Cannot Buy My Soul

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Two hundred years us blacks are beaten down Too long on the dole My dignity, I'm losing here, and mentally, I'm old There's a system here that nails us Ain't we left out in the cold [Chorus] They took our life and liberty, friend But they could not buy our soul [Verse 2] Well, Joe Hill died, Che Gevera fought, and Pemulwuy lay down dead If a person speaks out critically here, you can get loaded down with lead How long can the majority wait for their story to unfold [Chorus] They took their life and liberty, friend But they could not buy their soul [Verse 3] Well, the clever man spoke precisely, humanity, he said was done Its creed of greed could not proceed if our struggle's to be won For humanity, more important here than that constant quest for gold [Chorus] Well, you may take life and liberty, friend But you can never buy our soul [Verse 4] Well, Jesus woke one morning, rode a donkey up through the gate And he could see quite clearly why he's going to face his fate And the powers that be could see that he could not be bought or sold [Chorus] Well, they took his life and liberty, friend But they could not buy his soul