"And Still I Go On"
(Spoken)
: Lady Freeze: You won't believe how hard he hit me last night. It was almost as if I was nothing. Nothing at all! And still he had the nerve to say he loved me! As if someone who really loves me would even think of laying his hands on me!
Soul Intent: Why do you let him do this too you? You don't have to put up with this from any man no matter who he is! No man who could do something like that to you deserves to have you stay with him. Let alone call himself a man! Why do you always put up with this?
: Lady Freeze: Listen...
(She starts to sing)
(Lady Freeze. singing)
Why did I have to suffer from such a fate?
Why did I have to be raped?
Why don't you see that my heart is broke, oh please me, why can't you see?
Did you not know that my daughter did go on to heaven's gate, why was I too late?
I could have saved her had I been aware of the danger that was there.
Did you not see the pain in my eyes when I said my baby has died?
Did you not know that god took her from me?
Why had I been the one to miscarry my baby?
(Soul Intent)
Dead by 13, the average life-span
Of a child lost to innocence and the true value of a man
For so many children lie hopeless and grieving
And so many men and so many women die ruthless and unbelieving
Estranged from truth, the necessity of education deceiving
To the un-relieving cries of a hypocritical generation
That withers and dies amidst the blatant ignorance of senseless degradation
Defenseless to this incessant, hate ridden, moral genocide
In a sense, the day they robbed you of your innocence they robbed you of both your spirit and your pride
For strength, intelligence, life, love and revolutionary defense so powerfully consume
This glorious mind, awaiting life, to misery blind, murdered in the womb
For you suffered a fate far worse than hateful deceiving
They caged you like an animal, enraged, beaten and left to die wretched and grieving
Raped, abused, mistreated, defeated and used
Praying for an escape, or the day your death would come spread it's bitter news
For the pain in your heart and the misery in which you dwell
Are but faint echoes of a life so ruthlessly torn apart by the merciless hand of a woman living in hell
And these brooding scars on your stomach, neck and wrists
Are but remnants of the broadening fear and abhorrent realization
That this is not the way GOD meant us to exist
For I've seen the jealousy, envy and rage, and related to your temptation
I saw deep within you that same wounded animal infuriated and caged, and called upon a nation
For every woman is and should be treated like a queen
And every REAL MAN an inspiration
For true love lay to the naked eye unseen
And to the cold-hearted an unknown sensation
(Chorus sung 1x)
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on
(Lady Freeze)
I sit in my room, I'm just crying away. He hit me again today and this time he held a knife to my throat. He swore he'd kill me the next time I talk to another guy. So I sit and cry I think of calling my brother but I wanna be alive. I sit alone like I usually do at night and contemplate suicide. I leave my room, lock the doors and grab his knife. I sit in the nursery and I see the baby things I had for my daughter. It tears me apart. I cut my wrists and watch the blood flow. What do I do now? There is too much pain. I start to faint when I hear my door kicked in and see my best friend standing in the doorway. He picks me up as I faint away.
(Lady Freeze singing)
Why does this pain in my heart appear whenever you are near? Is it love that I fear? I see clearly at the end of the tunnel a light full of warmth and then at the other end I see my best friend crying and holding me tight. Where do I go from here? Do I go on to my baby or go back to my true love? I ask you God to please help me choose. Win or lose help me chose.
(Soul Intent)
Striving to maintain sanity, optimism, hope, and ruthless humanity
Internal peace, external pride and maternal vanity
She lay senseless, defenseless, in a sense by innocence driven,
Incessantly begging the Lord to be forgiven as she heard she had an only one in ten chance of living
Through the entrancing misery, overbearing stress and enduring pain
Consuming her final breaths, maddening her heart, clouding her brain
Driving her to question the Lord and her faith and whether or not she was sane. Living in constant physical and emotional strain
As she became overwrought with reminiscent thoughts
Of heaven and the unbounded serenity she once sought
With profound visions of adolescence
And the ironclad prison that has become her lifelong essence
They never knew her long but they compared her life to a burdensome song
(Lady Freeze voice over)
As the man goes to jail, for putting her through hell. Incense burn above her head as everybody thinks she's dead. She's headstrong hoping their dead wrong, praying to god she'll stay alive.
(Soul Intent)
Striving to maintain sanity, optimism, hope, and ruthless humanity
Internal peace, external pride and maternal vanity
She lay senseless, defenseless, in a sense by innocence driven,
Incessantly begging the Lord to be forgiven
Through this entrancing misery, overbearing stress and enduring pain
Consuming her final breaths, maddening her heart, clouding her brain
Driving her to question the Lord, her faith, her years, her peers, and whether or not she was sane
For she lived in constant physical and emotional strain
Overwrought with reminiscent thoughts
Of heaven, hell, freedom, her constant endeavors to excel, and the unbounded serenity she once sought
In profound visions of adolescence
And the ironclad prison that has become her lifelong essence
Fists tightly clenched
Spiteful at the un-rightful torment in which her soul was so callously entrenched
She remained quite uncertain of life
As she faded in between unseen visions of obscene torment and enduring strife
Weak in spirit
Her mind speaking constantly of death, although she no longer feared it. Yet, she continually struggled to stay hopeful, optimistic and headstrong
Just a simple, bitter melody in life's unbelievingly burdensome song
(Chorus 2x)
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on
(Spoken)
: Lady Freeze: You won't believe how hard he hit me last night. It was almost as if I was nothing. Nothing at all! And still he had the nerve to say he loved me! As if someone who really loves me would even think of laying his hands on me!
