Artist: The Reverend William Burk Album: Insurrection Title: Slave Narrative Typed by: King Kane [Intro: The Reverend William Burk] Ay yo, check it Take ya on a trip Back in the days Slave narrative Listen [The Reverend William Burk] My mother taught me my history, she remembered it vividly From the trip on the ship to the cotton fields of misery Forced to live her life as a slave, but only physically Despite all of the chains they couldn't capture her mentally She lit a flame in my soul, told me my mind's worth more than gold Keep it strong until you're old, and at the crossroad, son At the first chance you better run, don't never look back And never wait around here, for noone They captured my momma in Ghana, took her to Bahamas Where they (?) her, then brought her here to Carolina Where she had me, hopin' that I one day be free But she never got to see 'cause she died at 43 They said she poisened Master's food, so they hung her from a tree I died on the inside, I cried till my eyes dried I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep, I felt they killed my pride Don't worry, mother dear, in my heart's where you reside Never forgot your words, I just couldn't run and abandon you Livin' this life of a slave is worse than being animals I can't stay here in this horrible atmosphere These are my last days here, now my mind is clear [Chorus x2: The Reverend William Burk] Come on, let's run free, we can take it If we stick together, we can make it This bondage, we gotta break it The chains on the mind stop us from being Divine I can't live without freedom, I gotta get mine [The Reverend William Burk] I feel the sweat drippin' from my face down to my waist I gotta pick up the pace, it's like a race, and I'm in last place Runnin' through the woods in the dark, I hear my heart beatin' Feel the heat of the rugged earth under my feet I gotta compete, can't stop, rest or sleep Or else I'll meet defeat, but I must admit I'm beat I inhale the smell of the woods and exhale the pain My brain is focused on freedom as it begins to rain It's hard to run under the gun, but I continue Cause I know if I stop now, plain and simple I'm through Brought to this land by the white man I don't understand his corrupted evil plan, he must be damned I stop for a minute just to catch my breath Suddenly turn around and witness the face of death I hear the sound of horses and dog steps behind me I duck behind a tree, hopin' that they wouldn't find me But next thing I know I hear a gun blast and then total silence Except for my heart beatin' fast I close my eyes and see my mom as if she was alive She grabbed me by the hand and helped me rise As I ascended to the skies, goodbye to this land It's away, I release the rage Feelin' like the world is a book and my life is a page I followed the bright light at the back of the cage And although I have been killed I was no longer a slave [Chorus]