It's the rumble and the thunder of boots It's the fire in the sky When you cut this tree down to the roots It's leads to you and I How can you just perpetuate When you hear a mother cry There's a land of opportunity here But you need not apply, you need not apply Don't bring that sin against the skin and drag me through the mud You're only free cos they can't see the colour in your blood The colour in your blood oh the colour in your blood You're only free cos they can't see the colour in your blood Isn't this why they fought and they died When they put it to the test Working men standing side by side Taking bullets in the chest We shall overcome, we will not regress We will not regress, we will not regress Don't bring that sin against the skin and drag me through the mud You're only free cos they can't see the colour in your blood The colour in your blood oh the colour in your blood You're only free cos they can't see the colour in your blood The colour in your blood, oh the colour in your blood The colour in your blood, oh the colour in your blood