Still Rest My Heart

Oh, what an agony
Oh, what a pain on the slave ship
Look what's going on
We have been robbed of our rights
And even my sister have been stripped
Oh, where is the dignity and pride for our ladies?
Oh, it's a shame upon our race
Murder!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now
Believe me, what a pain
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now

Can you imagine the way the people felt
Traveling from home to Jamaica?
They traveled so very far
Packed up in slave ships
I'm gonna name them for you
One called the Nina
One called the Pinta
The other, the Santa Maria
Believe me when I say

Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now
Grandmother, feel it
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now

After a hard day's labor, they took my neighbor
Place him down on his knees, hear me now
And then say slave master climb on his back
And mount upon his horse
That burns me to my heart

Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now
Believe me when I say
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now

When slave master get in and drink his wine
And beat my sister in drunkenness
Say that she's not working, she's getting sloppy
Yet my sister keep him clean
What an ungrateful man

Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now
My sister was stripped
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now

No education, no rest for the weary
All I can see is frustration
I'll get you, hear me when I say

Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now
The agony and pain
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart
Still rest on my heart 'til now