Cannot Buy My Soul

For two hundred years we’ve been beaten down
Too long, on the dole
My dignity, I’m losin' here
Mentally, I’m old
There’s a system here that nails us
And we’re left out in the cold
They took our life and liberty, friend, but they
Could not buy our soul
Joe Hill died, Che Guevara
Pemulway lay down dead
If a person speaks out critically here, you can
Get loaded down with lead
How long can majority wait
For the stories to unfold?
Well, they took their life and liberty, friend, but they
Could not buy their soul
I’m scared to play a victim, I raise my voice up
I give it everything I got for every single life lost
Right from wrong, it’s still unjust, we live collectin' promise
We sing for better days to come and for the blood to bleed
You take away my beliefs, my family and my seed
Nightmares when our sleep, you invaded our dreams
Struggle to breathe, with nowhere to turn, I still
Search for the peace ‘cause I know what it’s worth