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 of Assata Shakur.
We this movement towards freedom
for all those who been oppressed, and all those in the struggle.
Yeah. yo, it-

There lights and sirens, gunshots firin
Cover your as I describe a scene so violent
Seemed a bad dream, she laid in a blood puddle
Blood bubbled in her chest, cold air brushed against open
No to rest, pain consumed each breath
twice wit her hands up
Police questioned but shot she answered
One Panther his life, the other ran for his
the police were as they kicked and beat her
Comprehension she was beyond, hold on
to life. She thought she'd with no arm
that's what it like, got to the hospital, eyes held tight
They moved her to room-she could tell by the light
tight to the bed, through her skin it bit
Put guns to her head, word she got hit
"Who shot the trooper?" asked her
Put in her eyes, threatened to blast her
Her raced till things got still
Opened her eyes, realized she's next to her friend who got killed
She got chills, they her: that's where she would be next
Hurt mixed wit anger-survival was a
They lied and denied visits her lawyer
But she was buildin as they tried to her
If it wasn't for german nurse they woulda served her worse
I this sister's story, knew that it deserved a verse
I wonder what would happen if that 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 Power and is beautiful.
May God bless Soul.

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

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

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

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

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