[Verse 1 - Gabriela Silang]
Left him on a Tuesday
Found him on a Sunday
Cried when I saw my
Hankerchief in his suitcase
Letter folded neatly in his pocket
With my perfume
Knew that he was lying when he
Told me he’d be back soon…
I couldn’t sleep the night
He left me with a promise
That he’d always keep me close
When the struggle got the hardest
So I…wiped the tears
Tied the hankerchief around me
Rallied up the troops
So we could
Find the Spanish army
It was time to stop the cryin’
Time to start the fightin’
Love was the beginning
But my people steady dyin’
And so I promised him the same thing
Gabriela blast in the name of the Philippines
[Chorus]
I can hear ‘em in the back of my mind, they said
It can only be a matter of time
[Verse 2 - Angela Davis]
Studying overseas
When I heard about the blast
And I knew the little girls
Who were killed in Alabama
It was Carole, Addie Mae, Cynthia & Denise and
The Klan got away in cahoots with the police
Knew that it was coming when the Panthers started forming
So I booked the first flight to The States in the morning
To show them my solidarity, tightened up my afro
Books in my hand
Revolution in my heart
So I used my education to combat the injustice
It was more than Malcolm X and Martin Luther
In the trenches…
Sistah soldiers put ya rifles up
Angela Davis ride when the Klan try to light us up
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3 - Dolores Huerta]
It was modern day slavery
Livin’ in the Valley
Stockton, California
Pickin’ grapes with my family
And my people broke they backs
Just to make a couple bucks
While the whiteys in the town
Ridiculed us in they trucks
So I, picked up the megaphone
Shouted to my people
El Pueblo Unido
Jama Sera Vencido
Told ‘em to stick together
Demand to be treated equal
Otherwise, these fucking crackers
Will continue to abuse us
Threw me in the slammer
20 times and some change
Yeah they broke a couple ribs
But the spirit remains
Do it again in a heartbeat
Para mi gente
Dolores, what they call me
[Repeat Chorus]
Heart was written by K. de Leon.
Heart was produced by 6fingers.
Rocky Rivera released Heart on Tue Feb 02 2010.