Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Hymn (videos, information, lyrics, & comments)

Dwayne Derrick, Jul 1, 2014

This is my arrangement of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Hymn. I put together a picture slideshow from pictures I gathered from the internet, to go along with the song. I hope you enjoy! Godspeed & Gomab!!!

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube videos of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.'s hymn. The lyrics for this hymn is included in this post along with information about Phi Beta Sigma and a few comments from the discussion thread for one of these videos.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

Thanks to James Weldon Johnson, the composer of that song who was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Thanks to all those who featured in this videos, and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY,  INC.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Beta_Sigma
" Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (ΦΒΣ) is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as charter members. The fraternity's founders, A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would exemplify the ideals of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service while taking an inclusive perspective to serve the community as opposed to having an exclusive purpose. The fraternity exceeded the prevailing models of Black Greek-Letter fraternal organizations by being the first to establish alumni chapters, youth mentoring clubs, a federal credit union, chapters in Africa, and a collegiate chapter outside of the United States. It is the only fraternity to hold a constitutional bond with a historically African-American sorority, Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ), which was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., through the efforts of members of Phi Beta Sigma."...  

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LYRICS FOR PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY'S HYMN 

(composed by James Weldon Johnson)

The Founders of our wondrous band, in numbers though were three,
taught ideals high which soon became a part of ev'ry Phi.
Said they “our cause” let us make known, O brothers, don't dismay.
Fear not, fight on, for in this wise our cause speeds on its way (x2)

From western plains to eastern hills, There comes a shout of praise.
A shout which tells of victory, bids Beta Sigma raise.
A shout which swells to laud hurrahs and to us seems to say
Fear not, fight on, for our cause Speeds nobly on its way. Fear not, fight on, for our cause Speeds nobly on its way.

March on, march on ye mighty host, Nor think the journey done,
Nor of the future deeds to boast, Till we've the victory won,
Then when we hear from time to time, O Sigma, what of the day?
We'll thunder back along the lines, "Our cause speeds on its way". We'll thunder back along the lines, "Our cause speeds on its way"

-posted by @thewatcher3271, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iYEbtBKykI

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Hymn 2012

Winfrey Media Group, Apr 15, 2012

Mighty Men of the Southern Region sing their fraternity hymn as they close out a great Biloxi  regional conference on April 14, 2012
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Here are a few comments from the discussion thread for this video (with numbers added for referencing purposes only.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iYEbtBKykI

1. @y3ll0ch0c0lat3, 2014
"There is no way any bruh can listen to this song and NOT sing along. BLU PHI TO ALL MY BRUHS!"

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2. @itubedyoutoo, 2014
"HAPPY CENTENNIAL TO THE MIGHTY MEN OF PHI BETA SIGMA, FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED! #ZPBS #ItsAllPhiBeta"

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3. @theenergyisoff, 2016
"Sing Brothers!"

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4. @dh4183, 2017
"GOMAB

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5.@graceandpeace4414, 2019
"My constitutionally bound brothers.  True family.  Blue Phi!!"

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6.  @kgwal4760, 2022
"BLUE PHI!!!!

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7. @ShabazzStone, 2024
"FYI, The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Hymn was written by our Brother James Weldon Johnson, the same person who penned Lift Every Voice and Sing , which is widely regarded as "The Black National Anthem".

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