I want Jesus to walk with me when I’m on my lonesome journey Lord Aion Jesus I
my lonesome journey Lord Aion Jesus I
my lonesome journey Lord Aion Jesus I want Jesus you walking with me
want Jesus you walking with me
want Jesus you walking with me well I’d a daddy no foretell Hoonah
well I’d a daddy no foretell Hoonah
well I’d a daddy no foretell Hoonah sudden boat me ancestor them I can feel
sudden boat me ancestor them I can feel
sudden boat me ancestor them I can feel the presence day at a derrickman know
the presence day at a derrickman know
the presence day at a derrickman know coz I know you to watch over me I grew
coz I know you to watch over me I grew
coz I know you to watch over me I grew up not knowing where I came from
up not knowing where I came from
up not knowing where I came from oh how I got here and why am I being
oh how I got here and why am I being
oh how I got here and why am I being treated as less than a human’s you know
treated as less than a human’s you know
treated as less than a human’s you know a grandmother sent out a buckler chillin
a grandmother sent out a buckler chillin
a grandmother sent out a buckler chillin go there I don’t look more clean di san
go there I don’t look more clean di san
go there I don’t look more clean di san I can’t go over and over play a damn
I can’t go over and over play a damn
I can’t go over and over play a damn bunker then we knew that the whites were
bunker then we knew that the whites were
bunker then we knew that the whites were different but we didn’t really know why
different but we didn’t really know why
different but we didn’t really know why so it was just another day in the life
so it was just another day in the life
so it was just another day in the life of a little girl a girl and opinio on
of a little girl a girl and opinio on
of a little girl a girl and opinio on these hallowed and secret ground on this
these hallowed and secret ground on this
these hallowed and secret ground on this place we call Edisto Island we I grew up
place we call Edisto Island we I grew up
place we call Edisto Island we I grew up Oh freedom
freedom almost everybody that lived on
freedom almost everybody that lived on this island were enslaved Africans
this island were enslaved Africans
this island were enslaved Africans Alcala people and be in the island he
Alcala people and be in the island he
Alcala people and be in the island he had nothing but plantation and all the
had nothing but plantation and all the
had nothing but plantation and all the colony wait oh you know if cotton and
colony wait oh you know if cotton and
colony wait oh you know if cotton and their rice and all the indigo the
their rice and all the indigo the
their rice and all the indigo the enslaved Africans had to find a way to
enslaved Africans had to find a way to
enslaved Africans had to find a way to communicate so that language was pretty
communicate so that language was pretty
communicate so that language was pretty much born here in America my generation
much born here in America my generation
much born here in America my generation is really the last generation to have
is really the last generation to have
is really the last generation to have direct contact with Gullah speaking
direct contact with Gullah speaking
direct contact with Gullah speaking people and color was their only language
people and color was their only language
people and color was their only language and unless we pass it on to our children
and unless we pass it on to our children
and unless we pass it on to our children then it will die out just rip everything
then it will die out just rip everything
then it will die out just rip everything from all the chilling the snatch of the
from all the chilling the snatch of the
from all the chilling the snatch of the app caddy baby this really mad I’ve
app caddy baby this really mad I’ve
app caddy baby this really mad I’ve really paired up it and that mean we had
really paired up it and that mean we had
really paired up it and that mean we had no sense of family tour we have to let
no sense of family tour we have to let
no sense of family tour we have to let our young people know about the struggle
our young people know about the struggle
our young people know about the struggle we have to go all the way back to Africa
we have to go all the way back to Africa
we have to go all the way back to Africa where it all began so that they know
where it all began so that they know
where it all began so that they know who’s back there standing on and before
who’s back there standing on and before
who’s back there standing on and before ideas may I be buried in my grave and go
ideas may I be buried in my grave and go
ideas may I be buried in my grave and go home to my goal and be free and be free
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