Echo Songtext
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Echo Songtext
The brother you lynched a few years ago
The sister you raped just the other day
The babies you starved every day of the week
Oh, nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
The sounds of the jail cells of the Wilmington Ten
Are echoes of a massacre keeping black freedom locked in
The sounds of struggle you hear that are filling your world today
Are echoes of the voices your father killed and smothered away
You can steal my tongue, go on and try to hush my song
My scream of freedom will flood the
Air of your children centuries unborn
Oh, nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
The sister you raped just the other day
The babies you starved every day of the week
Oh, nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
The sounds of the jail cells of the Wilmington Ten
Are echoes of a massacre keeping black freedom locked in
The sounds of struggle you hear that are filling your world today
Are echoes of the voices your father killed and smothered away
You can steal my tongue, go on and try to hush my song
My scream of freedom will flood the
Air of your children centuries unborn
Oh, nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
Nothing but an echo of the past
Writer(s): Bernice Johnson Reagon Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
