Did you know, Coretta Scott, what life would ask of you?

Were you afraid each time he left the house?

 

Did you know when you were dating

This handsome boy would be a leader,

That his voice would be remembered for all time?

That his words he spoke would move us,

That his work would change a nation,

 

But your heart would be shattered.

Does it help to know he mattered?

 

Did you know your little babies would grow up without their daddy,

That your husband wasn’t coming home one day?

 

If you had known, Coretta, would you still have loved him,

Or turned around and simply run away?