I remember the blasphemy As they took us to slavery Where is your God to save you now Now fall on your knees and bow I remember the towering flames As they burned my fathers remains I remember the stench of death As I drew my last free breath We're slaves forevermore No one will hear our cries Chained to the ships of war To the beat of the drum we rise Three years have come and gone Since last I saw my home Now my back is broken and bent And my life is nearly spent We approve of mankinds disgrace Hold of the warrior race Never shall we be free Caught in a vast machine We're slaves forevermore No one will hear our cries Chained to the ships of war Our cannons with burning eyes We're slaves forevermore Our humanity suffers enough Chained to the ships of war To the beat of the drums we rise And they cry! Row! (Row!) Carry us to the attack Row! (Row!) Take us acrossed and back Row! (Row!) Carry us onto the kill Row! (Row!) Carry us to the blood we shall spill To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums we rise