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 canFor he's a man, yeah he's a manAnd when he crumbles, resolve to the groundLike burnt bits of paper, life flutters round
All eyes turn away, no one wants to seeA man who has lost, in the fight to be freeFor we've been out runnin' for all of our livesNo chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight
In the back of his mind is a smiling faceThe 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 roomSo dust enshrouded, and no dust broomStands a chance to clear the cobwebs awaySo live in the back, in the dark it'll stay
And we've been out runnin' for all of our livesNo chance, and stop, and we'd surely lose sight
Tell me somethin'What are yah livin' for?Tell me boyWhat are you livin' for?