Slave

[Verse 1]

There's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land

Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand, in his hand

And I've taken just as much as I can stand, I can stand

Oh, we've got to free our brothers from their shackles, yeah, if we can, if we can

[Verse 2]

Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh, she cries

Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, he smiles

His painted ladies riding in from town, in from town

Oh, I swear one day I'm gonna burn the whorehouse to the ground, to the ground

[Chorus]

Slave, slave

To fight the violence we must be brave

Hold on strong to the love God gave

Slave

[Verse 3]

There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come

That may free our families, free our families and our sons, and our sons

It may lay green lands to barren waste, all to waste, all to waste

Oh, the price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh, to face

[Chorus]

Slave, slave

To fight the violence we must be brave

Hold on strong to the love God gave

Slave

[Slide Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Slave, oh, slave

To fight the violence we must be brave

Hold on strong to the love God gave

Slave, slave

To fight the violence we must be brave

Hold on strong to the love God gave

Slave