India's Song

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Thrown into slavery the crime

Was the color of skin

Never to see the light of the past again



I wanna go where the mountains are high enough to echo my song

I wanna go where the rivers run deep enough to drown my shame

I wanna go where the stars shine bright enough to show me the way

And I wanna go where the wind calls my name

The wind is calling India India India



It's a typical Savannah day

So I take my guitar to the park and I play

Sitting up under the live oak tree

The strangest feeling came over me

Is this the tree where my borther was hung?

Is this the ground where his body was burned?

God gave to me the gift of song

So I dedicate this one



I wanna go where the mountains are high enough to echo my song

I wanna go where the rivers run deep enough to drown my shame

I wanna go where the stars shine bright enough to show me the way

And I wanna go where the wind calls my name

The wind is calling India India India



Superiority, who have you better than me

Wasting precious time on racist mentality

This is only the beginning

The flesh we'll be pushing up daisies in the end

Cause spirit knows no color

Either you're a hater or a lover



I wanna go where the mountains are high enough to echo my song

I wanna go where the rivers run deep enough to drown my shame

I wanna go where the stars shine bright enough to show me the way

And I wanna go where the wind calls my name

The wind is calling India India India