[Verse 1] Juneteenth Holiday Let’s have commemoration Juneteenth Holiday A Yearly celebration Juneteenth Holiday Delayed emancipation Juneteenth Holiday A time for Education Sing the praises when that day The Rebel South surrendered Battles from the blue and gray Have now forever ended Official Documents were signed In 1863 It proclaimed now's the time When ALL Black folks are free [Chorus] Juneteenth a Holiday Delayed emancipation Equal justice here to stay A day of celebration Juneteenth a holiday A time for exaltation FREEDOM is the only way Let’s join in celebration [Verse 2] Down in Texas no one heard There’s now emancipation Very few got the word They lacked communication Then at last in Galveston the News finally arrived Joyfully on June 19th in 1865 [Chorus] Juneteenth a Holiday Delayed emancipation Equal justice here to stay A day of celebration Juneteenth a holiday A time for exaltation FREEDOM is the only way No racial domination [Bridge] Unity is what we say Let’s join in celebration From the past into today We honor liberation [Final Chorus] Juneteenth a Holiday Delayed emancipation Equal justice here to stay A day of celebration Juneteenth a holiday A time for exaltation FREEDOM is the only way Let’s join in celebration
