CULTURE-TOO LONG IN SLAVERY {LIVE IN AFRICA 2000} Chords

_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Too [C] long the people sit down [Dm] in the _ [C] darkness.
_ [Dm] _ Oh, for _ God's _ _ _ sake!
Now is the time.
_ _ [D] _ [F] Now is the time when we [C] all _ [Dm] should see the light.
[C] _ _ _ _ Civilization begins [Gm] here.
_ [F] Now [Dm] it's been too _ long.
_ _ _ [F] _ Too [C] long, too long [Dm] in slavery.
_ _ _ [A] We ask [Dm] God.
_ _ For it's been too [D] long for the people.
_ [Dm] Too [C] long, too long [Dm] in slavery.
[Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ But we were brought here _ _ _ [F] to do [C] a very necessary _ [Dm] _ job.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Now that the work is over, [F] we want to know _ [C] when we'll [Dm] be returned.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ That's what we [Dm] ask. _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ Who don't have a weakness for me?
_ [F] They stole us [C] _
away from [Dm] Africa.
_ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] Could not help you, boy. _ _
_ _ _ _ Not that we will, _ _ but stole [C] us away on these _ [Dm] three ships.
_ [A] _
Do you want to hear [Dm] what they name? _ _ _
[A] But [Dm] the law says Jesus. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ It [C] says Jesus [Dm] of God. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ It says Mary of Lube.
_ _ [F] _ A radical [C] destruction of poor [Dm] black people.
_ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ Too much of that. _
But it's been too long. _ _
_ _ _ Too long, [C] too long [Dm] in slavery. _ _ _
Black man get your [Gm] stand up and [A] put _ [Dm] it.
It's been too long. _ _
_ _ [F] Too long, [C] too _ long [Dm] in _ slavery. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] Why me, [D] Lord?
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Why me, Lord?
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Why me, [Dm] Lord?
_ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ My mother suffered. _ _
_ _ My father [C] suffered. _
_ _ _ [Dm] My brother died in _ penitentiary.
_ That's why the territory can't find _ me.
Why me, Lord?
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Our international morality is [F] at stake.
_ Why me, [C] Lord?
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now that the work is over, we want [F] to know [C] when _ we'll [Dm] be returned. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Who don't have a weakness for me?
[F] They stole [C] us away on these [Dm] three ships. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's been too long.
Too damn long.
_ [F] Too [C] long, too long.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] We the people understand no [Dm] reality.
_ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] You all can _ avoid.
_ _ Too [Am] long, [C] too long _ [Dm] in slavery.
[Am] Why me, [Dm] Lord?
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] Why me, Lord?
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Why me, _ Lord?
_ Why me, Lord?
And so _ _ the _ struggle [Am] continue.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ But while the struggle [Bb] continue, _ _ _ _ [C]
I'm [A] proud to tell you _ _ [G] that I wear this locks underneath my tribulation. _
_ _ Bearing the tribulation of the world.
_ _ _ _ [N] We rest upon wear this locks to set the world free. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ As the way each