We Cry Freedom (feat. Marty) - Cephas & The Resistance

Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. The King of Marigold was in the kitchen Cooking breakfast for the Queen The Queen was in the parlor Playing piano for the children of the King. Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. So cry baby cry. The King was in the garden Picking flowers for a friend who came to play The Queen was in the playroom Painting pictures for the children's holiday. Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. So cry baby cry. The Dutchess of Kircaldy always smiling And arriving late for tea The Duke was having problems With a message at the local Bird and Bee. Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. So cry baby cry. At twelve o'clock a meeting round the table For a seance in the dark With voices out of nowhere Put on specially by the children for a lark. Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. So cry baby cry cry cry cry baby Make your mother sigh. She's old enough to know better Cry baby cry Cry cry cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better. So cry baby cry.

Glory be on to the Father and to the Son Ruler of creation, Honorable Oh Israel, Isikiel, Them yah rebel warrrior, them ah go rebel And I won't fail, much less to compel You have the knowledge you tell Emanuel say up with Jah palaces, Down with your folly things Light in your crevices, No matter what it is, Look within the scene, The Nyabinghi keeps rollin', ey [CHORUS:] Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black man rise, too long you dey under disguise Up with Jah palaces Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black woman rise, too long you've been under your disguise So long in affliction, the Conquering Lion shall help And everyday the robbers of the people, Keep on exhalting themselves Yo, why y'all so greedy? Robbing from the needy, Hey ey ey where is the poor man's wealth? No this isn't easy, would you believe me? Babylon is messing up your wealth They form the reason, we have been prisoned Youths let your voices be heard Yo, and every season them target Black people To kill the innocent they have the nerve Up with Jah palaces [CHORUS:] Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black man rise, too long you dey inna your disguise Up with Jah palaces Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black man rise, too long you dey inna disguise No more suffering, we ah go home No more rustling, to the throne To ease all ah the pain we afi chant fi go home Release the mental chain from down inna Rome Nuttin you ah gain and every day you ah moan No strain to give us the honey from the comb More and more rain pouring down Hardcore warrior tell me how me sound Inflation ah crush ya just like bomb Fluctuation ah rush you outta dem town Come we go ah Africa and lef dem alone Most you slayed why is it you crave for more Tell them this [CHORUS:] Well ah Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise Up with Jah palaces Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise Well, I receive the blessing of the morning From afar I hear Ethiopia calling Tell them fi, give I the knowledge of the King The power of the Trinity always lie within Ah innocent slave down inna the west From Africa them tek we that make me vex Pon them slave ship ah black man full every deck And down inna the west me nah go flow no flap with ex, yo [CHORUS:] Ey Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black man rise, salvation never come inna disguise Up with Jah palaces Freedom cry, Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise Oh Israel and Isikiel, Them yah rebel warrrior, them ah go rebel And I won't fail, much less to compel You have the knowledge you tell Emanuel say up with [echoing]

You wanna watch us break? Be the first to take us down But your teeth are worn, and there's no stopping us now You've got to be mental, your speeches are maligned Take down this molotov of word penned with you in mind (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers You'll crash where you stand, you've got a riot on your hands (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers Too late to meet demands when you've got a riot on your hands Silent alarms are ringing, sounds of revolt draw near A new united front that you will come to fear We will hold together to become the change Voice for the voiceless with every common man engaged (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers You'll crash where you stand, you've got a riot on your hands (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers Too late to make demands you've got a riot on your hands You've got a riot on your hands Ignite and watch us burn Til every ember's turned Mankind will feel inspired When we set your walls to fire I'll set your walls I'll set the walls I'll set your your your I'll set your (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers You'll crash where you stand, you've got a riot on your hands (Speak) Speak for yourself You paper tigers Too late to make demands you've got a riot Speak for yourself

Yesterday when we were getting high You were invited, you would've liked it Uh-uh I know you all too well I said that we could kiss the past goodbye But you weren't excited, there's no way to fight it You could stay, but shawty here I go Uh, should I spend the weekend in Vegas? I'm living inside the moment, not taking pictures to save it I mean, how could I forget? My memory's never faded I can't relate to these haters, my enemies never made it I am, still here with who I started with The game needed life, I put my heart in it I blew myself up, I'm on some martyr shit Carry the weight for my city, like a cargo ship Uh, I'm 23 with a money tree Growing more too, I just planted a hunna seeds It's ironic 'cause my mother was a florist And that's how she met my pops And now my garden is enormous It's happenin' Penny Lane, just like you said I avoided the Coke game and went with Sprite instead Uh-uh, that's word to the millions that they puttin' up I'm tryna do better than good enough What am I afraid of? This is supposed to be what dreams are made of But people I don't have the time to hang with Always look at me and say the same shit They say, "You promised me you would never change" You promised me you would never change Am I wrong for making light of my situation? Clap on, before they got some shit for me to snap on Now that I'm on, I don't really wanna worry 'bout gettin' back on I'm just tryna stay on, get my fucking buffet on I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursing home And I be actin' like I don't know how to work a phone But hit re-dial, you'll see that I just called Some chick I met at the mall, that I barely know at all And, plus this woman that I messed with unprotected Texted saying she wished she would have kept it The one that I'm layin' next to just looked over and read it Man, I couldn't tell you where the fuck my head is I'm holding on by a thread It's like I'm high right now, the guy right now And you can tell by looking in my eyes right now That nothing really comes as a surprise right now 'Cause we just having the time of our lives right now What am I afraid of? This is supposed to be what dreams are made of But people I don't have the time to hang with Always look at me and say the same shit They say, "You promised me you would never change" You promised me you would never change Uh, I live by some advice this girl Alyssa told me The other day Alyssa told me that she missed the old me Which made me question when I went missing And when I start treating my friends different Maybe it was the fast-paced switch up Put up two guns in my face during the stick up Maybe 'cause the girl I thought trusted Was who set the whole shit up But in fact I haven't seen 'em, since they locked Big Rich up I know, the same time I'm quick to forget I'm 'bout to roll me up a blunt with my list of regrets Burn it all, burn it all, I'm startin' it fresh 'Cause half the time I got it right, I probably guessed Did I just trade free time for camera time? Will I blow all of this money baby, Hammer Time? Yeah, I just need some closure Ain't no turning back for me, I'm in it 'til it's over