ooh ooh ooh i know i know ooh ooh my heart is filled with grief when i remember how they ve taken our foreparents from their homeland shipped to every corner of this earth bound in shackles and chain like their beast they would be spanked with many strikes by the master if they should ever not do just what they re told it really grieves my heart to see it s pure brutality whenever i recall my history it grieves my heart you see how they ve treated our foreparents in the days of slavery slavery and brutality that s all they give me that s all they give me my heart is filled with grief when i remember how they ve taken our foreparents from their homeland shipped to every corner of this earth bound in shackles and chain like their beast they would be spanked with many strikes by the master if they should ever not do just what they re told it really grieves my heart to see it s pure brutality my heart is filled with grief when i remember how they ve taken our foreparents from their homeland shipped to every corner of this earth bound in shackles and chain like their beast i know i know i know i know i know i know ooh ooh jah jah2