Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Robeson

You can my name, vilify me, stretch me on the rack
But I won't bow to any man, be he white or be he black
Take my passport, refuse to let me travel
But I will not get on my knees,
You're never gonna me grovel
There's a lot more to democracy havin' a vote
I'm the equal here of any man, my people, let them go
These chains around my body are gonna hold me
And I refuse to be a slave in my own
The great are only great 'cause down on our knees
Rise up, my and sisters, we were born to be free
Born to be

You can me a traitor but I love my country
And I will not sell out it because of your
I refuse to hide the Fifth, I've no fear of honesty
You know exactly where I am, so why don't you just
on over here and get me
You can tap my phone but there's one thing you never hear
'Cause the drumbeat of freedom wasn't for your slaves' ears
I'll turn my back on my comrades and my friends
The and the dispossessed, the women and the men
The great are only great 'cause we're down on our
Rise up, my and sisters, we were born to be free
to be free

I stand here for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country and they are not!

Close your halls to me singin'
Close your minds to me speakin'
Close your kitchens to stop me
Close your hotels to me sleepin'
But I'll never turn my back on my and my friends
The poor and the dispossessed, the and the men
The great are only great 'cause we're on our knees
Rise up, my brothers and sisters, we were to be free
to be free

These chains around my body are gonna hold me
And I refuse to be a slave in my own
The great are only great we're down on our knees
Rise up, my brothers and sisters, we were to be free
Born to be

I am born and in this America of ours. I want to love it, but we must have the courage
to at the top of our voices about our injustices, and we must lay the blame right where
it has belonged for over three years of slavery and misery - right here on our own doorstep.

My father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I'm to stay here and
have a part of it just like you! And no people will drive me from it--is that clear?