Harriet ft. Zebrina Anderson Lyrics

I will run for freedom

Give my life for freedom

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Born into slavery but that couldn't keep her down

It was her destiny to bring freedom to the bound

Risk taker, journey maker, no matter the cost

Rule breaker, earth shaker, on the journey no soul was lost

Freedom was her right and freedom is what Harriet Tubman would have

But she didn't forget about others on her path

To her, freedom was empty unless she could share it with the people she loved

It was her friends and family she was thinking of

She put her freedom at risk to go back and liberate others

From the captivity and unjust treatment they suffered

Despite the risk and the intense pressure

She made multiple trips down south to free her people from the oppressor

Everything she did and as far as the numbers go

She probably did more than we will ever truly know

I will run for freedom

Give my life for freedom

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Harriet Tubman is the most recognized symbol of the Underground Railroad

With conductors, abolitionists, religious leaders and secret codes

It wasn't really a railroad and it wasn't underground

It was a secret network that helped escaped slaves get around

Safely and out of sight

It was a risky task for all involved in this fight

Met with more challenges after the Fugitive Slave Act

But conductors kept working to stay on the symbolic track

After trying for years, she had almost saved all of her family

Her sister was the last

But when she arrived to retrieve her, she found she had passed

It seemed as if the trip was for nothing

But I imagine like Denzel, she said "I'm leaving here with something"

In what would be her last trip of the Underground Railroad

She ended up leading another family to freedom, giving them new hope

Harriet Tubman a woman filled with determination

Her tenacity, her courage, her strength, her life changed a nation

I will run for freedom

Give my life for freedom

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Swing low sweet chariot

Swing low sweet chariot

Swing low sweet chariot

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming to take me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Come on and take me home

I will run for freedom

I will fight for freedom (Yeah)

Oooooooooooh

Run for freedom

Risk my life for freedom

I will fight for freedom

I will run for freedom (Yeah)

Fight for freedom

Risk my life for freedom

Give my life for freedom

Oooooooooooh

Oh-oh

I'm free