Madagascar

I won't be told anymore

That I've been brought down in this storm

And left so far out from the shore

That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

Oh no, I won't be told anymore

That I've been brought down in this storm

And left so far out from the shore

That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

Oh no I, I

Forgive them that tear down my soul

Bless them that they might grow old

And free them so that they may know

That it's never too late

For the many times, what seemed like a memory

I've searched and found the ways you used to lure me in

Oh, I found the way, oh, why it had to be

Mired in denial and so afraid

If we ever find it's true

That we have the strength to choose

Our freedom or the chains

We held together

I'm gonna tell you a story

Stand up for righteousness

What? Stand up for justice

What? Stand up for truth

How can a person grow up

With all this around them?

You got to call on that something

Where does it come from?

That can make a way out of no way

All this hatred?

What we've got here is fear

That power that can make a way out of now no way

Failure to communicate

I tell ya I seen the lightning

I've heard the thunder roll

Everybody's acting like we can do anything

And it don't matter what we do

Maybe we gotta be extra careful because

Maybe it matters more than we even know

Sometimes hatred isn't something you're born with

I feel discouraged, it gets taught

Sometimes I feel discouraged, I felt this fear

He promised never to leave me

Never to leave me alone, no never alone, no never alone

Let's get something straight, alright?

Promised never to leave me

This whole thing was fucked up

Never to leave me alone

All men betray, all lose heart

I don't want to lose heart, I want to believe

Black men and white men

Together at the table of brotherhood, I have a dream

Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty

We are free at last

Oh, I won't be told anymore

(If we ever find it's true)

That I've been brought down in this storm

(That we have the strength to choose)

And left so far out from the shore

(Our freedom or the chains)

That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

(We held together)

Oh no, I won't be told anymore

(If we ever find it's true)

That I've been brought down in this storm

(That we have the strength to choose)

And left so far out from the shore

(Our freedom or the chains)

That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

(We held together)