I'm a slave

Slave...The Mighty Sparrow/Slinger Francisco

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I’m SLAVE FROM A LAND SO FAR
I WAS CAUGHT and I WAS BROUGHT HERE from AFRICA
I’m SLAVE FROM A LAND SO FAR
I WAS CAUGHT and I WAS BROUGHT HERE from AFRICA
Well it was LICKS LIKE FIRE FROM THE WHITE SLAVEMASTER
Every day AH DOWN ON ME KNEES
Weeks and WEEKS BEFORE WE CROSS THE SEAS TO REACH IN THE WEST INDIES
THEN HE MAKES ME WORK (YES I WORK)
AH SAID AH WORK (YES I WORK)
GOOD LORD NO PAY
AH TOIL, AH TOIL, AH TOIL
AH SEY AH TOIL SO HARD EACH DAY
I’M DYINGGGG
I’M CRYINGGGG
OH LORDDD, AH WANNA BE FREEEEEEEEE

MANY TIMES I WANTED TO RUN
BUT THE ENGLISH SLAVEMASTER STANDING THERE WITH D GUN
OH I KNOW, HE will SHOOT TO KILL
SO I STAY
AH STAY and PRAY
BUT AH PLANNING STILL
AH STUDY NIGHT and DAY HOW to BREAK AWAY
AH GOT TO MAKE A BRILLIANT ESCAPE
BUT EVERYTIME I THINK about THE WHIP AND damn DOGS ME BODY DOES START TO SHAKE

HE MAKES ME WORK (YES I WORK)
AH SAID AH WORK (YES I WORK)
OH OH LORD NO PAY
AH TOIL, AH TOIL, AH TOIL
AH SAY AH TOIL SO HARD EACH DAY
I’M DYINGGGG
I’M CRYINGGGG LORD
OH LORDDD, AH WANNA BE FREEEEEEEEE

IN MY HEART THERE WAS MUCH TO SAY
AND AH HOPE THAT THE BOSS would AH LISTEN TO ME SOME DAY
ALTHOUGH HE KNEW MY REQUEST WAS SMALL
IT WAS THE STING OF THE WHIP THERE to ANSWER ME WHEN I CALL
WE HAD TO CHANT AND SING TO EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS TO THAT WICKED AND CRUEL MAN
THAT WAS THE ONLY MEDICINE TO MAKE HIM LISTEN
AND IS SO CALYPSO BEGAN

HE MAKES ME WORK (YES I WORK)
AH SAID AH WORK (YES I WORK)
OH OH LORD NO PAY
AH TOIL, AH TOIL, AH TOIL
AH SAY AH TOIL SO HARD EACH DAY
I’M DYINGGGG
I’M CRYINGGGG
OH LORDDD, AH WANNA BE FREEEEEEEEE

AND THEN TIMES CHANGE IN SO MANY MANY WAYS
TILL ONE DAY SOMEBODY SAID FREE THE BLOODY SLAVE
I WAS THEN PUT OUT ON THE STREET
AH HAD NO CLOTHES
AH HAD NO FOOD
AH HAD NO PLACE TO SLEEP

I HAD NO EDUCATION
NO PARTICULAR AMBITION
THIS I CANNOT CONCEAL
FORGOT MY NATIVE CULTURE
LIVE LIKE A VULTURE
FROM THE WHITEMAN I HAD TO STEAL

BECAUSE HE MAKES ME WORK (YES I WORK)
AH SAID AH WORK (YES I WORK)
OH OH LORD NO PAY
AH TOIL, AH TOIL, AH TOIL
AH SEY AH TOIL SO HARD EACH DAY
I’M DYINGGGG
I’M CRYINGGGG
OH LORDDD, AH WANNA BE FREEEEEEEEE