Shackles - Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

Black & White

And in between

The second one

From the left of me

Has cross hairs

On his forehead

Because the color

Of his skin

Who’s picking the shade

Of this chosen race?

Whose thinking that they

Got something else to say

Well I’m ready and I’m hungry

For that super sized ounce of change

These shackles move in circles

And from side to side

They still tying us down

They still tying us down

These shackles move in circles

Round and round

They still holding us down

Lawd, we need

Higher ground

It ain’t how «they»

Tell it now

How tragic it looks

How foul it smells

Dying in vain

Has a stench no man can shake

Lingers for weeks

Can get no relief

Is it hopeless for us

Can we all just focus?

I’m ready and Im willing

To make my noise and take some names

These shackles move in circles

And from side to side

They still tying us down

They still tying us down

These shackles move in circles

Round and round

They still holding us down

Lawd, we need

Higher ground

(Instrumental portion)

(Bridge)

Never close

To giving in

The harder we bleed

The more they’ll dig in

These shackles with time

Will rust and divide

These shackles with time

Can keep no man in line

Can’t keep us line

Oh these shackles

These shackles move in circles

And from side to side

They still tying us down

They still tying us down

These shackles move in circles

Round and round

They still holdin me down

Lawd, we need

Higher ground, OHHH