There is no more a blessing that Life can offer,
nothing
more worth a sacred fight;
Than--
freedom
to pursue our inalienable rights.
No person can give another this freedom,
nor can another take our rights away;
Tyrants have tried to impose their travesty,
by
treating us as slaves.
Enslaved we are to so many a thing,
subservient
to inner and outer oppression;
Binding us from choosing our choice of freedom,
tying
us to our woe and depression.
We are all slaves to this thing or that,
bound
to our own desire;
Lust and greed overwhelm us,
blinding
the bright cosmic fire.
Like Hebrews in ancient Egypt,
or an
African on a foreign plantation;
We are slaves to some fallen angel,
if
desires spoil our aspiration.
Liberty comes to each at birth,
and
even a "slave" can be free in his heart;
What can fetter the light of our soul,
or tarnish the spiritual art?
Each of us must insist on this Liberty,
the
freedom to choose our path in peace;
Time is here to dethrone those tyrants
that
hinder our release.
No compromise can be allowed,
not
one precious right forsaken;
We must take our leave from Babylon,
leaving
our soul to live free in civilization.