aw aw uh aw aw uh aw aw uh aw aw uh get you back you black slave aw aw uh one more step to your grave aw aw uh when you hear that chime bell aw aw uh curse the water to hell aw aw uh may you scum dreaded time on the trap and the line tie me down to a stone hear my body twist and moan prints and sweat above from my brow you come down to put me in chains i ain t going to be no white man s slave you come down to put me back in chains set me free before i die let me know reason why they won t leave me alone take me back to my home ain t going to be no white man s trash see the stripes across my back you have tried without success you re much more than the rest