I remember the blasphemy As they took us to slavery Where is your God to save you now Now fall on your knees and bow I remember the dowed remains Where they burned my fathers remains I remember the stench of death As I drew my last gray breath For slaves forevermore No one will hear our cries Sink to the ships of war To the beat of the drum we rise Three years have come and gone Since last I saw my own Now my back is broken and bent And my life is nearly spent We are proof of mankind's disgrace Hold of the warrior race Never shall we be free Caught in the vast machine For slaves forevermore No one will hear our cries Take to the ships of war Our cannons with burning eyes For slaves forevermore Our humanity suffers enough Sink to the ships of war To the beat of the drums we rise And they cry! Row! Row! Carry us to the attack Row! Row! Take us acrossed and back Row! Row! Carry us onto the kill Row! Row! To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums To the beat of the drums we rise