'dey' brot me in chains, where 'dey' know not rain.
'dey' left me in bondage, while 'dey' guess ma age.
Ma mama once told me, ya' gonna be great .
But now me in chains, no hope to see da brighta day.
Me can hear da old lady singing, we sha overcome.
But da slave master singing, you work till you die.
Me never know what to think, me know nothing .
It's another man's land, and I'm black.
Me speak da language,
me understand little.
Master teach me little,
me answer yes or no.
Me want to go home,
my papa and my mama me wan see
Me sing no song
but master song, work till you die.
Me cry, he beat me,
Me no sing,he beat me again.
Me sing, we sha overcome,
he flog me double.
Me sing master song alone.
Me no work till I die.
Me live.
Me overcome.
Mama say ya' gonna be great.
Me must be great.
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