One Son — Cause/effect lyrics

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Captured by a savage the ship sails the Middle Passage below deck I struggle to
breathe hearing the sea and the wind tussle stench fills my nostrils cries of
sorrow
Becomes repetitious we fighting sickness and disease from laying in urine and
Feces in this journey unknown I’ve seen many get thrown overboard I left the
shores shackled and chained from African terrain to the pain of floggings to be
purchased like a beast everyday our numbers decrease we dying in our sleep from
suffocation or starvation I rather die then be on a plantation living in slave
quarters some jump in shark
Infested waters with there daughters or sons they took a plunge in the Atlantic
now they free they speak to me from the ocean floor in an uproar causing
hurricanes same route the slave ship came saying turn from thy wicked
Ways they held up new born babs and prayed they’ll be free they was praying for
you and me they was praying for you and me they was praying for you and me but
WE
Surrounded by chaos will it be the church or mosque to wash our sins away as we
Decay every since day one in the slum we succumb to violence burst and grab our
privates no one to guide us through the maze so there’s a cage awaiting getting
closer to
Satan you see fiens pacing heard the lead erasing some youngster the reaper
took his number I wonder in the valley of dry bones where the pavement mourn
and hearts turn
To Stone and it’s shown how the prison population has grown all you see is
black and brown faces missing shoe laces used by major corporations so the plan
Is laid it’s the new slave trade where nowadays twenty four inch tires get made
let me ask you whose paying the price and whose getting paid