I've been 'buked an' I've been scorned, children.
I've been 'buked an' I've been scorned,
I've been talked about, sho's you're born.

Dere is trouble all over dis world,
Children, dere is trouble all over dis world.

Ain't gwine to lay my 'ligion down,
Children, ain't gwine to lay my 'ligion down.