Voice of the Oppressed

I am talking, hear the voice of the oppressed We a move out of bondage, a step by step I am walking, the shackles get left Watch the bossman, oppressor Them a hold them breath Just cool, I don't mean no disrespect But we no fool, We moving the noose from we neck Lord, it no easy, cause the peer pressure strong Still we doing what we doing, nah do nothing wrong I am talking, hear the voice of the oppressed We a move out of bondage, a step by step I am walking, the shackles get left Watch the bossman, oppressor Them a hold them breath Go to school, to learn the golden rule Go to college, to firm up on the knowledge Get educated, but, what have we got to show A student loan bill a eat cash flow I am talking, hear the voice of the oppressed We a move out of bondage, a step by step I am walking, the shackles get left Watch the bossman, oppressor Them a hold them breath To survive, you know how the story go 9 to 5, make another man run fi you show Fi 40 years, but that's a whole lot a time to be building for another What should rightly be mine I am talking, hear the voice of the oppressed We a move out of bondage, a step by step I am walking, the shackles get left Watch the bossman, oppressor Them a hold them breath Life bitter, wife soon gone out a work T'would be better, if they paid me what I really was worth! T'would be easier, to try to make ends meet But the two income a keep we off a the street --- Voice of the Oppressed - Alfred Lloyd