Faybeo'n Mickens - Faytal Silence lyrics

[Verse 1] This will be the 663 time that I've read The Constitution this year Added to the 1,207 that I've read it last I just want to make sure that the verbiage is crystal clear When we say "let freedom ring with the harmonies of liberty" What do we sing? "We shall overcome someday"? [Verse 2] Sing a song Facing the rising sun that illuminates the sores of our souls And not just the being that is wrought, but literally the souls that we stand upon Weary our feat, yet we march on For I know "A Change Gone Come" So we two step and we stomp and we scat a steady beat Bitter from the chast'ning rods that are no longer batons, but bullets aimed at our cheek Which we have turned and turned throughout the pages of history, so much to the point where any direction appears to be a peering light from the North Star Just meet me there..."Down By the Riverside" [Verse 3] Sing a song God if you are listening, if my freedom could just touch the hem of your garment, I will trade in these fabrics that fabricate this illusion of liberation Lead us into the light, your congregation I will sip this communion until we are drunk with the wine of the world; chased by the years of silent tears "What do we want, Freedom!" "When do we want it, NOW!" [Verse 4] Sing a song For the best way to keep a slave Is to remove the cage and dare them to step outside of the box that the capture has made In the land of the free and the home of the brave We will sing curses in code We wil sing freedom in stanzas We will sing love in libretto until our harmony inflects the intonation of OUR harmony [Verse 5] Let our diaphragm emote the quotes of our ancestors and the Dreams of our unborn seeds Only to pollinate the grounds from which you so desperately try to plant us Not knowing that our roots were never barren Let us march on until victory is won Let us march on until victory is one Sing a song