Should I
Plead for Freedom: Burning Spear's Anthem of Liberation
Lyrics
Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Contemplating whether to humbly request or plead for assistance
To free my people universally
Asking for liberation or freedom for one's people on a global scale
Should I go, should I go, should I go
Expressing uncertainty about taking a particular action
Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Considering the act of kneeling and pleading for freedom
To free my people universally
Reiterating the desire for universal freedom for one's people
Should I go, should I go, should I go
Continuing to question the decision to take a specific course of action
World leaders, world leaders, what about South Africa?
Questioning world leaders about their stance on South Africa and Ethiopia
What about Ethiopia?
-World leaders, world leaders, what about South Africa?
-What about Ethiopia?
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Repeating the contemplation of pleading for universal freedom
To free my people universally
-Should I go, should I go, should I go
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
-To free my people universally
-Should I go, should I go, should I go
-Marcus Garvey say, we declare to the world
Referencing the ideas of Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King on African freedom
Africa must be free
-Martin Luther King say, he had a dream
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Reiterating the internal debate about pleading for freedom
To free my people universally
-Should I go, should I go, should I go
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
-To free my people universally
-Should I go, should I go, should I go
-Should I, should I, should I
Further expressing uncertainty and inner conflict
Should I, should I, should I
-Pain in my knees
Describing physical and metaphorical pain, possibly related to the decision
Pain I all over
-Pain in my knees
-Pain I all over
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Repeating the question of whether to go on knees and plead for freedom
To free my people universally
-Should I, should I, should I
-Should I go, should I go, should I go, should I
-Should I go, should I, should I go
-Pain in my knees
Reiteration of physical and metaphorical pain
Pain I all over
-Pain in my knees
-Pain I all over
-Should I go, should I, should I go
Continuing to question the decision, emphasizing the act of going on knees
Go on my knees, should I, should I
-Should I go on my knees, should I, should I
-Should I go, should I
-Should I go on my knees and plea to you
Repeating the contemplation of pleading for universal freedom
To free my people universally
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