Paul Robeson (Born To Be Free)-Black 47

[ti:Paul Robeson (Born To Be Free)] [ar:Black 47] [al:Home Of The Brave] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Paul Robeson (Born To Be Free) - Black 47 [00:31.29]You can wreck my name vilify me [00:33.08] [00:33.94]Stretch me on the rack [00:35.00] [00:36.16]But I won't bow down to any man [00:37.91] [00:38.67]Be he white or be he black [00:40.10] [00:41.70]Take away my passport refuse to let me travel [00:45.00] [00:46.40]But I will not get down on my knees [00:48.83]You're never gonna make me grovel [00:50.67] [00:51.40]There's a lot more to democracy than havin' a vote [00:55.33] [00:56.36]I'm the equal here of any man [00:58.27] [00:58.90]Free my people let them go [01:00.46] [01:01.55]These chains around my body are never gonna hold me [01:05.64] [01:06.67]And I refuse to be a slave in my own country [01:10.79] [01:11.94]The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees [01:16.13] [01:16.81]Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free [01:21.27]Born to be free [01:22.18] [01:42.53]You can call me a traitor but I love my country [01:46.49] [01:47.52]And I will not sell out it because of your hypocrisy [01:50.99] [01:52.68]I refuse to hide behind the Fifth I've no fear of honesty [01:56.70] [01:57.78]You always know exactly where I am so why don't you just [02:00.67]Come on over here and get me [02:02.07] [02:03.04]You can tap my phone but there's one thing you will never hear [02:06.68] [02:08.03]'Cause the drumbeat of freedom wasn't meant for your slaves' ears [02:13.08]I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends [02:17.33] [02:18.35]The poor and the dispossessed the women and the men [02:22.31] [02:23.44]The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees [02:27.41] [02:28.31]Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free [02:32.43] [02:32.97]Born to be free [02:33.79] [02:49.08]I stand here struggling for the rights of [02:52.00]My people to be full citizens in this country and they are not [02:55.83] [02:56.91]Close your halls to stop me singin' [02:59.33]Close your minds to stop me speakin' [03:01.25] [03:01.81]Close your kitchens to stop me eatin' [03:03.73] [03:04.35]Close your hotels to stop me sleepin' [03:06.04] [03:06.80]But I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends [03:10.74] [03:11.92]The poor and the dispossessed the women and the men [03:16.01] [03:17.02]The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees [03:21.22] [03:22.33]Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free [03:26.59]Born to be free [03:27.49] [03:37.42]These chains around my body are never gonna hold me [03:41.45] [03:42.61]And I refuse to be a slave in my own country [03:46.54] [03:47.73]The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees [03:51.71] [03:52.78]Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free [03:57.23]Born to be free [03:58.46] [04:09.41]I am born and bred in this America of ours [04:12.03] [04:12.94]I want to love it but we must have the courage [04:16.28]To shout at the top of our voices about our injustices [04:18.51] [04:19.95]And we must lay the blame right where [04:22.08]It has belonged for over three hundred years of slavery [04:24.06] [04:24.89]And misery - right here on our own doorstep [04:28.15] [04:39.79]My father was a slave and my people died to build this country [04:44.10] [04:45.04]And I'm going to stay here and [04:47.03]Have a part of it just like you [04:48.85] [04:50.03]And no facist-minded people will drive me from it--is that clear