Intro
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I've been around for a very long time
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I cut sugar cane pon dem plantation
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I've wiped all my tears, yet still I'm cry
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Nuttin ever last forever but salvation
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They gave I & I
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30 pieces of silver
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30 pieces of gold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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See I've got cuts and scars to show
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I wanna run but I can not go
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Shackles and chains are all up on me
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Brother man can you tell my Mother what's happening?
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That I'm gonna be the next victim, of an auction sale!
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Five pounds and a shilling inna bale
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They gave I & I
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30 pieces of silver
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30 pieces of gold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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They(?) took away my sisters' baby
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Said they wanted him to becoma a house nigga
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I tried to runaway, from the hands of slavery
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but the slave master pulled his trigger
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They gave I & I
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30 pieces of silver
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30 pieces of gold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
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But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
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But who is gonna pay reparations
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When there is so much segregation
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But who is gonna pay reparations
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When there is so much sufferation
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I ask the United Nation