Black 47 - Fire Of Freedom Lyrics
darlin, darlin' you've put up with so muchbetrayed by your leaders, abandoned by your churchi've watched you suffer, now you're older than your yearsbut you still look beautiful, though you're fightin' back the tearsyou can break down my door, you can even strip search menever gonna take away my human dignitybeat me, shoot me, flame keep on burnin'never gonna put out the fire of freedomwhen we were children, we thought we would begod's anointed but the joke was on you and me10 years later, we're still searchin' for the sunbut i want you to know that our day will comeso many hopes and dreams lying in piecesall of us betrayed by politicians' speechesi want you to know, i'll love you foreverour dreams will continue in the eyes of our childrenout in the streets all i hear is violencebut the authorities react with silenceone law for you, for me it's anotherthings gotta change, oh my sisters and brothersr 'se do bheatha 'bhaileanois ar theacht an tsamhraidhdon't use the colour of my skin as an issuehey politician, your lies are gonna get youchickens comin' home to roost in the white houseblood on the streets if you don't shut your big mouthr 'se do bheatha 'bhaileanois ar theacht an tsamhraidhpower to the people sang johnny lennon20 years later we're back at the beginnin'sick of waitin' round for divine interventiontake to the streets if you're lookin' for redemptionr 'se do bheatha 'bhaileanois ar theacht an tsamhraidh
