Elaine Brown
Have you ever stood
In the darkness of night
Screaming silently
You're a man
Have you ever hoped that
a time would come
when your voice could be heard
In a noon-day sun
Have you waited so long
'Til your unheard song
Has stripped away your very soul.
Well then, believe it my friend
That this silence will end
We'll just have to get guns
and be men
Has a cry to live
When your brain is dead
Made your body tremble so.
And have unseen chains
Of too many years
Hurt you so bad 'til you can't
Shed tears
Have so many vows
From so many mouths
Made you know that words
Are just words
Well then, believe it my friend
That this silence will end
We'll just have to get guns
and be men
You know that dignity
Not just equality
Is what makes a man a man
And so you laugh at laws
Passed by a silly lot
That tell you to give thanks
For what you've already
Got
And you can't go on
with this time-worn song
That just won't change the way
You feel.
Well then, believe it my friend
That this silence will end
We'll just have to get guns
and be men
You don't want to think
You just want to drink
Both the sweet wine and the gall
You been burning inside
For so long a while
'Til Your old time grin
is now a crazed man's smile
And the goal's so clear
And the time so near
You'll make it or
You'll break the plow
Well then, believe it my friend
That this silence will end
We'll just have to get guns
and be men
Yes it's time you know
Who you really are
And not try whitewash the truth.
You're a man you see
And a man must be
Whatever he'll be or he
won't be free
If he's bound up so tight
He'll hold back the night
And their won't be no light
For day
Well then, believe it my friend
That this silence will end
We'll just have to get guns
and be men.
2 comments:
thanks for posting this brandon.
im a native and still living in chicago. i study the theories of huey p and really appreciate people that look into the depths of the bpp and not just buy the garbage main stream media crap about racists, etc. the party was revolutionary and we need that insight back. look at us now...our system continues to decline and people just go on surviving like that's enough to life. anyhow. good luck in your studies.
I think the chords are:
C Major
F Major
A minor
A Major
Bb Major
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Then it's a barre chord in the "B Major" shape, but it's one fret up so it's a C
"335553"-tab
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And then a G Barre chord, so two frets up from the F Major
"355433"-tab
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You'll have to listen to the song to get the feel of it of course
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