Reparations Music & Lyrics by Geoffrey Short ©Copyright 2020

Verse 1 Your ancestors Did it to mine Centuries later Nothing is fine

Four hundred years The whip and the plow My Great Grandfather’s blood Is on your hands now

CHORUS Pay me what you owe me Pay me what you owe me, pay Pay me what you owe me Pay what you owe Pay me what you owe me You will pay Pay me what you owe me Pay what you owe

Pay me, pay me what you owe me Pay what they owe Pay me, pay me what you owe Reap what they sow Pay me, pay me what you owe me Debt passed to you, it’s coming true You will pay Reparations are due

Verse 2 Sins don’t die when the sinner does You’re the same sinner your grandfather was

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You’ve been cursed With lifetimes of debt But you ain’t seen the worst Cuz you ain’t paid yet

Be prepared No one spared Their guilt is shared by you

Bodies traded Subjugated This was the deal they made The price must be paid

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You will pay