in the state of Tennessee,
Freedom City stands for all
Tenants driven from their homes
but here is what they say.
Oh, we were born in Fayette County
We'll take more than evictions
The tenants tell their story,
it's the same thing over again
When we went to the polls
They took our trucks and tractors,
They took away our livelihood,
We only were born in Fayette County,
It will take more than trouble
They have kept us from the polls
for nearly a hundred years,
And all because our color
is not the same as theirs.
But now we've gone and voted,
and we live in tents today.
Our family's cold and hungry,
For we were born in Fayette County,
It will take more than hunger
There in the early morning,
where little children sleep
barrels aimed at people in their beds
A bullet struck Earl Williams,
Oh, we were born in Fayette County,
We'll take more than bullets
They're in the mud and the rain
By the tents of Freedom City
they stand on guard tonight
They look into the future
A better world for everyone
who's fighting to be free.
We were born in Fayette County
And we will see the coming
of a new and brighter day.
