Now I See

Lyrics

[Intro] Hey, we gon find out how to get free today You coming with me? Let me tell you a story Listen, yeah! [Verse 1] She was standing in a doorway, her sweat like rain The epiphany of her daughter helped her mask her pain She was a woman at her wits' end, she had finally awoken My momma might've been bent, but she could never be broken She had a dance with a devil, and Momma got the upper hand And finally, it's something I could truly understand See the plans to intimidate had backfired And I don't think they even understand what transpired They were demons from the white man's empire But Momma had her fist wrapped up in that barbed wire Eliminated all the ghouls and the vampires Cause she was just so sick and tired of being sick and tired I had a revelation (Uh huh) That no intimidation (Okay) Could overpower or devour any divination Yeah, I ain't headed to the poplar tree Yeah, I once was blind, but now I see [Chorus] Now I see This ain't the life I'm supposed to be living Despite the hand I was given This ain't the grave that I'm digging Prophecy That I could reach beyond what I can see And I deserve to be free And I believe it's up to me Come with me And even if you were born a slave It wasn't written in the stars To have an early grave Til we're free I got to leave it all behind me If I want to be me I had a vision of just who I could be And now I see [Verse 2] You see, I really had to change the way I think I had to change the way I am Look at my life and re-exam I'm not your property I'm not a piece of land I'm asking God to have his way with me so I can understand So change me, God! Please tell me, can you fix me? Show me what I got to do to get up out the dixie Please God, hurry up and get me out here quickly I don't want to wait until I'm 45 or 50 They strip us of our dignity and put us up for auction Branded livestock, but there's a better option Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound Ain't no way that this plantation is my burial ground You see I once was lost, but now I'm found I got to put a plan in motion, I ain't fucking around Because I once was bound, but now I'm free Lifted the veil of my oppression and now I see [Chorus] Now I see This ain't the life I'm supposed to be living Despite the hand I was given This ain't the grave that I'm digging Prophecy That I could reach beyond what I can see And I deserve to be free And I believe it's up to me Come with me And even if you were born a slave It wasn't written in the stars To have an early grave Til we're free I got to leave it all behind me If I want to be me I had a vision of just who I could be And now I see [Bridge] If I should walk the road ahead I'm free before I'm gone and dead The words I cried, the tears I shed Are worth it because now I can see If I should walk the road ahead I'm free before I'm gone and dead The words I cried, the tears I shed Are worth it because now I can see Freedom! Ooh freedom! Ooh freedom! Freedom! Ooh freedom over me Freedom! And before I'll be a slave I'll be buried in my grave Freedom! And go home to my Lord and be free Ooh freedom! Ooh freedom!