Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Slave, artist - Mighty Sparrow. Date of issue: 31.12.2015
Song language: English
The Slave |
| I’m a slave from a land so far |
| I was caught |
| And I was brought here from Africa |
| I’m a slave from a land so far |
| I was caught |
| And I was brought here from Africa |
| Well it was licks like fire |
| From de white slavemaster |
| Everyday I down on knees |
| Weeks and weeks before we cross de seas |
| To reach in de West Indies |
| And den they make me work |
| Oh yes ah work |
| Good lord no pay |
| Ah toil, ah toil |
| Ah toil, ah toil |
| So hard each day |
| I’m dying… |
| Yeah I’m crying… |
| Oh… |
| Oh Lord I wanna be free! |
| Many times ah wanted to run |
| But de English slavemaster |
| Standing dey wit de gun |
| Oh I know he going to shoot to kill |
| So ah stay, ah stay and ah pray |
| But ah planning still |
| I study night and day how to break away |
| Ah got to make a brilliant escape |
| But everytime ah tink 'bout de whip an' dem dogs |
| Meh body does start to shake |
| Because dey made me work |
| Oh yes ah work |
| Oh good lord no pay |
| And den ah toil, ah toil, |
| Ah toil, ah toil |
| So hard each day |
| I’m dying… |
| I’m crying… |
| Oh… |
| Oh Lord I wanna be free! |
| In my heart, there was much to say |
| Ah always hope de boss |
| Woulda listen to me some day |
| Although he knew |
| My request was small |
| It was de sting ah the whip there |
| To answer me when ah call |
| We had to chant and sing to express our feelings |
| To dat wicked and cruel man |
| That was the only medicine to make him listen |
| And is so calypso began |
| Oh when dey make you work |
| Oh Lord you work |
| Good lord no pay |
| And den you toil and toil |
| And toil and toil |
| So hard each day |
| I’m dying… |
| Yeah, oh Lord I’m crying… |
| Oh… |
| Oh Lord I wanna be free! |
| Times have changed in so many ways |
| Till one day somebody said |
| «Free de bloody slaves» |
| I was then put out on the street |
| Ah got no food, got no clothes |
| And no place to sleep |
| I had no education |
| And no particular ambition |
| This I cannot conceal |
| Forgot my native culture |
| Ah lived like a vulture |
| From de white boss ah had to steal |
| He made me work |
| Oh yes ah work |
| Oh Lord no pay |
| Yeah yeah yeah ah toil and toil |
| And toil and toil |
| So hard each day |
| I’m dying… |
| Oh I’m crying, oh dying… |
| Oh… |
| Oh Lord, Lord I wanna be free! |