Soldier's Lament

Soldier's Lament / Sonya Kitchell

He fight and he pray
He love and he bleed
To no satisfaction, was note as, indeed

And when he walks, stands tall as he can
For he's a man, yeah he's a man
And when he crumbles, resolve to the ground
Like burnt bits of paper, life flutters round

All eyes turn away, no one wants to see
A man who has lost, in the fight to be free

For we've been out runnin' for all of our lives
No chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight

In the back of his mind is a smiling face
The one who said, "Yah know, it's no race"
The one that said, "You got time to breathe"
Cuz' child you're born, we're all born free

In the back of he mind is the back of a room
So dust enshrouded, and no dust broom
Stands a chance to clear the cobwebs away
So live in the back, in the dark it'll stay

And we've been out runnin' for all of our lives
No chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight

Tell me somethin'
What are yah livin' for?
Tell me boy
What are you livin' for?