Black Woman Fatoumata Diawara & Lauryn Hill

[Intro: Fatoumata Diawara]
Woman cry, give life
Mother Mary and baby the burden she carry all time
Woman cry, when give us life
And she beg He forgive us, the sin and dem sinners all time, whoa

[Verse 1: Fatoumata Diawara]
Foreign man take me from land
Banished my name, I survive all the same
Nuff commotion, way across ocean
Through whip and chain, I survive all the same

[Chorus: Fatoumata Diawara]
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free?
So dem a go make war bеfore we free
Why dem a go makе war before we free?

[Verse 2: Fatoumata Diawara]
Tie my neck, ship, it don't wreck
Bind me to tree, I survive, they will see, ah
Whip they crack, scar me 'pon back
So we gon' see who survive make us free

[Chorus: Fatoumata Diawara]
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free?
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free?