Soul Intent: Why do you let him do this too you? You don't have to put up with this from any man no matter who he is! No man who could do something like that to you deserves to have you stay with him. Let alone call himself a man! Why do you always put up with this?
: Lady Freeze: Listen...
(She starts to sing)
(Lady Freeze. singing)
Why did I have to suffer from such a fate?
Why did I have to be raped?
Why don't you see that my heart is broke, oh please me, why can't you see?
Did you not know that my daughter did go on to heaven's gate, why was I too late?
I could have saved her had I been aware of the danger that was there.
Did you not see the pain in my eyes when I said my baby has died?
Did you not know that god took her from me?
Why had I been the one to miscarry my baby?
(Soul Intent)
Dead by 13, the average life-span
Of a child lost to innocence and the true value of a man
For so many children lie hopeless and grieving
And so many men and so many women die ruthless and unbelieving
Estranged from truth, the necessity of education deceiving
To the un-relieving cries of a hypocritical generation
That withers and dies amidst the blatant ignorance of senseless degradation
Defenseless to this incessant, hate ridden, moral genocide
In a sense, the day they robbed you of your innocence they robbed you of both your spirit and your pride
For strength, intelligence, life, love and revolutionary defense so powerfully consume
This glorious mind, awaiting life, to misery blind, murdered in the womb
For you suffered a fate far worse than hateful deceiving
They caged you like an animal, enraged, beaten and left to die wretched and grieving
Raped, abused, mistreated, defeated and used
Praying for an escape, or the day your death would come spread it's bitter news
For the pain in your heart and the misery in which you dwell
Are but faint echoes of a life so ruthlessly torn apart by the merciless hand of a woman living in hell
And these brooding scars on your stomach, neck and wrists
Are but remnants of the broadening fear and abhorrent realization
That this is not the way GOD meant us to exist
For I've seen the jealousy, envy and rage, and related to your temptation
I saw deep within you that same wounded animal infuriated and caged, and called upon a nation
For every woman is and should be treated like a queen
And every REAL MAN an inspiration
For true love lay to the naked eye unseen
And to the cold-hearted an unknown sensation
(Chorus sung 1x)
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on
(Lady Freeze)
I sit in my room, I'm just crying away. He hit me again today and this time he held a knife to my throat. He swore he'd kill me the next time I talk to another guy. So I sit and cry I think of calling my brother but I wanna be alive. I sit alone like I usually do at night and contemplate suicide. I leave my room, lock the doors and grab his knife. I sit in the nursery and I see the baby things I had for my daughter. It tears me apart. I cut my wrists and watch the blood flow. What do I do now? There is too much pain. I start to faint when I hear my door kicked in and see my best friend standing in the doorway. He picks me up as I faint away.
(Lady Freeze singing)
Why does this pain in my heart appear whenever you are near? Is it love that I fear? I see clearly at the end of the tunnel a light full of warmth and then at the other end I see my best friend crying and holding me tight. Where do I go from here? Do I go on to my baby or go back to my true love? I ask you God to please help me choose. Win or lose help me chose.
(Soul Intent)
Striving to maintain sanity, optimism, hope, and ruthless humanity
Internal peace, external pride and maternal vanity
She lay senseless, defenseless, in a sense by innocence driven,
Incessantly begging the Lord to be forgiven as she heard she had an only one in ten chance of living
Through the entrancing misery, overbearing stress and enduring pain
Consuming her final breaths, maddening her heart, clouding her brain
Driving her to question the Lord and her faith and whether or not she was sane. Living in constant physical and emotional strain
As she became overwrought with reminiscent thoughts
Of heaven and the unbounded serenity she once sought
With profound visions of adolescence
And the ironclad prison that has become her lifelong essence
They never knew her long but they compared her life to a burdensome song
(Lady Freeze voice over)
As the man goes to jail, for putting her through hell. Incense burn above her head as everybody thinks she's dead. She's headstrong hoping their dead wrong, praying to god she'll stay alive.
(Soul Intent)
Striving to maintain sanity, optimism, hope, and ruthless humanity
Internal peace, external pride and maternal vanity
She lay senseless, defenseless, in a sense by innocence driven,
Incessantly begging the Lord to be forgiven
Through this entrancing misery, overbearing stress and enduring pain
Consuming her final breaths, maddening her heart, clouding her brain
Driving her to question the Lord, her faith, her years, her peers, and whether or not she was sane
For she lived in constant physical and emotional strain
Overwrought with reminiscent thoughts
Of heaven, hell, freedom, her constant endeavors to excel, and the unbounded serenity she once sought
In profound visions of adolescence
And the ironclad prison that has become her lifelong essence
Fists tightly clenched
Spiteful at the un-rightful torment in which her soul was so callously entrenched
She remained quite uncertain of life
As she faded in between unseen visions of obscene torment and enduring strife
Weak in spirit
Her mind speaking constantly of death, although she no longer feared it. Yet, she continually struggled to stay hopeful, optimistic and headstrong
Just a simple, bitter melody in life's unbelievingly burdensome song
(Chorus 2x)
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on
Just a breath of freedom, hear my cries
Between death and God's kingdom, salvation lies
For all my woes are as the tears of a child unborn
And all my tomorrows are but mere sorrows unwarned
For I am constantly struggling to find
Something in attainable, something akin to peace of mind
And although the promise of salvation is hopeless and gone
And the eyes of a generation seek promise from a desolate dawn
Still I go on