Slavery

Verse 1
They were taken from the land they knew
From morning light and evening dew
Homes left quiet, doors swung wide
History turned on a violent tide
Verse 2
Names were stripped, replaced with sound
New rules written, mercy drowned
Languages faded, stories torn
Identity lost the day they were born again
Verse 3
Hands that planted, built, and cared
Forced to labor, unprepared
Days dragged on without relief
Hope survived on borrowed belief
Pre-Chorus
They were more than what they were called
More than the weight of iron and walls
Chorus
It was wrong, it was cruel, it was pain
A truth that time cannot explain away
We remember, we carry the past
So the future can learn at last
Verse 4
Families split by a price and name
Love exchanged in a heartless game
Mothers whispered prayers at night
Holding children out of sight
Verse 5
Fathers stood when they could not fight
Teaching strength through quiet might
Even when choices were denied
Dignity lived deep inside
Verse 6
Songs were sung beneath the sky
Not for joy, but to survive
Rhythms carried what words could not
Memory kept what chains forgot
Pre-Chorus
Culture lived where it could breathe
In stories, faith, and belief
Chorus
It was wrong, it was cruel, it was pain
Built on suffering and chains
Truth is heavy, truth is real
Facing it is how we heal
Verse 7
Freedom promised, freedom delayed
Justice written but rarely obeyed
Generations born into the cost
Of rights denied and chances lost
Verse 8
Still they endured, still they rose
Carrying strength no record shows
From broken systems, broken ground
Power grew where pain was found
Bridge
This is not blame, this is truth
Not a lesson meant to accuse
It’s a warning written in time
Of what happens when we dehumanize
Verse 9
Remember them as whole and real
With dreams, laughter, wounds to heal
Not just history, not just dates
But lives shaped by forced fate
Verse 10
The past still echoes in today
In laws, in lives, in quiet ways
Understanding starts when we listen
When we stop resisting what’s written
Final Chorus
It was wrong, it was cruel, it was pain
But their strength still remains
We remember, we speak, we learn
So no one’s freedom is overturned
Outro
History hurts, but truth is light
We honor them by doing right
By seeing humanity in every face
And never repeating that place