Begging For Your Life (a capella)

Begging For Your Life (add your flavor/remix this tune)

Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson

This is a song about courage and trying. For music, I was thinking something Bruce Springsteen-ish. The vocals are quite raw with no effects. If you are interested (or you think you know someone that might be interested) in adding some music (or better vocals) to the mix, you can download the raw a capellas here at ccMixter (just click on the word "download" under the word "stream"). When you are done, you can email me any mp3s here.

All contributions will be considered Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0.

Your time and talent is greatly appreciated.



Lyrics:

Juan was just one in a long line of peasants - knew the bond between flesh and soil

proud of the knowledge passed down generations, but tired of the bosses wanting more

so when the time come, he took his place, and organized for a little respect

but soon came the muscle, and soon came the law, and he knew what was coming next

Maria kept a straight face as she opened the door, when the guns showed up that day

still they pulled him from a false bottom under the floor crushed his ankle then drug him away

Juan sobbed in vain at the boot of the captain - let me say goodbye to my wife

ain't it hell in a world where holding onto your soul leaves you begging for your life



and boy, they'll hunt you

but you knew that from the start

and oh, when they find you

you know you did your part

don't feel ashamed

if you're scared of what may come

you only got two choices

and you made the right one



Malene was an old soul with a fire in her belly and an afro as big as her heart

made a choice when she saw what they did to her daddy, she wasn't never gonna play their part

so she fought the man and the man fought back and she learned how the world goes round

threw up her fist one too many times then had to go underground

but underground ain't like no movie, and before long she was ready to take

broke down in a fix trying to forget all the memories she'd never make

with a picture of her daddy and a gun in her hand, the tears fell heavy that night

ain't it hell in a world where holding onto your soul leaves you begging for your life



and girl, they'll hunt you

but you knew that from the start

and oh, when they find you

you know you did your part

don't feel ashamed

if you're scared of what may come

you only got two choices

and you made the right one

 

and yeah they got money

and money can buy you force

but they ain't got the courage

or the will to make that choice

and that's why we're gonna win

that's why we're gonna win

but until then

 

yeah they'll hunt you

but you knew that from the start

and oh, when they find you

you know you did your part

don't feel ashamed

if you're scared of what may come

you only got two choices

and you made the right one

 

so hold your head high

when they see your face

there's more coming behind you

coming to take your place

and you can be proud that

you're human when it's done

you only got two choices

and you made the right one



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