GATES OF FREEDOM

chorus Ride on, ride to the gates of freedom verse 1 walking along this rocky road you ll meet friends and foes sometimes you re on the ropes climbin' these slippery slopes many will lie in wait for your death while others will your success what ever the struggle under never knuckle ride on chorus Ride on, ride to the gates of freedom verse 2 As i sailed the ways of death i knew on this makeshift dugout i could gasp for breath regrets come last , Trapped in the depth of the ocean Tthere was no turning back i had to swallow my emotions Papa was retired for ever and ever waiting to draw a pension Mama had to sell dry groundnuts to ease the stressful tension As the man of the house i couldn 't just sit there looking at my family living from hand to mouth Exodus became a must ; I had to hit the road of the deep blue sea? Go on a cruisade to defy misery I had to roam and hope to avoid the coast guard, I had to roam and hope against death, I had to roam to the gates of freedom. chorus Ride on, ride to the gates of freedom Verse 3 au millieu de nulle part,on se remèmorre,on y croit très fort partants depuis les plages de get ndar à yoff sous l'oeil du phare de ngor on atterrit dans ces zones à code barres, biomètries flash et fashion on est wanted,pas de tampons ou talons , radars et blutooths nous talonnent on est venus en paix sans moindre mot de passe La porte du retour sera peut être un AF718 business class un frêt sans traces destination horizons dakar bamako conakry départ avec policiers pour un étranger qui veut se faire hara-kiri Verse We re at a point of no return there s no turning back for so long we ve been kept in captivity. brother brother you just can't give up you just can't knuckle under just cant go under like this the struggle continues we ain't never gon' give up take your sleeves again gotta rise again ride on, ride on chorus Ride on, ride to the gates of freedom