Letter To The Free - Bilal/Common.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Lonnie Lynn/Emmanuel Riggins/Robert Glasper
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Lonnie Lynn/Emmanuel Riggins/Robert Glasper
[00:31.169]Southern leaves, southern trees we hung from
[00:33.790]Barren souls, heroic songs unsung
[00:36.287]Forgive them Father they know this knot is undone
[00:38.879]Tied with the rope that my grandmother died
[00:41.267]Pride of the pilgrims affect lives of millions
[00:43.878]Since slave days separating, fathers from children
[00:46.538]Institution ain't just a building
[00:48.538]But a method, of having black and brown bodies fill them
[00:51.842]We ain't seen as human beings with feelings
[00:54.246]Will the U.S. ever be us? Lord willing!
[00:56.766]For now we know, the new Jim Crow
[00:59.283]They stop, search and arrest our souls
[01:01.988]Police and policies patrol philosophies of control
[01:05.290]A cruel hand taking hold
[01:07.306]We let go to free them so we can free us
[01:09.909]America's moment to come to Jesus
[01:12.469]Freedom (Freedom)
[01:14.992]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[01:17.634]Hold on (Hold on)
[01:20.293]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[01:22.873]Freedom (Freedom)
[01:25.489]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[01:28.124]Hold on (Hold on)
[01:30.676]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[01:33.030]The caged birds sings for freedom to ring
[01:35.839]Black bodies being lost in the American dream
[01:38.558]Blood of black being, a pastoral scene
[01:41.169]Slavery's still alive, check Amendment 13
[01:43.800]Now whips and chains are subliminal
[01:46.567]Instead of 'nigga' they use the word 'criminal'
[01:49.285]Sweet land of liberty, incarcerated country
[01:51.682]Shot me with your ray-gun
[01:52.744]And now you want to trump me
[01:54.224]Prison is a business, America's the company
[01:56.794]Investing in injustice, fear and long suffering
[02:00.327]We staring in the face of hate again
[02:01.889]The same hate they say will make America great again
[02:04.675]No consolation prize for the dehumanized
[02:07.077]For America to rise it's a matter of Black Lives
[02:09.836]And we gonna free them, so we can free us
[02:12.297]America's moment to come to Jesus
[02:15.064]Freedom (Freedom)
[02:17.660]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[02:20.315]Hold on (Hold on)
[02:22.935]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[02:25.466]Freedom (Freedom)
[02:28.088]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[02:30.683]Hold on (Hold on)
[02:33.300]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[02:35.886]Freedom (Freedom)
[02:38.581]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[02:41.128]Hold on (Hold on)
[02:43.700]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[02:46.395]Freedom (Freedom)
[02:48.944]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[02:51.572]Hold on (Hold on)
[02:54.237]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[02:56.818]Freedom (Won't be long)
[02:59.445]Freedom come
[03:01.962]Hold on (Hold on)
[03:04.607]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[03:07.184]Freedom (Won't be long)
[03:09.813]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[03:12.445]Hold on
[03:15.033]Won't be long (Won't be long)
[03:17.644]Freedom (Won't be long)
[03:20.338]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[03:22.879]Hold on (Hold on)
[03:25.462]Won't be long (Hold on)
[03:28.150]Freedom (Won't be long)
[03:30.874]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[03:33.338]Hold on
[03:35.978]Won't be long (Freedom come)
[03:38.587]Freedom
[03:41.158]Freedom come (Freedom come)
[03:43.759]Hold on (Hold on)
[03:46.402]Won't be long (Won't be long)