We re Gonna Make It

by G. Barge / B. Davis / R. Miner / C. Smith recording of 1993 from Blues Summit (MCA 10710) We may not have a cent To pay the rent But we're gonna make it We may have to eat beans everyday But we're gonna make it And if a job is hard to find And we have to stand In the welfare line I've got your love And I know you got mine And we're gonna make it We may not have a home To call our own But we're gonna make it I know we will We may have to fight hardships alone We're gonna make it, I know we will 'Cause togetherness Brings peace of mind We can't stay down all of the time I've got your love And you know you've got mine And we're gonna make it I know we will The car may be old Our two rooms cold But we're gonna make it And though we can't spare A roach a crumb But we're gonna make it I know we will And if I have to carry around a sign That says, "Help the deaf The dumb and the blind" I've got your love You know you've got mine We're gonna make it I know we will We may not have a home Just to call our own But we're gonna make it I know we will We may have to fight hardships alone But we're gonna make it I know we will 'Cause togetherness Brings peace of mind We can't stay down all of the time I've got your love You know you got mine We're gonna make it I know we will We're gonna make it We're gonna make it, baby I know we're gonna make it, baby

 

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