The final track left over from the original 510 Blues album. Forget the rap. I decided to leave it at its true essence. The anthem for anyone disabled inspired by the information I had learned about Laconia. Includes an African outro ooh. Translation listed in the lyrics.
lyrics
I am no slave
I am entitled
To what’s right for
My kind tonight
I have been oppressed
Long ago and practice
The skill to reject your fragile feeble
Closed minds
Don’t take us back
On board to the mother ship
We are still living for opportunity
And you will hear us sing
This hymn chanting our freedom
For the rest of our days
You don’t need to confine
The defects we possess
This desolate history don’t make
Us blessed, no reparations can
Fix the damage made
In the institution
O Laconia
O Laconia
Am I a slave amongst
The humans I fight
For tonight
O Laconia
If you knew my story
You would understand
Why I have this right
Outro:
Kumbuka maisha ambayo sisi walikuwa mara moja funge. Kumbuka changamoto ilichukua kwa sisi kupata hapa. Kuwa huru. Ya maandiko. Ya taasisi. Ya matarajio. Uhuru! Uhuru! Uhuru!
Remember the life to which we were once confined. Remember the challenges it took for us to get here.
Be free. Of the labels. Of the institutions. Of the expectations. Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
credits
from The 510 Blues,
released August 12, 2014
Music and lyrics by Xander
Samples Tiesto's Slaughterhouse.
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