《Paul Robeson (Born To Be Free)》歌词

[00:00:00] Paul Robeson (Born To Be Free) - Black 47

[00:00:31] You can wreck my name vilify me

[00:00:33] Stretch me on the rack

[00:00:36] But I won't bow down to any man

[00:00:38] Be he white or be he black

[00:00:41] Take away my passport refuse to let me travel

[00:00:46] But I will not get down on my knees

[00:00:48] You're never gonna make me grovel

[00:00:51] There's a lot more to democracy than havin' a vote

[00:00:56] I'm the equal here of any man

[00:00:58] Free my people let them go

[00:01:01] These chains around my body are never gonna hold me

[00:01:06] And I refuse to be a slave in my own country

[00:01:11] The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees

[00:01:16] Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free

[00:01:21] Born to be free

[00:01:42] You can call me a traitor but I love my country

[00:01:47] And I will not sell out it because of your hypocrisy

[00:01:52] I refuse to hide behind the Fifth I've no fear of honesty

[00:01:57] You always know exactly where I am so why don't you just

[00:02:00] Come on over here and get me

[00:02:03] You can tap my phone but there's one thing you will never hear

[00:02:08] 'Cause the drumbeat of freedom wasn't meant for your slaves' ears

[00:02:13] I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends

[00:02:18] The poor and the dispossessed the women and the men

[00:02:23] The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees

[00:02:28] Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free

[00:02:32] Born to be free

[00:02:49] I stand here struggling for the rights of

[00:02:52] My people to be full citizens in this country and they are not

[00:02:56] Close your halls to stop me singin'

[00:02:59] Close your minds to stop me speakin'

[00:03:01] Close your kitchens to stop me eatin'

[00:03:04] Close your hotels to stop me sleepin'

[00:03:06] But I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends

[00:03:11] The poor and the dispossessed the women and the men

[00:03:17] The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees

[00:03:22] Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free

[00:03:26] Born to be free

[00:03:37] These chains around my body are never gonna hold me

[00:03:42] And I refuse to be a slave in my own country

[00:03:47] The great are only great 'cause we're down on our knees

[00:03:52] Rise up my brothers and sisters we were born to be free

[00:03:57] Born to be free

[00:04:09] I am born and bred in this America of ours

[00:04:12] I want to love it but we must have the courage

[00:04:16] To shout at the top of our voices about our injustices

[00:04:19] And we must lay the blame right where

[00:04:22] It has belonged for over three hundred years of slavery

[00:04:24] And misery - right here on our own doorstep

[00:04:39] My father was a slave and my people died to build this country

[00:04:45] And I'm going to stay here and

[00:04:47] Have a part of it just like you

[00:04:50] And no facist-minded people will drive me from it--is that clear