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BLACK FEET ON WHITE SANDS

I LAY DOWN/ I LOOK OUT/ ON OCEANS/ WIDE AS THE SKIES
I THINK 'BOUT/ MY PEOPLES/ HOW WE CAME/ OVER ON SLAVE SHIPS
CROWDED/ DYING/ STARVING/ BEATEN LIKE ANIMALS
TAKEN/ STOLEN/ HIDDEN/ TO BECOME THEIR SLAVES

I SEE THE BLACK FEET ON WHITE SANDS
I SEE THE BLACK FEET ON WHITE SANDS
WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE BLACK MAN
I SEE THE BLACK FEET ON WHITE SANDS

IMAGINE/ A BABY/ TAKEN/ FROM ITS OWN MOTHER
IMAGINE/ A HUSBAND/ WATCHING/ HIS OWN WIFE GET RAPED
HIM DYING/ INSIDE/ SHE DYING/ INSIDE
BUT NOTHING/ THEY CAN DO/ IT'S ALL IN/ THE NAME OF SLAVERY

IT'S NIGHT TIME/ THEY RUNNING/ THEY HEARING/ THE HOUNDS GETTING CLOSER/ THEY RUNNIN'
/ THEY HIDING/ THEY TRYING/ TO REACH THE NORTHERN STAR/ THERE'S FREEDOM/ THERE'S FREEDOM/ IF ONLY/ THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT/ BE QUIET/ BE QUIET/ DON'T LOOK BACK/ OR YOU WON'T MAKE IT

I THINK OF FOOTPRINTS MADE IN THE SAND
SHACKLED DOWN IN SLAVERY
WHERE MANY DIED IN THIS COLD COLD NATION
YOU BETTER RUN OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE FREE