Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation. Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by many societies; in more recent times slavery has been outlawed in most societies but continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage.
Slavery predates written records and has existed in many cultures. The number of slaves today is higher than at any point in history, remaining as high as 12 million to 27 million, Most are debt slaves, largely in South Asia, who are under debt bondage incurred by lenders, sometimes even for generations.Human trafficking is primarily used for forcing women and children into sex industries.
Malcolm X ( /ˈmælkəm ˈɛks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
Malcolm X's father died—killed by white supremacists, it was rumored—when he was young, and at least one of his uncles was lynched. When he was thirteen, his mother was placed in a mental hospital, and he was placed in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for breaking and entering.
In prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam and after his parole in 1952 he quickly rose to become one of its leaders. For a dozen years Malcolm X was the public face of the controversial group, but disillusionment with Nation of Islam head Elijah Muhammad led him to leave the Nation in March 1964. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, he returned to the United States, where he founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In February 1965, less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group.
Thundering cannon fire is roaring
through the air
They're fighting courageous, driven by despair
Deadly muzzle flash robs them of their pride
Grapuels claw the rail, vessels side by side
Slavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
Brutes are taking over
To claim their living spoils
Cracking musketfire until every plank is soiled
Surrender's, the only way
to stop this deadly raid
Bloody, fettered wrists, slavery's their fateSlavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
Slavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
Slave trade still exists, it's a legacy of the past
Punishment's long overdue
To fight the fears it casts
Hard - boiled criminals,
they're rotten to the core
Machinery in motion
so long as money is the law
Slavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
Slavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
Slavery, the pain of the sea
Slavery, inhumanity
I've given up everything 'til it seems so fucking wrong
I've always been tied to you, now the bond is fucking gone
You're just a victim of your own decisions
And your desperation is like watching an accident
I reject the way you need
To hurt yourself to get to me
I will break away from you
My regret is knowing you
You've thrown away everything and you hope I sympathize
It's kind of like slavery to a world of fucking lies
You're not the victim of your own addictions
And your desperation, now you won't get my sympathy
I reject the way you need
To hurt yourself to get to me
I will break away from you
My regret is knowing you
This feels like slavery
This ends it all
I reject the way you need
To hurt yourself to get to me
I will break away from you
My regret is knowing you
This feels like slavery
Don’t just stand there sweep up the floor
Then you can empty the trash
When that’s done there’s more on this list for you
You’ve got no time to take a rest
My hands are clenched in fists of rage!
I am a slave for minimum wage!
Tonight you work until close
Tomorrow morning you will open up
Thirty hours a week takes up your whole week
They don’t want you to have a life
My hands are clenched in fists of rage!
I am a slave for minimum wage!
They’re OK until you work
Then you’re treated like a jerk
Every time you make a mistake
You know that you’ve been misled
This job has you seeing red
Always give and never take
A billion-dollar industry
Can’t survive without you and me
You’d think they’d have to give us a break
But most people still kick ass
Stupidity’s enduring mass
A vast supply from which to take
My hands are clenched in fists of rage!
I am a slave for minimum wage!
There’s only so much I can take
Always being treated like shit
While I swear, someone behind the desk gets rich
(2:57)
In the 1850's abolishment was runnin' high
Slaves tried to run away, then go on and hide
When they were caught, they were punished heavily
When you think about it, it's really hard to believe
I feel the same way with you, I can't go anywhere
Without you nagging me about, something way out there
Like who I was with, and where I was going
I don't like it much at all, It's time for me to leave
CHORUS x 3
You got me in your slavery
I'm wrapped up in your slavery
I'm escaping from your slavery
I hate your stinkin' slavery
Your slavery, slavery
You've been a fool never treated right
Your life is done, but you did not realize it at all
Now you're hiding all the things you've been going through
And you'll never be the same after all they
Did to you
Night is so black between dark walls in the cell
You've made your own decision
Hang yourself or be a prison whore
Pain is so deep, but you'll soon face the truth
Any kind of choice you make will lead you
Straight to hell
I'll never see the light of day
But I'll be strong and I will pray
For one and only judgment day
My tears will fall and I'll be known for all mankind
Bound to the blackest of futures
The human race is dependable of higher powers
No way or hope to get through
Strings pulled at random will
Abstract fear of extinction yet so obvious
Condemned to forever serve
Slavery
Ageless treat to all eternity human treachery
Blessed are the ones never brought to life to join mankind
None to decline their inferior state of mortal substance
Predetermined failure ceases the thought of life
Embodying submission
Indicating the secrets of subsistence
Seeking after what ages hide beneath
Recurring servants of sightless upmost forces
Strange men stalk this land, rape it's purity
Bring forth new diseases, hate, voracity
With unseen greed they take and steal in total anarchy
Natives captured, marked and caged are sold across the sea
Slavery, Slavery, trapped inside this misery
Slavery, slavery, chained down by reality
Destined to work and serve your master's plantation
Exposed to mockery and discrimination
Lost inside a wicked world of inhumanity
To live and die in slavery will be your destiny
Escape your misery
Free you wanna be
If you run away
You know you're gonna pay
The whip will be your fine
Your foot the 2nd time
And if you don't agree
You might hang on a tree!
Years passed, than came the day, the day of liberty
New rules, new laws brought new misery
Those who tried and fought for rights were killed immediately
Freedom just a shattered dream in life's reality