You declare you see me dimly
thruogh a glass which will not shine,
Though I stand before you boldly,
trim in rank and making time.
You do own to hear me faintly,
As a whisper out of range,
while my drums beat out the message
and the rhythems never change
Equality, and i'll be free
Equality, and i'll be free

You announce my ways are wanton,
that I fly from man to man,
but if i'm just a shadow to you,
could you ever understand?
We have lived a painful history,
We know the shamful past,
but I keep on marching forward,
and you keep on coming last.
Equality and i'll be free
Equality and i'll be free

Take the blinders from your vision
take the padding from your ears
and confess you've heard me crying
and admit you've seen my tears.
hear the tempo so compelling
hear the blood throb through my veins.
Yes, my drums arebeating nightly,
and the rhythems never change
Equality, and i'll be free
Equality, and I'll be free.