Treadmill

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