Luyện nghe bài hát A Song for Assata

(Common)
In the of God.
In the of the Ancestors.
In the Spirit of the Panthers.
In the Spirit of Shakur.
We make this movement towards
for all who have been oppressed, and all those in the struggle.
Yeah. yo, it-

There were lights and sirens, firin
Cover eyes as I describe a scene so violent
Seemed a bad dream, she laid in a blood puddle
Blood bubbled in her chest, cold air against open flesh
No room to rest, pain each breath
twice wit her hands up
Police questioned but shot before she
One lost his life, the other ran for his
Scandalous the police were as they kicked and her
Comprehension she was beyond, tryna on
to life. She she'd live with no arm
that's it felt like, got to the hospital, eyes held tight
They moved her room to could tell by the light
Handcuffed tight to the bed, through her it bit
Put guns to her head, word she got hit
"Who shot the trooper?" asked her
Put mace in her eyes, threatened to her
Her mind raced till things got
Opened her eyes, realized she's next to her best friend who got
She got chills, they told her: where she would be next
Hurt wit anger-survival was a reflex
They lied and denied visits from her
But she was buildin as they tried to her
If it wasn't for this german they woulda served her worse
I read sister's story, knew that it deserved a verse
I what would happen if that woulda been me?
All shit so we could be free, so dig it, y'all.

(Cee-lo vocals)
I'm of Assata, yes.
to my Love, Assata, yes.
Your and Pride is beautiful.
May God bless Soul.

(Common)
It seemed like the of the night when the law awakened her
Walkie-talkies cracklin, I see 'em they takin her
she kinda knew,
What made the ride peaceful was the and the sky was blue
Arrived to Middlesex Prison six inna morning
Uneasy as they pushed her to the floor in
a cell, one cot, no window, hell.
Put in the basement of a wit all males
And the smell of misery, seatless toilets and
She'd exercise, (paint?,) and to read
Two years inna hole. Her soul weak
Away from people so long she forgot how to
She frredom is a unspoken sound
And a wall is a and can be broken down
Found peace in the Panthers she went on trial
One of the she had a child with
The foulness would feed her, hopin she's lose her seed
Held tight, knowing the would live through this seed
In need of a doctor, from her she's bleed
Out of this a girl was conceived
Separated from her, to mother the Revolution
And to attack hate
federal and state was built for a Black fate
Her emptiness was filled with beatings and dates
fabricated cases, hoping one would stick
And said she robbed places that didn't
In the midst of on her life and being caged with Aryan whites
dark halls of hate she carried the light
I wonder what would happen if woulda been me?
All of this shit so we be free.
Yeah, I often wonder what would happen if that woulda me?
All of this so we could be free, so dig it, people-

(Cee-Lo)
I'm of Assata, yeah.
to my Love, Assata, yeah.
Your and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God bless Soul.
Oooh.

(Common)
Yo
From North Carolina her would bring
news she had had a dream
Her dreams always meant what they them to mean
made them real was the action in between
She dreamt that Assata was in they old house in Queens
The fact that they always came was the thing
Assata had been convicted of a murder she couldna
Medical evidence she couldna shot the gun
It's time for her to see the sun the other side
for her daughter to be by her mother's side
Time for this Beautiful Woman to become again
Time for her to breathe, and not be how or when
She the chains and escaped the pain
How she broke out of prison I could never
And even to day they try to get to her
but she's free with political in Cuba.

(Cee-Lo vocals)
I'm of Assata, yeah.
to my Love, Assata, yeah.
We're from the same mud, Assata.
We share the Blood, Assata, yeah.
Power and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God bless Soul.
Power and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God bless Soul.
Oooh.

(Assata)
Freedom! You askin me about freedom. me about freedom?
I'll be honest with you. I know a more about what freedom isn't
than about it is, cause I've never been free.
I can only share my with you of the future, about what freedom is.
Uhh, the way I see it, freedom is-- is the to grow, is the right to
blossom.
Freedom is -is the to be yourself, to be who you are,
to be who you wanna be, to do you wanna do. (fade out)