When I opened my eyes, all I could see was landscape full on trees with empty nooses
My father was a runaway slave, who was captured by them bounty hunters. Daddy wanted to be free, and provide for his family
Why do we kill and enslave other man for their differences or color of skin. The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. The answer derives from the sweet taste of sin, created by the love, the power and the color of money
The empty nooses keep on blowing in the wind
I remember, they kicked, beat and then dragged my daddy, unconsciously to that old oak tree
Lord, back in the day, Colored People was restricted from sitting or resting underneath them trees with nooses
After they captured my pappy; they wrapped a dry noose round his neck so tight, that I could smell the rope burns on his neck
When I opened my eyes, all I could see was landscape full on trees with empty nooses
They hung my daddy from that tree. Well, I was six years old, and I dropped to my knees. I ask the Lord to spare my father's life and to forgive these evil people, for they do not know what they do
God put His hand in the story. Then, He clapped His Hands, and His spiritual power released the nooses from all the dead slaves
God said, "Walk with me, and you shall receive eternal life in the kingdom of heaven. Walk with me down this road of light."
Then, He hurled a bolt of lightening at the landscape of empty nooses and said, from this day forth, I promise thee, that empty nooses shall never be the fruit among these trees.
