He went down to the river And this is what she said: I look simple yet I'm complex I do not distract I have the same color As the son I was built of My shape is beautiful From a stream she cried me a river and at the river she showed me my dream only peace could deliver the son of sons and let him rescue me anyway Slave to the river Following no sinner Slave to the river Following no sinner Teardops gonna flow away Sunshine gonna bow the rain When the smoke cleared she was standing there There was no more fear on the battlefield Tell me who is fit to judge a man That was there from before time began The ancient spirit from the river bank babtunde son of a great man that was known to be a givin' one Living son of a mother that is beautiful oh I feel so powerful When I flow end... Slave to the river Following no sinner Slave to the river Following no sinner Teardops gonna flow away Sunshine gonna bow the rain Follow the one and only true don gogon "lay" was born from the soil that was planted by the "gwan I am the son of sons of chamnuka and Nehanda hrere true kwere kwere african who's knocking at my door and want fi offer me american brainwash my nation to amageddon with nuclear science, technology and money charm but soon and very soon I ah know that their day will come prophecied in revelations cry me a river where peace sees the morning sun and the resurrection of leader and swan Slave to the river Following no sinner Slave to the river Following no sinner Teardops gonna flow away Sunshine gonna bow the rain