PLAY ANY SPORT IN HIS DAY

THE FIRST FOUR LETTER ATHLETE AT U.C.L.A.

 

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

HE COULD’VE MADE IT IN MORE THAN ONE HALL OF FAME

HE CHOSE TO MAKE HIS MARK IN LIFE NOT A GAME

BECAUSE OF JACKIE GLOBAL BASEBALL WILL THRIVE

BASEBALL KEEP HIS LEGACY IN THE INNER CITY ALIVE!

 

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REPEAT LINES THREE AND FOUR OF LAST VERSE TWICE AND FADE

 

Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI Copyright Owner C 2007  Phil Coley Singer and Producer