Slave Trade
Dream a dream
Sell me south
No regrets
No memories
Take me from
From where it's warm
Can't hear the call
Such sounds and smells
This new jungle
Seen evermore
When light fades
New creatures call
These sounds disturb
My simple mind
A thousand legs combined
Crawling inside
No escape
From this new life
Only thoughts of fear
To occupy
Encomienda
These are the consequences
A new mule is needed
And our friends, they sell us
This new jungle
Seen evermore
When light fades
New creatures call
These sounds disturb
My simple mind
A thousand legs combined
Crawling inside
Torn from my home
By a race not so different
Sold to strangers
Masters of metal
Who knew such cruelty
With the lash in hand
Crawl onto the ships
Or fall on the sand
This new jungle
Ever growing
All light fades
Smallpox rivers flowing
These sounds disturbed
My simple mind
The first masters
Now slaves in our time
Writer/s: Dennis Kercher