Common, Bilal - Letter to the Free lyrics

Southern leaves, southern trees we hung from
Barren souls, heroic songs unsung
Forgive them Father they know
This knot is undone
Tied with the rope that my grandmother died
Pride of the pilgrims affect
Lives of millions
Since slave days separating
Fathers from children
Institution ain't just a building
But a method
Of having black and brown bodies fill them
We ain't seen as human beings with feelings
Will the US ever be us? Lord willing!
For now we know, the new Jim Crow
They stop, search and arrest our souls
Police and policies patrol
Philosophies of control
A cruel hand taking hold
We let go to free them so we can free us
America's moment to come to Jesus

Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long

The caged birds sings for freedom to ring
Black bodies being lost in the American dream
Blood of black being, a pastoral scene
Slavery's still alive, check Amendment 13
Now whips and chains are subliminal
Instead of 'nigga' they use
The word 'criminal'
Sweet land of liberty, incarcerated country
Shot me with your ray-gun
And now you want to trump me
Prison is a business, America's the company
Investing in injustice
Fear and long suffering
We staring in the face of hate again
The same hate they say will
Make America great again
No consolation prize for the dehumanized
For America to rise it's a
Matter of Black Lives
And we gonna free them, so we can free us
America's moment to come to Jesu

Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long
Freedom freedom come
Hold on won't be long