Today on the event of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, I decide to share some song lyrics here. These are the lyrics from a song that my rap group, Prophetie Squad, recorded last year. It’s called Freedom and talks about modern day slavery and emancipation and things that have to do with Lincoln. You can listen to the song for free on our Facebook page. The group also has other music for sale on iTunes, mostly in Creole with a little French and a little English in the mix but all of the lyrics are very social in content and attempt to help us all understand one another better. Okay, that’s enough advertising. But I hope you like the lyrics and are able to spend some time today thinking about how we can all work for a freer existence for all humankind. Although the type of slavery that Lincoln was working to eliminate may not be easily found in today’s world, there are still plenty of our brothers and sisters on this earth struggling to find some type of freedom. Freedom from discrimination, misunderstanding, exploitation, societal injustices and more. But the solution lies in searching to learn more about each other and understanding how we each depend on one another for survival of ourselves and our world.
There’s a man who lives on the top of the hill and they say that he looks like Jesus
I don’t know who he is, I don’t know where he’s from but they say he’s the one who can free us
I don’t know what I believe anyway so I think that I’ll go and I’ll see him
Ask him what he thinks of these modern day slaves and if he’s got a plan to release them
Release em from this bondage
These invisible chains
Release em from this prison
This inescapable pain
Release em from this fear
Freedom’s imperative
Emancipate em
Liberate em
And let em live
Exploited by the powers and forsaken ourselves
What else can we do but just burn here in hell
We see no way out, no light at the end
No saviors, no messiahs, not even any friends
We feel the isolation inside of our minds
We feel it in our hearts and we’re running out of time
If someone’s gonna come and set us free
Then please do it before we die in misery
Freedom, freedom
Break these shackles from my hands
Make these ropes come undone
Freedom, freedom
Take these chains from my feet
And let me run
Freedom, freedom
Bring me out of this death
And let me rise
Freedom, yeah freedom
No more modern day slavery
Just let me find life
I saw the man again in the road the other day, he was walking like a saint on water
I asked him where he’s going, he said I don’t know, but when I get there I’ll go no further
I’ll sit myself down on whatever rock I find and I’ll look off in the sky that I’m under
And after all I’ve seen and all that I’ve done I’ll reflect and I’ll think and I’ll wonder
Wonder why there’s so much hurt
And why there’s so much pain
Why’s there so much war
Feels like the world’s gone insane
Why’s there so much crying
From the kids in the street
Why this death
Why this torture
Why this slavery
We know there’s something better, we know there’s something more
We keep searching for however we still can’t find the hope
If someone’s gonna show us the way to Paradise
Then they gotta break these walls that keep us locked inside
Freedom, freedom
Break these shackles from my hands
Make these ropes come undone
Freedom, freedom
Take these chains from my feet
And let me run
Freedom, freedom
Bring me out of this death
And let me rise
Freedom, yeah freedom
No more modern day slavery
Just let me find life
Now he stands on a cliff and looks out at the world with a look in his eyes that scares me
What’s he gonna do will he fall or will he fly under the weight of this cross that he carries
If it were me with that choice to make I think I’d just take a step and I’d pray
For some higher power whatever it may be to just lift me up and take me away
Freedom, freedom
Break these shackles from my hands
Make these ropes come undone
Freedom, freedom
Take these chains from my feet
And let me run
Freedom, freedom
Bring me out of this death
And let me rise
Freedom, yeah freedom
No more modern day slavery
Just let me find life
