Got the news from a whispering tree
This is the time that man must be free
No more burden in vain
All to lose, we'll have to gain
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Now listen, didn't I build the cabin?
Didn't I plant the corn?
Didn't my people before me
Slave for this country?
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
My sermon it was built for freedom
The good lord said, "Son, you're a free man"
I'm gonna talk that freedom talk
Now let me see you walk that freedom walk
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Got the news from a whispering tree
This is the time man must be free
No more burdening in vain
All to lose, we'll have to gain
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
Get ready, children
I ask you, didn't I build the cabin?
Didn't I plant the corn?
Didn't my people before me
Slave for this country?
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