Luyện nghe bài hát A Song for Assata

In the of God
In the Spirit of the
In the Spirit of the Panthers
In the Spirit of Shakur
We make this movement freedom
For all those who have been oppressed, and all in the struggle
Yeah, yo, it

There were lights and sirens, gunshots
Cover eyes as I describe a scene so violent
Seemed a bad dream, she laid in a blood puddle
Blood bubbled in her chest, air brushed against open flesh
No room to rest, pain consumed each
Shot twice wit her up
Police questioned but shot she answered
One Panther his life, the other ran for his
Scandalous the were as they kicked and beat her
Comprehension she was beyond, to hold on
To life. She she'd live with no arm
That's what it felt like, got to the hospital, eyes held
They moved her to room-she could tell by the light
Handcuffed tight to the bed, through her it bit
Put to her head, every word she got hit
"Who shot the trooper?" they her
Put mace in her eyes, threatened to her
Her mind raced till things got
her eyes, realized she's next to her best friend who got killed
She got chills, told her, that's where she would be next
mixed wit anger-survival was a reflex
They lied and denied from her lawyer
But she was building as tried to destroy her
If it wasn't for this nurse they would of served her worse
I this sister's story, knew that it deserved a verse
I wonder what would happen if that of been me?
All this so we could be free, so dig it, y'all

I'm of Assata, yes
to my Love, Assata, yes
Your Power and Pride is
May God bless your

It seemed like the middle of the night the law awakened her
Walkie-talkies crackling, I see 'em when taking her
she kinda knew,
What made the peaceful was the trees and the sky was blue
Arrived to Middle-sex Prison about six inna
Uneasy as they her to the second floor in
A cell, one cot, no window, hell.
Put in the of a prison wit all males
And the smell of misery, seat-less toilets and
exercise, (paint?,) and begin to read
Two years in a hole. Her soul grew
Away people so long she forgot how to speak
She discovered freedom is a unspoken
And a wall is a and can be broken down
Found in the Panthers she went on trial with
One of the brothers she had a with
The they would feed her, hopin she's lose her seed
Held tight, knowing the fight live through this seed
In need of a doctor, her stomach she's bleed
Out of this situation a was conceived
from her, left to mother the Revolution
And lactated to hate
federal and state was built for a Black fate
Her emptiness was filled with beatings and court
They fabricated cases, hoping one would
And said she robbed places that didn't
In the midst of threats on her life and being caged with whites
Through halls of hate she carried the light
I wonder what would happen if that of been me?
All of this so we could be free.
Yeah, I often wonder would happen if that would f been me?
All of shit so we could be free, so dig it, people

I'm of Assata, yes
to my Love, Assata, yes
Your and Pride is beautiful
May God your Soul

Yo
From North her grandmother would bring
News she had had a dream
Her dreams always what they needed them to mean
What made real was the action in between
She dreamt that Assata was in they old house in Queens
The fact they always came true was the thing
Assata had convicted of a murder she couldna done
Medical evidence shown she couldna the gun
It's time for her to see the sun from the side
for her daughter to be by her mother's side
Time for Beautiful Woman to become soft again
for her to breathe, and not be told how or when
She untangled the chains and the pain
How she out of prison I could never explain
And to this day they try to get to her
But she's free with asylum in Cuba.

I'm of Assata, yeah
Listen to my Love, Assata,
We're molded from the same mud,
We share the Blood, Assata, yeah
Your and pride, so beautiful
May God bless soul
Your power and pride, so
May God bless soul

Freedom! You askin' me about
me about freedom?
I'll be honest you
I know a whole more about what isn't
Than about what it is, cause never been free
I can share my vision with you of the future
About what is
Uh, the way I see it
Freedom is, is the right to grow, is the to blossom
Freedom is is the to be yourself, to be who you are
To be who you want to be, to do you want to do