I am No Longer a Slave

I am no longer a slave

Chains of bondage holding me captive

Keeping me from the liberty to run free... unchained

Unseen barriers of fear paralyzing a thought of escape

Will I surrender to be a servant locked behind imaginary bars? 

I am no longer a slave...

Yet this generational pain demands to be felt and paid for

Though my mother was born free and my father was liberated

The overseer of my torture has become my mind stuck in the past

So I hang on the tree as a memorial to my ancestors

Though I am no longer a slave...

True freedom has tortured my soul 

As I relinquish to be controlled by a master of my choosing

Why this yoke? when in ultimate truth 

My captors have left the doors unlocked

Yet I am no longer a slave...

Are there keys that release me from this paradigm?

Words that break the hold of these shackles

No more self cruelty with memories that terrorize

Just a prayer that I would be recognized 

I can not be sold for I am not for sale!
I am no longer a slave...

Set free, liberated, unlocked  no fear, no boundaries, no jailer, 

I command all darkness and evil tormenting me to leave

I shall survive, my people  thrive, I will stay alive
Freedom flowing in my veins

For I am No Longer A Slave !