Free Our People
by Dwight Liles and Wynelle Carson

Something unforeseen is going on.
We the so-called weak are getting strong
And crying out for what we know is right
Accused because we have the guts to fight.
Through years of neglect in dark and hidden rooms,
Our siblings of the past were sealed away in tombs.

Free our brothers, free our sisters too, free our people now.
It is what you’ve got to do.
Free our parents, free our children too, free our people now,
It’s up to all of you.

Prisoners of profit and of greed,
Rationed out their basic human needs.
Overlooked because of fear and shame,
Tossed back and forth in ignorance and blame.
The industry of care has empty graves to fill.
How many gifted people are caged against their will?

Free our brothers, free our sisters too, free our people now.
It’s what you’ve got to do.
Free our parents, free our children too, free our people now.
It’s up to all of you.

What's a human life to you and me?
Isn’t it a right that all be free?
Not just those who run the minute mile
And not just those who wear a Colgate smile.

Free our brothers, free our sisters too, free our people now.
It’s what you’ve got to do.
Free our parents, free our children too, free our people now.
It’s up to all of you.

Free our brothers, free our sisters too, free our people now.
It’s what you’ve got to do.
Free our parents, free our children too, free our people now.
It’s up to all of you.