Children of the Slave Trade
You hear what the mighty Jewels say
Well
Yeh yeh yeh yeh
Nu-now
Well
Children of the slave trade (oo-ee)
We are in (captive)
Ooh yeh yeh yeh yeh
I said now children of the slave trade (oo-ee)
We are (captive)
Ooh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh
I said they take us from our fore-parents land
And take us on a ship called Jesus
(SS Jesus) from Lübeck
(SS Jesus) from Lübeck
And they take us beyond the Caribbean coast
Trying to lock I and I away from our culture and our religion
(They treated us)
They treated us
(With brutality)
With brutality
(And they treated us)
And they treated us
(With no humanity)
No humanity
(Now we're on ya)
Now we're on ya
(As free-man fighters)
As free-man fighter
(We're on ya)
Now we're on ya
(As free-man fighters)
As free-man fighter I say now
Children of the slave trade (ooh-yeh)
We are in (captive)
Shoo-be-doop
Shoo-be-doo, doo, doo
Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-oh-oh
Shoo be doop, doop
Shoo-be-doo-be-doo
Shoo-be-doo-do-do
Shoo-be-doo, ay-ay, ay
Shoo be doo, doo, doo
She-doo-be-do-be-do
Shoo-be-doo, ay
Shoo be doo, doo, doo
She-doo-be-do-be-do
Ay ay
Hear this ya dub
Come and let us dance to this dub
Hear this ya dub
Ooh yee, well
They take us from our fore-parents land
Ay ay
And take us on a ship called Jesus
(SS Jesus) from Lübeck
(SS Jesus) from Lübeck
And they take us beyond the Caribbean coast, yeh
Trying to lock I and I away, from our culture and our religion
(They treated us)
They treated us
(With brutality)
With brutality
(And they treated us)
And they treated us
(With no humanity)
No humanity
(Now we're on ya)
Now we're on ya
(As free-man fighters)
As free-man fighter
(We're on ya)
Now we're on ya
(As free-man fighters)
As free-man fighter I say now
Children of the Slave Trades, ooh yeh
We are in (captive)
Children of the slave trade
We're all in captive
In Africa we stand
Children of the slave trades
Ay ay ay ay
Children of the slave trade
We all in captive, captive, captive
Hear this ya dub
Come and let us dance to this dub