Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Quasheba, Quasheba, artist - Our Native DaughtersAlbum song Songs of Our Native Daughters, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 21.02.2019
Record label: Smithsonian Folkways
Song language: English
Quasheba, Quasheba |
Quasheba, Quasheba |
You’re free now, you’re free now |
How does your spirit fly? |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we have life |
From the Golden Coast of Ghana |
To the bondage of Grenada |
You kept the dream of hope alive |
They burned your body |
They cursed your blackness |
But they could not take your lights |
Quasheba, Quasheba |
You’re free now, you’re free now |
How does your spirit fly? |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we have life |
Raped and beaten, your babies taken |
Starved and sold and sold again |
Ain’t you a woman, of love deserving |
Ain’t it somethin' you survived? |
Quasheba, Quasheba |
You’re free now, you’re free now |
How does your spirit fly? |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we have life |
You dreamt of home, you dreamt of freedom |
You died a slave, you died alone |
You came from warriors who once built empires |
Ashanti’s kingdom carries on |
Quasheba, Quasheba |
You’re free now, you’re free now |
How does your spirit fly? |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we have life |
You were forgotten, almost forsaken |
Your children founded generations |
Your strength sustained them |
They won their freedom |
Traced their roots to find you |
Quasheba, Quasheba |
You’re free now, you’re free now |
How far your spirit’s flown |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we are home |
Blood of your blood |
Bone of your bone |
By the grace of your strength we are home |
By the grace of your strength we are home |
We are home |
We are home |
We are home |