Album Name

Black America Again

Artist

Common

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

2016.11.04

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

Letter To The Free (Feat. Bilal) - Common
Southern leaves
southern trees we hung from
Barren souls
heroic songs unsung
Forgive them Father
they know this knot is undone
Tied with the rope
that my grandmother died
Pride of the pilgrims
affect lives of millions
Since slave days separating
fathers from children
Institution ain't just a building
But a method
of having black
and brown bodies fill them
We ain't seen as human
beings with feelings
Will the U.S. ever be us
Lord willing
For now we know
the new Jim Crow
They stop search
and arrest our souls
Police and policies patrol
philosophies of control
A cruel hand taking hold
We let go to free
them so we can free us
America's moment
to come to Jesus
Freedom Freedom
Freedom come
Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
The caged birds sings
for freedom to bring
Black bodies being lost
in the American dream
Blood of black being
a pastoral scene
Slavery's still alive
check Amendment 13
Not whips and chains
all subliminal
Instead of nigga
they use the word criminal
Sweet land of liberty
incarcerated country
Shot me with your ray-gun
And now you want to trump me
Prison is a business
America's the company
Investing in injustice
fear and long suffering
We staring
in the face of hate again
The same hate they say will
make America great again
No consolation prize
for the dehumanized
For America to rise
it's a matter of Black Lives
And we gonna free them
so we can free us
America's moment
to come to Jesus
Freedom Freedom
Freedom come
Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long
Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Hold on
Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on
Won't be long
Freedom
Freedom come
Freedom come
Hold on Hold on
Won't be long
Won't be long