Gyasi Went Home

Where do you come from man, you come from anywhere? You come from country where water flows free to the sea I heard the English said, you got the best of it When raleigh washed up and found gold all in his hands There was a woman who gave all her pearls The ocean rolling, rolled them from the new world And in the morning, rebel, you call But you know, he's only breaking the law There was a hill coolie, and a transatlantic slave, There came a day when they broke away from all their chains In country tempers run like Caribbean sun and the water flows, Gyasi when he went home There was a woman who gave all her pearls The ocean rolling, rolled them from the new world And in the morning, rebel, you call But you know, he's only breaking the law There was a woman who gave all her pearls The ocean rolling, rolled them from the new world And in the morning, rebel, you call But you know, he's only breaking the law