The rise of the black messiah Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]They called you "The rise of the [C]Black Messiah"
[G]like so many boys bef[F]ore you
[Am]And they'll be more,
[C]more to fol[G]low threatening and[F] hard to swallow

[Verse 2]
I'm [Am]sit ting underneath that h[C]anging tree,
just [G]me and the ghost [F]of the [Am]KKK
Poor man's gallows in the [C]middle of the woods
- the [G]saddest tree that [F]ever stood

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
My [Am]friend I heard you tell of [C]slavery's end
but have you [G]heard of mass incar[F]ceration
That [Am]ol' Jim Crow he just [C]keeps getting born with a
[G]new hanging rope for the [F]black man's scourge

[Verse 4]
[Am]Hey Ol' Man Rive[C]r what do you know
of that [G]plantation [F]they call Angloa?
[Am]The devil spawned [C]a prison there
- the sad[G]dest farm that [F]ever lived

[Verse 5]
Your [C]great- granddaddy he [G]worked that land
[F]with shackles on his feet and on hands
He [C]built them levees he [G]chopped that can
he [F]died in the mud in his chains
Now you stand where he once stood shackles
on you all the [Am]same
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[Verse 6]
But he's gonna [C]rise, he's gonna [G]rise and [F]all
them lynchers are gonna be damned
When outta that mud walks [Am]a brand [C]new man
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[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 7]
They [Am]called you "The Rise of the [C]Black
Messiah" and said they'd [G]do any damn
Thing they [F]could to keep ya-
[Am]You and your brothers from s[C]preading the word,
the [G]gospel of freedom and
[F]Black man's worth

[Verse 8]
[Am]40 years in soli[C]tary,
con[G]sider the man [F]they just can't bury
[Am]I got this letter in my ha[C]nd,
saying [G]tell this story [F]when you can

[Verse 9]
He's gonna [C]rise, he's gonna [G]rise and [F]all
them lynchers are gonna be damned
When [Dm]outta that hold walks a brand [Am]new man

[Outro 1]
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