Paul Robeson Lyrics & Chords By The World/inferno Friendship Society

Joy beats oppression,
but oppression will make you pay,
cause our joy is fleeting
oppression never goes away.
you look them right in the eye,
you stare and shout them down,
but joy, our joy,
don't really care for fighting
while oppression will wait around for you to blink.
joy beats oppression,
but oppression will make you pay.
speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, redó

he gave us everything he could
but he got tired man,
we all get tired when we ain't thinking so good
when he got tired this country
it took back every damn thing
that it god damn could.
bullies will always take back what they can,
from the free, from the poor lucky drunks
who just don't give a damn
this country will always take back everything it can.
speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, redó

he wasn't in it for hisself,
he was in it for you and for me
but he fought it alone
and that makes you bitter and mean,
for a while this could be so good,
for tonight we make the rules
here inside this club.
me and the girls are here to tell you,
they're fucking with you
'cause they want what you have
things are really pretty damn funny
things ain't really quite so bad.
take this one thing with you to home
and to work and to school to mom and to dad
there are moments when you can stop the world
remember that friends and don' t be sad.
take this one thing with you to home
and to work and to school to mom and to dad
don't hang a man out to dry again,
don't make him fight it all alone again.
speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, red.