Take Only What You Can Carry - Rykarda Parasol

Well, my daddy’s daddy got shot —

He didn’t do no crime

My daddy’s daddy got shot —

He didn’t do no crime

«The city wall ain’t nothing

But shackle & chain

You better run, son, hide, before you

Tumble into a massive grave.»

A witness done say

He saw my grandma’s doom:

«A shovel lay beside where

She’d dug her own tomb

And we all saw the walking dead

Get on that train

We held in the screams

But there’s no hiding the pain.»

I stand here now and

You all clap your hands

Brava, brava.

Hurray, hurray!

I stand here now

Can I tell ya who I really am?

Why do you want me here?

It’s hard to understand

Brava, brava.

Hurray, hurray!

«No fear,» says daddy

«Courage got me where I am.»

Well, don’t cry daddy i’ll have baby someday

O, don’t cry daddy i’ll take the shame away

And i don’t care what that

Baby’s daddy might have say

Daddy, my baby gonna carry our family name

When the city’s on fire and the people rise on up

Will they rise up for any one of us?

When the city’s on fire

Who ya thinks gonna get the blame?

Can you tell me please?

I need to know if

Things around here have changed

My daddy done fought to live

In this mean old world

And all i am is a silly little girl

My daddy done fought to live

In this mean old world

A round of applause if you will —

For the daddy of this little girl