Find The Gate - The Second Emancipation

We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated
We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated

It's only one master, and he up in Heaven
To leave the plantation we gotta burn ourpossessions
The world in our hands, but we been regressing
Why is we stuck, that's my biggest questions
We stand at the cross road, just like Robert Johnson
We talk to the devil like we ain't got no more options
No underground railroad, psychological train tracks
Don't know how to cope now, we stay where the pain at
We point the finger at others, but we oppressing ourselves
We die by the shells, we living in Hell
It's the fight in the dog, not the dog in the fight
It's the thief that be lurking, not the black of the night
It's the lack of commitment, not the absence of sight
We been down so long, and now we can't see the light
We done so much wrong and now we don't know what's right
Follow the father and can handle our plights
We swimming in tears, we political prisoners
We taught to be angry, exploited by liberals
Follow the drinking gourd, and we make it home
Saddle the horses brother we riding at dawn
Follow the North Star, let's go to Chicago
I heard that we free there, pray the lights don't blind us
We beginning again, pray the man don't find us
Second emancipation let's put the past behind us

We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated
We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated

We was raised in pain, and we thrive strife
We was raised up in drama, we was taught how to fight
Taught how to survive, taught how to finesse
We was taught to be saved it ain't no S on our chest
I'm planting some seeds, so that my seed
Can harvest the crop, I pray they success
We battling high powers ain't fighting no man
The devil in charge, when will you understand
The ball in our court, and we just missing the shots
We scared of our brothers cuz they be sending some shot
The face of a man, the mind of a winner
The heart of a demon, the soul of a sinner
Try escaping this place, ain't no other way
For us to get ahead, let's put our stake in the road
We lifting our voices let's put our stake in the world
Make the right choices, for the sake of our future
For the sake of my soul, I'm changing my spirit
I'm crying out to the heavens, I just hope that He hear it
I hope we change, and be something greater
It's only one savior, and that's the creator
Exodus from this hellhole, psychological prison
Philosophical difference, as I look through the prism
I can hear all these phantoms, as they speak through the chains
Gotta keep looking upward, and pray our strength don't wane

We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated
We no longer slaves, but we still can't make it
I'm taking these J's off, let's leave the plantation
I'm taking these chains off, let's leave the plantation
Let's leave the plantation, twice emancipated

Written by:
Dustyn Baker

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