we were brought here on a boat taken from our land against our will we were sold for loose change with a collar upon our throats we fell beneath the soil ate from the hands of the unholy forced to take beatings on our backs until our skin began to boil
while we break way from the chains freedom ain't free in a land not built for us we still must eat what we're fed and follow commands from the reigns Go back home, they tell us Go back to Africa, they say but they were the ones who took us just so they could sell us
in an attempt to learn our roots we stand in sand and land afar hop on a plane of knowledge in shiny over privileged boots now Africa doesn't even know who we are and they don't call their land our home we aren't welcome, obrani they say from our chest falls a shattered heart
poorly treated by our present and our past it's no wonder we remain so broken striving for equality until we die misunderstood and fading fast years of tiresome of repetition the mission never changes we just want to be accepted as human