by C J Jackman Zigante

Created on: February 18, 2009

Freedom Shanty

Ain't no whip on my back,

ain't no sack held in my hand
I can come n' go when I want's to.

Oh Lawd' yes I can
I can look you in the eye

n' I can tell you where to go
and you cain't beat me massah,

no sir, not no more

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

Yo' cain't take my chil'ren

Yo' cain't hang me from no tree

Yo' cain't force yo' self up on me

and plant yo' master seed

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

I ain't no more yo' brood mare.

I can run and jump and sing

I can sleep long as I want to.

I can do most any thing

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

Go'an build my own plantation.

Got's forty acres and a mule

in a place called Nova Scotia

far nuff away from you

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

I can lay down my burden,

down by the river side

don't have to bow and scrape no more,

don't have to run and hide

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

Go'an create me my own eden
with honest sweat and my bare hands
and leave it for my chil'ren
when I goes to the promised land

Cuz I free now, Lord' Lord' free now
Cuz I free now, Lord' Lord' free now
Cuz I free now, Lord' Lord' free now

You cain't rape my daughters
or lynch my only son
Cuz I'll kill you DEAD on my land
and it sho' won't hurt me none

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now
Cuz I free now, Lawd Lawd' free now

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