Freedom Song
Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes the greats
All deriving from our ancestors shipped in crates
America you great land of opportunity
Why have you turned your cheek on me
I was born here and raised
But I walk these streets like a maze
For I do not know which way to go
Racial slurs their mouths throw
Hundreds of years of fighting and fighting
But still ads are telling us our skin we should be lightening
Why is our history an elective
Why are our futures so selective
What ever happened to that little town in Alabama
Black Wall Street they called it wish I had a camera
So I could show you what they did destroying their houses and businesses like a kid that didn't get their way
Black Wall Street was destroyed in a day
But history forgot
While they trot
We have to stop
Getting shot down by a cop
Just like a dog we are as see through as fog
We just complain too much
Racism is not as such
We pull the race card
We are just a broken shard
We are only 10% of the population
And our freedom isn’t even a small celebration
When our protests go wrong there are screams
But behind the madness is a dream
A dream that one day we will truly be free
Let this be a message from me
I too have a dream like Dr. King
That one day as a whole nation we will sing
Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave
My fellow militants, dreamers, and students
Let’s move forward in the present
And look to the future in new eyes
Do not hate nor despise
We shall grow this country in brotherhood
For we are standing in the same soil that our ancestors stood
But we shall stand taller
We will no longer be the smaller
We shall go in new light
We will win this fight
We have been fighting so long
We have been singing the freedom song
Once it was said all men are created equal
So leave everyone in good will
My brothers and sisters soon we will be free
Yes my brothers and sisters you and me