The Reckoning

He sent a letter to the county line saying

Give me a minute with my family and I because

I never thought it'd turn out this way

Yeah I was just a boy back then

With a shoe string smile and toy gun in hand

But I clung to every word he said

He spoke of things like compromise

When to wage a war and how to stand and fight

What it takes to live life right

Still I can see the look in his eyes

When the judge yelled down twenty five to life

Saying boys' don't waste your time

Freedom is yours and mine

He said it's been ten years since they shot me down

But I'm still right here I will never back down

They gotta do one better if they think I'm gonna change

Now you see these scars and these prison bars

Can never hold me back from the shooting stars cause

I am no man's slave

Then he cried Freedom

This is my Reckoning

We'd go to see him from time to time

I wrote letters every summer to keep mama from crying

But we knew the end was near

Cause you chain one man to 4 cold walls

But you can't chain down his spirit nor soul screaming

Boys I've done my time

Now we ride tonight

Because it's been ten years since they shot me down

But I'm still right here I will never back down

They gotta do one better if they think I'm gonna change

Now ya see these scars and these prison bars

Can never hold me back from the shooting stars cause

I am no man's slave

Then he cried Freedom

This is my Reckoning

My reckoning

He said it's been ten years since they shot me down

But I'm still right here I will never back down

They gotta do one better if they think I'm gonna change yeah

Now you see these scars and these prison bars

Can never hold me back from the shooting stars cause

I am no man's slave

Then he cried for freedom

He was tried for freedom,

you know he died for freedom

Now it's my reckoning