Freedom cost or have you forgotten

Happy little village People dancing full of life Telling stories to the children Momma’s cooking, go and play Daddy’s working, go away Children running through the forest Children climbing in the trees Drums sounding Hearts pounding Children running home Herbs and spices fill the air Family people everywhere Strange people show up Different language no luck Gold and silver is exchanged Different people being chained Shots ring out louder than the drums Children crying for they mommas Mommas weeping Daddy gone Strange land different home People selling people Broken bodies Broken dreams Food and water just to live Hard work no pay No freedom SLAVE Play dumb live longer Secret meetings keep quiet Songs of freedom Hope alive Learn to read and write Masta kill ya if he knew Run away to the north Freedom on the way North against South FREEDOM Not hardly Civil rights Whites only, no colored folks allowed In the schools, restaurants and libraries for the whites Colords fighting for their rights White people getting scared Colored people getting killed, Colored people lashing out Big fights break out Freedom bought with the price of our ancestor’s lives